The Corporation of the Town of Essex

Special Council Meeting Minutes

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Location: https://www.youtube.com/user/EssexOntario
Present:
  • Mayor Larry Snively
  • Deputy Mayor Richard Meloche
  • Councillor Joe Garon
  • Councillor Morley Bowman
  • Councillor Kim Verbeek
  • Councillor Steve Bjorkman
  • Councillor Sherry Bondy
  • Councillor Chris Vander Doelen
Also Present:
  • Chris Nepszy, Chief Administrative Officer
  • Robert Auger, Town Solicitor, Legal and Legislative Services/Clerk
  • Shelley Brown, Deputy Clerk, Legal and Legislative Services
  • Doug Sweet, Director, Community Services/Deputy CAO
  • Jeffrey Morrison, Director, Corporate Services and Treasurer
  • Lori Chadwick, Director, Development Services
  • Kevin Girard, Director, Infrastructure Services
  • Chris Loreto, Strategy Corporation
  • Yael Boyd, Strategy Corporation
  • Tony Haddad, Strategy Corporation
  • Umar Shaikh, Strategy Corporation
  • Lauren Wyman, Strategy Corporation

1.
Call to Order
 

Mayor Snively called the meeting to order at 5:34

2.
Declarations of Conflict of Interest
 

There were no declarations of conflict of interest noted at this time.

3.
Adoption of Published Agenda
 

3.1
Special Council Meeting Agenda for December 1, 2020
 

  • SP20-12-001
    Moved ByCouncillor Bowman
    Seconded ByCouncillor Bjorkman

    That the published agenda for the December 1, 2020 Special Council Meeting be adopted as presented.

    Carried

4.
Reports from Administration
 

4.1
StrategyCorp: Chris Loreto, Tony Haddad, Lauren Wyman, Yael Boyd, Umar Shaikh
This item has attachments. 

1.Town of Essex_SDR Final Report _DRAFT for Client Review_ 2020 11 20 (003).pdf

RE: Presentation to Council by Strategy Corp regarding the Town of Essex Service Delivery Review

Chris Loreto, Principal, StrategyCorp presented a detailed overview of the Final Report for the Town of Essex Service Delivery Review dated November 2020.  Mr. Loreto provided a walk through of the various components of the report that was included with the meeting agenda including the identification of Enterprise-Wide Opportunities, Department-Specific Opportunities and Shared Service Opportunities - South Shore Shared Initiatives. While a timeline and next steps were presented on page 73 of the report it was further explained that the report presented was merely an initial vision of the potential opportunities and that the implementation together with any next steps for said opportunities would be subject to resource availability, buy-in among the various participants and ultimately council approval. 

  • SP20-12-002
    Moved ByCouncillor Bowman
    Seconded ByCouncillor Bjorkman

    That the presentation and the Current State Assessment Report on the Town of Essex Service Delivery Review as presented by StrategyCorp, be received.

    Carried

5.
Public Presentations
 

There were no public presentations.

6.
Adjournment
 

  • SP20-12-003
    Moved ByDeputy Mayor Meloche
    Seconded ByCouncillor Bowman

    That the meeting be adjourned at 8:47 PM.

    Carried
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