City Council Sitting as the BIA Board of Directors Minutes, Thursday, March 9, 2023

What was decided, in plain words. Every item links back to the official minutes, which are the record.

Plain-language summary based on the official minutes; see the minutes PDF for the full wording.

4:00 o’clock p.m., . Official minutes: City of Windsor minutes (PDF)

Present: Mayor Drew Dilkens, Councillor Fred Francis, Councillor Fabio Costante, Councillor Renaldo Agostino, Councillor Mark McKenzie, Councillor Ed Sleiman, Councillor Jo-Anne Gignac, Councillor Angelo Marignani, Councillor Gary Kaschak, Councillor Kieran McKenzie, Councillor Jim Morrison.

What they decided (5 items)

Call To Order

Mayor Dilkens be appointed Chairperson of City Council sitting as the bia Board of Directors.

Moved by Councillor Jo-Anne Gignac, seconded by Councillor Angelo Marignani. Result: Carried. No recorded vote in the minutes.

Disclosure Of Pecuniary Interest And The General Nature

Table 1 entitled “bia Requests Approved by the cao” be approved.

Moved by Councillor Gary Kaschak, seconded by Councillor Jim Morrison. Result: Carried. No recorded vote in the minutes.

Motion For Consideration

in order to facilitate and expedite the normal Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) business activities while City Council is acting as the Board of the Windsor BIAs, Council formally delegate authority to the Chief Administrative Officer for the approval of various minor, recurring, and routine requests,…

Moved by Councillor Fred Francis, seconded by Councillor Angelo Marignani. Result: Carried. No recorded vote in the minutes. Councillor Renaldo Agostino discloses an interest and abstains from voting on this matter.

Motion For Consideration

Table 2 entitled “bia Request Pending Review and Decision” be approved.

Moved by Councillor Fred Francis, seconded by Councillor Ed Sleiman. Result: Carried. No recorded vote in the minutes. Counillor Renaldo Agostino discloses an interest and abstains from voting on this matter.

Motion For Consideration

administration be requested to ask the bia administrators to submit current employment agreements for their respective bia to the Chief Administrative Officer for review.

Moved by Councillor Mark McKenzie, seconded by Councillor Gary Kaschak. Result: Carried. No recorded vote in the minutes. Counillor Renaldo Agostino discloses an interest and abstains from voting on this matter.

Conflicts of interest declared

Councillor Fred Francis discloses an interest and abstains from voting on Item 5-1.9 being the Summary of Requests to Date Approved- Erie Street BIA asking for approval of payment and dates to hold the Carrousel of Nations event as it relates to his employer.

Routine business

Adjourned the meeting. (Moved by Councillor Ed Sleiman, seconded by Councillor Jim Morrison. Carried.)

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