July 19th, 2017…

July 19th, 2017

Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure
Infrastructure Policy Division
Inter-Governmental Policy Branch
Municipal Infrastructure Policy
Unit 900 Bay Street
Floor 5 Mowat Block
Toronto ON
M7A 1C2

Re: Asset Management Plans

Please find below a certified copy of the resolution passed by the Township of Huron-Kinloss Council at the July 17th, 2017 Council session.

Motion No: 264 Moved by: Lillian Abbott Seconded by: Jim Hanna

WHEREAS municipalities are a responsible, mature order of government in Ontario;

AND WHEREAS the Township of Huron-Kinloss promotes, supports and encourages strong and effective rural and northern rural governments;

AND WHEREAS the Township of Huron-Kinloss supports the responsible and fiscally accountable development of municipal Asset Management Plans;

AND WHEREAS the Province of Ontario through the Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure has developed a proposed Municipal Asset Management Planning Regulation;

AND WHEREAS the proposed Municipal Asset Management Planning Regulation has been posted on the Environmental Registry as 013-0551;

AND WHEREAS the Township of Huron-Kinloss has reviewed the proposed Municipal Asset Management Planning Regulation;

AND WHEREAS the Township of Huron-Kinloss has reviewed the submission on the proposed Municipal Asset Management Planning Regulation submitted by the Rural Ontario Municipal Association;

NOW THEREFORE Be It Resolved that the Township of Huron-Kinloss agrees that the proposed Municipal Asset Management Planning Regulation: 1. Is overly prescriptive; 2. Does not reflect the principle that municipalities are responsible, mature governments; 3. Incrementally increases engineering costs for municipalities at a time when the demand for engineering firms and expertise may exceed the availability; 4. Will create a resource and fiscal strain on our municipality and others, more specifically the small rural and northern rural communities that have limited staffing capacity, being the most vulnerable and sensitive to an increasingly burdensome regulatory environment;

AND FURTHER Be It Resolved that copies of this Motion be sent to the Minister of Infrastructure, AMO and our local MPP.

Certified to be a true and complete copy of resolution #264, passed by the Council of The Corporation of the Township of Huron-Kinloss on the 17th day of July, 2017

Original Signed by Sonya Watson Clerk

c.c. AMO Lisa Thompson, MPP

[Original Comment ID: 210150]