Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.
What was decided (5 motions)
5 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
"THAT the Operations Committee approves the minutes of the meeting held on October 16, 2025."
Moved by Member Anderson
Carried
"THAT in consideration of Staff Report OP-25-040 respecting Collection of Non-Eligible Sources Post Blue Box Transition December 31, 2025, the Operations Committee recommends that City Council: 1. Select Option 2.b as outlined in the report, to continue collecting non-eligible materials from all non-eligible properties for up to 3 months; and 2. Direct staff to include Option 2 in the 2026 Mayor’s Budget."
Moved by Councillor Hamley
Carried
"THAT the Operations Committee waive the notice of motion requirement in the City's Procedural By-law in order to discuss the motion from the Town of Blue Mountains respecting blue box recycling."
Moved by Vice Chair Merton
Carried
"THAT in consideration of correspondence received on November 20, 2025 from the Town of Blue Mountains respecting changes to Blue Box recycling for non-eligible sources, the Operations Committee recommends that City Council: 1. Support the resolution passed by the Town of Blue Mountains to encourage Grey County municipalities with vested interests in Blue Box recycling to consider working together for their Blue Box materials for the Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (ICI) locations; and 2. Direct staff to forward this motion of support to Grey County."
Moved by Vice Chair Merton
Carried
"WHEREAS the Province of Ontario designated producers to be responsible to collect recycling in the Province; AND WHEREAS nonprofit organizations, including our local food banks and social service support agencies have been deemed ineligible for producer blue box collection effective January 1 2026; AND WHEREAS food and income insecurity is a local, provincial and federal issue; AND WHEREAS local food banks and local food support programs, and additional support agencies like the United Way backpack program, need to receive items that are delivered in cardboard boxes and cartons which generate copious amounts of recyclable material; AND WHEREAS these programs and services support the most vulnerable in our communities, and are volunteer and donation based with no revenue collected to pay for services such as removal of recyclable materials; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Operations Committee recommends that Owen Sound City Council direct staff to send a letter that strongly urges the Province to re-instate the eligibility for curbside blue box collection beginning January 1, 2026, for charitable organizations, such as food banks, local food support services and United Way programs; AND FURTHER THAT this motion be forwarded to the Honourable Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, the Honorable Todd J. McCarthy, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, Paul Vickers, MPP Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario."