The Regional Municipality of Durham

Committee of the Whole Revised Agenda

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 9:30 A.m. - 5:00 P.m.

Regional Council Chambers

Regional Headquarters Building

605 Rossland Road East, Whitby

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1.

Roll Call

2.

Declarations of Pecuniary Interest

3.

Statutory Public Meetings

There are no statutory public meetings

4.

Presentations

4.1

Sandra Austin, Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives, and Kelly LaRocca, Chief, Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation

Re: MSIFN-Durham Bilateral Agreement – Government-to-Government Collaboration between the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation (MSIFN) and the Region of Durham (2025-COW-18) (Item 7.1)

4.2

Shaun Collier, Board Chair, DRPS and Peter Moreira, Chief of Police, DRPS

Re: Durham Regional Police Service Board – Quarterly Update to Council

4.3

Ian McVey, Manager, Sustainability

Re: Courtice Transit-Oriented Community District Energy System – Recommended Business Model and Governance Framework to Enable Implementation (2025-COW-19) (Item 7.2)

5.

Delegations

5.1

Trevin Noble, Co-Founder & Chief Operations Officer, Philantrix (In-Person Attendance)

Re: Motion to Establish Social Procurement Practices

5.2

Malcolm Wright, Co-Founder & Chief Partnerships Officer, Nobellum Enterprise (In-Person Attendance)

Re: Motion to Establish Social Procurement Practices

5.3

John Anthony Stephenson, Director, The Boltzmann Institute (In-Person Attendance)

Re: Courtice Transit-Oriented Community District Energy System –Recommended Business Model and Governance Framework to Enable Implementation

5.4

Don Richardson, CEO, Minogi Corp., on behalf of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation (In-Person Attendance)

Re: Courtice Transit-Oriented Community District Energy System –Recommended Business Model and Governance Framework to Enable Implementation

6.

Correspondence

6.1

Correspondence from Louis Bertrand, Scugog resident

Re: Courtice Transit-Oriented Community District Energy System –Recommended Business Model and Governance Framework to Enable Implementation

Recommendation: Refer to Consideration of Report #2025-COW-19 [Item 7.2]

6.2

Correspondence from Linda Gasser, Whitby resident, and Wendy Bracken, Clarington resident

Re: Courtice Transit-Oriented Community District Energy System –Recommended Business Model and Governance Framework to Enable Implementation

Recommendation: Refer to Consideration of Report #2025-COW-19 [Item 7.2]

7.

Reports

7.1

Report #2025-COW-18

MSIFN-Durham Bilateral Agreement – Government-to-Government Collaboration between the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation (MSIFN) and the Region of Durham

7.2

Report #2025-COW-19

Courtice Transit-Oriented Community District Energy System – Recommended Business Model and Governance Framework to Enable Implementation

7.3

Report #2025-COW-20

Sole Source Procurement for the preparation of the GO Lakeshore East Extension Transit Station Charge Background Study

8.

Members Motions

8.1

Motion to Establish Social Procurement Practices

9.

Confidential Matters

There are no confidential matters to be considered

10.

Adjournment

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