City of Kingston
Council Meeting
Addendum

2025-24

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

7:00 P.m. - 11:00 P.m.

Council Chamber

Council will resolve into the Committee of the Whole “Closed Meeting” at 6:00 p.m. and will reconvene as regular Council at 7 p.m.

 

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3.

The Committee of the Whole "Closed Meeting"

Note: The Committee of the Whole "Closed Meeting" will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Councillors' Lounge.

The consent of Council is requested for the addition of The Committee of the Whole "Closed Meeting" item d. - Information explicitly supplied in confidence to the municipality or local board by Canada, a province or territory or a Crown agency of any of them - Provincial Funding Opportunity.

8.

Delegations

1.

Andrew Siegwart and Krista LeClair - Conference Centre Update - Request for Proposals Process and Next Steps

1.

Withdrawal of Delegation - Andrew Siegwart and Krista LeClair - Conference Centre Update - Request for Proposals Process and Next Steps

The consent of Council is requested for the withdrawal of Delegation Number 1 - Andrew Siegwart and Krista LeClair, with respect to Conference Centre Update - Request for Proposals Process and Next Steps.

3.

Megan Knott - Conference Centre Update - Request for Proposals and Next Steps

1.

Withdrawal of Delegation - Megan Knott - Conference Centre Update - Request for Proposals and Next Steps

The consent of Council is requested for the withdrawal of Delegation Number 3 - Megan Knott, with respect to Conference Centre Update - Request for Proposals Process and Next Steps.

13.

Report Number 94: Received from the Chief Administrative Officer (Recommend)

4.

Provincial Consultation on Simplifying and Standardizing Official Plans (ERO 025-1099)

(Report Number 25-264 from the Commissioner, Growth & Development Services)

• That Report Number 25-264 regarding Provincial Consultation on Simplifying and Standardizing Official Plans (ERO 025-1099) be received by Council and the comments endorsed; and

  That Council direct the City Clerk to submit a request to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to partner with the City of Kingston on the Simplifying and Standardizing Official Plans (ERO 025-1099) initiative to help deliver an innovative framework for simplified and standardized official plans that achieves Provincial objectives; and

  That Council direct the City Clerk to submit a request to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing for clarity regarding planned implementation timelines on the Simplifying and Standardizing Official Plans (ERO 025-1099) initiative so that staff can advise Council on the impact of this Provincial initiative on the new Official Plan schedule and deliverables; and

  That Council direct the City Clerk to submit Council’s resolution and Report Number 25-264 to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, the Members of Provincial Parliament (Kingston and the Islands and Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston), and to [email protected] as the City of Kingston comments on ERO Number 025-1099 before November 22, 2025.

15.

Report Number 96: Received from the Administrative Policies Committee

1.

Business Licensing By-Law Amendments

(Exhibits D, E, and F to Report Number AP-25-001)

(See By-Law Number (4), 2025-324)

(See By-Law Number (5), 2025-325)

• That the draft Business Licensing By-Law, attached as Exhibit D to Report Number AP-25-001, be approved and given all three readings; and

  That Council approve, in principle, the proposed fees and charges outlined in Exhibit E, to be included in the 2026 Fees and Charges By-Law; and

  That Council approve and provide all three readings to A By-Law to Amend By-Law Number 2020-69, “A By-Law to Establish a Process for Administrative Penalties”, as amended, attached as Exhibit F to Report Number AP-25-001; and

  That Council authorize the City Solicitor to submit an application to the Regional Senior Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice to establish set fines for the Business Licensing By-Law; and

  That Council approve the ongoing designation of the following locations as fixed sites for the purpose of operating motorized refreshment vehicles pursuant to the Business Licensing By-Law:

  1. South side of Union Street between 5 Field Company Lane and Division Street (formerly referenced as “in the area of Parking Meter Number 708 but no further west than the projection of the Division Street Right of Way”); and
  2. North side of Union Street between 60 metres and 70 metres east of University Avenue(formerly referenced as “in the area of Parking Meter Number 719”).

16.

Report Number 97: Received from the Nominations Committee

1.

Public Appointments to Boards, Committees, Working Groups, and Commissions

1.

Public Appointments to Commission

• That the following appointments be made to the Kingston & Area Taxi Licensing Commission for a term commencing at the end of the current public Members’ term and ending on August 31, 2026:

  • Eric Davis;
  • Bruce Geddes;
  • Courtney Mahoney;
  • Jacquelyn Maxwell;
  • Oren Nimelman; and

  That pursuant to Section 3.3.2. of the Public Appointment Policy, the following applicants be appointed to the alternate pool for the Kingston & Area Taxi Commission

  • Julien Lalonde.

21.

New Motions

2.

Kingston and Area Taxi Licensing Commission

Moved by: Councillor Ridge

Seconded by: Councillor Tozzo

• Whereas in response to ongoing concerns with operations and oversight of taxi services at its meeting held on August 12, 2025, Kingston City Council voted to withdraw from and dissolve the Kingston and Area Taxi Licensing Commission (“KATLC”) effective September 1, 2026, and correspondingly, to terminate the service level agreements with the KATLC in respect of the administration of the City’s Transportation Networking Companies By-Law and the City’s accessible taxi services program; and

  Whereas recent operational and financial assessments have identified the need to amend the governance framework of the KATLC, including by incorporating an additional Council representative on the KATLC Board, to prepare for the impending transition to municipal administration of taxi licensing;

  Therefore Be it Resolved That effective November 18, 2025 all public members of the KATLC board be removed.

26.

By-Laws

4.

Business Licensing By-Law

Business Licensing By-Law

Three Readings

Proposed By-Law Number 2025-324

(Clause 1, Report Number 96)

5.

A By-Law to Amend By-Law Number 2020-69 "A By-Law to Establish a Process for Administrative Penalties, as Amended"

A By-Law to Amend By-Law Number 2020-69 "A By-Law to Establish a Process for Administrative Penalties, as Amended"

Three Readings

Proposed By-Law Number 2025-325

(Clause 1, Report Number 96)