‍Present:

Angus Toulouse
Anna Marie Abitong
Arnelda Bennett
Lawrence Solomon
Leroy Bennett
McKenzie Toulouse (virtual)
Michael Abitong
Nelson Toulouse
Paul Eshkakogan
Rhonda Stoneypoint
Sheldon Toulouse

Staff:

Andrea Hajt-Jacobs, Assistant Director – Council Secretariat
Evan O’Leary, SDC Manager
Meggan McCracken, Director of Finance
Melanie Lazarus, Director of Community Wellness (virtual)
Natalie Spencer, Human Resources Manager (virtual)
Roger Jones, Assistant Director (virtual)
Ross Assinewe, Director of Planning & Infrastructure (virtual)
Ryan McLeod, Samantha Keysis, Director of Lands, Resources, & Environment
Sean Cassidy, Director of IT and Communications
Shelley Watt-Proulx, Director of Mental Health and Addictions
Susan Deschamps, Director of Long Term Care
Wade Owl, Political Office Coordinator

Guests:

John Lees, Orbis Risk Consulting

Regrets:

Nicole Eshkakogan

Opening Prayer by Nelson Toulouse

Meeting called to order @ 9:35 AM.

Motion 2023/01 #11

Sagamok Chief & Council motion to accept the agenda as presented and amended.

Moved by: Nelson Toulouse
Seconded by: Arnelda Bennett
A/O: 0
Discussion: Agenda items to be changed; deferred Q3 Financial Statements to February, removed the Koognaasewin Negotiations Team Rep, the BN on the COVID State of Emergency. Added two BNs – Child Welfare Committee & Child Welfare Customary Care Agreement Process CARRIED

Motion 2023/01 #12

Sagamok Chief & Council motion to accept the minutes from January 10th, 2023.

Moved by: Nelson Toulouse
Seconded by: Leroy Bennett
A/O: 0
Discussion: Corrected the absence of Arnelda Bennett’s name. CARRIED

Motion 2023/01 #13

Sagamok Chief & Council motion to approve BCR 2023-01-113 – Biidaaban School Green Energy Retrofit and provide.

Moved by: Anna Marie Abitong
Seconded by: Sheldon Toulouse
A/O: 0
Discussion: AMA – assumed moving ahead w HVAC in March, assumed it was settled. RM – HVAC is settled, will be moving to tender and any overages will hopefully be covered by this GICB application. Will follow up with Ross this afternoon to clarify a dollar amount. DEFERRED TO AFTERNOON

RHW Trust

Motion 2023/01 #14

Sagamok Chief & Council motion to proceed to develop a draft trust document specific to the RHT, under the purview of Ryan McLeod.

Moved by: Arnelda Bennett
Seconded by: Leroy Bennett
A/O: 0
Discussion: CARRIED

Motion 2023/01 #15

Sagamok Chief & Council motion to develop a committee inclusive to the needs of youth, Elders, and community members, appointing Nicole Eshkakogan, McKenzie Toulouse, Nelson Toulouse, Lawrence Solomon, and Leroy Bennett.

Moved by: Arnelda Bennett
Seconded by: Sheldon Toulouse
A/O: 0
Discussion: If an evening or weekend meeting is scheduled, there will be an open invitation to all of Council to attend if they wish. CARRIED

Finance

ZCLP has been reviewing the opportunity to purchase the OCL aggregates company out of Sudbury.

Motion 2023/01 #16

Sagamok Chief & Council motion to approve BCR 2023-01-114 FNFA Borrowing Law – OR 2023, to secure funding for ZCLP.

Moved by: Nelson Toulouse
Seconded by: Sheldon Toulouse
A/O: 1 – Nicole Eshkakogan
Discussion: If an evening or weekend meeting is scheduled, there will be an open invitation to all of Council to attend if they wish. CARRIED

Motion 2023/01 #17

Sagamok Chief & Council motion to approve an advance to ZCLP in the amount of $1,680,349.00 for the purchase of OCL Trucking & Excavation Ltd.

Moved by: Lawrence Solomon
Seconded by: Anna Marie Abitong
A/O: 0
Discussion: CARRIED

Governance

Juanita is seeking members for the proposed Child Welfare Committee, with a request for 3 members of Council to sit on the committee. McKenzie Toulouse, Leroy Bennett, Angus Toulouse, Lawrence Solomon, and Juanita are all identified as members. If there are any issues that need resolution, it can be brought back to Council.

The Terms of Reference do not require approval at this time, and can be reviewed by the newly created committee before being brought to Council.

Motion 2023/01 #18 Sagamok Chief & Council motion to accept the briefing note on the Child Welfare Committee as presented, and appoint Angus Toulouse, Juanita Skrubis, Lawrence Solomon, Leroy Bennett, McKenzie Toulouse to that Committee. Moved by: Nelson Toulouse Seconded by: Paul Eshkakogan A/O: 1 – Rhonda Stoneypoint-Trudeau Discussion: CARRIED

Motion 2023/01 #19

Sagamok Chief & Council motion to accept the Briefing Note, and that Option 1 in the Constitution Planning briefing note is the preferred method to proceed.

Moved by: Nelson Toulouse
Seconded by: Anna Marie Abitong
A/O: 0
Discussion: CARRIED

Planning & Infrastructure

The item of Housing Allocation will be deferred to the upcoming Housing Working Group meeting to more definitively address the root cause and changes in policy.

Lands, Resources, and Environment

Motion 2023/01 #18 Sagamok Chief & Council motion to accept the BCR 2023-01-114 – Hydro One Land Access for Maintenance. Moved by: Anna Marie Abitong Seconded by: Nelson Toulouse A/O: 0 Discussion: Added stronger language to disallow the use of herbicides on Sagamok land. CARRIED
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SDC

In order to ensure we keep our funding for the retrofit, we have the go ahead from the provincial point of contact that moving to an aftercare model will not disqualify us from receiving the funding.

Motion 2023/01 #18

Sagamok Chief & Council motion to commit the following amounts to assist in addressing the Ritchie Falls Resort budget, $50,000.00 from Indigenous Tourism Ontario, $292,000 from an amendment to OFNLP budget, and additional portions from ISC & FNIHB 2022-23 Treatment Centre Capital Improvement Budgets; further, that budgets be allocated from Ontario Mental Health & Addictions, and that Sagamok Anishnawbek managers prioritize programming at Ritchie Falls for the 2023-24 fiscal year.

Moved by: Anna Marie Abitong
Seconded by: Leroy Bennett
A/O: 0
Discussion: CARRIED

Motion 2023/01 #19

Sagamok Chief & Council motion to adjourn the meeting.

Moved by: Arnelda Bennett
Seconded by: Leroy Bennett
A/O: 0
Discussion: CARRIED

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