The Oshawa Record

Community and Operations Services Committee Meeting

December 9, 2024

Who was there

Present (5): Dan Carter, Bob Chapman, John Gray, Jim Lee, John Neal

Absent (1): Brian Nicholson

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)

3 carried, 2 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.

That the delegation of Jeff Davis concerning CO-24-60 and CO-24-61 be added to the Agenda for the Community and Operations Services Committee Meeting of December 9, 2024 and that Correspondence CO-24-63 from Jeff Davis concerning CO-24-60 and CO-24-61 be added to the Agenda for the Community and Operations Services Committee Meeting of December 9, 2024 and
Moved by Councillor Lee
Referred
That the delegation of Jeff Davis be heard.
Moved by Councillor Lee
Carried
That the Community and Operations Services Committee recommend to City Council: Whereas the City of Oshawa’s Cemetery By-law 76-2012, as amended (“Cemetery By-law 76-2012”) was approved by Council in 2012 following the legislative transition from the now-repealed Cemeteries Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.4 to the Funeral, Burial, and Cremation Services Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 33 (“Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act, 2002”); and, Whereas the Cemetery By-law 76-2012 does not reflect modern “best practices” for cemetery operations and is outdated; and, Whereas the proposed amendments include but are not limited to: Modernization of definitions to ensure consistency with industry best practice Providing the ability to implement modern products such as private structures containing a niche Providing the ability to accommodate additional Marker options Whereas the Bereavement Authority of Ontario is a not-for-profit corporation established as a delegated administrative agency under the Safety and Consumer Statutes Administration Act, 1996, S.O. 1996, c. 19, and is responsible for administering designated provisions of the Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act, 2002 and its regulations with the purpose of protecting the public interest and ensuring a fair, safe and informed marketplace, while also regulating the bereavement sector in the Province of Ontario and ensuring compliance with the law; and, Whereas the Bereavement Authority of Ontario is required to review and approve
Moved by Councillor Chapman
Carried
Correspondence CO-24-41 concerning educational plaques at Ed Broadbent Park was
Moved by Councillor Lee Whereas
Referred
That the meeting adjourn at 10:34 a.m.
Moved by Councillor Chapman
Carried

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