Meeting: Council Meeting - February 02 2026 (Special - PUC Governance Review) (Minutes)

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• Date: 2026-02-02
• Meeting type: Council (Special - PUC Governance Review)
• Document type: minutes
• Action count: 6

Consent agenda

• This meeting had no consent agenda, so no items were pulled from consent.

Source documents

• Council Meeting - February 02 2026 (Special - PUC Governance Review) (Minutes) (source_id=30)

Actions

12(b) — PUC Governance - Adopt-in-Principle / Dissolve PUC (DEFEATED 8-8)

• Mover: C. McGregor, Seconder: Anderson
• Action type: vote (defeated (8-8))
• Issue tags: governance, water_sewer, accountability
• Review status: Verified against source text

Council adopt in principal the recommendations of the KPMG Chatham-Kent Public Utilities Commission Governance Review final report dated December 3, 2025.

12(b) — PUC Governance - Refer Recommendation #6 to the PUC

• Mover: Harrigan, Seconder: C. McGregor
• Action type: vote (carried (12-4))
• Issue tags: governance, water_sewer, accountability
• Review status: Verified against source text

recommendation #6 be referred to the Public Utilities Commission.

14(a) — By-law Readings

• Mover: McGrail, Seconder: Jubenville
• Action type: motion (carried)
• Flags: procedural
• Issue tags: procedural, by_laws
  - source tags: procedural, by-laws
• Review status: Verified against source text

the by-laws be taken as read for a first time.

14(b) — By-law Readings

• Mover: McGrail, Seconder: Jubenville
• Action type: motion (carried)
• Flags: procedural
• Issue tags: procedural, by_laws
  - source tags: procedural, by-laws
• Review status: Verified against source text

the by-laws be taken as read for a second time.

14(e) — By-law Readings

• Mover: Wright, Seconder: Thompson
• Action type: motion (carried)
• Flags: procedural
• Issue tags: procedural, by_laws
  - source tags: procedural, by-laws
• Review status: Verified against source text

the by-laws be taken as read for a third time and finally passed.

15 — Adjournment

• Mover: Hall, Seconder: Harrigan
• Action type: motion (carried)
• Flags: procedural
• Issue tags: procedural
• Review status: Verified against source text

Chatham-Kent Council adjourn to its next Meeting to be held on Monday, February 9, 2026