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Meeting: Council Meeting - July 28 2025 (Minutes)
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Date: 2025-07-28
Meeting type: Council
Document type: minutes
Action count: 17
Consent agenda
This meeting had no consent agenda, so no items were pulled from consent.
Source documents
Council Meeting - July 28 2025 (Minutes) (source_id=19)
Actions
11(a) — Encampment Setback Distance Amendments
100 metres away from any private property line with a habitable residence
11(a) — Encampments - CCTV Cameras
CK Police install CCTV cameras where operationally required at the sole discretion of Chatham-Kent Police.
11(a) — Encampments - Convertible Supportive Housing
Mover: Canniff , Seconder: Crew
Action type: vote (carried (16-1))
Issue tags: housing
Review status: Verified against source text
Administration explore local housing options that could be quickly converted into supportive housing and report back on feasibility and costs.
11(a) — Encampments - Enforcement By-law
Administration bring back a by-law as soon as possible to allow for the enforcement of the approved protocols to begin.
11(a) — Encampments - Hire By-law Enforcement Officer
Administration hire additional temporary by-law officer to enforce these amendments.
11(a) — Encampments - Neighbourhood Communication (325 Grand Ave E)
Regular neighbourhood communication begins immediately with appropriate members of Administration residents and business owners in the 325 Grand Ave E, Chatham property area
11(a) — Encampments - One Tent Per Person Protocol
there is to be no more than one tent per person, and that all personal items be stored within a tent
11(a) — Encampments - Partner Supports Report (Sept 8)
Administration bring a report back to the September 8, 2025 Council meeting a plan to engage partners from mental health, medical supports, addictions, housing, ROCK
11(a) — Encampments - Pursue All Options / Supportive Housing
Administration actively pursues all options to reduce and end encampments in Chatham-Kent.
11(a) — Encampments - ROCK Collaboration
That Administration continues to work in collaboration with ROCK to engage with individuals and prioritize them for services and housing as they become available.
11(a) — Encampments - Transitional Cabins Program
Administration voluntarily transitions as many homeless individuals as possible to the new transitional cabins program
11(a) — Reconsider Encampment Response Strategy
That Council reconsider the Encampment Response Strategy approved on November 4, 2024.
11(a) — Waive Notice - Encampments Motions
Mover: Finn , Seconder: Anderson
Action type: vote (carried (17-0))
Flags: procedural
Issue tags: procedural , housing
Review status: Verified against source text
That Council waive the notice requirement to allow motions regarding encampments to be voted on at this meeting.
15(a) — By-law Readings
That the by-laws be taken as read for a first time.
15(b) — By-law Readings
That the by-laws be taken as read for a second time.
15(e) — By-law Readings
That the by-laws be taken as read for a third time and finally passed.
16 — Adjournment
Mover: Hall , Seconder: Wright
Action type: motion (carried)
Flags: procedural
Issue tags: procedural
Review status: Verified against source text
That Chatham-Kent Council adjourn to its next Meeting to be held on Monday, August 11, 2025