Animal Welfare Advisory Committee

Report

The 1st Meeting of the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee

Thursday, February 04, 2021 at 5:00 P.m. - 6:00 P.m.

Advisory Committee Virtual Meeting - during the COVID-19 Emergency

Attendance

• PRESENT:  W. Brown (Chair), M. Blosh, A. Hames, P. Lystar, M. Szabo and M. Toplak and H. Lysynski (Acting Committee Clerk)

   

  ALSO PRESENT:  H. Chapman, O. Katolyk, M. McBride, J.-A. Spence and B. Westlake-Power

   

  The meeting was called to order at 5:04 PM

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1.

Call to Order

1.1

Disclosures of Pecuniary Interest

That it BE NOTED that no pecuniary interests were disclosed.

1.2

Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for the remainder of the current term

• That it BE NOTED that the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee elected W. Brown and M. Blosh as Chair and Vice Chair, respectively, until the end of the current term.

2.

Scheduled Items

None.

3.

Consent

3.1

4th Report of the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee

• That it BE NOTED that the 4th Report of the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, from the meeting held on March 5, 2020, was received.

3.2

Letter of Resignation - A. Hayes

• That it BE NOTED that the resignation of A. Hayes from the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee was received.

4.

Sub-Committees and Working Groups

None.

5.

Items for Discussion

5.1

Respectful Workplace Policy

• That it BE NOTED that the Respectful Workplace Policy document, as appended to the agenda, was received.

5.2

AWAC Terms of Reference

• That it BE NOTED that the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (AWAC) held a general discussion with respect to the AWAC Terms of Reference document, as appended to the agenda.

5.3

Advisory Committee Review

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  That it BE NOTED that the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee held a general discussion with respect to the ongoing Advisory Committee Review; it being noted that a verbal update from B. Westlake-Power, Deputy City Clerk, was received with respect to this matter.

5.4

Service Area Work Plan for 2021

• That it BE NOTED that the Service Area Work Plan for 2021 verbal presentation from H. Chapman, Manager, Municipal Law Enforcement Services, was received; it being further noted that a Sub-Committee, consisting of the entire AWAC was established to consider potential updates to the Trap, Neuter, Release program.

5.5

2020 Work Plan - Final

• That it BE NOTED that the 2020 Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (AWAC) Work Plan was received.

5.6

Urban Forestry European Gypsy Moth Strategy

• That it BE NOTED that a verbal presentation from J.-A. Spence, Manager, Urban Forestry, with respect to the proposed actions to be undertaken with respect to the European Gypsy Moth Strategy, was received.

6.

Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 6:14 PM.