Regular Council and Committee of the Whole

That the Closed Session Agenda dated December 16, 2025 be adopted as printed.

That Council resolve itself into closed session under the provisions of the Municipal Act, 2001, Section 239 (2) in order to discuss: South Simcoe Growth Review - information explicitly supplied in confidence to the municipality or local board by Canada, a province or territory or a Crown agency of any of them.

That the Regular Council Agenda dated December 16, 2025 be adopted as amended.

That Committee of the Whole recommendations COW 2025-69 to COW-2025-72 be approved; and That the minutes of the Regular Council and Committee of the Whole meeting dated December 2, 2025 be adopted as printed.

That the minutes of the Special Council meeting dated December 9, 2025 be adopted as printed.

That Council receive the correspondence from the County of Simcoe announcing that resident Rylee Smith has been selected as the recipient of the Simcoe County Bursary, for information.

WHEREAS over the past several years, the Town has been approached by various residents and businesses in and around the downtown core and Barrie Street advising of the challenges they face due to their mailing addresses featuring P.O. Box numbers; AND WHEREAS addresses with P.O. Box numbers are assigned a postal code that is specific to the Canda Post office location at 50 Barrie Street rather than being assigned postal codes that are relevant to the geographic location of the properties; AND WHEREAS this incongruency between the current postal code and actual location of properties creates issues for residents seeking online registration for programs and services that depend on address-verification systems including utility providers, government-issued identification and financial services as well as causing issues with couriers and shipping restrictions; AND WHEREAS the affected residents and businesses have requested that Canada Post issue an updated mailing address that features their municipally-assigned street address as well as a geographically-relevant postal code; AND WHEREAS Canada Post has advised that such is change is possible provided the local municipal council passes a motion supporting the request; NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury hereby resolves: THAT Canda Post be requested to update all Bradford addresses that currently feature P.O. Box numbers to addresses with municipally-assigned street addresses and geographically-rel

That Report PLN-2025-57 titled "Community Plan Area 5/Special Policy Area 8 Update (December 2025)" be received for information; and, That Council endorse the draft Terms of Reference for the Stakeholders Advisory Group.

That Council receive Report ENG-2025-14 titled "Noise Exemption Request for 123 Holland Street West and 126 John Street West"; and That Council approve the Noise Exemption Request submitted by the GCL Builds, the General Contractor for 123 Holland Street West and 126 John Street West to permit after-hours concrete finishing work for an approximate 6 month period followed by a review, subject to the conditions outlined in this report.

That Report BLDG-2025-03 titled “Sign Variance Request for 2876 Highway 27 – Mini-Masterminds Daycare” be received; and That Council approve the requested variance from the requirements from Section 6.5 of the Sign By-Law 2011-23 “No first-party sign may be erected on a lot zoned “Residential” by Zoning By-Law 2010-050”.The address of 2876 County Rd 27 is zoned as R4 – which is Rural Settlement Residential.

That staff be requested to provide information pertaining to the following: provide a high-level cost estimate to achieve AODA compliance at the Bond Head Community Hall, including an elevator and an accessible washroom; and prepare a report on the past three years of tax collection from the County of Simcoe, detailing the percentages and dollar values, along with a segmented breakdown of the value of services received in return.

That the Committee Minutes and Recommendations, items 14.1 to 14.2 inclusive, be received and approved.

That By-laws 2025-125, 2025-126, 2025-127, 2025-128, 2025-129, and 2025-130 be passed.

That By-law 2025-131, a by-law to confirm proceedings of the Regular Council meeting dated December 16, 2025 be enacted.

That the meeting is hereby adjourned at 8:22 p.m.

That Council resolve itself into closed session under the provisions of the Municipal Act, 2001, Section 239 (2) in order to discuss: 1. South Simcoe Growth Review - information explicitly supplied in confidence to the municipality or local board by Canada, a province or territory or a Crown agency of any of them.