Minutes - City of Welland

• Staff at City Hall needs to be educated about the Heritage Committee.
Anyone answering the phone should be aware to pass any inquires to the
Chair, or the secretary.
• What information held by the committee is private and what is public.
• How does the committee deal with conflicts of interest?
• ACTION: Debbie to contact Tracey to obtain policies that pertain to
Committees of City Council.
• Arts and Culture Committee – It was decided that Heritage Welland
Committee does not need to have a representative on the Arts & Culture
Committee. Any information can be shared through our minutes. ACTION:
Debbie to approach Arts & Culture secretary to obtain their minutes and
send our minutes to them.
• Letter to City Council re: Name Change – ACTION: Debbie to draft a letter
to City Council asking to change the committee’s name to City of
Welland Heritage Advisory Committee.
i) Heritage Houses on Niagara Green Belt - ACTION: Debbie to contact the Greenbelt
website to inquire how to list the Heritage Properties of Welland.
j) Heritage House Tours – Rose and Giorgio took pictures of the designated properties and
some interesting older properties. Discussed ensued about what kind of help the Heritage
Committee can provide to the home owners. ACTION: Giorgio to contact the Building
Department to discuss Heritage Properties and what action needs to be taken if a
permit for a property is requested.
5. Treasurer’s report: There was no treasurer’ report. The budget was prepared and submitted to City
Council on September 25, 2015.
6. Correspondence: None
7. New Business: Several items of new business were placed under Strategic Plan.
a) Location of Meetings: There was discussion about moving the meetings to a room at City Hall.
It was felt that this move would legitimize our committee as a committee of City Council. This
discussion was tabled to our next meeting.
b) HST Rebate – ACTION: Nora and Toni to check the Federal Grant for War of 1812 to see
if HST was included.
8. Adjournment:
The meeting adjourned at 6:30pm on a motion by Rose Dzugan. The next regular meeting will
take place on November 4, 2015 at 5:00pm at the Welland Historical Museum.