Post-Meeting Highlights
General Committee Post-Meeting Highlights – June 25, 2025
This month, Committee heard on a number of subjects, including initiatives to support affordable housing, and protect the environment.
Following Council’s approval of implementing the Housing Action Plan in March, staff are proposing:
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Developing a program to provide pre-approved secondary residential dwelling unit (SRDU) permit drawings to the public to expedite approvals and encourage the public to build SRDUs in an effort to create more affordable housing.
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Providing a grant to offset increases in municipal property tax that may result from increasing the value of a property when developing multiple residential rentals. This is intended to incentivize property owners to develop rental units in an effort to increase housing supply.
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Increasing the maximum tax assessed value of the dwellings that are included in the Town’s Affordable Housing Rebate program. This program includes rebates on Town planning and building fees, as well as other municipal fees, to incentivize building more affordable housing.
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OUTCOME: Committee approved all initiatives.
In November 2024, the Town of Huntsville co-hosted an Integrated Watershed Management (IWM) workshop with 13 municipalities and the District of Muskoka to discuss watershed management best practices. Staff are requesting Committee approval to participate in an IWM working group to enhance the IWM plan, and help maintain and improve water quality health in Huntsville and across Muskoka.
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OUTCOME: Committee approved the recommended direction.
Staff are recommending that Council compensation be updated to the 40th percentile for the 2026-2030 term of Council.
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OUTCOME: Committee directed staff to update the compensation for the 2026-2030 Council to the 35th percentile for Councillors and the 40th percentile for the Deputy Mayor.
Want to dig deeper? Watch the full General Committee discussion through the livestream.
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