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CA ON00372 8 · Series · 1921-1965
Part of City of Fort William fonds

Series consists of five volumes of Committee Minutes and one Index booklet.

The first volume (TBA4262-01) contains minutes for a number of Council Committees. At the inaugural meeting dated Jan. 10, 1921, the Nominating Committee appointed members to several committees, including Finance, Utilities, Works, Fire, Water & Light, License & Relief, Property & Market, Claims, Health, Swimming Pool, Band and Industrial and Entertainment. Minutes for some of the aforementioned committees are recorded in this volume. Other committee minutes included are the Joint Meetings of City Council, Council of the Board of Trade and the Executive of the Trades & Labor Party, the Efficiency Committee, the Special Committee regarding the Grand Trunk Pacific Agreement, the Special Committee regarding Hydro, Cemetery Investment, Special Committee re Plumbing, Special Committee re Conditions at the Abbatoir, Great Lakes Paper, C.P.R re Building of a Hotel and the Loch Lomond Watershed Committee. In 1930, the Industrial Commission was formed. This Committee was composed of members from the Industrial Committee, the Joint Board of Trade and the Trades and Labour Council. Their minutes are also included in this volume. Minutes end on May 4, 1933.

The second volume (TBA4262-02) contains minutes of the Civic Industrial Board. Pursuant to a resolution of council, this Board was elected by ballot. At the first meeting held on February 1,1950, the main objectives of this board were outlined. They were to explore the possibilities of bringing industry to the City, to assist in local industrial concerns and to explore and study existing industrial sites for perspective firms. Minutes end on October 22, 1954.

The third volume contains minutes of the Land Development Committee, commencing with the third meeting dated March 4, 1954. This committee dealt with a number of items, including housing projects, school sites, property purchases, subdivisions and zoning changes. Committee members' names were recorded at the beginning of each year. In 1958, it appears the City Land Development Committee changed its name to the Development & Industrial Committee.

Volumes 4 (TBA4262-04) and 5 (TBA4262-05) continue to contain minutes of the abovenoted Committee. In 1962, the Committee's name changed to the Industrial & Promotion Committee. The last meeting date is January 21, 1965.

The final item (TBA4262-06) is an alphabetical index to the Minutes of the Industrial & Promotion Committee for 1962 to 1965.