Team

The Human Resources department is comprised of 7 highly skilled staff who provide support to all City of Belleville departments and staff:

• Director – Marie Doherty
• Talent Acquisition, Training & Development, Organizational Design, Performance Management, Wellness, Health & Safety, Labour Relations, Employee Relations, Compensation & Benefits, Strategic HR, Administration (6)

Responsibilities

Engineering and Development Services (EDS) facilitates the efficient delivery of municipal infrastructure projects, growth management and private development that benefits a healthy and prosperous community.

The Building Services division is responsible for the enforcement of the Ontario Building Code Act. Core services include review and issuing building permits with inspection of construction projects resulting from building permits. It also oversees property standards and by-law enforcement.

The Engineering division is responsible for the delivery of municipal infrastructure projects that serve our existing community and provides the necessary infrastructure to support future housing and businesses.

The Approvals division delivers development approvals. Core services relate to pre-consultation, committee of adjustment, and zoning bylaw amendments. Priorities to facilitate residential development include subdivision management which involves detailed design review,
agreements and securities, construction, and maintenance.

The Strategic Growth and Sustainability division prepares community plans and master studies for the long-range development of the City determining where people live, work and are active. The division supports special advisory committees such as heritage and the environment.
They are tasked with ensuring the City’s housing and development targets are met through the provision of adequate land supply.

Governance

Municipal guiding documents and plans as well as legislation that govern the work of the Engineering and Development Services department:

• Acts – Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, Building Code Act, Canadian Navigable Waters Act (federal), Clean Water Act, Condominium Act, Conservation Authorities Act, Construction Act, Development Charges Act, 1997, Drainage Act, Endangered Species Act, Environment Assessment Act, Environmental Protection Act, Fisheries Act (federal), Highway Traffic Act, Municipal Act, Municipal Freedom of Information’s Act, Nutrient Management Act, 2002, Occupational Health and Safety Act, Ontario Heritage Act, Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act, Ontario Resources Act, Planning Act, Professional Engineers Act, Provincial Offences Act, Public Accounting Act and BPSPD, Public Lands Act, Public Service Works on Highways Act, Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act, Railway Safety Act (federal), Residential Tenancies Act, Safe Water Drinking Act, Species at Risk Act (federal)
• Plans & Policies – Belleville Official Plan, Cash-in-lieu of Parking Policy, City of Belleville Asset Management Plan, City of Belleville Site Plan Guidelines, Street Naming Policy, Subdivision Administration Policy, Transportation Master Plan, Tree Canopy and Natural Vegetation Policy
• Standards, By-laws and Statements – Belleville Development Guidelines and Manual, Environmental Compliance Approval through Environmental Services CLI process and/or through MECP, Environmental Compliance Approval through Environmental Services CLI process and/or through MECP, Fire Underwriters Survey – Water Supply for Public Fire Protection, Infrastructure Phasing Strategy, MFIPPA and Records Retention, Municipal Consolidated Linear Infrastructure Environmental Compliance Approvals, Ontario Ministry of the Environment Design Guidelines for Drinking-Water Systems, Ontario Ministry of the Environment – Design Guidelines for Sewage Works, Ontario Ministry of the Environment – Stormwater Management Planning and Design Manual, Ontario Provincial Standards Drawings, Ontario Provincial Standards Specifications, Interference with Wetlands and Alterations to Shorelines and Watercourses, Provincial Policy Statement, Transportation Association of Canada Guidelines, various other applicable Ontario Regulations and Municipal By-laws.

Trends

Legislative/Governance

• There is focus on the priority of housing nationally, provincially and municipally. This focus is on the importance of providing housing through an increase in overall supply and an increase in the different types of housing units that will allow people to enter the marketplace
  and to find different types of housing as they move through the housing lifecycle which could mean finding larger or smaller homes or rental housing.

Municipal Budget

• In 2023, the City began an Asset Management Plan Update to ensure compliance with Ontario Regulation 588/17 – Asset Management Planning for Municipal Infrastructure. The plan will include a financial strategy to close the City’s infrastructure funding gap, which is experienced by all Ontario municipalities. The updated AMP is scheduled to be completed in July 2024 and will include a 10 year capital plan. All City Departments, including EDS, will be refining our growth strategy and organizational capital planning capabilities to deliver increased
  development related and infrastructure replacement and renewal projects that will be included in the 10 year capital plan.

Technology

• Investment in technology such as online application software to provide quicker approvals, prioritizing new infrastructure projects like the new Avonlough Pump Station and Distribution system which will open up new development in the Belleville West (Loyalist) Secondary Plan
  Area.