Central Cariboo Joint Committee Meeting - Nov. 18th

Central Cariboo Joint Committee Meeting – November 18th (Meeting held in Committee Room #1 – WL City Hall)

Present from City of WL:

Mayor K. Cook (Joint Committee Co-Chair), Deputy Mayor Rathor, and Councillors Montoya and Zacharias

Present from CRD:

Directors D. Bischoff (Joint Committee Co-Chair), S. Mazur, and D. Barnett

Staff Present:

Brian Carruthers – CAO, City of WL
Janis Bell – CAO, CRD
Darron Campbell – Manger of Community Services, CRD
Geoff Paynton – Director of Community Services, City of WL

Absent:

City of WL Councillors Tom Barr, Geoff Bourdon and Laurie Walters
CRD Directors A. Bracewell and R. Mumford

Meeting called to order at 5:02pm by Committee Co-Chair K. Cook

The Committee Co-Chair (K. Cook) advised that an In-Camera Meeting would occur after all business has concluded

Minutes:

By Consensus – Minutes of last Joint Committee be adopted

Delegations:

1) Elizabeth Hutchinson, Victim Services Manager & Staff-Sgt Warren Brown (Detachment Commander, WL RCMP) – Update on Victim Service Program:

• Mandate to help with Victims of Crime and helping them with the Court Process and any other needs the victim has
• Local Detachment has highest workload per capita/RCMP Officer & highest number of Criminal Code cases

A Question and Answer Period then took place

By Consensus – Delegation be received and information be provided to the CRD on Victim Services for consideration by the CRD Finance/Budget Committee for their 2010 Budget

2) Carla Glessing & Tom Salley from Central Cariboo Sustainability Committee – Sustainability Checklists

A 10 minute Powerpoint Presentation then took place

A Question and Answer period then took place

By Consensus – Delegation be received and refer to City of WL & CRD Planning Departments for follow-up

Items for Consideration:

1) Correspondence from Community Arts Council & Dollar Dollar Downtown and additional Correspondence on feedback for Central Cariboo Arts and Culture Service Delivery Plan Feedback

• CRD Community Services Manager reviewed with Joint Committee with the format of next week’s Public Meeting on the Central Cariboo Arts and Culture Service Delivery Plan.

By Consensus – Correspondence be received and refer to the Public Meeting on the Central Cariboo Arts and Culture Service Delivery Plan next week

2) Report from Director of Community Services, City of WL re: Alkali Braves Hockey Tournament

• City of WL Director of Community Services reviewed his report with the Joint Committee

By Consensus – Report received for information and the course of action suggested by the Director of Community Services, City of WL, as outlined in his report, be endorsed and that the support of local Native Band Chiefs be requested.

Action Page:

The City of WL CAO reviewed the Action Page items with the Joint Committee

By Consensus - Action Page received

Meeting recessed at 6:45pm to go In-Camera

Adjournment:

By Consensus – That this meeting adjourn at 6:55pm