WL Committee of the Whole Highlights - October 12th meeting

Present:

Acting Mayor Surinderpal Rathor and Councillors Barr, Bourdon, Hebert, Walters and Zacharias

Absent:

Mayor Kerry Cook

Staff Present:

Brian Carruthers – Chief Administrative Officer
Rena Schill – Corporate Services Records Management Coordinator
Cindy Walters – Planning Clerk
Annie McKitrick – Acting Manager of Social Development
Brad McRae – Senior Bylaw Officer
Candie Laporte – Director of Financial Services

Meeting called to order at 6:00pm
Minutes of Sept 14th COW Meeting adopted

Delegations:

1) Elizabeth Hutchinson appeared before the Committee to give an update on the Victim Services program

Key Points:

• Coordination of Services Meeting (City of WL, CRD...)
• Protocols established (Third Party reporting, Circles of Strength and Coordinated Response to Violence in Relationships)
• Training to Community – Gateway, First Nations Frontline Workers, and Community Volunteer Facilitator & Mentor Training
• Staff donated 4,672 on-call hours. Open 8-6, no coverage on annual leave and closed on stat holidays
• Discussion on use by sex and incident types responded to / Discussion on Case Load from 2008-2010
• Victim Usage – 67% City of WL, 26% CRD, 7% Other
• Discussion on Attendance under Coroners’ Act. October 2009-2010, 49 calls to assist 12 clients
• Stakeholder Survey done in January of 2009 – 50 people responded
• Work with Association of Police Victim Services of BC, Create a Victim Services Business Plan (work on-going for business plan for consideration of Central Cariboo Joint Committee) for WL RCMP Detachment area and City of WL/CRD presents business plan to Victoria

A Question and Answer period ensued
Acting Mayor Rathor, on behalf of the Committee, thanked Ms. Hutchinson for her presentation

Business:

1) Draft Graffiti Bylaw & Public Information Meetings

The CAO & Senior Bylaw Officer reviewed his report with the Committee
Discussion ensued thereon

Note – Public Meetings on the Draft Graffiti Bylaw to occur on Thursday November 4th & 18th

Committee Action – Report received

2) Permissive Tax Exemptions for 2011

Councillor Barr reviewed the Director of Financial Service’s report with the Committee
Discussion ensued thereon

Committee Action – Committee of the Whole recommends Council give Bylaw #2122 three readings

3) Revitalization Tax Exemption Renewals – G. York MD Inc and F. VanderMerwe MD Inc & Scott and Jaz Rentals

Committee Action – Reports of the Planning Clerk received

4) Permissive Church Tax Exemptions Amending Bylaw No. 2123 (Salvation Army)

Councillor Barr reviewed the Director of Financial Services’s report with the Committee
Discussion ensued thereon

Committee Action – Committee of the Whole recommends Council give Bylaw #2123 three readings

5) Private School Tax Exemptions Amending Bylaw No. 2125 (Lake City Christian Center)

Discussion ensued thereon

Committee Action – Committee of the Whole recommends Council give Bylaw #2125 three readings

6) Signage on Mackenzie Avenue - Right Lane for Vehicles Over 11,500 kg

The CAO reviewed the Senior Bylaw Officer’s report with the Committee
Discussion ensued thereon

Committee Action – Committee of the Whole recommends Council approve signs for lane usage for vehicles over 11,500 KG gross vehicle weight on Mackenzie Avenue

7) Parking Fine Changes to Traffic Control Bylaw No. 2093

The CAO reviewed the Senior Bylaw Officer’s report with the Committee
Discussion ensued thereon

Committee Action – Staff directed to bring proposed amendments (Parking Fine Changes) to a future Council meeting

8) Junior Council for Williams Lake

Councillor Hébert reviewed the report of the Acting Social Development Manager with the Committee
Discussion ensued thereon

Committee Action - Committee of the Whole recommends Council initiate a Junior Council beginning in January 2011 and allocate the sum of $500.00 per school year towards activities of the Junior Council

9) Cariboo Lodge Site Redevelopment Task Force - Proposed Terms of Reference

The Acting Social Development Manager reviewed her report with the Committee
Discussion ensued thereon

Committee Action – Committee of the Whole recommends Council approve the Draft Terms of Reference for the Cariboo Lodge Site Redevelopment Task Force

10) Housing Report and Proposed Recommendations for Developing an Affordable Housing Strategy

The Acting Social Development Manager reviewed her report with the Committee
Discussion ensued thereon

Committee Action – Committee of the Whole recommends Council adopt the updated Housing Report and the proposed five strategies contained in the report from the Acting Social Development Manager

Meeting adjourned at 7:26pm