WL Council Highlights - Dec 18th mtg

Present - Mayor Cook and Councillors Bonnell, Bourdon, Rathor, Walters and Zacharias

Absent - Councillor Danica Hughes

Staff Present:

Geoff Goodall - Acting CAO/GM of Planning and Ops
Rena Schill - Corporate Service Records Management Coordinator
Tom Chung - IT Manager
Pat Higgins - Director of Finance

Meeting started at 6:00pm
Minutes of Dec 4th WL City Council meeting approved
Agenda for Dec 18th WL City Council meeting approved

Delegations:

1) The Cariboo Men's Choir performed for Council and gifted a piano to the City
2) Ind. Cariboo-North MLA Bob Simpson was pleased to present the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Award to Sue Hemphill

Business:

1) Council received for information the Cheque Runs for the periods ending Dec 6th and 13th

2) Council adopted its' 2013 Provisional Budget.  During debate - Councillor Rathor expressed his opposition to items like $4,000 for Effective Decision Making Workshop and $10,000 for Downtown Revitalization

Opposed - Councillor Rathor

3) Council approved the amendments to the Terms of Reference for Junior Council as follows:

• reduce the number of Councillors from two to one;
• remove the requirement for Junior Councillors to be high school students;
• allow for a one year re-appointment for current Junior Councillors.

4) City Staff were directed to satisfy all the conditions outlined in the crown grant letter (WL Regional Airport) and that the $18,109 plus applicable taxes required to complete the crown grant be allocated from the 2013 Airport budget.

5) Council awarded the contract for the supply of unleaded gasoline and diesel fuels to Columbia Fuels (formerly United Petroleum) for the tendered price of $1.1316 per litre and $1.2691 per litre, respectively, based on an annual consumption of 68,000 litres.

6) Council received the 2012 OCP Monitoring and Report - Annual Report. The report will also be placed on the City's website for public information

7) Council awarded the contract for a water model RFP (Request for Proposals) to Geo Advise Engineering Inc. for the amount of $19,885, excluding HST.

8) Council ratified an email poll authorizing a letter of support for the Williams Lake Central Business Improvement Area Association's Community Crime Prevention grant application for their back alley and laneway lighting initiative

9) City of Williams Lake Regional Airport Fees Bylaw No. 2161, 2012 was adopted by Council

10) Council ratified 1 Committee of the Whole recommendation as follows:

Approval in Principle for the proposed mural project from the Fraser Basin Council be given and a Staff member be authorized to participate with the working group, together with Councillor Walters.

11) Council received a letter from the WL Stampede Association regarding a request to enlarge the fenced area behind the grandstand together with a correspondence memo from the City's Director of Community Services and Council authorized an amendment to the lease agreement and they be permitted to proceed with the proposed changes

12) Council received a letter from Bill Davidson requesting the installation of a 4-Way Stop at the intersection of Second Avenue North and Cameron Street and referred it to Staff for a report back to Council.

13) Council received a letter from Coast Mental Health Foundation regarding the 2013 Courage to Come Back award. The community was encouraged to submit nominations.

14) Council agreed to provide a letter of support for the application by the Potato House Sustainable Community Society to the Cariboo Chilcotin Beetle Action Coalition (CCBAC) for funds to continue offering and promoting programs that inspire community and personal self-sufficiency.

15) Council received for public information In-Camera Meeting Report #15-2012 as follows:

“That Council enter into a 1 year agreement with the Cariboo Regional District (CRD) to provide fire protection to those areas of D, E, and F based on the maximum requisition indicated in the Regional District’s Bylaw and further, prior to the expiration of this agreement, the City and CRD enter into discussions for renewal of fire protection services.”

Opposed: Councillor Rathor

16) Council received the "Council Information Package" of Dec 18th, 2012 as follows:

• December 2012 - NDIT December 2012 Report to Region;
• December 2012 - NCLGA Connection No. 112;
• December 3, 2012 - CCCTA E-News;
• December 3, 2012 - BC Communities in Bloom re 2013 Participant Options;
• December 3, 2012 - Senator Nancy Greene Raine re National Health & Fitness Day;
• December 3, 2012 - UBCM re Gas Tax Agreement Community Works Fund Payment;
• December 4, 2012 - Museum of Cariboo Chilcotin re Ranching & Rodeo Heritage in WL Place Branding;
• December 5, 2012 - Ministers' Regional Office Update;
• December 7, 2012 - New Prosperity Gold-Copper Project Update.

Council agreed to adjourn at 7:50pm and went into an In-Camera Meeting