Present - Mayor Cook and Councillors Bonnell, Hughes, Rathor, Walters and Zacharias
Absent - Councillor Geoff Bourdon
Staff Present:
Darrell Garceau - City Manager
Geoff Goodall - GM of Planning and Operations
Cindy Bouchard - Manager of Legislative Services
Tom Chung - IT Manager
Ken MacInnis - Communications Coordinator
Meeting started at 6:00pm
Agenda approved and Minutes from Dec 17th, 2013 Council meeting adopted
Delegations
1) Warren Brown/Dave Dickson appeared before Council to give an update on RCMP/Community Policing activities
2) Bruce Mack appeared before Council to request a Council proclamation for Family Literacy Week from Jan 27th - Feb 2nd, 2014
Council adopted the following Resolution:
Council proclaim the week of January 27 to February 2, 2014 as "Family Literacy Week", pursuant to City of Williams Lake policy.
3) Anne Burrill, Jan Fichtner and Carla Bullinger appeared before Council to give an update on the Communities that Care project
Business:
1) Council received the accounts payable computer cheque listings for the periods ending December 18, 2013 and January 9, 2014
2) Council received the 2013 Fourth Quarter Economic Indicators Report for information
3) Council received a report entitled "2013 Summary of Accomplishments"
4) Council approved travel, registration and associated expenses for Mayor Cook to attend the Premier's BC Natural Resource Forum on January 22 and 23, 2014 in Prince George, BC, as per Council policy.
5) Council gave approval-in-principal to consider amending the Second Hand Goods Bylaw in order to bring it up to date and referred it to the Planning & Operations Committee for further examination and review.
6) Council rejected the Terms of Reference developed for the Highway 97 design review Request for Proposal and authorizing Staff to move forward with the RFP process by the following vote:
Affirmative - Mayor Cook and Councillors Hughes, Walters and Zacharias
Negative - Councillors Bonnell and Rathor
7) Council requested Staff to report back at the 1st February 2014 Committee of the Whole in regards to Option 1 for the Highway 97/Carson Drive/Toop Rd project and the next steps
8) Council referred to its' Jan 28th meeting the 2nd Renewal Term Agreement for the Landfill site lease on Frizzi Rd. The item will be advertised through local media as per Section 26(3) of the Community Charter
9) Council received an application for DVP #1-2014 for 4705 Collier Place and will deal formally with the application at its' Jan 28th meeting
10) Council gave 1st Reading to Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 2204 and Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2205 - 340 Centennial Drive (14 Lot proposal). A Public Consultation meeting with regard to these bylaws will take place on Monday, Jan 27th at 6pm in the Rick Hansen Boardroom (WL City Hall basement). The meeting will be hosted by the applicant
11) Council approved 1 Committee of the Whole recommendation as follows:
Council adopt the Human Resources Management Compensation & Benefits Policy as amended, including the salary scale as presented, with the following two amendments:
• Change probationary period back to 3 months;
• Should the Consumer Price Index be a negative value in any given year, no increases to salaries can occur until the negative value price has been recovered and the CPI is in positive value.
12) Council agreed to provide letters of support for the Soda Creek Indian Band's funding applications to the Canadian Heritage - Celebrate Canada 'Celebration and Commemoration Program' Fund and the Central Cariboo Arts and Culture Society's 2014 Project Grants Fund for the 2014 Aboriginal Day Celebration.
13) Council received the Jan 14th 'Council Information Package' as follows:
• December 11, 2013 - Minister Oakes re Thank You for UBCM Meeting;
• December 13, 2013 - Canada Revenue Agency re Community Visit Program;
• December 20, 2013 - CMHA re "Walk for Harmony 2013" Report.
14) A 'Roundtable' session was held with members of Council reporting on their activities
Meeting adjourned at 8:40pm
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