Present: Mayor W. Cobb; Councillors I. Bonnell, S. Nelson, J. Ryll, C. Smith, L. Walters and S. Zacharias
Staff:
Darrell Garceau - City Manager (CAO)
Rena Schill - Corp Services/Records Mgmt Coordinator
Des Webster - Director of Protective Services/Fire Chief
Margaret Stewart - Director of Finance
Tom Chung - IT Manager
Ken MacInnis - Communications Coordinator
Meeting called to order at 6pm
Meeting Agenda approved with 1 Late Item
Minutes from Nov 25th Regular Council and Dec 2nd Inaugural Council meetings approved
Business:
1) Council received for information the accounts payable computer cheque listings for the periods ending November 27, December 4 and 11, 2014
2) Council approved the proposed amendments to Council Policy No. 22, Bank Signing Authority, to allow for electronic signatures to be used on cheques issued in the amount of $25,000 or less and updates to titles and positions within the organization.
Approved by the following vote:
Affirmative - Mayor Cobb; Councillors Nelson, Ryll, Smith and Zacharias
Negative - Councillors Ivan Bonnell and Laurie Walters
3) Council gave 1st, 2nd and 3rd Reading to Fees & Charges Bylaw 2224
Approved by the following vote:
Affirmative - Mayor Cobb; Councillors Nelson, Ryll, Smith, Walters and Zacharias
Negative - Councillor Ivan Bonnell
4) Council rescinded Council Resolution #438/14 regarding closure of Dutch Point Rd boat launch access and directed that Dutch Point Road be re-opened to the public for vehicular, boat, snowmobile and pedestrian access, and Staff were directed to bring forward options to create additional boat accesses to Williams Lake and prepare a budget for Council's consideration of cost in the 2015 budget for new access.
Approved by the following vote:
Affirmative - Mayor Cobb; Councillors Nelson, Ryll, and Smith
Negative - Councillors Ivan Bonnell, Laurie Walters and Sue Zacharias
5) Council approved the interim appointment of Councillor Laurie Walters to the North Central Local Government Association (NCLGA) Board of Directors until May 2015.
6) Council awarded the contract for the supply of unleaded gasoline and diesel fuels to Suncor Energy Products for the tendered price of $1.024 per litre of unleaded fuel and $1.203 per litre of diesel fuel.
7) Council adopted one Council-in-Committee recommendation as follows:
That pursuant to Council Committee Report #42-2014, the report of the Director of Financial Services dated October 23, 2014 be received and the 2015 Grants in Aid be recommended as follows:
Canadian Mental Health Association - $250.00
Cariboo Mountain Bike Consortium - $5,000.00
Gavin Lake Forest Education Society - $0.00
Hough Memorial Cancer Fund Society - $0.00
Linwood House Ministries - $0.00
Navy League of Canada Chilcotin Branch - $3,025.00
Potato House Community Sustainability Society - $0.00
Williams Lake Association for Canadian Living - $305.00
Approved by the following vote:
Affirmative - Mayor Cobb; Councillors Bonnell, Nelson, Ryll, Smith and Zacharias
Negative - Councillor Laurie Walters
8) Council received a letter from the Canadian Cancer Society - Williams Lake Unit regarding the regulation of electronic cigarettes and referred it to the Community Services Committee for a recommendation back to Council
9) Council received the memo from the Union of BC Municipalities regarding notification of Executive vacancies as a result of the 2014 Local Government Elections
10) Late Item - Council endorsed a recommendation of the Executive Committee dated December 11, 2014 that the Central Cariboo Economic Development Corporation be reinstated, with amendments to the established Terms of Reference to be made as deemed necessary, and with an announcement to be made before the end of December 2014
Approved by the following vote:
Affirmative - Mayor Cobb; Councillors Nelson, Ryll, Smith and Zacharias
Negative - Councillors Ivan Bonnell and Laurie Walters
10) Council received the 'Council Information Package' as of December 16th as follows:
• October 1, 2014 - Women's Contact Society re Thank You for Event Hosting Incentive Grant;
• November 14, 2014 - Ministry of Energy & Mines re UBCM Discussion on Mount Polley Mine Tailings Dam Failure;
• November 20, 2014 - UBCM re Gas Tax Agreement Community Works Fund Payment for Fiscal 2014/2015;
• November 22, 2014 - Old Age Pensioners Organization Branch #93 to Minister of Health re Cariboo Memorial Hospital Redevelopment;
• November 24, 2014 - Ville de Lac-Megantic re Thank You from Fonds Avenir Lac-Megantic;
• December 5, 2014 - Coal Alliance re Congratulations on Election.
Members of Council gave oral reports on their activities within the City
Meeting adjourned at 6:57pm
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