Present from CRD - Co-Chair J. Sorley; Directors Forseth and Kemp
Present from City of Williams Lake - Councillors Bonnell, Ryll, Walters and Zacharias
Meeting chaired by Co-Chair J. Sorley
Meeting called to order at 5:09pm
Meeting Agenda approved/Mins of the March 27th CC Joint Committee meeting adopted
Business:
1) CCACS Report to CCJC - 1st Quarter 2016
Harry Jennings, Central Cariboo Arts/Culture Society President, was in attendance for this item
Discussion ensued thereon
Resolved - Report received
2) BC Games Bid Update
The Committee received a report from the City's Director of Community Services (G. Paynton)
Discussion ensued thereon
Resolved - Report received
3) City of Williams Lake - 2015 Statutory Holiday Programs and Financials
The Committee received a report from the City's Manager of Active Living (S. Miranda)
Discussion ensued thereon
Resolved - Report received
4) Sam Ketcham Pool Upgrade Project - Monthly Status Report for March 2016
Lewis Reilly from Tango Management was in attendance for this item
Discussion ensued thereon
Resolved - Report received
5) Regional Prosperity – Partnership with Community Development Institute
The Committee received a report of the Cariboo Regional District's CAO (J. Bell)
Discussion ensued thereon
Resolved - Report received/CRD CAO J. Bell & CDI Co-Chair M. Morris be invited to present on this item at a future Joint Committee meeting
6) Action Page
Discusion ensued thereon
Resolved - Action Page received and Items 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 be deleted from the Action Page
The Committee adjourned at 6:07pm
2 comments:
Steve seems WL is on track to break the rules about adopting a financial plan and tax rate bylaw by May 15. Next meeting not till May 10 and you can't give three readings and adopt at the same meeting. Plus they have to have a public consultation period. WL hasn't said anything about the budget at all. Whatever happened to being transparent?
Thank you for your comments. Unlike Municipal Councils - Regional Boards can give their budget bylaws all readings in one meeting however like municipal Councils - Regional Boards must engage in public consultation PRIOR to adopting the budget bylaw which the CRD did via posting online and leaving in libraries/offices in Quesnel, WL, 100 Mile and Rural Libraries
Council could do the same public consultation (post online and leave at City Hall) and that would meet the letter of the law but one could argue that it doesn't meet the spirit of the law.
Furthermore - Council could hold, theoretically, multiple special meetings to give the necessary readings to the Budget and Tax Rates Bylaws but the law says you must have 24 hours clear time between 3rd Reading and Adoption of a Bylaw. As for the rest of the comments - I would encourage people to contact City Council to express your concerns...
Steve
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