Tuesday, October 17, 2017

WL Council Highlights - Oct 17th mtg

Present -- Mayor W. Cobb; Councillors I. Bonnell (via phone), J. Ryll, C. Smith, L. Walters and S. Zacharias

Meeting called to order at 6pm

Meeting Agenda Adopted and Mins of  the Oct 3rd WL Council Meeting adopted

Delegations:

1) Scott Bone, CEO & Cory Klein, Vice-Chair - Northern Regional Construction Association appeared before Council to provide an Introduction, Trends and Advocacy Work with Local Governments

A Question/Answer period ensued

Mayor Cobb, on behalf of Council, thanked the delegation for their time/information

2) Tom Hoffman, Randy Chadney & Kevin Sytsma from Tolko Industries appeared before Council to discuss 2017 Wildfires, Operating Stance, Wood Supply and General Updates on Lakeview/Soda Creek Locations

A Question/Answer period ensued

Mayor Cobb, on behalf of Council, thanked the delegation for their time/information

Resolved -- Council agreed to provide Tolko with a letter of support encouraging the Provincial government to adopt policies, including stumpage rates which would make the harvesting and extraction of fire damaged timber economically viable

Business:

1) Council received for information the accounts payable cheque listing for the periods of October 5 and 12, 2017

2) Council authorized submission of a grant application to the Northern Development Initiative Trust (NDIT) Façade Improvement Program and, if approved, directed Staff to implement the program based on the attached program guidelines and application from the report of the Director of Development Services

3) Council endorsed a Committee of the Whole recommendation, as follows:

Staff continue to report back to Council as per the proposed budget timeline presented, including options for both a zero percent tax rate increase and an inflationary cost of living rate increase.

4) Council approved the Winter Lights Christmas Magic Light-Up Event and Santa Claus Parade on Saturday, December 2, 2017

5) Council agreed to provide a letter of support to Gibraltar Mines for their application to permanently increase its annual authorized discharge rate to the Fraser River watershed from 0.19 m3/s to 0.285 m3/s between the period of April 10 and November 10

6) Council agreed to proclaim:

a) "Foster Family Month" - October 2017
b) "BC Aware Days" - January 29 to February 9, 2018

7) Late Item #1  - Council agreed to defer the pavement rehabilitation of Westridge Drive and Woodland Drive to start of the 2018 paving season.

8) Late Item #2 -  - Council agreed to support an application to the Cariboo Chilcotin Beetle Action Coalitition and, if the grant application is approved, add the Atlantic Power Heat Feasibility study to the City's 2018 budget as a strategic priority.

9) Late Item #3 - Council reconsidered/adopted Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2249 (101 Mason Road)

10) Late Item #4 - Council approved the urgent capital work to re-roof the City's Works Yard Complex and further authorized waving Purchasing Policy No. 138 in favour of direct contract award to the local roofing company to facilitate the urgency of the work.

11) Council received the 'Council Information Package' as of Oct 17th, as follows:

October 5, 2017 - Central Cariboo Arts & Culture Society's Support Grant Applications Intake;
October 5, 2017 - Community Energy Association re Invitation to Council to Upcoming Climate Leadership Institute Workshop;
October 11, 2017 - Letter from MLA Barnett re Thank You for Hard Work During Wildfires
October 16, 2017 - Red Cross re BC Fires 3 Month Donor Report.

Members of Council provided oral reports on their recent activities

The CAO (M. Macdonald) provided an oral report on his recent activities

Media Question Period -- Provincial Cabinet Ministers visiting Williams Lake

Council agreed to adjourn at 7:16pm

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