Cariboo RD Board's Committee of the Whole Session - March 19, 2026 mtg

Present: 

Chair M. Wagner/Vice-Chair M. Neufeld; Directors Audet, Bachmeier, Massier, Forseth, LeBourdais, Richmond, Glassford, Pare, Anderson, De Vries, Paull, Rathor and Pinkney 

Meeting called to order at 1:00pm

The Chair recognized that the meeting was taking place on the traditional unceded territory of Williams Lake First Nation within Secwepemculecw and welcomed newly elected Area "A" Director Nicole Audet to her first Cariboo Regional District meeting (Committee of the Whole)

Meeting Agenda adopted

Minutes of the previous Committee of the Whole meeting were adopted

Business:

The Committee discussed the following: 

1) Cariboo Roads/Advocacy to Province of BC

2) Highway 97 Interconnector Project - Quesnel area

3) Regional District Board's 2022-2026 Strategic Plan

Following discussion -- the Committee recommended to the Regional Board: 

That the Cariboo Regional District's next steps in addressing the issue of unacceptable road conditions be as follows:

a) Amend the Cariboo Regional District's submitted 2026 NCLGA (North Central Local Government Association) Resolution (Highway 97);

b) Request a meeting with the Deputy Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure during the CAO/Chair Convention in Victoria - April 2026;

c) Send a letter to NCLGA members, requesting support for the Cariboo Regional District's resolution at NCLGA on the need for improved road conditions, and ask if they wish to include Indigenous communities in the effort to secure infrastructure funding and prioritization;

d) Request a meeting with the Deputy Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure at the 2026 UBCM/Union of BC Municipalities Convention with Cariboo Regional District's member municipalities.

Recess to Closed Committee of the Whole Meeting:

At 2:11pm -- the Committee recessed its' Open Meeting to hold a Closed Committee meeting, as per Sections 90(1c + 1i - labour and legal advice) of the Community Charter

Resumption of Open Committee of the Whole Meeting:

At 2:58pm-- the Committee resumed its' Open Meeting 

And then the Committee adjourned at 2:58pm