Present:
Mayor Rathor; Councillors Boehm, Delainey, Flaspohler, Lyons, Moses and Nelson
Meeting called to order at 6:00pm
Mayor Rathor recognized that the meeting was taking place on the traditional unceded territory of Williams Lake First Nation within Secwepemculecw
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Meeting Agenda adopted
Minutes of the previous Council meeting were received/adopted
Delegations:
1) S/Sgt Brad McKinnon, Williams Lake RCMP Detachment Acting Officer in Charge re May 2026 Police Commission Update
2) Peter Scholz, Cairnstone Planning on Behalf of NDIT re Verbal Update on Continuation of Northern Railway Services
After each presentation -- a Question/Answer period ensued
Mayor Rathor thanked the delegations for their time/information and Council received their presentations for information
Response to Delegations:
1) That Staff schedule an emergency public meeting to include the RCMP, Downtown Williams Lake BIA, Interior Health, social agencies, shelter organizations and other key stakeholders as well as representatives from BC Prosecution Service and Todd Doherty, Cariboo-Prince George MP to address the street disorder and mischief in Williams Lake and with consideration towards the possibility of temporarily close the jails of Williams Lake to transport key criminals out of the community of Williams Lake and that a report be presented to Council as to the outcome of the meeting
Business:
1) Council received for information the accounts payable computer cheque and EFT listings dated May 14 and 21, 2026
2) Council approved entering into the proposed encroachment agreement with 1556694 BC LTD. DBA Stampeder Inn, for a five-year term, for a deck, retaining walls located on City of Williams Lake boulevard along Windmill Crescent and Lakeview Avenue, and an existing building encroachment along the laneway for the property at 2 Lakeview Avenue
3) Council gave 1st, 2nd and 3rd Readings to “City of Williams Lake Bylaw Notice Enforcement Amendment Bylaw No. 2439, 2026”
4) Council approved the 2025 Statement of Financial Information (SOFI) report and disclosure schedules for submission to the Province of BC
5) Council agreed to waive its' Purchasing Policy No. 138 and sole-source award of the Development Cost Charges Bylaw Update Project to Urban Systems Ltd. for $73,500, excluding GST, with the remaining amount over the 2026 capital budget to be drawn from General Reserves should project completion occur prior to 2027
6) Council ratified an email poll authorizing entering into the Amendment #1 Statement of Works (SOW) Agreement provided by Recycle BC for recycling services between a portion of Electoral Area "E" of the Cariboo Regional District and the City of Williams Lake
7) Council received the 2026 submission from the Williams Lake Public Art Committee and approved the selected projects for the matching annual allocation of $5,000 namely:
* Complete mural on back of the Cariboo Regional District Williams Lake building
* Complete mural on side of Sam's Restaurant (3rd Avenue, across from the Cariboo Regional District Williams Lake office)
8) Council received its' Council Information Package as of May 26, 2026
Members of Council reported on their recent activities
And then Council adjourned at 7:41pm
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