OPENING PRAYER/MEDITATION 1. Councillor Payne will read the Opening Prayer/Meditation. We are grateful for our city, for our homes, for our neighbours, and for our freedom. We are grateful for the opportunity we have to meet here and to serve our fellow citizens. May we bring both the strength of our convictions, and the willingness to listen and learn, to our discussions. May we consider the needs and aspirations of all our fellow citizens in our decisions. And may we always represent our constituents with dignity, integrity, and honesty. AWARDS, CEREMONIES AND PRESENTATIONS 2. There were no awards, ceremonies or presentations for the agenda. ADOPTION OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING(S) Previously Distributed 3. Minutes of Council for the regular meeting of Tuesday, March 29, 2016 are presented for adoption. 4. Councillor Payne moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, That Minutes of Council for the regular meeting of Tuesday, March 29, 2016 be presented for adoption.
DELEGATIONS PERTAINING TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA There were no delegations pertaining to items on the agenda.
MEMBER STATEMENTS A request to declare April 25, 2016 as “Parental Alienation Awareness Day” in the City of Yellowknife. 10. A request to declare April 2016 as “Child Abuse Prevention Month” in the City of Yellowknife. 11. Are there any Member statements from the floor?
12. Municipal Services Committee Report for March 29, 2016. 13. Councillor Payne moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, That Administration be directed to develop a separate whistleblowing policy that includes a procedure whereby complaints can be made anonymously, or otherwise, about employees and/or members of Council to an independent third party reporting system, for employees only to report other employees or members of Council and with all complaints being reviewed through the Human Resources Division for appropriate action.
14. Municipal Services Committee Report for April 4, 2016. 15. Councillor Payne moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, That Council approve Food Vendor License Agreement Map DM #456004 for 2016.
16. By-law No. 4895 - A by-law to authorize the Collective Agreement with the Public Service Alliance of Canada Municipal Enforcement Officers Local X0345 for the term January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2019, is presented for Second and Third Reading. 17. Councillor Payne moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, Second Reading of By-law No. 4895. 18. Councillor Payne moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, Third Reading of By-law No. 4895.
19. By-law No. 4896 - A by-law to amend Business Licence By-law No. 3451 to amend s.322(2) to grant authority to review the food vendor licence agreement map annually to Council, is presented for First and Second Reading. 20. Councillor Payne moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, First Reading of By-law No. 4896. 21. Councillor Payne moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, Second Reading of By-law No. 4896.
NEW BUSINESS 29. A memorandum regarding whether to award the construction contract for the 2016 Water and Sewer upgrade Contract B – Franklin Avenue. 30. Councillor Payne moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, That Council authorize the Mayor and City Administrator to enter into a contract for the 2016 Water and Sewer Upgrade Contract B – Franklin Avenue with NWT Construction Ltd. in the amount of $696,589.10 (plus GST).
ADMINISTRATIVE ENQUIRIES 31. There were no administrative enquiries for the agenda. 32. Are there any administrative enquiries from the floor? ADJOURNMENT
OPENING PRAYER/MEDITATION 1. Councillor Payne will read the Opening Prayer/Meditation. We are grateful for our city, for our homes, for our neighbours, and for our freedom. We are grateful for the opportunity we have to meet here and to serve our fellow citizens. May we bring both the strength of our convictions, and the willingness to listen and learn, to our discussions. May we consider the needs and aspirations of all our fellow citizens in our decisions. And may we always represent our constituents with dignity, integrity, and honesty. AWARDS, CEREMONIES AND PRESENTATIONS 2. There were no awards, ceremonies or presentations for the agenda. ADOPTION OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING(S) Previously Distributed 3. Minutes of Council for the regular meeting of Tuesday, March 29, 2016 are presented for adoption. 4. Councillor Payne moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, That Minutes of Council for the regular meeting of Tuesday, March 29, 2016 be presented for adoption.
DELEGATIONS PERTAINING TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA There were no delegations pertaining to items on the agenda.
MEMBER STATEMENTS A request to declare April 25, 2016 as “Parental Alienation Awareness Day” in the City of Yellowknife. 10. A request to declare April 2016 as “Child Abuse Prevention Month” in the City of Yellowknife. 11. Are there any Member statements from the floor?
12. Municipal Services Committee Report for March 29, 2016. 13. Councillor Payne moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, That Administration be directed to develop a separate whistleblowing policy that includes a procedure whereby complaints can be made anonymously, or otherwise, about employees and/or members of Council to an independent third party reporting system, for employees only to report other employees or members of Council and with all complaints being reviewed through the Human Resources Division for appropriate action.
14. Municipal Services Committee Report for April 4, 2016. 15. Councillor Payne moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, That Council approve Food Vendor License Agreement Map DM #456004 for 2016.
16. By-law No. 4895 - A by-law to authorize the Collective Agreement with the Public Service Alliance of Canada Municipal Enforcement Officers Local X0345 for the term January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2019, is presented for Second and Third Reading. 17. Councillor Payne moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, Second Reading of By-law No. 4895. 18. Councillor Payne moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, Third Reading of By-law No. 4895.
19. By-law No. 4896 - A by-law to amend Business Licence By-law No. 3451 to amend s.322(2) to grant authority to review the food vendor licence agreement map annually to Council, is presented for First and Second Reading. 20. Councillor Payne moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, First Reading of By-law No. 4896. 21. Councillor Payne moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, Second Reading of By-law No. 4896.
NEW BUSINESS 29. A memorandum regarding whether to award the construction contract for the 2016 Water and Sewer upgrade Contract B – Franklin Avenue. 30. Councillor Payne moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, That Council authorize the Mayor and City Administrator to enter into a contract for the 2016 Water and Sewer Upgrade Contract B – Franklin Avenue with NWT Construction Ltd. in the amount of $696,589.10 (plus GST).
ADMINISTRATIVE ENQUIRIES 31. There were no administrative enquiries for the agenda. 32. Are there any administrative enquiries from the floor? ADJOURNMENT