OPENING PRAYER/MEDITATION Councillor Bell 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.
ADOPTION OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING(S) Minutes of Council for the regular meeting of Monday, November 27, 2017 are presented for adoption. Councillor Bell moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, That Minutes of Council for the regular meeting of Monday, November 27, 2017 be presented for adoption.
INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS Councillor Bell will introduce the following reports: 11. Municipal Services Committee Report for December 4, 2017. 12. Councillor Bell moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, That Council appoint Colin Steed as the official representative from the NWT Power Corporation to serve on the Community Energy Planning Committee for a two year term commencing January 9, 2018 and ending January 8, 2020. 13. Councillor Bell moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, That Administration bring forward marketing plan for the Engle Business District Phase 2 lots and to include the 9.8 ha portion of Lot 44, Block 907, Plan 4226 (the lands located directly to the southeast of Deh Cho Boulevard and Osprey Road intersection).
14. Special Municipal Services Committee Report for December 4, 5 & 6, 2017. 15. Councillor Bell moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, 1. Reduced by $23,000 by reducing Memberships and Subscriptions from $83,000 to $60,000 to allow for inflationary costs but reflect the new fee schedule of the NWTAC. 2. Reduced by $20,000 by reducing Council Travel. 3. Reduced by $50,000 by reducing Strategic Planning. 4. Increased by $50,000 to include a Post-Secondary Feasibility / Eco Impacts Study within the 2018 PCED Capital Expenditures. 5. Reduced by $100,000 by deferring the Stanton Equipment Relocation to 2019. 6. Reduced by $55,000 by transferring the Bristol Freighter Repainting expenditure to the Heritage Reserve. 7. Reduced by $300,000 by deferring the Frame Lake Trail Expansion to 2019. 8. Reduced by $50,000 by removing the RV Park Feasibility Study. 9. Reduced by $212,960 by removing the School Draw Parking Lot Improvement project. 10. Reduced by $75,000 by removing the Anti?Poverty Initiative. 11. Committee recommends that $100,000 remain in the Budget for the Fieldhouse Track Access Door and that Administration be directed to present alternative options to Council for the control of access to the track. 12. Committee recommends that the budget be amended by reducing the Solar Panels Project by $150,000 and by adding a Waste Strategic Plan Project in the amount of $50,000 within the Community Energy Plan Projects. 13. Committee recommends that the funding for the Homelessness Employment Program come the Downtown Reserve. 14. Committee recommends that the Budget be increased by $93,000 to add 4 new Fire Full Time Equivalent positions starting in October 2018. 15. Committee recommends that the Budget be increased by $5,000 for the Bike Park and that the funding for the Bike Park be conditional on matching dollars from the Yellowknife Mountain Bike Club up to a maximum of $25,000. 16. Committee recommends that the transfer from General to Capital be reduced by $500,000. 17. That Council approve the 2018 Draft Budget with revenues of $77,979,000, debt principal repayments of $1,556,000, expenditures of $76,667,000 including Capital Investment of $26,238,000, amortization of $14,317,000, be approved; and that Council adopt the 2019 and 2020 Budget in principle.
NOTICES OF MOTION 21. There were no notices of motion for the agenda. 22. Are there any notices of motion from the floor?
NEW BUSINESS 24. There was no new business for the agenda. 25. Is there any new business from the floor? ADJOURNMENT
OPENING PRAYER/MEDITATION Councillor Bell 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.
ADOPTION OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING(S) Minutes of Council for the regular meeting of Monday, November 27, 2017 are presented for adoption. Councillor Bell moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, That Minutes of Council for the regular meeting of Monday, November 27, 2017 be presented for adoption.
INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS Councillor Bell will introduce the following reports: 11. Municipal Services Committee Report for December 4, 2017. 12. Councillor Bell moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, That Council appoint Colin Steed as the official representative from the NWT Power Corporation to serve on the Community Energy Planning Committee for a two year term commencing January 9, 2018 and ending January 8, 2020. 13. Councillor Bell moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, That Administration bring forward marketing plan for the Engle Business District Phase 2 lots and to include the 9.8 ha portion of Lot 44, Block 907, Plan 4226 (the lands located directly to the southeast of Deh Cho Boulevard and Osprey Road intersection).
14. Special Municipal Services Committee Report for December 4, 5 & 6, 2017. 15. Councillor Bell moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, 1. Reduced by $23,000 by reducing Memberships and Subscriptions from $83,000 to $60,000 to allow for inflationary costs but reflect the new fee schedule of the NWTAC. 2. Reduced by $20,000 by reducing Council Travel. 3. Reduced by $50,000 by reducing Strategic Planning. 4. Increased by $50,000 to include a Post-Secondary Feasibility / Eco Impacts Study within the 2018 PCED Capital Expenditures. 5. Reduced by $100,000 by deferring the Stanton Equipment Relocation to 2019. 6. Reduced by $55,000 by transferring the Bristol Freighter Repainting expenditure to the Heritage Reserve. 7. Reduced by $300,000 by deferring the Frame Lake Trail Expansion to 2019. 8. Reduced by $50,000 by removing the RV Park Feasibility Study. 9. Reduced by $212,960 by removing the School Draw Parking Lot Improvement project. 10. Reduced by $75,000 by removing the Anti?Poverty Initiative. 11. Committee recommends that $100,000 remain in the Budget for the Fieldhouse Track Access Door and that Administration be directed to present alternative options to Council for the control of access to the track. 12. Committee recommends that the budget be amended by reducing the Solar Panels Project by $150,000 and by adding a Waste Strategic Plan Project in the amount of $50,000 within the Community Energy Plan Projects. 13. Committee recommends that the funding for the Homelessness Employment Program come the Downtown Reserve. 14. Committee recommends that the Budget be increased by $93,000 to add 4 new Fire Full Time Equivalent positions starting in October 2018. 15. Committee recommends that the Budget be increased by $5,000 for the Bike Park and that the funding for the Bike Park be conditional on matching dollars from the Yellowknife Mountain Bike Club up to a maximum of $25,000. 16. Committee recommends that the transfer from General to Capital be reduced by $500,000. 17. That Council approve the 2018 Draft Budget with revenues of $77,979,000, debt principal repayments of $1,556,000, expenditures of $76,667,000 including Capital Investment of $26,238,000, amortization of $14,317,000, be approved; and that Council adopt the 2019 and 2020 Budget in principle.
NOTICES OF MOTION 21. There were no notices of motion for the agenda. 22. Are there any notices of motion from the floor?
NEW BUSINESS 24. There was no new business for the agenda. 25. Is there any new business from the floor? ADJOURNMENT