[00:00:02] AND I'LL CALL OUR SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING FOR TUESDAY, MAY 25TH 2021 TO ORDER, AND I WILL [1. Councillor Smith will read the Opening Statement.] ASK COUNCILLOR SMITH TO PLEASE READ THE OPENING STATEMENT. COUNCILLOR SMITH'S JUST HAVING A LITTLE TECHNICAL ISSUE, I'LL START AND THEN I'LL HAND IT BACK TO HER. SO I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE IS LOCATED IN CHIEF DRYGEESE TERRITORY FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL, IT'S BEEN THE TRADITIONAL LAND OF THE YELLOWKNIVES DENE FIRST NATION AND MORE RECENTLY, THE HOMELAND OF THE NORTH SLAVE METIS. WE RESPECT THE HISTORIES, LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF FIRST NATIONS, METE, INUIT AND ALL FIRST PEOPLES OF CANADA WHOSE PRESENCE CONTINUES TO ENRICH OUR VIBRANT COMMUNITY. NEXT, WE HAVE DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTERESTS IN THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF. DOES ANY MEMBER HAVE A PECUNIARY INTERESTS IN ANY MATTER BEFORE COUNCIL RIGHT NOW. SEEING NONE BECAUSE IT'S FOXES. NEXT, WE HAVE ENACTMENT OF BYLAWS FILE NUMBER FIVE ZERO THREE SEVEN, THE 2021 MUNICIPAL [Items 3 & 4] TAX LEVY BYLAWS PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING. COUNCILLOR SMITH. I MOVE THE FIRST READING OF BYLAW NUMBER FIVE ZERO THREE SEVEN. THANK YOU DO I HAVE A SECONDER. COUNCILLOR SILVERIO. ALL IN FAVOR. AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. [Items 5 & 6] NEXT, WE HAVE BYLAW NUMBER FIVE ZERO THREE EIGHT. IT'S THE 2021 SCHOOL TAX LEVY BYLAWS PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING. COUNCILLOR SMITH. I MOVE FIRST READING OF BYLAW NUMBER FIVE ZERO THREE EIGHT. THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECONDER. COUNCILLOR KONGE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. AND IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOVED BY COUNCILLOR SMITH, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR KONGE, ANYBODY OPPOSED SEEING NONE, WE CAN BE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.