Oct 18, 2021 Governance & Priorities Committee

THE PAUSE. AND I'LL CALL OUR GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE MEETING FOR MONDAY,

[1. Opening Statement]

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NEXT, WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[2. Approval of the agenda.]

NO, NOTHING ELSE TO ADD.

THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST IN THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF.

DOES ANY MEMBER HAVE A PECUNIARY INTEREST TODAY? SEEING NONE.

NEXT, WE HAVE A MEMORANDUM REGARDING WHETHER TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO THE

[4. A memorandum regarding whether to adopt the recommended changes to the Grant Funding Policy and the Criteria for Heritage Project Funding as submitted by the Policy Review Working Group.]

MS. BASSI-KELLETT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

ABSOLUTELY. IN AUGUST OF 2019, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WILL REMEMBER THAT YOU HAD DIRECTED THROUGH COUNCIL HAD DIRECTED ADMINISTRATION TO STREAMLINE PROCESSES FOR THE COMMUNITY, GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO WITH INPUT FROM THE GRANT REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THE HERITAGE COMMITTEE AND WORKING WITH THE WORKING GROUP THAT INCLUDED MEMBERS FROM BOTH OF THESE COMMITTEES.

ADMINISTRATION HAS REVISED THE APPROACH AND IS PLEASED TO PRESENT AN UPDATED COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANT FUNDING POLICY AND A HERITAGE COMMITTEE FUNDING POLICY FOR CONSIDERATION AND REVIEW BY GPC.

SO THE UPDATES ARE SHOWN IN RED SCRIPT IN THE GPC PACKAGE.

AND I WILL NOTE, THANKS TO COUNCILLOR MORGAN, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF INADVERTENT SMALL ERRORS THAT WERE FOUND IN THE AMOUNTS THAT HAVE SINCE BEEN UPDATED AND HAVE BEEN NOTED IN THE PACKAGE.

IF FOLKS HAVE OPENED THE PACKAGE SINCE ELEVEN O'CLOCK THIS MORNING, THERE IS A NOTE ABOUT AND WE CAN REFER TO THOSE AS WE GO THROUGH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AS CHAIR OF THE WORKING GROUP TO THANK STAFF AND THE GRANT REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THE HERITAGE COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS. THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED COME FROM MANY YEARS OF MEMBERS SITTING ON THE COMMITTEES AND HAVING ISSUES COME UP OVER THE TIME, SO WE WERE LOOKING TO ADDRESS THEM IN THIS POLICY REVIEW.

A LOT OF THE CHANGES WERE ABOUT ALIGNING THE POLICY WITH OUR CURRENT PRACTICE, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE CURRENT POLICY, IT SAYS THAT ORGANIZATIONS HAVE TO PROVIDE MATCHING FUNDS AND IN THE PROPOSED REVISED POLICY, IT SAYS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS 30 PERCENT OF THE BUDGET. AND THIS IS BECAUSE HISTORICALLY, THAT'S THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT DUE TO THE TOTAL FUNDING THAT WE HAVE TO DISTRIBUTE AMONG ALL OF THE GROUPS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ORGANIZATIONS ARE PUTTING FORWARD PROJECTS THAT TAKE THIS INTO ACCOUNT. SO IF THEY NEED FIFTY OR SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE FUNDING TO COME FROM THE CITY AND WE ONLY GIVE THEM 30 PERCENT, DOES THAT MEAN THEIR PROJECT CAN STILL HAPPEN AND IF THEIR PROJECT CAN HAPPEN? WHILE WE COULD HAVE GIVEN THAT FUNDING TO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THEIR PROJECT? ONE OF THE OTHER CHANGES IS DROPPING THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THE MULTI YEAR, AND AGAIN, IT'S SIMILAR TO THE REASON ABOVE WE HAD THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT AT EIGHTY THOUSAND, BUT DUE AGAIN TO THE TOTAL BUDGET OF THE PROGRAM, WE HAVEN'T GIVEN THAT A MAXIMUM AMOUNT TO ORGANIZATIONS IN MANY YEARS.

SO WE WANT TO BE UPFRONT WITH ORGANIZATIONS.

THERE'S NO POINT IN HAVING A MAXIMUM THAT IN PRACTICE WE NEVER GET CLOSE TO GIVING.

SO THE FIFTY THOUSAND MAXIMUM IS A MORE REALISTIC AMOUNT FOR GROUPS TO CONSIDER.

AND I'D STILL SAY IT'S PRETTY HIGH AND THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE MANY GROUPS THAT.

IN REGARDS TO THE HERITAGE GRANT, WE DECIDED TO KEEP IT SEPARATE, SO WE DID DISCUSS WHETHER WE SHOULD AMALGAMATE ALL KIND OF FOUR FUNDING POTS INTO ONE POLICY.

BUT WE DID DECIDE TO DO A FEW CHANGES TO STREAMLINE AND IMPROVE THE PROCESS BY HAVING ONE CALL FOR ALL THE GRANTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

SO RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A CALL FOR HERITAGE GRANTS TWICE A YEAR IN THE SPRING AND IN THE FALL, AND THE COMMUNITY GRANTS HAPPEN ONCE A YEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY.

SO THIS YEAR, IN PAST YEARS, WE'LL RECEIVE PROJECTS APPLY FOR A COMMUNITY GRANT WHEN REALLY THEY'RE PROBABLY A BETTER FIT IN THE HERITAGE PROJECTS.

AND THEN SOMETIMES WE ONLY RECEIVE ONE OR TWO HERITAGE PROJECTS AND WE DON'T EVEN GIVE THE FULL HERITAGE FUNDING OUT.

SO THE CHANGE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED WOULD HAVE ALL THE APPLICATIONS COME IN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. AND THEN WE CAN REDISTRIBUTE THE APPLICATIONS TO THE RIGHT FUNDING POTS IF NEED BE.

SO IF SOMEBODY APPLIES FOR A COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANT BUT THEIR PROJECT IS ALSO A HERITAGE GRANT, WE COULD SHIFT THE APPLICATION OVER THERE, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE'LL BE AN INCREASE IN COMMUNITY GRANT FUNDING AND THEN THE HERITAGE POT WILL BE SUPPORTING MORE HERITAGE PROJECTS.

THERE WAS ALSO ONE POINT THAT WAS ADDED IN THE HERITAGE GRANT POLICY, BOTH PROJECTS CANNOT RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE SAME PROJECT IN FUTURE YEARS.

AND WHAT WE WERE SAYING THERE WAS SO THAT YOU CAN'T STRETCH THE SAME PROJECT OVER

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BUT YOU CAN'T APPLY FOR MORE FUNDING TO JUST CONTINUE WORKING ON THE SAME MURAL OR THE SAME PODCAST. SINCE THEN, YOU'D BE GETTING MORE THAN A 30 PERCENT OF THE BUDGET TO SUPPORT THE SAME PROJECT.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO JUST SOME HOUSEKEEPING, LIKE PUTTING THESE TWO POLICIES INTO THE SAME FORMAT SO THAT THEY LOOK LIKE THE REST OF THE CITY POLICIES.

AND FINALLY, THERE'S THE POINT IN COUNCIL'S MOTION REGARDING THE WORKING GROUP CONSIDERING WHETHER FESTIVALS SHOULD BE REVIEWED AND FUNDED BY.

POLICY, COMMUNICATIONS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THE COMMITTEE DETERMINED THAT OR FELT THAT COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANTS ARE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS AND OFFERING FUN ACTIVITIES TO DO.

AND OF COUNCIL OR STAFF FEEL THAT FESTIVALS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, THEN A PROGRAM SHOULD BE DEVELOPED SEPARATELY AND BROUGHT FORWARD FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.

SO AGAIN, THE WORKING GROUP FELT THAT A RECOMMENDATION BASED ON AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY PRINCIPLE WAS OUTSIDE OF THEIR SCOPE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND HERITAGE GRANTS.

SO JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE EXTRA DETAIL, WE DID A BIG THANKS TO COUNCILLOR WILLIAMS, COUNCILLOR PAYNE AND COUNCILLOR SMITH, WHO WERE ALSO ON THIS WORKING GROUP AND HAD SOME GREAT MEETINGS ON SUNNY, BEAUTIFUL JUNE DAYS TO GET THIS TO WHERE IT'S SET.

SO OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS, COUNCIL.

COMMENTS? COUNCILLOR MUFANDAEDZA? AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR, FOR THE BIG EXPLANATION, YOU DID DEFINITELY TOUCH ON SOME QUESTIONS THAT I HAD WHILE I WAS GOING THROUGH THE MEMO IN FRONT OF US.

BUT AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DID TO CLEAN THIS DOCUMENT UP.

I WENT THROUGH IT AND YOU COULD REALLY SEE HOW WELL IT WAS CLEANED AND POLISHED.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DID.

ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WAS READING UNDER THE FUNDING GUIDELINE PRINCIPLES WAS IN SECTION C. IT TALKED ABOUT TRAVEL EXPENSES AND HOW IN THE PAST THEY WERE NOT PERMITTED, OR IT SAID THAT THE TERM TRAVEL EXPENSES BE REMOVED FROM THE FUNDING MUST NOT BE USED FOR FUNDRAISING, TRAVEL EXPENSES, CASH PRIZES, ET CETERA.

NOW WHY DID WE REMOVE OR WHY DID WE? WHY ARE WE ALLOWING TRAVEL EXPENSES TO BE PART OF LIKE TO BE USED NOW? WHAT HAS CHANGED? THANK YOU.

YEAH, YEAH, NO, WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS AND A LOT OF THE GROUPS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK OF FOLK ON THE ROCKS, THEY WOULD BE USING THE FUNDING TO SUPPORT TRAVEL FOR BANDS COMING TO YELLOWKNIFE.

THE SNOW KING FESTIVAL, AGAIN, THERE MIGHT BE SOME TRAVEL EXPENSES.

SOME ORGANIZATIONS HAVE USED FUNDING TO BRING UP GUEST SPEAKERS.

SO IN THE PAST IT WAS.

IT'S ABOUT NOT USING THIS FUNDING FOR LIKE TEAMS TO TRAVEL, BUT WE FELT THAT WE COULD REMOVE THAT BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT THE FUNDING REQUEST MUST CLEARLY BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY OF YELLOWKNIFE.

AND SO WE FELT THAT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE THAT YOU COULD USE TRAVEL EXPENSES TO SUPPORT SOME OF YOUR PROGRAMS AS LONG AS THE FUNDING WAS TO BENEFIT RESIDENTS OF YELLOWKNIFE IN YELLOWKNIFE.

PERFECT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SO, YEAH, DEFINITELY.

I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE CHANGES, THANK YOU FOR CLEANING THAT UP AND FOR CLARIFYING THAT, AND I ALSO DID SEE SOME REDUNDANCY AND SOME OF THE READINGS LIKE ACTIVITIES MUST BE MUNICIPAL IN NATURE.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SO THANK YOU FOR CLEANING ALL THOSE UP BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD JUST MAKE SUCH A DIFFICULT READ FOR PEOPLE AND IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE A TEAM DOCUMENT.

I'M IN SUPPORT OF ALL THE CHANGES THAT YOU GUYS MADE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DID. THANK YOU.

I SEE NOW JUST AFTER YOU MENTIONED THAT, YEAH, IT'S THAT THIRD BULLET IN 4.2, THAT FUNDING MUST BE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO AN EVENT DELIVERY IN YELLOWKNIFE.

THEREFORE, YOU CAN USE YOUR TRAVEL EXPENSE TO BRING SOMEBODY TO HELP YOUR ACTIVITY, BUT YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY TAKE THE WHOLE TEAM AND TRAVEL TO EDMONTON WITH THE FUNDING.

ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? COUNCILLOR MORGAN? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANKS TO COUNCILORS WILLIAMS AND PAYNE AND SMITH FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THE COMMITTEE AS WELL, I KNOW THIS IS OFTEN NOT SUCH A FUN JOB TO TRY TO DECIDE WHO GETS FUNDING AND WHO DOESN'T, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

MY FIRST QUESTION AND THANKS TO MAYOR ALTY, TOO, FOR CLARIFYING SOME OF THE POINTS I WAS

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AND NOW WE'RE SAYING YOU CAN ONLY GET UP TO 30 PERCENT OF YOUR BUDGET.

I WAS CONCERNED THAT THAT MIGHT PREVENT SOME ORGANIZATIONS FROM BEING ABLE TO FIND ALL THE FUNDING THEY NEED. IF IF, SAY, OTHERS FUNDING AGENCIES ONLY GIVE 50 PERCENT OR WHATEVER THAT THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO ADD UP ENOUGH TO GO AHEAD.

BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT'S BEEN THE PRACTICE UP TILL NOW ANYWAY.

SO IT SEEMS THAT ORGANIZATIONS ARE STILL ABLE TO GO AHEAD WITH THEIR INITIATIVES.

I JUST WONDERED IF YOU HAD HEARD ANY FEEDBACK FROM ORGANIZATIONS THAT BY ONLY GIVING THEM. YOU KNOW, A THIRD OF OF THEIR BUDGET, DOES THAT PREVENT ANY INITIATIVES FROM GOING FORWARD OR DO WE HAVE ANY ANECDOTAL FEEDBACK OR INFORMATION ON OTHER FUNDING AGENCIES IN TERMS OF THEIR MAXIMUMS? YEAH, AND IT WAS A QUESTION THAT WE DISCUSSED A LOT AT THE WORKING GROUP BECAUSE, YEAH, THE RECOMMENDATION CAME FORWARD FROM A MINIMUM OF UP TO 30 PERCENT, SO THEY DID THAT ANALYSIS. THE OTHER THING WAS THEY LOOKED AT WHAT OTHER MUNICIPAL POLICIES WERE SAYING, AND I WOULD SAY THE.

IN OUR PAST PRACTICE, WE PROVIDED THE FUNDING.

EVENTS HAVE HAPPENED, I'D SAY THE TIMES THAT WE'VE HAD FUNDING RETURNED TO THE CITY BECAUSE STUFF HASN'T GONE THROUGH WOULD BE COVID RELATED OR SOMETIMES FUNDING JUST HAS TO BE CARRIED OVER ONE YEAR IF THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO GET THEIR THEIR PERMITS IN PLACE.

SO I THINK OF THE SNOWBOARD HILL, IT TOOK A BIT LONGER TO GET THE PERMITTING IN PLACE TO USE THEIR TOW ROPE FOR THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, SO THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO USE THE FUNDING IN ONE YEAR, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO USE IT THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT, ANYTHING FROM ADMINISTRATION ON COUNCILLOR MORGAN'S POINTS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

I'LL ASK MR. HOYT IF HE'D LIKE TO WEIGH IN.

I THINK MS. BASSI-KELLETT.

MADAM CHAIRPERSON HAS REALLY ENCAPSULATED THE ESSENCE OF IT AND IT WAS TRENDS IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AS WELL AS THE CITY REALLY HASN'T FUNDED ANYBODY MORE THAN 30 PERCENT OVER AT LEAST 10 YEARS.

SO THINK OF. OK, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

IN TERMS OF THE HERITAGE PROJECTS, SO I KNOW I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT ABOUT NOT WANTING ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE A PROJECT IN A YEAR TO JUST BE ABLE TO STRETCH IT OUT AND KEEP GETTING MONEY YEAR AFTER YEAR FOR THE SAME PROJECT.

BUT WHAT IF AN ORGANIZATION DOES HAVE A MULTI-YEAR PROJECT PLANNED OUT? WOULD THEY THEN HAVE TO APPLY UNDER THE COMMUNITY GRANTS UNDER THE MULTIYEAR FUNDING STREAM? OR IS THERE A WAY TO HAVE A HERITAGE PROJECT THAT IS PLANNED OUT TO BE, SAY, A THREE YEAR PROJECT? MS. BASSI-KELLETT, ANY COMMENTS FROM ADMIN? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

I'LL SEE IF MR. WHITE OR MS. WHITE WOULD LIKE TO WEIGH IN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I ACTUALLY COULD HOPEFULLY FILL IN SOME INFORMATION THERE.

THE IDEA IS THAT YES, YOU COULD APPLY AS LONG AS YOU'RE IDENTIFYING AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR APPLICATION TO THE HERITAGE COMMITTEE THAT YOUR PROJECT WILL TAKE MULTIPLE YEARS TO DO THAT. SO SAY A FESTIVAL AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU'D HAVE ONE IN ONE YEAR AND ONE IN THE NEXT YEAR. BUT IF IT WAS A CARRYOVER PROJECT, THEN THE HERITAGE FUNDING MAY NOT BE THE BEST AND YOU SHOULD LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES FUNDING.

OK. AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, TOO, BECAUSE THE DEADLINE IS THE SAME, LIKE IF SOMEONE IS CONFUSED WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE APPLYING FOR A HERITAGE OR MULTI-YEAR, IF THEY PUT IN THE APPLICATION, STAFF WILL HELP TO FIGURE OUT WHICH HOW TO DIRECT IT SO THAT THEY HAVE A CHANCE AT GETTING THE FUNDING IS THAT THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

YEAH, AND THAT'S BEEN OUR PAST PRACTICE, TOO.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE CHECK LIKE MULTIYEAR, WHERE THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE BECAUSE THEY'VE NEVER RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE CITY, SO WE JUST SHIFT THEM OVER TO THE APPROPRIATE.

SO THAT WAS THE WHOLE IDEA OF DOING THE CALL IS, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS YEAR WE HAVEN'T GIVEN ANYBODY A SPRING.

IN THE SPRING. WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY ELIGIBLE PROJECTS FOR THE HERITAGE COMMITTEE, BUT ACTUALLY, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT BACK IN JANUARY DID PROVIDE FUNDING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED FOR THE HERITAGE FUNDING.

SO IF THIS IS SUPPORTED BY COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE, WE COULD SHIFT THOSE APPLICATIONS AROUND TO THE APPROPRIATE POTS.

OK, GREAT. THANKS.

AND THEN I WONDERED IF WE HAVE A MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT WE'RE WILLING TO GIVE PER HERITAGE PROJECT. I DIDN'T SEE A MAXIMUM IN THE POLICY.

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BUT IS THERE A MAXIMUM? MS. BASSI-KELLETT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS, I WILL TURN TO MS. WHITE, BUT CERTAINLY UNDER £5000 WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE COMMITTEE ITSELF, OVER FIVE THOUSAND REQUIRES COUNCIL APPROVAL.

I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN VARYING AMOUNTS THAT HAVE COME IN OVER THE YEARS.

BUT I THINK IT'S WARRANTED, AS BASED ON THE MERITS OF THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES, BECAUSE THEY CAN BE SO DIVERSE, EVERYTHING FROM A BOOK ABOUT THE SMOKING FESTIVAL TO ACTUAL WORK ON PRESERVING AN ACTUAL SITE.

SO I'LL ASK MS. WHITE IF SHE HAS ANY INSIGHTS TO SHARE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND YES, SO THE PURPOSE OF ALIGNING THESE TWO POLICIES TOGETHER IS THAT THE MONETARY AMOUNTS ARE THE SAME.

SO AS MS. BASSI-KELLETT IDENTIFIED, ANYTHING UNDER THE FIVE THOUSAND COULD BE APPROVED BY THE HERITAGE COMMITTEE AND ANYTHING OVER WOULD GO TO COUNCIL AND THE SAME MAXIMUM WOULD APPLY UNDER THE HERITAGE POLICY AS THE OTHER POLICY.

SO I BELIEVE THAT'S THE FIFTY THOUSAND TOTAL.

OK. SURE. THAT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME FROM READING THROUGH IT, SO MAYBE THAT COULD JUST BE ADDED TO MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR FOR FOLKS INTO THE HERITAGE FUND SECTION OF THE POLICY THAT THE MAXIMUM AMOUNTS STILL APPLY.

OK. AND THEN I JUST WONDERED, I KNOW THIS WASN'T NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT THE REVIEW COMMITTEE WOULD HAVE LOOKED AT, BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ASKED BY COUNCIL WAS TO REVIEW FROM AN ACCOUNTING LEGAL PERSPECTIVE WHETHER FUNDS ALLOCATED TO A FESTIVAL NEEDED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CAP ON GRANTS, WHICH I DON'T, I FORGET IF IT'S UNDER OUR POLICIES OR TERRITORIAL LEGISLATION, BUT THE CAP ON GRANTS IS TWO PERCENT OF OUR REVENUE FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. SO I JUST WONDERED IF IF AN ADMINISTRATION HAD HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK INTO THIS POINT.

YEAH, THAT'S THE CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES ACT THAT DICTATES THAT ONE.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I AM REMISS ON THIS ONE FOR NOT HAVING LOOKED AT IT, I WILL ASK MS. WOODWARD IF SHE HAS SOME INTEL THAT SHE COULD SHARE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, IT IS THE CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES ACT THAT PLACES THAT TWO PERCENT CAP.

IT'S ACTUALLY TWO PERCENT OF OUR UNRESTRICTED REVENUES.

AND WE HAD CONSULTED WITH NACA WHEN COUNCIL MADE THIS MOTION AND WE WERE ADVISED THAT EVEN IF THE COUNCIL DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZE EACH INDIVIDUAL RECIPIENT, ALL GRANTS ARE GIVEN OUT UNDER THEIR AUTHORITY AND THEREFORE ALL GRANTS GIVEN BY THE CITY ARE WITHIN THAT TWO PERCENT CAP.

WHEN WE DID THIS INITIAL RESEARCH WE HAD AT OUR DISPOSAL THE 2020 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND BASED ON THEM.

THE 2021 GRANT CAPS OR A CURRENT GRANT GRANT CAP IS 942 THOUSAND DOLLARS .

OK. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THAT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, SO I SUPPORT THE CHANGES TO THE POLICY.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL? COUNCILLOR MORSE? THANKS. WELL, COUNCILLOR MORGAN ASKED ALL THE QUESTIONS I THINK COULD HAVE POSSIBLY EVEN ASKED, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE HER FOCUSED WORK ON THIS ONE AND ANSWERED ANY QUESTIONS I HAD, JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THIS, TOO.

WHEN I WAS CHAIR OF THE HERITAGE COMMITTEE, THIS IS KIND OF THE, WHEN THIS STARTED TO REALLY COME UP, AND SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'VE GOTTEN AROUND TO DOING THIS AND THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUP THAT PUT THE WORK INTO MAKING THIS HAPPEN.

I THINK STREAMLINING THESE IS A REALLY GOOD STEP AND HELPFUL.

SO GREAT WORK, EVERYONE.

I, TOO, AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE NEW POLICY, AND I THINK IT'LL BE A LOT CLEARER FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. GOING FORWARD, I WANT TO APPLY FOR DIFFERENT GRANTS AND THERE REALLY WASN'T A REASON TO HAVE THE HERITAGE COMMITTEE BE SO SEPARATE FROM THE GRANT REVIEWS, BUT IT'S GREAT. THANKS A LOT.

THANK YOU. BESIDES THE POLICY, WE ALSO DID LOOK AT THE APPLICATION FORMS, AND SO THERE IS SOME STREAMLINING THERE.

QUESTIONS THAT WEREN'T REALLY REQUIRED, SO I HOPE THAT HELPS APPLICANTS, TOO.

ANYTHING FURTHER FROM? I SEE. I THINK, MR. WHITE, YOU'RE MIC'S STILL ON.

ANYTHING FURTHER FROM COUNCIL?

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NEXT, WE HAVE A MEMORANDUM REGARDING WHETHER TO APPOINT A MEMBER TO SERVE ON THE MAYOR'S

[5. A memorandum regarding whether to appoint a member to serve on the Mayor’s Task Force on Economic Development.]

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, WE'LL BRING THAT FORWARD TO NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

AND THE NEXT ITEM IS IN-CAMERA IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO MOVE IN CAMERA?

[IN CAMERA]

ANYBODY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE, WE CAN LOG OFF THIS AND SEE EVERYBODY IN TWO SECONDS.

AND WE WILL SO BUSINESS ARISING FROM IN-CAMERA IS TO APPOINT DR.

[Items 6 & 7]

AND WITH THAT, WE CAN GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR SMITH, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR KONGE.

ANYBODY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE, JUST A NOTE NEXT GPC IS OCTOBER 25TH.

BIG ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE ZONING BYLAW, AS WELL AS THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED BETWEEN AUGUST 24TH AND OCTOBER 1ST.

SO IT MAY BE A LONG ONE.

JUST MAKING SURE EVERYBODY'S AFTERNOON'S FREE FOR THAT.

SO. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY THEN UNTIL THEN HAVE A GREAT WEEK.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.