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I WILL CALL OUR COUNCIL MEETING FOR MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2021, TO ORDER, AND I WILL ASK
[1. Councillor Smith will read the Opening Statement.]
COUNCILLOR SMITH TO PLEASE READ THE OPENING STATEMENTS.THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE ARE LOCATED IN CHIEF DRYGEESE TERRITORY.
FROM THE TIME IMMEMORIAL, IT HAS BEEN THE TRADITIONAL LAND OF THE YELLOWKNIFE FIRST NATION. SORRY, THE YELLOWKNIFE DENE FIRST NATION.
WE RESPECT THE HISTORIES, LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF ALL OTHER INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, INCLUDING THE NORTH SLAVE MÉTIS AND ALL FIRST NATIONS MÉTIS AND INUIT, WHOSE PRESENCE CONTINUES TO ENRICH OUR VIBRANT COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO AWARD CEREMONIES OR PRESENTATIONS FOR THE AGENDA, ADOPTION OF
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MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS, MINUTES OF COUNCIL FOR THE REGULAR MEETING ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER TWENTY SECOND.TWENTY TWENTY ONE. COUNCILLOR SMITH? I MOVE THAT THE MINUTES FOR SORRY, I MOVE THE MINUTES OF COUNCIL FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF MONDAY, NOVEMBER TWENTY SECOND TWENTY TWENTY ONE BE PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECONDER? COUNCILLOR SILVERIO.
ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
COUNCILLOR SMITH, THE NEXT ITEM, PLEASE.
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I MOVE THAT MINUTES OF COUNCIL FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING OF SATURDAY, NOVEMBER TWENTY SEVEN TWENTY TWENTY ONE BE PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION.THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECONDARY COUNCILLOR MUFANDAEDZA.
ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AND TO THE NEXT ONE, PLEASE,
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COUNCILLOR SMITH. I MOVED THAT MINUTES OF COUNCIL FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING OF MONDAY, DECEMBER SIX. TWENTY TWENTY ONE BE PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION.THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECONDARY COUNCILLOR MUFANDAEDZA.
ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS? SEEING NONE.
AND COUNCILLOR MORSE, ARE YOU IN FAVOR? YOU APPEAR TO BE FROZEN.
I WILL SAY UNANIMOUS, HOWEVER, FOR THE MINUTES PROBABLY HAVE TO NOTE THE COUNCILLOR MORSE DID NOT VOTE.
NEXT, WE HAVE DISCLOSURE PECUNIARY INTEREST IN THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF.
DOES ANY MEMBER HAVE A PECUNIARY INTEREST IN ANY MATTER BEFORE COUNCILLOR TONIGHT? SEEING NONE. THERE WAS NO CORRESPONDENCE, NOR WERE THERE ANY PETITIONS FOR THE AGENDA.
THERE WERE NO STATUTORY PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE AGENDA.
THERE WERE NO DELEGATIONS PERTAINING TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
THERE WERE NO STATEMENTS FOR THE AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY MEMBER STATEMENTS FROM THE FLOOR? SEEING NONE.
COUNCILLOR SMITH, IF YOU CAN INTRODUCE THE GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE REPORT FOR
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NOVEMBER TWENTY SECOND, PLEASE.I MOVE THAT COUNCIL DIRECT ADMINISTRATION TO PRIORITIZE TIME AND RESOURCES ALLOCATED TO THE GIANT MINE REMEDIATION PROJECT GMRP TO ENSURE THAT LOCAL BENEFITS OF THE GMRP ARE MAXIMIZED AND SOCIAL IMPACTS ARE ADDRESSED.
THANK YOU. DO HAVE SECONDER COUNCILLOR SILVERIO.
ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AGAIN NOTING IF COUNCILLOR MORSE YES.
IS OFFLINE, SO HE DIDN'T PARTICIPATE IN THAT VOTE EITHER.
THERE WAS NO BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MEETING ON DECEMBER SIX.
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SPECIAL GOVERNANCE AND PARTIES COMMITTEE REPORT COUNCILLOR SMITH, PLEASE.I MOVE THAT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT THE TWENTY TWENTY TWO DRAFT BUDGET WITH REVENUES OF NINETY SIX MILLION FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX THOUSAND DEBENTURES PROCEED OF TEN MILLION ONE THOUSAND DEBENTURE INTEREST PAYMENT OF FIVE HUNDRED AND THREE THOUSAND DEBT PRINCIPAL REPAYMENTS OF ONE MILLION NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SIX THOUSAND EXPENDITURES OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND ONE.
INCLUDING CAPITAL INVESTMENTS OF FORTY FIVE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE THOUSAND. AND AMORTIZATION OF FIFTEEN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED AND NINE THOUSAND BE ADOPTED AND THAT THE TWENTY TWENTY THREE AND TWENTY TWENTY FOUR BUDGET BE ADOPTED IN PRINCIPLE.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECONDER.
ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. AND THAT CARRIES WITH COUNCILLOR, KONGE AND SMITH OPPOSED.
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THERE WAS NO NEW BUSINESS FOR THE AGENDA.ENACTMENT OF BYLAWS BY THE NO.
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FIVE ZERO FOUR SEVEN IS A BYLAW TO AMEND PARTS 15 AND 17 OF SCHEDULE B OF FEES AND CHARGES. BYLAW NUMBER FOUR FOUR THREE SIX, AS AMENDED IS PRESENTED FOR SECOND AND THIRD READING. COUNCILLOR SMITH.UH, I MOVE SECOND READING OF BYLAW NUMBER FIVE, ZERO FOUR SEVEN.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECONDER? COUNCILLOR MUFANDAEDZA.
DOES ANYBODY WANT TO MOVE AN AMENDMENT OR DO I PASS THE CHAIR OVER TO COUNCILLOR PAYNE? COUNCILLOR PAYNE, I'LL PASS THE CHAIR OVER TO YOU, AND I'LL MAKE AN AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU. I'LL JUST PUT IT IN THE CHAT SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT THAT.
SO I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT THAT VEHICLE CHARGE FOR THE DISPOSAL OF RESIDENTIAL WASTE AND OTHER WASTES, SUCH AS YARD WASTE AND CONSTRUCTION WASTE.
THAT LINE ITEM INCREASED BY 10 PERCENT TO ALIGN WITH THE INCREASE FOR ALL ITEMS IN SCHEDULE 17.
COUNCILLOR MUFANDAEDZA SECONDS.
YEAH, I'LL JUST AS I MENTIONED THAT GPC TODAY WAS THAT INSTEAD OF.
WAITING FOR THE YEARS TO COMPILE AND MAKING THE BIG INCREASES, I THINK THIS LINE ITEM SHOULD INCREASE JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER LINE ITEMS. OTHERWISE, WE END UP WITH YEARS GOING BY AND THEN WE GET THAT 50 PERCENT INCREASE.
SO FOR CONSISTENCY, I THINK THIS ITEM SHOULD INCREASE JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHERS, SINCE IT HAS EXPENSES THAT NEED TO BE COVERED JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER ITEMS IN SCHEDULE 17.
AND TO THE AMENDMENT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED.
UH. OK, COUNCILLOR WILLIAMS, I SEE THAT YOU'RE MUTED.
COUNCILLOR MORGAN [INAUDIBLE], HAD A QUESTION AND YOU VOTE, AND SHE WAS TRYING TO I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE SORRY.
NO, I JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION FIRST.
SO I KNOW WE INCREASE FROM 10 TO 15 AND WE KIND OF MADE THEM NICE ROUND NUMBERS.
I WAS WONDERING IF ADMINISTRATION CAN EXPLAIN TO WHAT EXTENT ARE PEOPLE LIKE PAYING IN CASH WHEN THEY GO TO THE SOLID WASTE FACILITY AND GIVING US A 10 AND A FIVE OR LIKE IF WE MAKE IT $15 AND FIFTEEN CENTS? I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHTS INTO TO WHAT EXTENT ARE PEOPLE JUST PAYING IN CASH OR ARE WE CHARGING GST OR SOMETHING ANYWAY WHERE THE NUMBER DOESN'T END UP BEING A ROUND NUMBER. MS. BASSI-KELLETT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. I WILL ASK MR. GREENCORN IF HE CAN SPEAK TO THIS BRIEFLY.
I KNOW ANECDOTALLY WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN WITH DEBIT CARDS.
IT'S BEEN EASIER TO DO DURING COVID THAN ACTUALLY EXCHANGING MONEY.
BUT I WILL ASK MR. GREENCORN IF HE HAS ANY COMMENTS ON THIS, IN ADDITION TO THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE AROUND THE USE OF THE SOLID WASTE FACILITY OVER TO YOU, CHRIS.
ON? GOOD? I WOULDN'T HAVE THAT DELINEATION BREAKDOWN RIGHT AT THE TIP OF MY FINGERS ON CASH VERSUS DEBIT, I WOULD HAVE TO PULL THAT FROM ALL THE FINANCIAL DATA.
SO. SOMETHING WE CAN ENDEAVOR TO ATTRACT AND PROVIDE, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, THAT'S FAIR. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH INCREASING BY 10 PERCENT, I JUST WONDERED TO WHAT EXTENT THAT WOULD INCONVENIENCE PEOPLE WHO ARE PAYING BY CASH.
AND I MEAN, I ALSO, NOTING THAT WE ARE-- STAFF IS ENDEAVORING TO DO A REVIEW OF SOLID WASTE FEES. AND YOU KNOW, WE MAY CHANGE THIS NOW AND IT MAY IMPACT, YOU KNOW, FEES FOR TWENTY TWENTY TWO, BUT WE MAY DECIDE SOMETIME NEXT YEAR TO.
TAKE A DIFFERENT TACK OR INCREASE BY DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OR SO WE MAY CHANGE THE SCHEDULE UP TO 2024 NOW, BUT I'M PREPARED TO REVISIT IT WHEN STAFF TO A MORE IN-DEPTH REVIEW OF WHAT OUR SOLID WASTE FEES SHOULD BE.
IS THAT MAYBE I CAN JUST ASK MAYOR ALTY TOO, IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WILL CHANGE THE SCHEDULE NOW TO INCREASE BY 10 PERCENT EACH YEAR? BUT THAT MAY CHANGE GIVEN THE REVIEW OF FEES?
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OR ARE YOU ASSUMING THIS WILL BE IT GOING FORWARD? MAYOR ALTY, THANKS.NO, I WOULD BE JUST MAKING SURE THAT THIS LINE ITEM IS INCREASING AT THE SAME RATE AS ALL THE OTHER LINE ITEMS. SO THE WHOLE SCHEDULE OF 17, I IMAGINE, WOULD COME BACK WHEN THE WAY IN WAY OUT SCALE.
SO THEN COUNCIL CAN DISCUSS THIS FURTHER.
AND I WOULD NOTE JUST ON THE COMMENTS [INAUDIBLE] INCREASING PROPANE TANKS OR OIL TANKS FOR RESIDENTIAL FROM NINETEEN DOLLARS AND SEVENTY FIVE CENTS TO TWENTY ONE DOLLARS AND SEVENTY FIVE CENTS.
SO A LOT OF OUR FEES ARE LIKE.
[INAUDIBLE] 25 CENTS, SO FROM THE CASH PERSPECTIVE, I THINK A LOT OF OUR LINE ITEMS ARE IN CENTS AS WELL, OR NOT EVEN NUMBERS.
OK, THANKS FOR THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S FAIR, BUT IT PROBABLY THE MOST COMMON PAYMENT THAT PEOPLE MAKE IS JUST FOR ONE LOAD OR SOMETHING AND NOT ALL THE DIFFERENT ITEMS. YEAH, I'M PREPARED TO SUPPORT IT AT THIS POINT, BUT KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE WILL PROBABLY REVISIT THIS SOON. THANKS.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, AND TO THE AMENDMENT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OK, SO IT PASSES WITH SILVERIO AND WILLIAM OPPOSED, AND I'LL HAND THE CHAIR BACK TO YOU, MAYOR ALTY. THANK YOU.
SO TO SECOND READING OF BYLAW NUMBER FIVE ZERO FOUR SEVEN AS AMENDED, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING, NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? AND THAT CARRIES WITH COUNCILLOR KONGE OPPOSED.
TO THIRD READING COUNCILLOR SMITH.
I MOVE A THIRD READING A BYLAW NUMBER FIVE, ZERO FOUR SEVEN.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECONDER.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? AND THAT CARRIES WITH COUNCILLOR KONGE OPPOSED.
BYLAW THE NUMBER FIVE ZERO FOUR FOUR IS A BYLAW TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE TO
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BORROW UP TO $10 MILLION AND $1000 ON THE SECURITY OF NEW DEBENTURES TO BE ISSUED BY THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE FOR THE PURPOSES OF FINANCING.THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN AQUATIC CENTER IS PRESENTED FOR THIRD READING AND A BIG THANKS TO MINISTER THOMPSON FOR GETTING THIS BACK TO US SO QUICKLY.
COUNCILLOR SMITH. I'M MOVE THIRD READING OF BYLAW NUMBER FIVE ZERO FOUR FOUR.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECONDER? COUNCILLOR MORSE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY BYLAW NUMBER FIVE ZERO FOUR SIX IS A BYLAW AUTHORIZING THE
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CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE TO ACQUIRE LANDS IN THE BLOCK 501 SUBDIVISION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ROADS AND TRAIL ACCESS, AND IS PRESENTED FOR THIRD READING COUNCILLOR SMITH.I MOVE THIRD READING OF BYLAW NUMBER FIVE ZERO FOUR SIX.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECONDER? COUNCILLOR MUFANDAEDZA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
THERE WAS NO DEFERRED BUSINESS AND THERE WERE NO TABLED ITEMS FOR THE AGENDA.
IS THERE ANY DEFERRED BUSINESS OR ARE THERE ANY TABLED ITEMS FROM THE FLOOR? PARDON ME, THERE WAS NO OLD BUSINESS FOR THE AGENDA, IS THERE ANY OLD BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR? THERE WERE NO NOTICES IN MOTIONS FOR THE AGENDA, IS THERE ANY NOTICES-- ARE THERE ANY NOTICES OF MOTION FROM THE FLOOR? THERE WERE NO DELEGATIONS PERTAINING TO ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
THERE WERE NO ADMINISTRATIVE INQUIRIES FOR THE AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE INQUIRIES FROM THE FLOOR? WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO WISH COUNCIL AND STAFF AND RESIDENTS A VERY HAPPY HOLIDAYS, AND I HOPE EVERYBODY CAN REST AND RECHARGE AFTER QUITE AN INTENSE FALL.
WE HAD A LOT ON OUR PLATES AND SO REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S HARD WORK.
COUNCIL AND STAFF AND RESIDENTS FOR ENGAGING TWENTY TWENTY TWO.
WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF STUFF TO FINISH UP.
WE'LL GET THE START OF THE AQUATIC CENTER BEING BUILT, KIND OF COME BACK AND FINALIZE THE ZONING BYLAW, PLUS MANY OTHER FUN THINGS FOR TWENTY TWENTY TWO AND AN ELECTION YEAR.
SO YEAH, SHOULD BE INTERESTING.
SO WITH THAT'S A BIG HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYBODY, AND WE WILL SEE YOU IN TWENTY TWENTY TWO.
MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOVE BY COUNCILLOR MORSE SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR KONGE.
ANYBODY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE, WE CAN BE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.