Nov 14, 2022 Governance & Priorities Committee

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AND I'LL CALL OUR GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE MEETING FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH, 2022 TO ORDER.

[1. Opening Statement]

MS. BASSI-KELLETT ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD TO THE AGENDA? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

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.

OH, AND JUST A NOTE FOR THOSE WATCHING THE WEBCAST.

WE ALSO HAVE COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN WHO'S JOINING US VIA PHONE TODAY.

[4. A memorandum regarding the minutes of the Audit Committee meeting of July 21, 2022.]

THIS IS JUST FOR COUNCILLORS INFORMATION.

ANY QUESTIONS, THOUGH? SEEING NONE.

NEXT, WE HAVE FOR INFORMATION A MEMORANDUM REGARDING THE MINUTES OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD ON HOMELESSNESS, THE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2022.

[5. A memorandum regarding the minutes of the Community Advisory Board on Homelessness meeting of September 15, 2022, October 6, 2022, October 20, 2022 and November 3, 2022.]

OCTOBER 20TH, 2022, AND NOVEMBER 3RD, 2022.

AND YOU'LL NOTE THAT THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CABS MAKING TO COUNCIL.

HOWEVER, BY ACCEPTING THESE OR BY RECEIVING THESE MINUTES FOR INFORMATION, WE'RE NOT ACCEPTING THAT RECOMMENDATION.

THAT RECOMMENDATION IS GOING TO COME FORWARD WITH A STANDALONE MEMO, WHICH AT THAT TIME COUNCIL WILL REVIEW AND VOTE ON THE MOTION AT THAT TIME.

SO THIS IS JUST FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES.

THAT RECOMMENDATION WITH THE MEMO WILL BE COMING FORWARD AT A FUTURE GPC..

ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE.

[6. A memorandum regarding whether to appoint a Deputy Mayor and whether to appoint Members of Council as representatives on the Special Committees of Council.]

AND JUST TO NOTE THAT WE DO, AS PER COUNCIL PROCEDURES BYLAW DO THESE APPOINTMENTS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND AS PER COUNCIL PROCEDURES BYLAW.

WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE THESE APPOINTMENTS ON THE FIRST MEETING OF COUNCIL FOLLOWING A GENERAL ELECTION.

SO THESE WILL BE WALKED ON TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA FOR OFFICIAL APPROVAL.

AND THANKS TO ALL WHO SENT IN THEIR REQUESTS.

IN REGARDS TO DEPUTY MAYOR COUNCILLOR FEQUET AND COUNCILLOR ARDEN-SMITH PUT THEIR NAMES FORWARD FOR AUDIT COMMITTEE WAS COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN.

BOARD OF REVISION CURRENTLY COUNCILLOR FEQUET WHO'S PUT HIS NAME FORWARD.

WE ALSO NEED AN ALTERNATE FOR THAT ONE.

COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD ON HOMELESSNESS.

COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSSN HAS PUT HIS NAME FORWARD AND THE HOMELESSNESS COMMISSION IS THE CHAIR OF THE CAB ALSO SITS ON THAT ONE. SO THOSE ARE KIND OF A COMBO.

THE DEVELOPMENT APPEAL BOARD.

WE NEED A PRIMARY AND AN ALTERNATE.

COUNCILLOR WARBURTON AND COUNCILLOR PAYNE PUT THEIR NAMES FORWARD, SO WE'LL NEED TO DETERMINE PRIMARY AND ALTERNATE FOR THAT.

THE GRANT REVIEW COMMITTEE, WE HAD COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN AND COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN PUT THEIR NAMES FORWARD.

AGAIN, THAT'S A TWO POSITIONS, SO TWO NAMES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD.

HERITAGE COMMITTEE IS COUNCILLOR COCHRANE, WHO'S PUT HIS NAME FORWARD.

MAYOR'S TASK FORCE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

COUNCILLOR WARBURTON HAS PUT HIS NAME FORWARD AND THE ALL YELLOWKNIFE COMBAT OF SPORTS COMMISSION COUNCILLOR ARDEN-SMITH HAS PUT HER NAME FORWARD.

SO FOR DISCUSSION WE HAVE A DEPUTY MAYOR AND IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN BEING AN ALTERNATE ON THE BOARD OF REVISION.

PERFECT. I WILL PUT COUNCILLOR COCHRANE DOWN AS THE ALTERNATE.

AND THEN WE'LL JUST DISCUSS PRIMARY AND ALTERNATE FOR DEVELOPMENT APPEAL BOARD.

BUT OUR PAST PRACTICE HAS BEEN THAT THOSE WHO HAVE PUT THEIR NAMES FORWARD, YOU CAN SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT WHY YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE ROLE AND THEN WE WILL HAVE AN IN-CAMERA DISCUSSION.

SO YOU'LL EXCUSE YOURSELF FROM THE ROOM AS WELL AS THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

WE'LL DISCUSS, AND THEN WE'LL COME OUT OF IN-CAMERA AND APPOINT THE REST OF THE MEMBERS.

SO I WILL FOR DEPUTY MAYOR COUNCILLOR ARDEN-SMITH AND COUNCILLOR FEQUET TO GO ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

COUNCILLOR ARDEN-SMITH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON WHY THE WHY YOU'D LIKE TO BE DEPUTY MAYOR, WHAT YOU BRING TO THE POSITION, HOWEVER, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR TIME TODAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY REALLY THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ON THIS ONE ON WHY?

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IT SAYS, GREAT LEADERS DON'T SET OUT TO BE LEADERS.

THEY SET OUT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

AND IT'S NEVER ABOUT THE ROLE.

WHEN I DECIDED TO RUN FOR COUNCIL OVER FOUR YEARS AGO, THE INTENT WAS NOT BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE POLICY CHANGES OR DEVELOPMENT CHANGES OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES, AND I REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF THE ROLE OF BEING ON COUNCIL.

BUT WHAT I DID KNOW WAS THAT I WANTED TO BE A REPRESENTATIVE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, FOR FOR FEMALES.

AND TO BE ABLE TO BRING ALONG THAT PERSPECTIVE OF OF MY BACKGROUND.

I'M TOLD, AND HAVE BEEN TOLD MANY TIMES THAT MY PRESENCE ON COUNCIL HAS HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE.

SPEAKING TO THE HARD ISSUES THAT WOULD NEVER OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE UNLESS YOU HAVE GROWN UP IN THE ENVIRONMENT, SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF INDIGENOUS SORRY OF AN INDIGENOUS PERSON, YOU REALLY WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT FEELS TO BE AN INVISIBLE PERSON ON YOUR OWN LAND.

IT IS HERE IN THE PAST YEAR THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED AND LITERALLY JUST WITHIN THIS PAST YEAR, I'VE EXPERIENCED WHAT IT REALLY FEELS LIKE TO BE RESILIENT.

I'M HARDWORKING, I'M HONEST, AND I REALLY TAKE THIS ROLE TO HEART.

THE WORK THAT I'VE PUT FORTH IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS.

I'VE GOT EXPERIENCE ALREADY BEING HERE WITHIN MANY CHAIR ROLES WITH ALREADY BEING THE DEPUTY MAYOR.

AND I BELIEVE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE CHOICES THAT COUNCIL MAKES IN TERMS OF ROLES SUCH AS THESE.

SO I COULD GO ON ABOUT MY MY CREDENTIALS, BUT REALLY IT COMES DOWN TO CHARACTER AND MY DESIRE TO PROMOTE CHANGE.

MERCY. THANK YOU.

COUNCILLOR FEQUET. MERCY MADAM MAYOR.

YEAH? I PUT MY NAME FORWARD TO SERVE AS THE DEPUTY MAYOR, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE IS A THERE'S A FEW ROLES OF THAT POSITION THAT I THINK MAYBE HAVEN'T BEEN HAVEN'T BEEN CAPITALIZED ON IN THE PAST.

FIRST, I THINK THAT THE DEPUTY MAYOR REALLY NEEDS TO BE A POSITION THAT CAN SUPPORT THE MAYOR IN HELPING ADVANCE A LOT OF THE WORK AND IMPACTING THE POSITIVE CHANGE THAT WE ALL WANT TO SEE.

AND I THINK THAT AN INDIVIDUAL IN THAT ROLE WHO IS ENGAGED AND COMMITTED WILL WILL BE ABLE TO HELP ADVANCE THAT.

AND I THINK THAT THE OTHER CONSIDERATION FOR COUNCIL WHEN WHEN DETERMINING, YOU KNOW, WHICH WHICH INDIVIDUAL SHOULD SERVE IN THAT ROLE IS ALSO WHAT IS THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE AND SUCCESSION PLANNING AND MENTORING.

AND WHOEVER'S IN THAT ROLE SHOULD BE SOMEONE THAT IS BEING GROOMED AND IS INTERESTED IN ACTUALLY SERVING AS THE MAYOR SOMEDAY BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR MENTORSHIP AND SUCCESSION PLANNING THAT KIND OF A COUNCIL TEAM LEVEL.

AND I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING STACIE SAID, AND I SUPPORT STACIE SERVING AS THE DEPUTY MAYOR FOR FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT SHE LISTED AS WELL.

BUT I DID PUT MY NAME FORWARD TO SERVE BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIVE CHANGE THAT WE CAN IMPACT.

AND I THINK THAT GETTING MORE HORSEPOWER.

TO HELP REBECCA.

YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR IS ONLY ONE PERSON.

IT CAN ONLY BE ONE SPOT AT ONE TIME, CAN ONLY BE HAVING SO MANY CONVERSATIONS IN SO MANY NEGOTIATIONS THAT IF WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE THE CHANGE THAT I THINK WE'RE ALL KEEN TO SEE, WE JUST NEED SOME MORE HORSEPOWER.

SO MERCY.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE MEMBERS? SEEING NONE WE'LL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND WE WILL MOVE IN CAMERA FOR BOTH THIS ITEM AS WELL AS WE HAVE ANOTHER IN

[IN CAMERA]

SO IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO MOVE IN CAMERA MOVE BY COUNCILLOR SMITH, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR WARBURTON, ANYBODY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE. WE CAN GO IN CAMERA.

IT'S MY FIRST MEETING.

SO COMING OUT OF BUSINESS ARISING FROM IN CAMERA.

[8. Business arising from In Camera Session.]

AND FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM AN ORGANIZATION SERVING SENIORS ON THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD ON HOMELESSNESS, IT'S MS.

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AND SO WE WILL BRING FORWARD ALL OF THOSE APPOINTMENTS TO TONIGHT'S MEETING.

WITH THAT, NO FURTHER BUSINESS.

SO IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN, MOVED BY COUNCILLOR ARDEN-SMITH, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN, ANYBODY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE. WE CAN BE ADJOURNED.

SEE EVERYBODY AT 7 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.