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[1. Councillor McGurk will read the Opening Statement.]
THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE ARE LOCATED IN CHIEF DRYGEESE TERRITORY.FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL, IT HAS BEEN THE TRADITIONAL LAND OF THE YELLOWKNIFE DENE FIRST NATION.
WE RESPECT THE HISTORIES, LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF ALL OTHER INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, INCLUDING THE NORTH SLAVE METIS AND ALL FIRST NATIONS, METIS AND INUIT, WHOSE PRESENCE CONTINUES TO ENRICH OUR VIBRANT COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU. THERE WERE NO AWARDS CEREMONIES OR PRESENTATIONS FOR THE AGENDA.
MINUTES OF COUNCIL FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF MONDAY, APRIL 11TH, 2023 ARE PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION.
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COUNCILLOR MCGURK. I MOVE THAT THE MINUTES OF COUNCIL FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF MONDAY, APRIL 11TH, 2023 BE PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION.THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECONDER? COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN.
ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS? JUST TO NOTE FOR THE MINUTES THE NOTICES OF MOTION.
IT SHOULD HAVE JUST BEEN NOTICES AND SO IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN VOTED ON.
COUNCILLOR FEQUET. YOU'RE IN FAVOR? [INAUDIBLE] JUST RAISE HIS HAND, RIGHT? YEAH. [INAUDIBLE] I WILL SAY EVERYONE'S IN FAVOR AND COUNCILLOR FEQUET HASN'T VOTED.
COUNCILLOR FEQUET, CAN YOU HEAR US? [INAUDIBLE]. OKAY.
SO FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE COUNCILLOR PAYNE, COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN DEPUTY MAYOR ARDEN-SMITH, MYSELF, COUNCILLOR MCGURK COUNCILLOR, COCHRANE COUNCILLOR, MCLENNAN AND COUNCILLOR WARBURTON IN FAVOR.
NEXT, WE HAVE DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST IN THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF.
DOES ANY MEMBER HAVE A PECUNIARY INTEREST IN ANY MATTER BEFORE COUNCIL TODAY? SEEING NONE. THERE WAS NO CORRESPONDENCE, NOR WERE THERE ANY PETITIONS FOR THE AGENDA.
THERE WERE NO STATUTORY PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE AGENDA.
WE DID HAVE A DELEGATION PERTAINING TO AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
HOWEVER, THE INDIVIDUAL IS NOT HERE.
THERE WERE NO STATEMENTS FOR THE AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY MEMBER STATEMENTS FROM THE FLOOR? SEEING NONE. NEXT, WE HAVE INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS.
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WE HAVE GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE REPORT FOR APRIL 11TH, 2023.I MOVE THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE 2023 RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN.
THANK YOU. SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR COCHRANE.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
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NEXT, WE HAVE GOVERNANCE AND COMMITTEE PRIORITIES COMMITTEE REPORT FOR APRIL 17TH, 2023.COUNCILLOR MCGURK. I MOVE THAT COUNCIL ADOPT THE ACCESS FOR ALL POLICY.
THANK YOU. DO HAVE A SECONDER.
DEPUTY MAYOR ARDEN-SMITH COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE YOUR MOTION.
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE A MOTION.
THAT COUNCIL TABLE DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION.
THE ACCESS FOR ALL POLICY UNTIL AFTER WE'VE HAD OUR DISCUSSION REGARDING THE INCOME CUTOFF AND FEES AND CHARGES IN JUNE, AND THEN DO I NEED A SECONDER FOR THAT? SO, MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM.
MOVED BY COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR ARDEN-SMITH.
COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE MOTION.
THANK YOU. SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ANY COUNCIL HAS HAD A CHANCE TO DISCUSS THIS PROGRAM.
THESE PROPOSED CHANGES HAVE YET TO FACE A YAY OR NAY VOTE IN ANTICIPATION OF OUR DISCUSSION IN JUNE.
IN THE MEANTIME, THE PROGRAM OPERATES AS IT HAS SINCE 2018.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON TABLING THE MOTION? I AM ALSO IN SUPPORT AND WE CAN DISCUSS AFTER ABOUT REMOVING THE FROM THE TABLE ONCE ONCE WE'RE READY.
SO TO THE MOTION OF TABLING THIS MOTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT WE HAVE NEW BUSINESS.
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NEXT WE HAVE COUNCILLOR COCHRANE.IF YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE YOUR MOTION.
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OVERALL DIRECTION OF SAID ADVISORY COMMITTEE.THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECONDER? COUNCILLOR MCGURK.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR MOTION? YES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
I INTRODUCED THIS MOTION TODAY BECAUSE AFTER REVIEWING THE TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I FOUND THE NEED FOR CHANGES, AMENDMENTS AND POSSIBLY A DIFFERENT FORMAT OF SAID COMMITTEE.
AS WE HAVE COMMITTED TO PEOPLE FIRST BEING A PHILOSOPHICAL TENET FOR THIS TERM ON COUNCIL, ACCESSIBILITY COULD BE DESCRIBED AS A CLEAR COMMITMENT TO SAID TENANT AND WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PRIORITIZE IT THROUGH ACTION, STARTING WITH ASSURING THE SUCCESS OF THIS COMMITTEE.
BEING THAT THIS COMMITTEE HAS EXISTED FOR A FEW YEARS NOW AND WE HAVE ONLY JUST REACHED MEMBERSHIP TO THE POINT OF QUORUM, IT'S CLEAR THAT THERE MAY BE A STRUCTURAL ISSUE WITH BEING AN OPERATIONAL COMMITTEE INSTEAD OF A COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL WHERE ONE OF US AS CHAIR COULD REACH INTO OUR NETWORKS TO HELP FILL THE LEFTOVER MEMBERSHIP, FILL ANOTHER SEAT.
THROUGH OUR MEMBERSHIP AND ADVOCATE TO THIS BODY ON THE WORK AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE ON HOW WE ARE TO PROCEED IN REDUCING THE PHYSICAL OR SYSTEMIC BARRIERS THAT AFFECT THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THERE ARE NOT LEGITIMATE REASONS WHY THE COMMITTEE COULD NOT CONTINUE AS AN OPERATIONAL COMMITTEE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AS TO WHY IT SHOULD REMAIN IN ITS CURRENT FORMAT, AS WELL AS REVIEWING THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE [INAUDIBLE] REPORT, BUT I BELIEVE THIS IS A CONVERSATION WORTH HAVING.
ALSO, IF IT DOES CONTINUE IN THIS FORMAT, I WOULD STILL WISH TO AMEND CERTAIN CLAUSES PRIMARILY BEING THE DISCRETIONARY POWER LAID OUT IN SECTION 41 AND I QUOTE NOTWITHSTANDING THE ABOVE, THE CITY MANAGER MAY DISSOLVE THE COMMITTEE AT ANY TIME OR AMEND THESE TERMS OF REFERENCE.
I DO NOT SEE THE NECESSITY OF HAVING A TERMINATION CLAUSE IN A COMMITTEE WHOSE WORK WILL SURELY NEVER TRULY BE DONE, NOR SHOULD IT BE AT THE WHIM OF A CITY MANAGER TO DECIDE IF IT HAS FULFILLED ITS MANDATE, LET ALONE WHAT THAT MANDATE IS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE MOTION? FOR MYSELF, I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION AS PRESENTED.
I DO APPRECIATE WHERE COUNCILLOR COCHRANE IS COMING, BUT WE'VE GOT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN COMING UP, AND ONCE COUNCIL APPROVES OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE'LL BE REVIEWING ALL OF OUR COMMITTEES TO ALIGN WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO AT THAT TIME, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, DECIDE IF IT SHOULD BE THAT ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE OR A POLITICAL COMMITTEE BUT HAVING THIS MOTION AND DOING THAT WORK IN A SILO FOR ME IS WHY I WON'T BE SUPPORTING IT.
SO I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE COMMITTEES AT ONCE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE RESOURCES TO DO ALL THE COMMITTEES, BECAUSE FOR EVERY COMMITTEE THAT WE HAVE, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A STAFF, 1 TO 4 STAFF PEOPLE TO THAT COMMITTEE.
SO AT THIS TIME, I'M NOT IN SUPPORT OF BRINGING THIS FORWARD FOR DISCUSSION AT GPC.
WITH THAT. COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN.
I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. IF DURING THAT LARGER DISCUSSION, ARE WE ASSURED TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AND IS THERE A TIME FRAME FOR THAT DISCUSSION? IT WILL COME AFTER THE ONCE WE APPROVE THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO IT WILL BE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, BUT WE'LL TAKE A LOOK, AND SO ALL OF THE COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL WILL BE UP FOR REVIEW, AND WHETHER WE CUT THIS ONE, KEEP THAT ONE SOME WE ARE LEGISLATIVELY REQUIRED TO HAVE.
COUNCILLOR MCGURK. I GUESS I'M JUST WONDERING IF I, AS I DON'T REALLY FULLY UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING THE COMMITTEES THROUGH THAT POST, APPROVING THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WHAT THE SORT OF AMOUNT OF TIME WE ARE ABLE TO SPEND ON EACH COMMITTEE.
I GUESS MY CONCERN IS MAYBE SIMILAR TO COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN THAT THIS IS THAT EVERY COMMITTEE DESERVES SOME TIME TO BE CONSIDERED AND THAT THERE MIGHT NOT BE SUFFICIENT TIME.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF TIME ALLOCATED TO EACH COMMITTEE? THE DISCUSSION, HOW LONG THE DISCUSSION ON COMMITTEES, AS LONG AS IT TAKES FOR COUNCIL TO DETERMINE WHICH COMMITTEES ARE GOOD AND WHICH COMMITTEES NOT, WHICH ALL COMMITTEES ARE GOOD, BUT WHETHER THAT'S THE RIGHT FORMAT, WHETHER IT'S A ROUND TABLE OR WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING ELSE.
SO IT'S AS LONG OR AS QUICK AS WE MAKE IT.
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILLOR COCHRANE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO CLOSE? ARE YOU GOOD? I'M GOOD, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.SO TO THE MOTION THAT THE ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S TERMS OF REFERENCE BE REFERRED TO AN UPCOMING GPC FOR DISCUSSION ON CHANGES, AMENDMENTS AND OVERALL DIRECTION OF SAID ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? THAT'S DEFEATED WITH COUNCILLOR, MCLENNAN, COCHRANE AND MCGURK IN FAVOR.
WE JUST HAVE COUNCILLOR FEQUET STILL TRYING TO GET ON, IS THAT CORRECT? CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME NOW? YEP. COUNCILLOR COCHRANE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO CLOSE, OR ARE YOU GOOD? WE PLAY THIS GAME.
I DID NOT GET TO HEAR THE WHOLE CONVERSATION BECAUSE THE SOUND ONLY STARTED ABOUT A MINUTE AGO.
SO, I GUESS I MUST ABSTAIN FROM THIS VOTE.
THANK YOU. COUNCILLOR FEQUET, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE YOUR MOTION?
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SURE IF IT'S THAT TIME IN THE AGENDA.THANKS FOR HELPING THAT ADMINISTRATION.
CONSIDER CHANGING THE TIMING OF DISTRIBUTION OF MEETING MATERIALS TO BE SENT OUT FARTHER IN ADVANCE TO GIVE COUNCIL MORE TIME TO REVIEW MATERIAL IN ADVANCE OF EACH MEETING.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECONDER? COUNCILLOR MCGURK.
COUNCILLOR FEQUET. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR MOTION.
THANK YOU. YEAH, WELL, THE ESSENCE, I GUESS THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING WAS BEING ABLE TO RECEIVE THE MATERIALS AND NOT JUST READ THEM A FEW DAYS PRIOR BECAUSE THEY USUALLY COME OUT FRIDAY.
OBVIOUSLY HAVING THE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY TO READ THEM USUALLY IS ENOUGH, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY GIVE ENOUGH FOR, YOU KNOW, CHECKING BACK THROUGH ADMINISTRATION WHEN WE HAVE QUESTIONS, DOING OUR OWN RESEARCH AND HOMEWORK TO ANSWER OR ADDRESS ANY UNCERTAINTIES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE, AND IT ALSO DOESN'T GIVE THE PUBLIC WHO MIGHT BE WAITING AND WANTING MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO JOIN COUNCIL OR TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL OR TO REACH OUT TO COUNCIL ONCE THEY KNOW WHAT'S ON OUR DOCKET FOR DISCUSSIONS. SO THE ADVANCED TIME BEFORE EACH MEETING.
SO MORE THAN JUST THE CURRENT, YOU KNOW, TWO FULL DAYS WILL ALLOW NOT JUST US, BUT THE PUBLIC TO HAVE MORE TIME AND I MEAN, WE IDEALLY, YOU KNOW, AS REFLECTED IN OUR LEGISLATURE AT THE TERRITORIAL LEVEL, HAVE A CONSENSUS GOVERNMENT, AND THAT'S THE NICEST WAY TO MAKE DECISIONS IF WE CAN REACH SUCH A CONSENSUS.
SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS MOTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
I'M DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF THIS MOTION.
THE KEY IS, IS HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE BEST WORK WE CAN AS COUNCIL, NOT SO THAT WE'RE WELL BRIEFED THROUGH THE MATERIALS THAT COME TO US AND THAT WE CAN READ THEM, BUT AS COUNCILLOR FEQUET WAS SAYING, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS OF ADMINISTRATION, GET RESPONSES, DIGEST THAT INFORMATION, GO OUT AND SEEK ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IF REQUIRED, AND RIGHT NOW THAT'S QUITE DIFFICULT IN A TWO DAY TURNAROUND, WHICH I KNOW WE THEN HAVE THE ABILITY TO TABLE ITEMS BACK TO GPC OR, YOU KNOW, FROM COUNCIL BACK TO GPC OR TO REVIEW THINGS AGAIN BUT I ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE THAT'S EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THAT ABILITY, IT ACTUALLY SLOWS DOWN THE PROCESS EVEN MORE THAN IF WE JUST KNEW WHAT CONVERSATION WAS COMING UP KNEW THAT HERE'S THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT IN 2 OR 3 WEEKS, AND I THINK WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING IS SOME OPTIONS AROUND NOT NECESSARILY THAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE SOMETHING THAT'S STATIC WHERE EVERYTHING HAS TO COME, YOU KNOW, TWO DAYS BEFORE EVERYTHING HAS TO COME A WEEK BEFORE OR WHATEVER, BUT THAT ADMINISTRATION USES ITS CAPACITY TO KIND OF GAUGE WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATION AND USE THAT JUDGMENT WHEN THEY'RE PRESENTING THE INFORMATION TO US AND SAY, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE INFORMATION, IT'S GOING TO COME TO YOU IN TWO WEEKS FOR ACTUAL CONVERSATION, AND I THINK THAT FOR ME IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS JUST SOME
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OPTIONS AND SOME THINKING THROUGH FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE OF THINGS, HOW THE PROCESSES WORK INTERNALLY AND HOW THAT CAN FEED BETTER DECISION MAKING, AND AS COUNCILLOR FEQUET SAID, THE PUBLIC'S ENGAGEMENT IN CONVERSATION WITH CITY COUNCIL, AS WE'VE ALL HEARD, I'M SURE FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON EITHER SIDE OF ME IN ELECTIONS PRIOR TO THE MOST RECENT ONE, AND I KNOW ALL OF US DURING THE LAST ELECTION.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION? COUNCILLOR MCGURK.
JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M ALSO IN SUPPORT.
I THINK ANOTHER IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF THIS IS THAT IT REDUCES BARRIERS TO PEOPLE IN WORK THAT IS OVER WEEKENDS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IN CONSTRUCTION, I WORK AT TEN HOUR A DAY ON A SATURDAY IN THE SUMMERTIME AND IT GIVES ME MORE TIME TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THINGS, AND SOMETIMES SATURDAYS OR SUNDAYS, TOO. THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? COUNCILLOR PAYNE.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION THIS EVENING.
SO WE'VE HAD THIS TIMELINE IN EFFECT FOR DECADES, AND I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT.
I'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM DIGESTING THIS INFORMATION.
COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN. I'D JUST LIKE TO ALSO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE MOTION.
I THINK. YEAH, MORE TIME TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC WOULD BE AMAZING, AND SIMILAR TO CAT, MY SCHEDULE SOMETIMES INCLUDES WORKING BOTH OF THOSE DAYS, SO THANKS TO COUNCILLOR FORGET FOR THE MOTION AND EVERYONE'S THOUGHTS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? FOR MYSELF, I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION AS PRESENTED.
AGAIN, I APPRECIATE WHERE THE MEMBER'S COMING FROM, BUT BEFORE CHANGING THE COUNCIL PROCEDURES BYLAW BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT STIPULATES WHEN AGENDAS HAVE TO COME OUT, I'D LIKE US TO REVIEW ALL OF OUR CURRENT TOOLS AND SEE IF WE'RE USING THOSE ADEQUATELY.
AGAIN, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO DO THE FULL OVERHAUL OF THE SYSTEM.
I THINK THERE'S WAYS TO ADDRESS THE, THE CONCERNS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT IS A BIG ITEM, ADMINISTRATION WILL SOMETIMES BRING A PRESENTATION AHEAD AND THEN THE MEMO FOR DEBATE AT THE NEXT GPC, WHICH THEN MEANS IT WOULD COME TO COUNCIL AT THE ONE AFTER THAT, OR IF COUNCIL NEEDS MORE TIME TO REVIEW THE MATERIAL BEFORE IT COMES TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. WE CAN DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE DID THAT BACK IN FEBRUARY WHEN WE WERE GOING TO DISCUSS THE KAM LAKE ITEM.
COUNCIL NEEDED A BIT MORE TIME TO REVIEW THAT, SO WE DEFERRED IT TO A FUTURE GPC FOR DISCUSSION.
THERE'S ALSO TIMES THAT ADMIN WILL PROVIDE THOSE BIG REPORTS AHEAD OF TIME FOR COUNCIL'S REVIEW.
SO COMMUNITY PLAN, ALL 300 PAGES.
COUNCIL GOT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AHEAD OF THE PUBLIC WHEN THE DRAFT WAS STILL CIRCULATING INTERNALLY, SO COUNCIL DID HAVE THAT TIME TO READ IT AT A MORE LEISURELY PACE BEFORE IT GOT ADDED TO AN AGENDA, AND FROM EXPERIENCE, LIKE UNIVERSITY, SOME FOLKS DIVE IN RIGHT AWAY AND READ IT AND SOME WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO READ IT SO WE COULD CHANGE OUR CURRENT SYSTEM AND SEND AGENDAS OUT A WEEK AHEAD BUT IT MORE DEPENDS ON YOUR PERSONALITY TYPE ON ON WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO READ IT AND GET TO IT, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, ONCE MATERIAL IS RELEASED, COUNCIL HAS TO READ IT BECAUSE THE PUBLIC'S GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO ENGAGE ON IT RIGHT AWAY.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING TWO WEEKS WORTH OF MATERIAL OUT FOR DISCUSSION, WE'LL HAVE THREE WEEKS OF MATERIAL OUT FOR DISCUSSION, AND SO THAT'S ADDING TO COUNCIL'S WORKLOAD AND NOT DECREASING IT, WHICH I THINK THE INTENT OF THE MOTION WAS A BIT MORE ON THE HELPING THE COUNCIL WORKLOAD.
SO AT THE MOMENT I'M NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION.
IF THEY DON'T, I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AT A FUTURE GPC ON WHAT'S CURRENTLY NOT WORKING, WHAT'S WORKING AND WAYS TO ADDRESS IT, BUT FOR THE MOMENT, I'D LIKE TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING ALL OUR SYSTEMS AND TOOLS.
ANYTHING FURTHER TO THE MOTION? COUNCILLOR FEQUET, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? SURE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
YEAH, I THINK I ECHO WHAT YOU SAID IN THAT I WOULD LIKE THIS MOTION WAS INTENDED TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SYSTEMS. I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY ARE WORKING AS EFFECTIVELY AS WE WANT, AND WE DO KNOW THAT THERE'S A CRAZY WORKLOAD IN FRONT OF ALL OF US, AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT COUNCIL.
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WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT IS AS OPTIMIZED AS IT COULD BE, AND THAT'S THE INTENT OF THIS MOTION.I WANT TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TO INFORM THE BYLAW CHANGES, AND THAT WAS THE, THE INTENT OF THE TIMING OF THIS MOTION, RECOGNIZING THAT IN THE SUMMER IN JULY, WE START MEETING EVERY OTHER WEEK. SO THE WORKLOAD LESSENS HOPEFULLY, AND IT MIGHT BE AN IDEAL TIME TO TEST SOMETHING OUT IF COUNCIL HAS SOME IDEAS OR HAS MADE SOME DECISIONS ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT WANT TO CHANGE HOW WE WORK.
TO THE MOTION THAT ADMINISTRATION CONSIDER CHANGING THE TIMING OF DISTRIBUTION OF MEETING MATERIALS TO BE SENT OUT FURTHER IN ADVANCE TO GIVE COUNCIL TIME TO REVIEW MATERIAL IN ADVANCE OF A MEETING.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? AND THAT CARRIES WITH COUNCILLOR WARBURTON, MYSELF, DEPUTY MAYOR ARDEN-SMITH AND COUNCILLOR PAYNE OPPOSED.
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NEXT, WE HAVE ENACTMENT OF BYLAWS.BYLAW NUMBER 5068, A BYLAW TO AMEND PARTS ONE, FOUR AND 12 OF SCHEDULE B OF FEES AND CHARGES.
BYLAW NUMBER 4436 IS AMENDED IS PRESENTED FOR FIRST AND SECOND READING.
COUNCILLOR MCGURK. I MOVE THAT BYLAW NUMBER 5068 BE PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECONDER? DEPUTY MAYOR ARDEN-SMITH.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNCILLOR MCGURK. I MOVE THAT THE BYLAW NUMBER 5068 BE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECONDER? COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? I HAD ONE IN REGARDS TO GARBAGE CANS.
MS. WOODWARD. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
MR. GREENCORN WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? HI. THANKS. YEAH.
SMALLER COMPOST GREEN BINS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PICK UP OR RENT AT THE SOLID WASTE FACILITY.
I DON'T HAVE THE FEE RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
WE MIGHT EVEN DO IT JUST AS A COURTESY LIKE USER GROUPS ARE RESPONSIBLE TO PICK UP, DROP OFF AND PROVIDE THEIR OWN BAGS AND ENSURE IT COMES BACK CLEAN, BUT I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, WE'LL HELP OUT WHATEVER GROUPS WE CAN.
THANK YOU. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I KNOW I WENT TO A NUMBER OF EVENTS LAST SUMMER AT SOMBA K'E AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY'S GOT THE COMPOST CONTAINERS AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE THE BINS AND THEN IT'S ALL ENDED UP IN THE GARBAGE.
JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GET ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT LOCATION.
SEEING NOTHING FURTHER, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SECOND READING, AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
NEXT, WE HAVE DEFERRED BUSINESS AND TABLED ITEMS. THERE WERE 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? THERE WAS NO OLD BUSINESS FOR THE AGENDA.
IS THERE ANY OLD BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR? THERE ARE NO NOTICES OF MOTION FOR THE AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY NOTICES OF MOTION FROM THE FLOOR? THERE ARE NO ADMINISTRATIVE INQUIRIES FOR THE AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE INQUIRIES FROM THE FLOOR? IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN, MOVE BY COUNCILLOR COCHRANE.
SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN.
ANYBODY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE. WE CAN BE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.