Mar 24, 2025 Governance & Priorities Committee

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ALL RIGHT. ALL YOU HAPPY PEOPLE. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS GOVERNANCE PRIORITIES COMMITTEE FOR MONDAY, MARCH 24TH, 2025 TO ORDER AT 12:05 P.M.. STARTING WITH 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 YELLOWKNIVES DENE FIRST NATION.

WE REQUEST WE RESPECT THE HISTORIES, LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF ALL OTHER INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, INCLUDING THE NORTH SLAVE MÉTIS AND ALL FIRST NATIONS METIS AND INUIT WHOSE PRESENCE CONTINUES TO ENRICH OUR VIBRANT COMMUNITY.

MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[2. Approval of the agenda.]

I DON'T SEE ANY ISSUE WITH THAT ONE ON THE FLOOR HERE, AND TO THE ADMINISTRATION ANYTHING TO ADD? NOTHING FROM ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM ACTING CITY MANAGER.

MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF.

DOES ANYONE HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST TODAY? SEEING NONE. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, A MEMORANDUM REGARDING WHETHER TO AUTHORIZE THE EXPENDITURE IN THE AMOUNT OF

[4. A memorandum regarding whether to authorize the expenditure in the amount of $15,600 from the Heritage Committee budget to help fund the applications that exceed the contribution limit of $5,000.]

THANK YOU. AS CAN BE SEEN IN THE MEMORANDUM, ANY EXPENDITURES BY THE HERITAGE HERITAGE COMMITTEE OVER $5,000 MUST GET COUNCIL APPROVAL. SO THAT'S SIMPLY BRINGING THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE FORWARD SO THAT THE PROJECTS CAN PROCEED.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COMMITTEE? SEEING NONE.

[5. A memorandum regarding the Minutes of the Heritage Committee meeting of March 6, 2025.]

ANYTHING TO ADD FROM COMMITTEE ON OR COMMENT? SEEING NONE. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, A MEMORANDUM REGARDING WHETHER TO APPOINT AN ADJUDICATOR PURSUANT TO ADMINISTRATIVE

[6. A memorandum regarding whether to appoint an Adjudicator pursuant to Administrative Monetary Penalty By-law No. 5054 for the City of Yellowknife.]

THANK YOU. PAUL PARKER'S BEEN THE ADJUDICATOR FOR SINCE 2025 WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED.

WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF INSTANCES WHERE THERE'S BEEN A CONFLICT, AND SO YOU DEEM IT NECESSARY TO APPOINT AN ADDITIONAL ADJUDICATOR FOR INSTANCES WHEN MR. PARKER IS UNABLE TO HEAR A CASE BEFORE HIM. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COMMITTEE? COUNCILLOR FEQUET. THANKS, MR. CHAIR JUST CHECKING YOU CAN HEAR ME.

OKAY. I HEAR YOU PERFECTLY. THANKS. JUST A QUESTION ABOUT OUR STATS.

KIND OF YEAR OVER YEAR. ARE WE TRENDING IN A GOOD DIRECTION AS A CITY? LIKE, ARE WE ADJUDICATING MORE AND MORE CASES AND COMPLAINTS EACH YEAR, OR IS THAT NUMBER GOING DOWN? MISS THISTLE. THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. I'LL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF GENERAL FEEDBACK AND THEN PASS IT OVER TO MR. MCLEAN IF HE HAS ANY INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIFIC STATS.

WE'VE BEEN PLEASANTLY SURPRISED. THERE HAVE NOT BEEN A LARGE NUMBER OF HEARINGS REQUESTED.

THE FIRST PROCESS UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATIVE MONETARY PENALTY SYSTEM IS TO REQUEST A REVIEW BY THE SCREENING OFFICER.

SO THE APPOINTED SCREENING OFFICERS ARE THE FIRST KIND OF INSTANCE WHERE PEOPLE GET TO REQUEST A CHANGE IN THEIR PARKING TICKET.

HAPPILY, MOST PROBLEMS, COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS ARE DEALT WITH AT THE SCREENING OFFICER LEVEL.

THE FEW THAT ARE NOT CLEARED UP AT THE SCREENING OFFICER LEVEL HAVE BEEN SENT TO ADJUDICATION BEFORE THE ADJUDICATOR.

I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS, SO I'LL ASK MR. MCLEAN IF HE HAS THOSE AVAILABLE.

THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. I DO NOT HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME EITHER.

HAPPY TO PROVIDE THOSE. I CAN ANECDOTALLY SAY THAT IT'S 2 TO 3 IN GENERAL OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS SINCE THE AMP BYLAW WAS IMPLEMENTED. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILLOR FEQUET. ANYTHING FURTHER FROM COMMITTEE? SEEING NONE.

[7. A memorandum regarding whether to appoint an Acting Mayor.]

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THIS MEMO OUTLINES THE LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS THISTLE. I BELIEVE COUNCILLOR HENDRIKSEN DOES ACTUALLY HAVE A MOTION TO THE WORDING OF THIS PARTICULAR MEMORANDUM, COUNCILLOR HENDRIKSEN. THANKS, MR. CHAIR. YEP.

THANKS FOR ADMIN FOR PUTTING THAT MEMO TOGETHER.

AND JUST SO THAT THIS CONVERSATION HOPEFULLY GOES AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE, CONSIDERING AS MISS THISTLE SAID, THE DEPUTY MAYOR BEING OUT OF TOWN, I.E. ME BEING ON HOLIDAY RIGHT NOW.

I DO APPRECIATE IF WE CAN APPOINT AN ACTING MAYOR SO I CAN ENJOY THE LAST 5 OR 6 DAYS OF MY HOLIDAY.

AND SOMEBODY CAN BE ON ON CALL AS NECESSARY. I'LL RETURN THIS COMING FRIDAY.

SO THE WORDING OF THE MOTION THAT I HAVE IS AND I'VE SHARED THIS WITH ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AND ADMIN ALREADY, THAT COUNCIL APPOINT WHOMEVER AS ACTING MAYOR UNTIL DEPUTY MAYOR HENDRIKSEN RETURNS FROM HIS CURRENT LEAVE.

SO JUST A MATTER OF HOPEFULLY ONE OF YOU BEING WILLING TO PUT UP YOUR HANDS TO ACT FOR ME UNTIL I GET BACK ON FRIDAY OR SATURDAY EVENING.

THANKS AND THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR HENDRIKSEN ANY QUESTIONS TO THE AMENDMENT TO THE WORDING? SEEING NONE.

THANKS FOR DOING THAT, COUNCILLOR FEQUET. AND THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR HENDRIKSEN AS WELL.

ANYBODY ELSE LOOKING TO BE NOMINATED ON THE FLOOR? NO. SEEING NONE. THEN THE MOTION WILL BE THAT COUNCIL APPOINT COUNCILLOR COCHRANE AS ACTING MAYOR UNTIL DEPUTY MAYOR HENDRIKSEN RETURNS FROM HIS CURRENT LEAVE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS TO COMMITTEE ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? SEEING NONE THEN THIS WILL GO FORWARD TONIGHT.

MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, MAYOR'S REQUEST TO MISS MEETINGS.

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AGAIN, PURSUANT TO THE CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES ACT AND THE COUNCIL PROCEDURES BYLAW, MEMBERS REQUIRE PERMISSION FROM COUNCIL TO MISS MORE THAN THREE CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS. DUE TO THE MAYOR'S CAN'T RUN FOR A FEDERAL ELECTION, THAT WON'T BE UNTIL APRIL 28TH, SHE WILL MISS MORE THAN THREE CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS, AND THAT REQUIRES PERMISSION.

AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DEPUTY MAYOR HENDRIKSEN DID DO SOME WRITING UPON THIS MOTION AS WELL.

WOULD DEPUTY MAYOR HENDRIKSEN ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK TO HIS MOTION.

I DID HAVE SOME FUN WHILE ON MY HOLIDAYS, EVERYBODY, BY WRITING THESE TYPES OF MOTIONS.

SO THE MOTION THAT I DRAFTED JUST TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THIS CLEAN AND SIMPLE IS THAT COUNCIL APPROVED MAYOR ALTY'S REQUEST TO MISS MORE THAN THREE CONSECUTIVE REGULAR MEETINGS OF COUNCIL UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THE 2025 CANADIAN FEDERAL ELECTION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DEPUTY MAYOR. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS TO THE MOTION AT HAND? SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE THIS TONIGHT AS WELL AT THE COUNCIL.

MOVING ON TO, I BELIEVE, A MOTION TO ADJOURN BEING THAT WE ARE DONE OR WE ARE ALL DONE.

SO ADJOURNING THIS MEETING. MOTION TO ADJOURN, PASSED BY OR MOTIONED BY COUNCILLOR ARDEN-SMITH.

SEEING NO OPPOSITION, WE ARE ADJOURNED. SEE EVERYBODY TONIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.