The first full Regular Council session tonight will make for much work for the newly elected Council membership. With Mayor Pond and the six councillors set to address a range of items from regular civic governance housekeeping to potential changes to how the city views its infrastructure management and Operations
The final session of November and the second last Regular Council session for the year will see a number of reports up for review from Civic Departments among the key elements for the night reports from Operations, Finance, Planning and the Corporate Administrators office.
Requests for support for some community initiatives and approval of a loan process towards the recently completed McBride Street infrastructure work are on the to do list.
The night also takes care of a number of local government housekeeping items that mark the first days any new administration, among those are items related to signing authority, Board and committee appointments and approval of the Council Schedule and Acting Mayor's schedule for 2023/
The Committee of the Whole Session at 7PM prior to the regular Council session will also make for some interesting fare, with a presentation from a local community group seeking information on the city's plans for its water infrastructure on the list for presentations. Also part of the content for the Committee of the Whole Session is a report on the topic from the City's Director of operations and Intergovernmental Relations.
The Public will also have opportunity, it they wish, to ask questions or raise items of concern with the Council membership.
The lengthy volume of topics and potential for extensive discussion could bring us the longest council session for 2022 to Council Chambers so far this year.
Tonight's Council session starts at 7PM and can viewed by way of the Live Feed from the City Website, or on Cable Television from CityWest Cable Channel 10/310.
The session is normally posted to the City's YouTube archive within 24 hours of the session concluding.
You can review the Regular Council Session Agenda Package here.
Council will also host a Special Council Session.
The 5:00 PM meeting is closed to public for the two elements of the Community Charter cited below:
(c) Labour relations or other employee relations
(d) security of property of the local government
That meeting tonight marks the first Closed Session hosted by this newly elected Council; but it does make for the nineteenth of the year by the combined Councils to date.
The outline of Council's work ahead for the evening can be reviewed below:
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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
Adoption of Agenda and Past minutes -- The Mayor will review the agenda for the evening and Council will adopt the minutes of past meetings.
Petitions and Delegations -- Presentation by Tom Kertes, People for Public Infrastructure
Reports -- Richard Pucci Director of Operations and Intergovernmental Relations will provide for a report on the City's plans for a Water Treatment Facility procurement and Operation model. (see report here)
Questions and Inquiries from members of Council -- The Council members can raise questions, concerns or make comments.
Adjournment to reconvene regular Council Meeting
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REGULAR SESSION OF CITY COUNCIL
Adoption of Agenda and Past minutes -- The Mayor will review the agenda for the evening and Council will adopt the minutes of past meetings.
Reports and Resolutions
Report from The Director of Operations and Intergovernmental Relations -- Purchases update -- Council will receive a report related a a number of recent purchases. (see page 11 of the Agenda package)
Report from The Director of Operations and Intergovernmental Relations -- Contract Award -- Council will receive a report outlining the scope of a contract award to CT Northern Contractors Alliance towards the city's SCADA communication system. (see page 13 of the Agenda package)
Report from Planning Manager -- Service Agreement contract Award -- Council will receive a report outlining the scope of a contract award to CT Northern Contractors Alliance towards the city's Rapid Housing initiative . (see page 15 of the Agenda package)
Report from Planning: Development Activity report for October -- Council will receive a report outlining the level of department activity. (see page 16 of the Agenda package)
Report from Chief Financial Officer and Deputy City Manager -- September 2022 Financial variance report -- Council will receive a report from CFO Corinne Bomben, related to the Financial variances of September . (see page 23 of the Agenda package)
Report from Chief Financial Officer and Deputy City Manager -- Authorization for Short Term Borrowing from the MFA -- Council will receive a report from CFO Corinne Bomben, related to the city's plans to borrow 850,000 dollars towards repairs and rehabilitation of the waterline along the 300 block of McBride Street . (see page 29 of the Agenda package)
Committee appointments . Council will announce appointments to the following Committees and Boards: Prince Rupert Port Authority, Prince Rupert Library, Board, Civic Awards and Recognition Working Group, Performing Arts Centre.
Appointments will also be made to the Healthy Communities Committee, Tourism Prince Rupert, Northwest Regional Advisory Committee and BC Ferries and Central Advisory Committee.
In addition to the appointments, City Council will announce that it will no longer make appointments to the Recreation Commission and will rescind the the City of Prince Rupert Recreation Commission Bylaw. (see Agenda package)
Report from the Corporate Administrator --Kaien Trails Society Request for Support -- Council will be asked to provide a letter of support to Kaien Trails towards their Cloudberry Trail project . (see page 31 of the Agenda package)
Report from the Corporate Administrator --Tourism Prince Rupert -- Council will be asked to provide a letter of support to Tourism Prince Rupert and their Northern Development initiative . (see page 34 of the Agenda package)
Report from the Corporate Administrator -- Re: signing authority -- Council will receive a report that outlines which Council members will be designated to have signing and countersigning authority (see page 36 of the Agenda package)
Report from the Corporate Administrator -- 2023 Acting Mayors Schedule -- Council will receive a report that outlines which Council members will serve as Acting Mayor in 2023. (see page 38 of the Agenda package)
Report from the Corporate Administrator -- 2023 City Council Schedule -- Council will receive a report that outlines when the Regular Council Sessions will take place in 2023. (see page 40 of the Agenda package)
Bylaws
City of Prince Rupert Council Procedure Bylaw No. 3508-20222 --Council will be asked to provide first, second and third readings to the bylaw (see page 42 of the Agenda package)
City of Prince Rupert Trade or Business License Amendment Bylaw No. 3509, 2022 and City of Prince Rupert Ticket Information amendment Bylaw, Number 3510, 2022 -- Council will be asked to give First and Second readings to the Bylaw related to the two bylaws in question. The first pertains to the city's Business licensing amendments towards rental units, the second introduces the fine structure for first and subsequent offences of bylaws (see page 66 of the Agenda package)
The evening will come to an end with any Additional Items as well as Reports, Questions and Inquiries from Members of Council.
The Live broadcast of the City Council session can be found here, a video archive of past sessions is available here.
Our items of note related to the November 21st session can be reviewed here.
While our archive of all sessions for 2022 for Council is available here.
Cross posted from the North Coast Review.
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