With next month's UBCM convention getting closer, the organizers of the annual event set for the Vancouver Convention Centre the week of September 18-22 have released the Resolutions book.
The document is one which will make for much focus for the delegates in attendance, a listing of concerns and recommendations from municipal government large and small across the Province.
As they assembled the documentation UBC officials noted of the volume of submissions that make for this years resolution workload.
Two hundred and two resolutions were received from the members by the June 30 deadline and have been included in the Resolutions Book. The UBCM Executive are putting forward one Extraordinary Resolutions (ER) and two Special Resolutions (SR) for consideration. This makes a total of 205 resolutions in 2023.
As the Prince Rupert delegation of Mayor Pond, Councillors and Senior Staffers make their plans for convention week, they seemingly won't be packing any Prince Rupert resolutions with them.
If the city submitted suggestions for the convention, the list from UBCM does not show any items of note from Prince Rupert making the cut for this years event.
There are fifteen Resolutions included for review from the Northwest or the North Central Local Government Association, including one from the District of Port Edward.
The Resolution RR 2 is related to Universal Child Care and calls for a change to the grant process that upholds UNDRIP obligations.
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| The District of Port Edward resolution for UBCM 2023 (click to enlarge) |
Other Northwest or NCLGA Resolutions include:
Bulkley Nechako Regional District
EB 43 -- Clean Transportation Action Plan for Rural and Northern Communities
NR 13 -- Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare workers
NR 84 -- Building Bylaw Enforcement
District of Houston
NEB 1 -- Noxious weeds and invasive plant program for rail lines
NR 12 -- Locally offered training and support for Healthcare workers
NR 62 -- Prioritizing local governments in the provincial land acquisition process
NR 86 -- Valuation of Major Industrial Projects
District of Kitimat
NR 80 -- Zero Emission Vehicles
RR 15 -- Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare workers
Town of Smithers
RR 9 -- Treatment for Mental Health and Addictions in Rural Communities
City of Terrace
RR 10 -- Withdrawal Management Services
North Central Local Government Association
NR 10 -- Review of Health Authorities Structure
NR 11 -- Regional Hospital District Capital Cost sharing ratios
NR 25 -- Encampment Movement
You can review all of the background to those resolutions from the full Resolution Guide book here.
The Resolutions portion of Convention week will fall on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday dates of the event.
As part of convention week, Prince Rupert Council Members, Mayor Pond and senior staffers will have opportunity to speak with Provincial Cabinet members and senior staffs from their departments.
The Prince Rupert delegation one which is likely to continue to push for new financial assistance for municipal government, whether through changes to Port related legislation, through their ongoing work with the Resource Benefits Alliance collective or through other forms of advocacy towards more help for the city as it takes on its daunting challenges with infrastructure.
As we get closer towards UBCM Convention week, we will be introducing an archive page offering updates both on what Prince Rupert's officials are highlighting, as well as notes from other municipal governments and the province.
Watch for it later this month.
More notes on Prince Rupert City Council can be reviewed from our Council Discussion archive page here.
Cross posted from the North Coast Review.
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