City Council Preview for September 30, 2013

A fairly short list of items to consider will greet Prince Rupert City Council on Monday night, as they return to the city's business after their recent week long trek to the UBCM convention floor.

Council has a rather light agenda ready for review for the final public meeting of September, though not before they meet once again in Special session, closed to the public where they will consider a number of items as outlined in their public advisory.

Once they have addressed those items of the Closed session, Council will reconvene at 7 PM for the public portion of the night, the full agenda of which you can review here.

Tonight's session features both a Regular City Council session and one of the Committee of the Whole, once they take care of the housekeeping items of adoption of past minutes and other items of the usual routine, Council will explore a number of themes on the night.


Among the work ahead for Council, receiving reports on Property Tax Exemptions for the Museum of Northern British Columbia and Pillsbury House.

They will also explore some of the details on the process ahead for the Alternate Approval Process on the Loan Authorization Bylaw regarding the loan for the Prince Rupert Airport and consider a request from Port Edward Council, seeking the City of Prince Rupert's support in a bid to have the North Pacific Cannery Historical Site as a UNESCO World Heritage Site

The Highlights of  the night's work ahead can be found below, reference the Agenda package by the page numbers listed in red and found in the agenda link found above.

Council will begin the evening with a presentation from Mr. Robin Weber, Director/Co-Adminsitrator, Museum of Northern BC, speaking on the Permissive Tax Exemption on Rental Properties (you can review the particulars on the request from page 10 of the Agenda Package)

Next up will be a Presentation from members of the Heritage Committee, who also will have some thoughts on the Permissive Tax Exemption for Pillsbury House.

The City's Financial Officer will then provide a report on the Permissive Property Tax Exemption Bylaw for the 2014 and 2015 Tax Years (Page 11 of the Agenda Package)

The Chief Financial Officer will then provide the Monthly Departmental Report for July 2013 (Page 13 of the Agenda Package)

Next up on the night, the Deputy Corporate Administrator will then deliver a report on the Alternate Approval Process on the Loan Authorization Bylaw regarding the proposed Loan to the Prince Rupert Airport (Page 19 of the Agenda Package)

City Council will be asked to consider a letter from the District of Port Edward, seeking a letter of support to Designate the North Pacific Cannery Historical Site as a UNESCO World Heritage Site (Page 23 of the Agenda Package)

Council will deliver any resolutions from their Closed meetings, review any bylaws and discuss any additional items that they may have.

The City Manager will provide for his report on any outstanding Council initiatives and Councillors will then have the opportunity to share any additional items they feel may require Council's attention.

And with that the September 30th session will draw to a close.

The next public session of council will take place on October 15th.

Our archive of the September 30th session can be found here.