UBCM Resolution Checklist: How the Northwest fared at the convention

When municipal politicians wrapped up their one week convention at UBCM  last Friday, some came home with a bit more to be pleased about than others, with the final days of the local government get together given over to a lengthy list of resolutions.

This week UBCM released the list of all resolutions that were considered at the 2019 convention, offering an opportunity for residents of the Northwest to see what success their communities had realized after the five days of convention attendance.

And while neither the City of Prince Rupert, or District of Port Edward had stand alone resolutions to make note of this year; there were some resolutions offered from North Coast Regional District, as well as Kitimat-Stikine Regional District and Bulkley Nechako.

Individually, the City of Terrace, as well as towns of Smithers, Telkwa, Burns Lake and Houston also had resolution proposals up for consideration.

Those resolutions that were endorsed at the convention will be forwarded to the provincial government for further review and potential action, while the UBCM executive will look at others that perhaps need a bit more work before they are taken to Provincial officials.

We previewed the Northwest Agenda back on August 14th,  so today we'll explore how it all turned out for the Northwest issues of note:

North Coast Regional District, two resolutions of note:

B202 -- Hospital Helipad Construction
Referred to UBCM Executive

C33 -- Provincial Funding for Public Libraries
Not admitted for Debate

Terrace also had two submissions accepted for consideration:

B179 -- Community Childcare
Referred to UBCM Executive

C25 -- Liquor Tax
Not admitted for Debate

Smithers, Houston  and Telkwa all had one resolution accepted for consideration, as did Kitimat Stikine Regional District.

Houston -- B 197 -- ICBC Regional Premiums and Settlements
Referred to UBCM Executive

Kitimat-Stikine RD --  B 17 --  Shipment of Dangerous Goods by Rail
Endorsed

Smithers -- B 33 -- BC Hydro Streetlight inefficiency
Endorsed

Telkwa -- B178 -- Travel Cost Equalization for UBCM Conventions
Referred to UBCM Executive

Burns Lake and the Bulkley Nechako Regional District had the most success in having resolutions accepted for the Agenda, with the two bodies combining for seven resolutions, all of which found success on the convention floor.

Burns Lake -- B63 -- Attracting and Retaining Medical specialists in Rural BC
Endorsed

Burns Lake -- B159 -- Limited entry hunt for Cow/Calf Moose
Endorsed

Bulkley Nechako RD -- B24 -- Provincial Download
Endorsed

Bulkley Nechako RD -- B93 -- Community Resilience Investment Program - FireSmart Community Funding
Endorsed

Bulkley Nechako RD -- B97 -- Disaster Relief and Recovery funding
Endorsed

Buklley Nechako RD -- B100 -- Permitting entry into an evacuation Order area
Endorsed

Bulkley Nechako RD -- B101 -- Stay and Defend policy
Endorsed

You can review the full list of resolutions and the action taken on them here.

For a look back at all of our notes and more on the 2019 UBCM convention see our archive page here.