Prince Rupert City Council brings down the curtain on their regularly scheduled Council sessions for the year tonight, with the final Regular meeting for 2019 set to tackle a fairly light agenda to ease the Council members into the holiday season.
The evening starts off with some honours for a local resident Phuong Nguyen the local photographer who brings the camera lens to community events and showcases the city at its best, he is to presented the Civic Appreciation Award at the start of the council session.
The second item up is the much anticipated review of policing in the community, with a presentation to Council from Inspector Blake Ward, the Inspector in Charge of the Prince Rupert RCMP who in addition to sharing some notes on policing in the community, will also be available to take questions from Council members should they have any to ask.
As for the regular Agenda, it's fairly light, with a review of a Business Facade grant program opportunity with Northern Development Initiative Trust among the notes.
Council will also receive a pair of reports from the Chief Financial officer who will deliver the October variance report and review the 2020 Financial Plan for Capital Works and Purchases
The Council members will also review and outline if they will approve some changes to cemetery fees, civic administration fees and RCMP Administrative fees.
You can review the Full Agenda Packages for the Regular Council Session from the City Website here.
Tonight also brings a return of the latest of Closed Council Meetings, with tonight's 5PM session closed to public with the City citing one sections of the Community Charter as to why they will Close the doors tonight.
90.1 (e) the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality.
The Closed session marks the 18th time on the Council schedule, that Council members have chosen to discuss their work without the presence of the public in the Chamber.
You can review the Notice of Closed Session here.
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REGULAR SESSION OF CITY COUNCIL
Adoption of Agenda and Past minutes -- Mayor Brain will review the agenda for the evening and Council will adopt the minutes of past meetings.
Petitions and Delegations
Presentation of Civic Appreciation Award to Phuong Nguyen
Presentation to council from Blake Ward, Inspector in Charge of Prince Rupert RCMP Detachment
Unfinished Business
Reports and Recommendations
Report from the Manager of Transportation and Economic Development --. Mr. Paul Venditelli will outline the nature of an application to the Northern Development Initiative Trust, seeking a grant for up to 20,000 dollars for the 2020 Business Facade improvement program (see page 10 of the Agenda)
Report from the Chief Financial Officer on the October Financial Variance Report -- Council will hear a report from Ms. Corinne Bomben that outlines the details of the October 2019 Financial Variance Report (see page 12 of the Agenda)
Report from the Chief Financial Officer regarding the 2020 Financial Plan Capital Works and Purchases -- Council will hear a report from Ms. Corinne Bomben that outlines the details of the City's plans for capital works and purchases for the year ahead. (see page 17 of the Agenda)
Correspondences for Action
Resolutions from Closed Meetings
Bylaws
Report from the Chief Financial Officer, on Cemetery Fees and Charges -- Ms. Bomben will outline the proposed changes to the fees charged to the public for Cemetery use. (see page 21 of the Agenda)
Report from the Corporate Administrator, related to Finance Administrative Fees and Charges and RCMP Administrative Fees and Charges -- Ms. Miller will outline the proposed changes to the fees charged to the public for Administrative fees for civic services as well as those proposed for access to RCMP services. (see page 25 of the Agenda)
The evening will come to an end with any Additional Items as well as Reports, Questions and Inquiries from Members of Council.
Council members can take advantage of the period to offer up any items or concerns that they have for consideration on the night.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 December 7th session can be viewed here.
While our archive of all sessions for 2019 for Council is available here.
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