Thursday, October 29, 2009

City Council scoresheet for October 26, 2009

The Wednesday, October 28 edition of the Daily News featured their regular scorecard on city council issues, this one featuring the deliberations and votes from selected items of the October 13 session.
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This weeks feature appeared on page three of the Wednesday edition, only Councillor Bedard was absent from the proceedings.

Question One: Council approved waving the facility and staff fees of $333.62 for the Skate with the Rampage on November 29 worth and $364.78 for the 2010 Annual Guns and Hoses Charity Hockey Game on January 30.
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How council voted:

Mayor Jack Mussallem-- Yes
Councillor Anna Ashley-- Yes
Councillor Nelson Kinney-- Yes
Councillor Gina Garon-- Yes
Councillor Sheila Gordon-Payne Yes
Councillor Joy Thorkelson-- Yes
Councillor Kathy Bedard--Absent

Question Two: Council will send a letter to Honourable Kash Heed, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General protesting the increase from $500 to $1,000 per police officer for the Police Records Information Management Environment of British Columbia (PRIME-BC) effective January 1, 2010. Council received a letter from Minister Heed, dated September 22, 2009, and is disatisfied with the lack of consultation about the increase.

How council voted:

Mayor Jack Mussallem-- Yes
Councillor Anna Ashley-- Yes
Councillor Nelson Kinney-- Yes
Councillor Gina Garon-- Yes
Councillor Sheila Gordon-Payne-- Yes
Councillor Joy Thorkelson-- Yes
Councillor Kathy Bedard-- Absent

Question Three: Council adopted the 2010 Permissive Tax Exemption Bylaw No. 3287, 2009 totalling $456,214.87.

How council voted:

Mayor Jack Mussallem-- Yes
Councillor Anna Ashley-- Yes
Councillor Nelson Kinney-- Yes
Councillor Gina Garon-- Yes
Councillor Sheila Gordon-Payne-- Yes
Councillor Joy Thorkelson-- Yes
Councillor Kathy Bedard--Absent

Question Four: When the letters go out to the organizations that are being granted the tax exemption for 2009, the letters will notify people that the tax exemptions may not be forthcomiong for 2010 .

How council voted:

Mayor Jack Mussallem-- Yes
Councillor Anna Ashley-- Yes
Councillor Nelson Kinney-- Yes
Councillor Gina Garon-- Yes
Councillor Sheila Gordon-Payne-- Yes
Councillor Joy Thorkelson-- Yes
Councillor Kathy Bedard--Absent

Question Five: The two businessess that erected billboards on private land near the Port Edward bridge will be sent a second letter requesting that the billboards be removed. Under the city's current zoning bylaw, billboards and third party signs are prohibited. The letters will outline a reasonable time frame to have the signs removed and if necessary, the businesses will be billed for the cost of removal.

How council voted:

Mayor Jack Mussallem-- Yes
Councillor Anna Ashley-- Yes
Councillor Nelson Kinney-- Yes
Councillor Gina Garon-- Yes
Councillor Sheila Gordon-Payne-- Yes
Councillor Joy Thorkelson-- Yes
Councillor Kathy Bedard--Absent

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