Friday, November 13, 2009

City Council scoresheet for November 9, 2009

The Thursday, November 12 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 November 9 session.
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This weeks feature appeared on page three of the Thursday edition, only Councillor Bedard was absent from council chambers, but participated by way of telephone at the proceedings.

Question One: Parking at the Atlin Terminal is free between October 1 and April 30. During the summer seasons , May 1 to September 30, from Monday to Friday, the first two hours are free and theren there is an hourly rate of $1 up to$5 for five hours or more between the hours of 9:00 a., and 5:00 p.m. and parking at evening and on the weekends is free.
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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 No
Councillor Joy Thorkelson-- No
Councillor Kathy Bedard--No

Question Two: Council to write a letter for support for Mavi Innovations, the company looking at developing turbines to generate electricity from tidal and river currents, to pursue funding that would enable the company to develop a demonstration project at Butze Rapids. The temporary demonstration would deploy a rotor from a floating catamaran-type platform approximately 40 feet long by 20 feet wide for three to 6 months.

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-- Yes

Question Three: Council to write a letter in support of the Skeena Nass Center for Innovation in Resource Economics to send a unified message to the provincial and federal governmentss demanding adequate financial resources to allow the Northwest to rebuild and develop a new economy that is stable and sustainable.

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--Yes

Question Four: Council apprvoed three readings to the 2009 Amended Five Year Financial Plan Bylaw No. 328, 2009 and has scheduled a meeting of public consultation at the November 23, 2009 Council Meeting.

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--Yes

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