Scorekeeper the numbers please

This is a tad out of order from our review of events, but since we just put together our City Council tracking pages, we figure we should give the Daily News its due for bringing back it's Council scorecard..

Motions from City council
Daily News
Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Well maybe it’s a case of a new city hall reporter bringing a renewed zeal for accountability, whatever the reason we once again find that fancy Council scorecard is resuscitated in our local paper. The feature has been more miss than hit of late, but the Daily News finally returned to tallying up the key votes of the night.

Well key might be an over statement as the three “questions” selected by the Daily News certainly aren’t of the earth shattering or turning the tide of adversity type, perhaps indicative of the dog days of civic governance that occur in August, as highlighted by a rather sharp drop in municipal government attendance for this session.

So with that, we continue with our reproduction of the Daily news scorecard for the council meetings, this version covers the city council meeting of August 18, 2008

Council meeting August 18, 2008

The Questions:

Question 1.

That the development Variance Permit Application for 1445 2nd Avenue proceeds to public notification..

How they voted on this motion:

Mayor Herb Pond- In Favour
Councillor Ken Cote- Absent
Councillor Sheila Gordon-Payne- Absent
Councillor Joy Thorkelson -In Favour
Councillor Nelson Kinney- In Favour
Councillor Kathy Bedard- Absent
Councillor Tony Briglio- In Favour

Motion 1 passed

Question 2.

Recommendation that Dan Rodin, Lonny Miller and Tanya Ostrom be appointed Chief elections Officers.

How they voted on this motion:

Mayor Herb Pond- In Favour
Councillor Ken Cote- Absent
Councillor Sheila Gordon-Payne- Absent
Councillor Joy Thorkelson - In Favour
Councillor Nelson Kinney- In favour
Councillor Kathy Bedard- Absent
Councillor Tony Briglio- In Favour

Motion 2 passed

Question 3.

That the City of Prince Rupert supports the University of Northern British Columbia’s application to Canada West Universities Athletic Association and the Herb Pond signs a prepared letter that states the city’s support.

How they voted on this motion:

Mayor Herb Pond- In Favour
Councillor Ken Cote- Absent
Councillor Sheila Gordon-Payne- Absent
Councillor Joy Thorkelson - In Favour
Councillor Nelson Kinney- In Favour
Councillor Kathy Bedard- Absent
Councillor Tony Briglio- In Favour

Motion 3 passed