Monday, July 12, 2010

City Hall scoresheet for July 6, 2010

The Thursday July 9 edition of the Daily News featured their regular (and perhaps final) scorecard on city council issues, this one featuring the deliberations and votes from selected items of the July 6 session of council.. This weeks feature appeared on page three of the Thursday edition.

Question One: Council approved the 2009 City of Prince Rupert Annual Report

How council voted:

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

Question Two: Council approved the May 2010 Monthly Department report:

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

Question Three: Council received a report from the Chief Financial Officer regarding the primary liquor business license fee:

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

Question Four: Council approved the first and second reading of its Property REvitalization Tax Exemption Bylaw No. 3300, 2010:

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

Question Five: Council will write a letter to Black Press to ask what the company's intention is going forward with print media, now that it has acquired the Prince Rupert Daily News and announced it is shutting the paper down:

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

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