[4:49] My pleasure to call to order the regular
[4:51] meeting of the village of cashash Creek
[4:52] this October the 5th, 2026. There being
[4:56] no delegations,
[4:58] uh we have the minutes of the September
[5:00] 21st regular meeting. Uh could I have a
[5:03] motion to adopt a circulated
[5:07] >> discussion?
[5:09] All those in favor? Opposed? Carried.
[5:11] Thank you. Uh, is there any business
[5:13] arising from the minutes?
[5:17] Seeing none, committee reports, economic
[5:19] development, councelor Dubois.
[5:21] >> Nothing at this time.
[5:22] >> Budget and administrative services.
[5:25] Nothing at this time either.
[5:29] Uh, bylaw policy review. Councelor
[5:32] Renta.
[5:32] >> I move that council give final
[5:34] consideration to and adopt permissive
[5:37] tax exemption. by number 2-025
[5:41] 2026. Sorry.
[5:43] >> How many people read all 65 pages?
[5:46] >> Oh, you did. Good for you.
[5:51] >> Okay. Any discussion? Councelor Dwis.
[5:54] >> Um I noticed as part of the application
[5:57] package that was provided to us that
[5:59] we've included financial statements from
[6:01] the different organizations. There's a
[6:03] part of me that feels that that's a lot
[6:05] of information to be putting out into a
[6:07] public forum as part of our agenda
[6:09] minutes. I'm wondering if there'd be an
[6:12] opportunity to have staff put forward
[6:15] some sort of a way of not having to release that into
[6:20] this. I I I think most organizations
[6:22] wouldn't buy, but I think there would be
[6:23] some organizations that they need to
[6:26] have everybody and their dogs see that
[6:28] and if it would be worthwhile to to come
[6:30] up with some alternatives that do the
[6:32] functionality financial statements
[6:35] ensure that there's where they need to
[6:37] be without us having to sort of see all
[6:39] that information.
[6:40] I think he's looking for five pages
[6:42] rather than 65.
[6:45] >> Peters
[6:46] >> just uh nonprofits their books are open
[6:50] to anyone to see. So
[6:55] they should that shouldn't
[6:58] open public or they're not
[7:01] >> everything.
[7:03] >> I just I feel like it's
[7:05] >> in this day of so much information I
[7:07] just feel
[7:09] how I feel about that. That's just my
[7:11] thoughts.
[7:12] Council,
[7:14] >> I think it's good to have it on there
[7:15] because in some cases I like we're not
[7:18] in that vote, but if we were
[7:20] let's say if there was um any
[7:23] considerations for having
[7:25] additional requirements for nonprofits,
[7:28] for instance, if we had a nonprofit that
[7:30] was, you know, bringing in a lot of um
[7:35] like whose budget was like much much
[7:38] bigger than these ones and and that had
[7:40] a different context
[7:43] um then I think it would be good to know
[7:46] that as we gift them um the you know
[7:52] freedom from from taxation like like
[7:54] everybody else and I think that we we
[7:56] are you know indirectly supporting those
[7:59] organizations. So I think it's important
[8:01] to see where where their finances are
[8:05] and how they're changing. Um and it's
[8:12] I think helps me in my decision to
[8:15] support or not support a tax exemption.
[8:20] » Thank you, Councelor Dewis.
[8:22] >> I think it's just when I look at
[8:24] financial statements. Yes, there are
[8:25] people that will be able to interpret
[8:27] financial statements but also people and
[8:31] we are going to be interpreting them. I
[8:33] would prefer to have somebody with a
[8:36] level of skill and knowledge that is
[8:39] presented to us in our opinion
[8:43] without us looking at you know they
[8:45] spent $5 on dog catcher or on dog food
[8:49] $50,000 on somebody's birthday.
[8:56] » Thank you. I have something it's just I
[8:59] feel that by doing that the burden of
[9:02] proof is now shifted to the
[9:03] administration rather than having
[9:06] council making the decision it's all of
[9:09] a sudden the administration that has to
[9:11] summarize and pretty much make a
[9:14] recommendation which is not
[9:16] administration.
[9:20] » Thank you. Any further discussion
[9:23] administrator can share
[9:24] >> um on the specific
[9:26] subject. I just quickly uh looked in the
[9:29] community charter for this specific
[9:30] line. Um because council has a wide
[9:34] gamut of authority to provide tax
[9:37] exemptions uh as it currently sits with
[9:39] their current policy and ask for this
[9:41] information which is why it comes over
[9:43] to council. Um
[9:45] if there is an appetite uh we could
[9:48] certainly change the process and
[9:50] procedures. Some municipalities also do
[9:53] it for different time. We do it is
[9:55] yearly where every year you have to ask
[9:57] for a tax exemption. Other places have
[9:59] it every two years. I think the maximum
[10:02] is four. I would have to double check
[10:04] that. That just sticks in my head, but I
[10:06] know you can do at least two and three.
[10:09] Uh so maybe that's a way to mitigate it.
[10:13] Or maybe the information continues or
[10:15] maybe we just need to gather certain
[10:16] information that is important like maybe
[10:19] it's not the whole uh gamut that we see
[10:22] here on the statement. Maybe it's just
[10:25] certain points that we need to see from
[10:26] the statement. I think that uh like very
[10:30] specifically we can provide exemptions
[10:33] for land or improvements that are owned
[10:35] or held by a charitable philanthropic or
[10:38] other not forprofit corporation. So it's
[10:41] pretty open. Basically they just have to
[10:44] possess it and then council has the
[10:46] opportunity to be able to provide.
[10:51] >> The reason we move we
[10:54] 10 year
[10:56] interval. The reason we move is because
[10:58] the charitable status or the
[11:00] nonforprofit status can change and we
[11:03] have one example in the community
[11:07] that all of a sudden on a farm and it
[11:10] lost the not for status yet for two
[11:14] years it qualified for extension because
[11:16] it was covered by that 10 year
[11:19] application. So that's why basis to make
[11:23] sure that the council really allows
[11:27] grants the tax exemption to qualify.
[11:33] >> Thank you. Any further discussion on the
[11:35] motion? All those in favor? Opposed?
[11:39] Carried. Thank you.
[11:42] >> Item two. Um, I move that council give
[11:45] third reading to by line of number 5-011
[11:49] 2026 cemetery operation maintenance by
[11:52] law. Second
[11:54] >> discussion
[11:58] » administrator
[11:59] >> um just noting for council that this is
[12:02] coming back third reading because there
[12:04] are some changes recommended in the last
[12:06] one. So we wanted to make sure that
[12:08] third reading was what you would be
[12:10] seeing going
[12:14] Thank you. Any further discussion?
[12:16] All those in favor? Opposed? Carried.
[12:19] Thank you. Public works counselor deber.
[12:23] >> Healthcare and protective services.
[12:24] Councelor Rant.
[12:26] >> Emergency management. Councelor Peters.
[12:31] » Parks and Recreation. Councelor
[12:33] >> Randa.
[12:35] >> Landfill Advisory Committee. I I see
[12:38] we've got Ros Black here in the
[12:40] audience. So that that's nice, but I
[12:43] don't have anything new to report.
[12:46] >> GNRD and intergovernmental liaison. Uh,
[12:49] nothing there either. Cash Creek
[12:51] community,
[12:52] >> I just have a small report. I attended
[12:55] the final NDIT RA community meeting of
[12:58] this term. Um, it was our last
[13:01] opportunity to uh approve um requests
[13:06] for funding and just the the numbers of
[13:10] applications were was crazy. We had
[13:12] $231,985
[13:15] available and we had over almost
[13:17] $733,000.
[13:20] » Soal, you know, when people say there's
[13:22] funding out there, not so much.
[13:26] >> Thank you. Uh, nothing under TNRD and
[13:30] intergovernmental leaison. Uh, Cash
[13:32] Creek Community Fund. Councelor Dwis
[13:35] >> to move that council approve the request
[13:37] from the YNCA CCR for use of community
[13:40] volunteer on October 15th, November 20th
[13:44] and December 11th for their outreach
[13:46] program.
[13:47] >> Second
[13:47] >> discussion.
[13:51] » I believe our first policy is to allow
[13:53] organizations one usage. Is that
[13:56] correct? And after that their
[13:58] expectation is for it.
[14:00] >> Um after that if they request that it
[14:03] comes to council
[14:05] >> and have we in the past done stuff like
[14:08] this organizations?
[14:10] >> There was uh one other ask that they did
[14:14] for three months for this organization
[14:17] specifically. So theoretically this
[14:18] would bring them I think to just shy
[14:21] because I think two in one month just
[14:23] shy of six months total that we
[14:28] » yeah it' be six events total yeah
[14:32] >> I just um one of the complaints we hear
[14:35] on a regular basis is lack of things to
[14:37] do and this is a group that's coming in
[14:40] providing services for kids
[14:44] we should support it.
[14:46] Thank you, councelor. I agree.
[14:50] Any further discussion?
[14:52] All those in favor? Opposed? Carried.
[14:55] Thank you. Uh on to staff reports. The
[14:58] BC air access program. Administrative.
[15:03] Um so specifically staff were looking
[15:06] into the BC air access program. uh we
[15:11] based on input uh that we've received
[15:13] from council in the past uh they have a
[15:16] grant stream they have two grant streams
[15:18] on one's for uh infrastructure
[15:20] development ones for planning. So, we're
[15:24] recommending that we apply for a master
[15:26] plan because with the exception of the
[15:30] obvious we need to repave the actual
[15:32] runway itself uh infrastructure wise uh
[15:36] it's it really feels peace meal if we
[15:38] chase after anything because we don't
[15:40] have any sort of master plan for the
[15:42] airport. Um my guess is as good as
[15:44] anyone else's on the next thing that we
[15:46] need. I don't know might have some ideas
[15:48] but I'm not sure. So the recommendation
[15:50] would be to move forward with applying
[15:52] for master plan grant. Um to to be very
[15:55] clear with it as things sit right now,
[15:59] uh the fund allows for a maximum of
[16:02] $35,000
[16:03] to be gained from the grants uh with up
[16:06] to $15,000
[16:09] from us to those ports. If uh like I'm
[16:13] currently getting quotes, but just based
[16:15] on the timing of the election, I
[16:17] wouldn't be able to also like we would
[16:20] miss the deadline. [cough]
[16:22] back to council to ask for another
[16:23] recommendation uh by the time we have
[16:25] quotes and that sort of thing. So um the
[16:28] plan would be if council does want us to
[16:30] apply towards this uh I am planning to
[16:33] receive a price and all that and be
[16:35] brought back before council and
[16:37] additionally with this the 15,000 that
[16:39] would be coming out of village funds uh
[16:41] we'd be theoretically out of 2027 budget
[16:44] because the the actual grant doesn't
[16:46] close until November and so we likely
[16:49] wouldn't hear back until early 2027. So
[16:52] we aren't spending any money until 2027.
[16:56] [clears throat]
[16:57] >> Thank you.
[16:59] I would move that council authorize the
[17:01] submission of an application to the BC
[17:03] air access programs master plan for
[17:05] grant funding to prepare a facility
[17:06] master plan for Camel Hill regional
[17:09] airport and authorize the chief
[17:10] administrative officer to execute the
[17:12] application and any resulting
[17:13] conditional grant agreement on behalf of
[17:15] the village and that council commit to
[17:17] funding vill's chair of the total
[17:19] eligible project cost from general
[17:21] revenue.
[17:24] So discussion
[17:27] council Peter
[17:28] >> I think we have huge potential in our
[17:30] airport and it's very much underutilized
[17:33] and this is a a great step forward and
[17:36] try to make a plan to um try to get it a
[17:41] potential revenue stream other than the
[17:44] occasional rentals that we have. Um we
[17:47] attended a Silka presentation at
[17:49] previous council about the opportunities
[17:51] that are out for regional airports. Um
[17:54] from flying schools to maintenance uh
[17:56] facilities that if we have
[17:58] infrastructure in place that this is a
[18:00] perfect place to try to bring those
[18:02] kinds of things to it and this is a
[18:04] great step forward.
[18:07] I just wondering if
[18:20] » administrator
[18:21] >> um yes that is correct there. Um we've
[18:25] also been looking at other opportunities
[18:27] because there's there's a list of grants
[18:30] that can't stack with this. They specify
[18:32] a bunch of stuff that you cannot stack.
[18:35] But there is some other we have a few
[18:38] ideas. I don't want to put all the cards
[18:40] on the table yet because we also haven't
[18:41] announced um to be able to offset some
[18:44] or all of these costs. Um but uh
[18:50] thank you. Any further discussion? All
[18:54] those in favor? Opposed? Carrie. Thank
[18:56] you. Information correspondence. I don't
[18:58] see any. Is there any new business?
[19:03] Council Peters,
[19:04] >> I just like to take this opportunity to
[19:06] thank this council and thank our staff.
[19:08] It's been four years that I've
[19:10] thoroughly enjoyed and I believe that we
[19:12] made some good decisions, some tough
[19:15] decisions, and I look forward to what's
[19:17] going to happen in the future.
[19:19] >> Thank you. Uh, any other new business?
[19:23] Seeing none, questions from the public.
[19:27] >> [clears throat]
[19:28] >> Seeing none questions from the press.
[19:31] >> Nothing today.
[19:32] >> Thank you. We have need of a closed
[19:34] session pursuant to section 90.1 and
[19:36] 90.2 of the community charter. I would
[19:38] ask for a motion to that effect. Second.
[19:41] >> Any discussion? All those in favor?
[19:44] Opposed?