[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?

Cache Creek Council Meeting Oct 5, 2026

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