[0:08] Good morning everybody. I would like to call to order the September 8th, 2026

[0:13] committee of the whole meeting and welcome council uh online observers and

[0:19] anyone in the gallery. Uh are there any additions to the

[0:24] agenda?

[0:29] I see nothing from council or admin. I look for a motion to approve the agenda.

[0:33] Councelor Waxer. All in favor? The agenda is approved. We have in front of

[0:38] us the August 25th, 2026 committee of the whole meeting minutes. Is there any

[0:43] business arising from these minutes? I see no hands.

[0:49] Delegations. This is where I look to the gallery. Anybody in the gallery like to

[0:54] address anything on the agenda? Now is the time and nobody is coming forward.

[0:58] Correspondence. Agenda item six. See how given. Is there any correspondence for

[1:02] us today? Then we can move right into new

[1:05] business. Agenda item 7.1 the Arnica Avenue servicing cost recovery policy.

[1:13] I believe we'll pass this over to director

[1:16] Malanchuk.

[1:20] Thank you. Good morning council. Uh today administration is presenting that

[1:25] committee recommend council approve the arnica avenue servicing cost recovery

[1:30] policy as presented. The arnica avenue servicing project was originally

[1:35] initiated to support development of the parcels in the area with plans that

[1:40] changed um post 2024 wildfire um and the need for um interm housing.

[1:48] The project was completed at a total cost of 1.165

[1:52] million. The RFCMP has agreed to contribute 33.33%

[1:58] or approximately uh 388,000 just over that leaving approximately

[2:04] 77,000 as the municipality share to be financed

[2:10] through borrowing. In June of 2026, committee directed

[2:15] administration to develop a policy to provide a framework for potentially

[2:19] recovering these municipal costs from future developments that benefit from

[2:24] the servicing infrastructure. The proposed policy establishes a

[2:29] consistent and transparent approach for determining when cost recovery should be

[2:33] considered and how an appropriate contribution may be negotiated with

[2:37] future proponents. This approach is generally consistent

[2:42] with how other Alberta municipal municipalities use development

[2:47] agreements to recover infrastructure costs associated with developments.

[2:52] While the municipality does not currently have planning and development

[2:55] authority under the municipal government act, the Parks Canada development

[2:59] approval process provides opportunities for the municipality to identify its

[3:03] interests and negotiate servicing contributions

[3:07] financially. If the 777,000 u municipal shares bored over 25 years

[3:13] at a 5% um interest rate, the total estimated principle and interest would

[3:18] be approximately 1.32 million. Any amount success success of sorry any

[3:26] amounts successfully recovered would help offset the municipality's

[3:30] investment and where possible associated financing costs.

[3:35] Overall, the policy provides council approved direction for fair, consistent,

[3:40] and transparent approach to cost recovery while helping reduce the extent

[3:44] to which existing taxpayers fund infrastructure that benefit future

[3:48] development. Um just to highlight some aspects of the

[3:54] policy. The purpose of the policy is to ensure that when the municipality

[3:58] borrows to um install infrastructure in advance of future developments, the

[4:02] costs are ultimately recovered from the property properties that benefit. The

[4:07] intent is to recover the full municipal investment including construction,

[4:11] engineering, project management, administration, and borrowing costs such

[4:15] as interests. The policy applies to debtf funed infrastructure such as

[4:20] roads, water, wastewater, storm water, and utility relocations

[4:25] that support future developments or development of the lots.

[4:30] Cost recovery uh would be established through the development agreements with

[4:35] future proponents. Each agreement would identify the

[4:39] project and financing costs, the benefiting area, the amount to be

[4:43] recovered, and the recovery method. Administration would determine the

[4:47] fairest method for of allocating costs among benefiting properties. Um, this

[4:53] could be based on frontage, land area, development, density, servicing

[4:57] capacity, and equivalent residential units or overall benefiting area.

[5:03] And you'll see within the schedule, it's based off of the um uh frontage.

[5:10] Importantly, also important, um the municipality

[5:14] would um sorry, uh would not recover more than

[5:19] its actual eligible costs unless otherwise permitted by legislation.

[5:24] And development agreements would be required before building permits are

[5:27] issued, providing an opportunity to establish the contribution before

[5:31] development proceeds. Funds recovered would generally be

[5:35] applied first towards repayment of the association associated municipal debt

[5:40] unless council directed otherwise. Um overall this policy establishes this a

[5:46] fair transparent financially responsible framework so that the existing te

[5:50] taxpayers are not left carrying the infrastructure and financing costs

[5:54] associated with the future developments. And um that is my summary of the uh

[6:01] documents presented and I'm available should there be any questions. Thank

[6:05] you. >> Thank you very much Director Malanchuk.

[6:08] This time I'll look to my council colleagues for questions. Uh councelor

[6:11] Roger. >> Thank you Deputy Mayor Hall and through

[6:15] you to director Malanchuk. I was just curious um how many um equivalent 50 by

[6:22] 100 lots would you say there are in this land? I mean, I'm just trying to

[6:29] determine uh if we were going to u sell the lots one day or recover the the

[6:33] cost, are we looking at, you know, 50 or 100 or what are we looking at?

[6:40] » CO given. >> Um I'll jump in to say first we would

[6:43] have to take that calculation away um to identify the total land area and what

[6:48] the equivalent is to 50 by 100 foot lots. Um the most important factor is

[6:53] though that the municipality doesn't own these areas. uh they continue to be

[6:56] Parks Canada held uh and so uh they're not the municipalities to sell at any

[7:01] point. Uh they are controlled fully by Parks Canada. Um so it would be up to

[7:05] them to decide who may uh end up getting a lease, you know, a lease transfer at

[7:10] some point in the future. That could be the municipality, could be Jasper

[7:13] Municipal Leaseold Society, could be Parks Canada development, it could be

[7:17] some other private development. Um, so just in terms of the municipality's

[7:21] ability to rec recoup costs, sale of the lots or at least transfer of the lots

[7:25] wouldn't be one of the avenues that'd be available to us.

[7:28] » Okay. Thank you. I misunderstood that. So, we're just strictly looking at

[7:31] getting the uh recovering our costs through our um infrastructure

[7:38] assessments and things. Okay. Would we would be able to find out sometime what

[7:43] the how many lots would be at uh approximately?

[7:47] » Sure. Sure, we can absolutely uh do a land area calculation and and send that

[7:51] out to council maybe by email. Again, it's uh the lots are, as council knows,

[7:56] this is the uh triangle lot at the very northeast end of town. Um so very

[8:00] irregularly shaped, but we can sort of do a area calculation and give you sort

[8:04] of equivalency. Um just as a reminder uh for council, this was uh the costs that

[8:11] are associated with putting in the road, Arnick Avenue, the water and wastewater

[8:14] systems, and the curb and gutter. um in some other municipality in Alberta that

[8:20] has land use and planning authority under the municipal government act.

[8:23] There's a very simple and straightforward way of doing this of of

[8:26] entering into development agreements or requiring developers to enter into

[8:29] development agreements. We don't have that ability in Jasper because we don't

[8:33] have planning and development authority. And so we have a bit of a workaround

[8:37] where essentially Parks Canada's development process says

[8:42] when you get a development permit, you must go to the municipality for signoff

[8:46] before you get your building permit. Um, so parks allows us to have a a space in

[8:51] there. Um and so we're essentially using that space that parks gives us to say

[8:55] okay before we give municipal sign off we will require if council this council

[9:00] policy would require developers on these lots to enter into development

[9:04] agreements. So, it's a bit of a workaround, but the administration

[9:08] believes that it'll it'll stand up. Again, in some other municipality in

[9:11] Alberta, uh this would be a lot clearer your legislative authority because

[9:14] they'd have access to 17 part 17 of the municipal government act.

[9:22] » Mayor Ireland. >> Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall. through

[9:27] you to administration whether director Melanchuk or CEO given the draft policy

[9:36] is focused on the recovery of debt funded servicing

[9:41] costs is does that leave a gap with respect to

[9:48] servicing costs that might not be debt funded like have we have we covered the

[9:53] entire field here would it be possible to to pay for the installation with real

[10:00] money, not debt serviced. And and should we look at ensuring that we cover the

[10:08] entire field, not just debt servicing recovery,

[10:15] » director Melanchuk, thank you, Deputy Mayor um Hall to your worship. Um, we

[10:22] definitely considered a few of those things as we were writing the policy.

[10:27] Um, and then we basically brought it back to the Arnica Avenue servicing area

[10:33] just because that is what we're looking at right now. We don't have many

[10:36] instances that we might be looking at this policy for future um areas. This is

[10:42] also um already uh set as a bylaw to do debt servicing for this area. So it is

[10:51] set for um debentured already through the bylaws that we brought through um in

[10:57] during the summer. Um so if we were to look at servicing other lots in the

[11:05] future, then I believe we could be looking at other areas, but we did

[11:09] decide to just make it specific to this area and not um a generalized policy. So

[11:16] if we do um have other instances come up then we can develop policies for those

[11:22] areas.

[11:26] » Thank you for that. And that that leads right to the the second question that I

[11:32] had and council

[11:36] did direct the development of a policy for Arnica Avenue. the requests for

[11:43] decision and to a lesser extent the draft policy

[11:47] um are forward thinking. They're they are intended to capture and well to

[11:53] establish consistency and capture the potential for future development.

[12:00] And if that is the intent, if we are developing a policy

[12:05] to aid in the consistent application of how we recover costs, then should it be

[12:13] the Arnica Avenue servicing cost recovery policy or just

[12:18] a servicing cost recovery policy for the municipality of Jasper so that it is not

[12:24] seen as so specific to this one uh redevelopment because we do we do focus

[12:32] on how this would be applied in future um development scenarios.

[12:41] So I although we specifically asked for a policy about Artica Avenue, if if

[12:47] we're intending to build a more wholesome policy,

[12:52] should it be identified as Artica Avenue servicing policy alone?

[12:58] » CO given Mayor Hall. uh for Maryland. Uh as director Malanchuk stated, that was a

[13:05] discussion that we had within administration. Uh and we landed on no

[13:10] because one, there's very limited uh undeveloped land within the urban

[13:16] boundary of the municipality. Um in other and the reason that we've landed

[13:20] here uh as a reminder to council is because the local improvement levy

[13:24] process was not available to us. Um we undertook the development uh rapidly as

[13:31] a recovery mechanism to be able to support interimm housing. Uh and in

[13:36] doing so we didn't have the ability to run the provinially mandated process

[13:41] required to institute a local improvement levy in other undeveloped

[13:46] lands uh along canot drive uh where the municipal housing corporation is

[13:52] building its building and where there's a private development going on. we did

[13:55] run a local improvement levy. So there have been other examples of where the

[13:58] municipality put in similar types of services but we used a different process

[14:03] to recover the costs. Um so because this is a bit of a a stop gap measure to be

[14:10] very frank we missed the boat in terms of being able to cost recover using

[14:14] local improvement levy. We need to find another mechanism. Um and this was the

[14:19] appropriate mechanism for these parcels. Um and as I referenced before,

[14:25] if and when the municipality gains access to section 17 of the municipal

[14:30] government act and planning and development authority, uh this policy

[14:33] would be moot anyway. So we wouldn't it wouldn't be required. So we have other

[14:36] tools to recover costs if necessary like local improvement levy when we can uh

[14:40] undertake that process and uh if and when we access parts 17 um then uh this

[14:48] policy itself would be moot. So it really is about these specific parcels

[14:52] for these specific costs, although the policy is written fairly broadly.

[15:00] All right, thank you for that. If I I may just wrap up. I

[15:05] I still wonder then about the policy statement, those two sentences and

[15:11] whether we ought to be more focused on Arnica

[15:17] Avenue because it it really does leave a suggestion that whenever this happens,

[15:23] this is the policy that will apply. I agree we can withdraw the policy,

[15:27] rescend it if we want, but we are certainly suggesting that this is

[15:34] a policy for cost recovery for any servicing costs,

[15:42] but it seems to me that we're actually saying it's not. It might be a bit of a

[15:46] template, but this is specific to Artica Avenue and might not be the case

[15:54] in another situation.

[16:01] » Are there any other questions from council? Counselor Conude.

[16:08] » Thank you, Deputy Mayor through to Tash and CEO.

[16:15] givens. I don't know if this is the place to ask this, but uh it seems to me

[16:20] like it came in lower than the winning bid on the

[16:26] contract was I think 1,227,229.75

[16:32] if I remember correctly and it's less than that. But how does I'm just curious

[16:39] how we saved whatever 100 or 200,000 like don't you have to pay what what the

[16:45] tender goes out for?

[16:50] » Director Melanch. >> Thank you Deputy Mayor Halt through to

[16:55] uh councelor Kong. Um no actually in the other parcel servicing as well that came

[17:02] under budget as well. Um so we're in a winwin situation where um we've had two

[17:10] areas service where they actually came in under budget. So uh they yes there

[17:16] was a um budget provided and but what we paid was a less than what we were

[17:22] initially budgeting. Yeah. Thank you.

[17:33] Uh, Councelor Melnick. >> Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall, and

[17:37] through you to uh, Director Melanchuk. Um, we will be recovering these costs in

[17:44] future development. Um, we're proposing here a 25- year

[17:51] amortization. When we recover the costs, will those

[17:55] costs go directly to the principal of that amount borrowed or where will those

[18:03] funds end up in the u in the municipality?

[18:12] » Director Melanchuk, >> thank you. Deputy mayor through to

[18:16] councelor. Um so it will depend on the timing as well.

[18:23] It depends on um when that those lots would be services. Are they being uh

[18:28] sorry um built on um so are they being built on in 25 years after the debt has

[18:35] you know or or and then it would be revenue that would offset addition um

[18:40] the um budget going forward. um or it does

[18:46] it start in 5 years and it would just it would depend on the situation negotiated

[18:52] with proponents. So if they would like to pay things off quicker then we could

[18:56] look at those aspects. It would def definitely just depend on the situation

[19:00] with what we agree upon going into those situations.

[19:11] » Go ahead council me. Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall. Just uh further, we've

[19:17] chosen a 25-y year amortization period um and assumed interest rate of 5%.

[19:24] Would it be beneficial for a shorter amortization period to reduce the

[19:30] interest costs?

[19:33] » Director Melanchuk. Uh, thank you, Deputy Mayor um, Hall

[19:40] through to Councelor Melnick. Um, yes. However, because we've passed the bylaw

[19:47] already, that has been a situation that we've already dealt with on the

[19:52] amortization period.

[19:56] » Thank you. I appreciate being uh the clarity on that and and uh uh forgetting

[20:02] about the fact that we did that uh a few months ago.

[20:09] Are there any other questions or comments from council?

[20:20] If there are none, I would look for a motion.

[20:33] Councelor uh Fchett.

[20:42] » Yes. I um make the motion that the committee recommend council approve the

[20:46] Arnica Avenue servicing cost recovery policy as presented.

[20:51] » Thank you for your motion. Councelor Fchett. Is there any debate on the

[20:53] motion?

[21:02] Seeing no hands, I will call the question. All in favor?

[21:07] And that motion is passed.

[21:12] Moving along to agenda item 7.2, which is the candidate

[21:20] candidate 2026. I would look to Miss Redell, I believe, is presenting this.

[21:28] Yeah, good morning, Deputy Mayor Hall and all of council. Um, in March 2026,

[21:34] administration learned that Jasper Culture and Events would no longer be

[21:38] taking part in Canada Day planning and that no other community group was

[21:42] willing to take this on. On April 28th, committee directed administration to

[21:47] take the lead in the planning and the delivery of 2026 Canada Day to the

[21:52] extent possible using existing resources and to bring forward a report to discuss

[21:56] future municipal involvement in organizing Canada Day events to the 2027

[22:01] budget discussions. Uh so in short, Canada Day 2026 was

[22:07] successful. Uh it was a collaborative event and this report outlines the

[22:11] elements of the day and asks council to consider what role it would like the

[22:15] municipality to play in delivering Canada Day going forward.

[22:21] Following council's motion on April 28th, administration established an

[22:25] internal planning team and worked closely with community and indigenous

[22:29] partners to deliver the day. The schedule consisted of the pancake

[22:34] breakfast, the flag raising, the parade, and an afternoon and evening of

[22:39] programming and entertainment. Overall, the event went really well.

[22:44] Feedback was overwhelming me overwhelmingly positive, particularly

[22:48] around the organization of the day, the community atmosphere, uh the

[22:52] volunteerism, the pancake breakfast, and the indigenous programming. We also were

[22:57] able to gather helpful insights from staff and the public on some areas for

[23:01] further development particularly around communications

[23:05] uh the entertainment and the parade route.

[23:09] So the report breaks down what it took to deliver the event the day itself uh

[23:14] planning and coordination required approximately 172 hours of staff time in

[23:19] addition to the significant staff involvement involvement on the day

[23:22] itself. So some of that work fits within our

[23:27] existing municipal role. However, leading the overall planning and

[23:31] coordination of the day represents an additional level of service that isn't

[23:35] currently reflected in our existing scope or resources.

[23:39] Looking ahead to 2027, administration is asking council to consider through the

[23:44] budget process whether it would like the municipality to continue in that lead

[23:48] role. The report recommends 12,000 for additional staff capacity and 30,000 for

[23:55] entertainment programming. If council wishes to continue with the 2026

[24:00] uh model of the day, thanks for your time. I'll do my best to answer any

[24:04] questions. >> Thank you very much, Miss Redell. Um, I

[24:09] just want to say before we talk about this, what this looks like going

[24:12] forward, I just want to acknowledge what an incredible job um, the staff and

[24:15] community did finding out in March that the municipality would be taking this on

[24:19] and then pulling together such a beautiful event is really remarkable.

[24:23] Um, I now look to council colleagues for any questions.

[24:35] » Councelor Roger. Uh, thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall, and through you too, Mr.

[24:39] Redell. The difference between the 12,000 and

[24:43] the 30,000. Um, what what are we getting for that extra 18,000?

[24:51] » Thank you for the question through Deputy Mayor Hall to Councelor Roger.

[24:56] Uh, the difference there's two separate motions. So the first motion is

[25:00] referring 12,000 to the budget uh which would allow in terms of the the covering

[25:06] of the staff time. So the staff time is 12,000. The cost of the entertainment in

[25:12] the afternoon and evening was around 30,000. So they're separate numbers. Um

[25:19] the first recommendation would allow municipal staff to be able to do a lead

[25:24] planning role, work with partners, organize all the things. The second

[25:29] recommendation is referring to non-staff costs that we used in 2026 to pay like

[25:35] entertainers, speakers, um the technological requirements for the

[25:40] afternoon security, things like that. >> Okay, I I understand.

[25:46] Is there a reason that it has to be as high as 30,000? It seems like an

[25:50] excessive amount for um entertainment. >> Yeah, thanks for the question. Um,

[25:58] Councelor Roger, the the costs outlined in the report today reflect what was

[26:04] experienced on Canada Day 2026. You know, the size and scale of

[26:09] entertainment is certainly something that council might wish to consider. uh

[26:14] in 2026 we were successful in obtaining some external sponsorship as well from

[26:20] businesses and partners and we were successful in receiving one grant from

[26:24] Canadian Heritage and so that does absolutely offset the cost of the

[26:29] entertainment. The report today presents the total costs of the day of 2026 for

[26:36] council's consideration. So there's a number of alternatives in the report as

[26:40] well that you can see there. Um, you know, council may wish to ask

[26:46] administration to lay out what we would have to change in our in our work plans

[26:51] to be able to take this on with less of a budget. The the recommendations really

[26:56] just break down the total costs. And so, if we were to reduce any of those

[27:00] numbers, it would just be reducing the scale and scope of the day.

[27:06] Just so I understand, today you're asking us to refer $30,000 to budget

[27:12] discussions. Doesn't commit $30,000. >> That's how I understand it. This would

[27:18] be referring to the budget deliberations. But

[27:20] » so if we don't get a grant, we could we could say 30,000 is too much. Uh

[27:26] come up with another figure.

[27:30] » CO given defin I'll handle that one just in terms of process. So, where we are in

[27:37] uh the budget cycle, uh we're talking about 2027 expenses. Uh as a matter of

[27:41] practice, administration doesn't ask council to precommmit to 2027 until you

[27:46] get to see the whole budget in context. Uh and so, especially at this time of

[27:50] year, if there's something that comes up um that's forward-looking like this, we

[27:53] recommend that council put those items to the budget discussion so that you can

[27:58] discuss all of these different things and decide what your priorities are. So,

[28:02] no, we're not asking council to approve either of these things today. We're just

[28:06] recommending that they should go forward to the budget for additional

[28:09] consideration there at that time. Um, administration um will always seek

[28:14] grants for community programming. Our community development department's

[28:18] particularly good at that. Um, we would, I think, look at a similar Canadian

[28:23] heritage grant in the future, but there are zero guarantees that we might

[28:26] receive it. Um and uh if we were to receive it uh likely I think we wouldn't

[28:32] know that until into the new year is >> we would know in April.

[28:35] » There you go. Uh and so uh so that's why administration is uh you know saying if

[28:40] council wanted to see the exact same level of entertainment

[28:45] in 2027 that you saw this year and you wanted to have it guaranteed then the

[28:50] municipality better have some money ready to do that. And at the same time

[28:53] we would go and seek grants. Uh but again to be 100% clear, we're not asking

[28:57] you to make that decision today. Uh we're just recommending that you should

[29:01] put this item forward to the budget uh and discuss it in context with all the

[29:04] other budget requests that you're going to be facing.

[29:07] » But when it comes to the budget, which will be this year, you're going to be

[29:12] asking us at that point if we refer this to the budget to approve $30,000, not

[29:17] knowing whether we get any grants or not. And if we don't get any grants,

[29:20] we're going to be paying the $30,000 out of our tax base.

[29:26] » CO given. >> Deputy Mayor Hall. Um, Councelor Roger,

[29:29] that's a decision for council to make. You know, you could choose to refer a

[29:33] smaller amount to the budget. You could choose to refer nothing to the budget.

[29:37] You could choose to refer it to the budget and direct administration that it

[29:41] only be included subject to grant funding. So, you have a lot of options

[29:45] that are available to you. Uh and again we weren't intending today to make a to

[29:50] have a discussion about that about all the different funding strategies. It's

[29:53] just about a dollar value. Council said in terms of what happened this year,

[29:58] council said run Canada Day administration ran Canada Day with the

[30:03] assistance of a significant grant that helped us up the level of entertainment.

[30:08] We're coming back today to say, okay, here's what the experience of running

[30:12] Canada Day was like. if council liked what they saw and um then here's what it

[30:17] would cost to do the same next year. Um and you can choose whether you know the

[30:24] the alternatives that are available here would be well no we don't need to do

[30:27] that the community should come together and do it. Um or the level of

[30:30] entertainment was nice but it's not a mustave. Um and council could choose to

[30:36] make that determination now and not refer anything to budget saying you know

[30:39] what the municipality should return to its previous role or committee could say

[30:43] okay well we want to think about this a little bit and we want to see it in

[30:46] context with everything else you know that that might come forward in budget

[30:50] um and that's what administration is recommending put it forward to where you

[30:54] can have a discussion about all of the details of budget and all of the

[30:59] budgeting strategies a council might wish to employ. um you can choose to

[31:04] sort of um limit the referral, right? Rem li limit what goes forward to budget

[31:10] um or to put some constraints on it. That's absolutely up to council, but

[31:13] administration wasn't recommending any of that today, but it's certainly within

[31:17] your authority to do so. Just to follow that up. So there there's if we want to

[31:22] put some constraints on it, you're saying we should put the constraints on

[31:25] it now rather than at budget, but we're not going to know at budget whether

[31:30] we've got any grants or not. So I don't understand the logic of that.

[31:36] » Co given deputy mayor hall for councelor Roger. Councelor Roger, I didn't say

[31:40] that you should put the constraints on it now. I said that you may. It's within

[31:44] your authority to choose whatever you wish to do with this item.

[31:47] administration's merely giving our recommendation and I think we've

[31:49] provided some alternatives that lay out you know at least the uh the broad

[31:53] section of things that are possible. Council can choose whatever else you

[31:56] might like to do and uh the difficulty with grants and

[32:01] relying on somebody else's money is that you don't know whether you're going to

[32:05] get them or not. There's very few situations where the municipality knows

[32:10] well in advance that they have a grant. sometimes for capital items as council

[32:13] has seen sometimes they come up a little bit late when we're already you know

[32:16] getting close to implementing a project. Um this reminds me of a discussion that

[32:22] we've we've had previously in a different setting where uh an external

[32:27] speaker or party facilitator said if something's important enough to do then

[32:32] you should you know shouldn't be dependent on whether somebody else pays

[32:35] for it or not. And I think that's really the the question for council is what are

[32:38] your priorities? How does this fit with your priorities? Um, and that might be

[32:43] something that you're in a position to decide on today, or it might be

[32:46] something that you think, well, I need to see how this amount of money fits

[32:50] with all the other priorities that we're going to see at budget. And that's

[32:52] completely up to council's determination.

[32:56] » Thank you, CA. I'm going to go to councelor Waxer. I think councelor Kong

[33:00] you and then councelor

[33:05] Deputy Mayor Hall through you to Miss Redell. you spoke about uh coll being

[33:15] being a very collaborative event and uh I just wondered if you could elaborate

[33:20] about that and uh often collaboration with uh other partners in the community

[33:30] um only strengthens uh the relationship and uh paves the way to future

[33:39] collaborations on a variety of things and I just wondered if you could speak

[33:44] to if that was the case in the in in in the candidate uh experience.

[33:53] » Absolutely. Thanks for the question. So through Deputy Mayor Hall to councelor

[33:57] Waxer um things really came out of the woodwork and I I can't say thank you

[34:02] enough especially to uh a major indigenous partner the Asenichi Winwok

[34:07] Nation that we worked very closely with uh Mountain Matei also was a significant

[34:12] sponsor. Um we had several sponsors across the community. Um we worked very

[34:17] closely with Parks Canada. Tremendous collaboration there. um just wonderful

[34:23] partnership and collaboration across the community. Museum took a really nice um

[34:28] sort of helpful lead role with the parade in conjunction with urban design

[34:33] and standards. Um and again a huge thanks to our sponsors. We still have

[34:38] everyone listed on our website. Um and this was a tight timeline. So I I really

[34:44] extend sincere thanks and was impressed with how many people came out very last

[34:48] minute. Um internally I also feel like um our organization really stepped up

[34:54] and Sean there was lots of collaboration across departments

[34:59] um like I said urban design taking on the parade um operations and and bylaw

[35:04] protective and legislative services significant support from communications

[35:09] like um it was a really positive exercise both internally and in the

[35:14] community um and a very interesting exercise to go through to to try and

[35:19] really lay out what this entails. So, I appreciated the cross- sector

[35:23] collaboration. I thought it was a great opportunity to build community. Um, and

[35:29] yeah, I think it's reflected in the day itself.

[35:33] » Thank you. And I I raised it because there is value in in the collaboration

[35:40] aside from the monetary value and I wanted to highlight that.

[35:45] » Thank you, Councelor Cred.

[35:51] Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall. Um, I think Canada Day is very important to me

[35:57] and uh especially now uh last year when we

[36:05] got left in charge and we had 5,000 whatever $183 or whatever it was

[36:13] allotted to us. I was the first one to say like if we're going to do it, we got

[36:16] to do it well. and my congratulations to administration. I thought it went

[36:21] without a hitch. Uh, looking through the numbers here, you

[36:26] know, I could I could knock a few of the numbers, but the bottom line is

[36:32] we want to do Canada Day like we've always done it and like not halfass it

[36:37] and uh it's just a matter of getting community involvement and that starts

[36:44] with us I think and uh really promote it and have a great parade and and the

[36:50] events at Canada today. I thought were second

[36:54] to none, Lisa. Like the performers are great. Thank you.

[36:58] » Thank you, Councelor Fchett.

[37:03] » Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall, to uh Miss Redell. I I would just echo the uh the

[37:08] um the statements and and comments from other counselors. I think last year we

[37:14] we sort of lateral the ball over to you your department when we had nowhere else

[37:19] to go I guess and sense uh it was timing was short and uh congratulations on all

[37:25] the fantastic efforts that your crew put together and it's uh something that uh

[37:31] you know candidate is is a big part of our of our community. Uh I think just

[37:35] for today's discussion I think um I don't think we're looking for any hard

[37:40] and fast motions here but I think I would think that I would hope at least

[37:44] that next year uh we won't be doing things at the last moment. So is it is

[37:49] it I guess a question would be it given a reasonable time frame uh the $30,000

[37:55] ask that we're talking about today may in fact be 15,000 could be less. uh we

[38:01] had a lot of wonderful donations and and partners uh but clearly there's there's

[38:06] um potential for more maybe considerably more so um I guess my my question would

[38:12] be is is um indeed there are other there are other as other avenues that we can

[38:18] pursue in terms of funding and donations and uh what your thoughts on on that.

[38:24] » Yeah, thanks for the question Deputy Mayor Hall through to councelor Fchette.

[38:29] Um you rais a a great point and CEO Given touched on it as well. So with

[38:34] more advanced planning um you know awareness from council of what's

[38:38] included in the budget or not looking at 2027 there is additional opportunity to

[38:44] seek grant funding to secure those external partners a little bit earlier

[38:49] in the game. That that definitely is a window of opportunity. Um with the

[38:54] Canadian Heritage Grant we of course will apply every year. Um, but a good

[38:58] example is we got the money for Canada Day, which was exciting. We didn't get

[39:03] the money for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. And so, as you'll see it

[39:06] in September, the event will be more condensed because we just didn't get

[39:11] that grant for that day. So, that's the the kind of unknowns that CEO Given was

[39:15] talking about a little bit earlier, too. um with more advanced planning and

[39:19] awareness, of course, there's definitely opportunity to um just secure those

[39:24] partnerships and and secure the the funding a little sooner. Um so, yeah,

[39:30] the the recommendation in the report today represents um what is needed to

[39:36] guarantee a program like 2026. Certainly, there will be opportunity to

[39:42] augment the costs with grants. >> Uh thank you very much. Yes, I think a

[39:48] little key up time is always beneficial and we don't want to lose track of of

[39:52] this wonderful day and and uh um certainly going forward I I would hope

[39:57] that we can be we can be a little more prepared for

[40:00] » for uh Canada Day and again thank you so much for all of the work that you and

[40:04] your team have put together. It was a a wonderful day. Thank you.

[40:07] » Thank you. It was organizationwide

[40:12] » Mayor Ireland. Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall. Um,

[40:18] through you to Miss Redell again. I I add my thanks to everybody else. We we

[40:24] gave you the handoff um kind of late in the in the game and you carried the ball

[40:29] across the finish line if that's the analogy that's being used. Um, so thank

[40:33] you for that and I appreciate it was organizational

[40:37] wide, but um it needed a leader and and community development stepped up. So,

[40:43] thank you for that. I do have a couple of questions. I'm happy to refer this to

[40:47] budget. I think that's the the right approach.

[40:51] When it gets there though, I will have some additional questions so I can

[40:54] prepare you. Now, >> the request for decision mentions

[41:00] funding for the pancake breakfast from the Red Cross, but it doesn't show up in

[41:04] any of the detail. Um, and I I am interested in what that might

[41:12] have been and I my expectation was is that that may not be available in future

[41:19] years. It kind of a special case with with the Red Cross right now, but it it

[41:24] doesn't show up as I read the the revenue and expense detail. There is

[41:29] nothing there from Red Cross and yet it was mentioned

[41:33] when the municipality used to operate the pancake breakfast

[41:39] as its own um function within Canada Day. We received detailed reports and

[41:46] again I don't see any revenue from the pancake breakfast. I know it's never

[41:51] significant but I think people pay some amount to to come in there and that it

[41:56] is a revenue source. I wonder about um the sound services and

[42:03] if the municipality is to continue both with the organization and

[42:10] programming whether we might be better off investing

[42:14] in our own sound system than spending 9 or $10,000 every year to rent it. I mean

[42:21] might be something worth looking at. And finally, I wonder about um the security

[42:29] of inind donations. Um as if we proceed with programming, it's not just the fees

[42:37] for performers which have been mentioned, but they need to be

[42:40] accommodated. And if those inind donations don't

[42:46] materialize, that seems to me to be an enormous

[42:50] expense that we would be undertaking. So again with more lead time maybe we can

[42:56] secure in kind donations early and we have always relied on the large s of

[43:03] businesses in the community but if that disappears it seems to me that there is

[43:08] a significant add-on expense to bring in performers. So, I just I just raise

[43:14] those. As I say, I'm happy to wait to discuss those in detail if

[43:19] council does decide to refer this to budget discussions, but those questions

[43:27] are important, at least to me. >> Thank you for the question um to you,

[43:33] Deputy Mayor Hall, to Mayor Ireland. Um I appreciate that you raised the piece

[43:38] about the pancake breakfast. So this year, um, the staff coordinating the

[43:43] pancake breakfast was a Red Crossf funded programmer. So by no means was it

[43:48] the only thing they were working on, but we did have that Red Cross funded staff

[43:52] able to help with the day. You are correct in identifying that that is

[43:56] finite, that the Red Cross funded staff is going to be decreasing over time as

[44:01] we get further from fire. Uh in my breakdown, uh the 12,000 that's

[44:08] recommended for budget deliberations does include the planning time uh for

[44:14] the pancake breakfast, recognizing that the Red Cross funding will be will be

[44:18] ending. On the other point you raised about the

[44:22] revenue from people coming through the gates, uh I think that's that's a valid

[44:27] point and I'll I'll make sure to add that line in there in terms of future

[44:31] kind of considerations. Um, in terms of sound, uh, you're right

[44:36] in identifying that's quite a large line item. Um, I did do some looking into

[44:41] things this year and the plan certainly would be to investigate what could be

[44:47] possible. Uh, the sound services for Canada Day were quite extensive and

[44:52] complex and the cost to purchase gear that all the gear that was there for

[44:57] Canada Day is substantially higher than 9,000. So, just something for

[45:01] consideration. But you're right in identifying it's quite a large item

[45:04] within the whole budget

[45:08] and in terms of your other question about uh in kind donations

[45:13] um definitely a valid piece and I think you know the recommendation is a

[45:18] reflection of a lot of thought around what's secure and what's not secure and

[45:23] what can we like reasonably execute with right so certainly the inkind donations

[45:30] are not guaranteed as you um identified, but when we look at the source of the

[45:35] donations, uh they're quite committed partners. So,

[45:40] Pursuit was quite a committed partner in our work in hosting indigenous partners

[45:44] in Jasper and they continue to be and uh Parks Canada was quite a committed

[45:50] partner in terms of the Whistlers Campground, the cultural use area. So

[45:55] the security of some of these inkind donations I would put as pretty high but

[46:00] it's an excellent point. So thank you

[46:06] » councelor concert.

[46:10] » Thank you deputy mayor hall and I apologize I drank eight shots of

[46:15] espresso so I'm pretty chatty this morning.

[46:19] Uh it just the sound system uh brought up a point that

[46:24] kind of a generic point, but uh we went out of town, I believe, shopping for a

[46:28] sound system. And if we can do anything local at a comparative price,

[46:35] I'd like to see council doing that right across the board. Um

[46:41] and I'll leave it at that. Thank you, >> CO Gibbon. Deputy Mayor Hall,

[46:47] administration can take this all under advisement and and bring forward

[46:50] additional information at budget. I think we've received a number of ideas

[46:53] about things that council would be interested in hearing more about.

[46:56] Certainly appreciate in terms of the sound system. I'll I'll caution council

[46:59] that I have a feeling if something rents out for $9,000. We're probably talking

[47:02] in the multiple tens of thousands of dollars to purchase. Um but we can

[47:07] always have a little bit of a look. Um, but again at this stage, uh, I think

[47:11] we've received lots of ideas about additional detail council like to see if

[47:15] and when this comes forward to budget. Uh, I think administration's been

[47:18] capturing those. I know Lisa's been paying close attention and so we'll make

[47:22] sure to bring those forward. >> And if I can just add a little bit of

[47:26] context, um, I think it's worth an a show of appreciation that we were not

[47:31] charged at all to rent the gear. They discounted that to us significantly and

[47:36] um only charged us for staff time.

[47:41] » Uh councelor Milik. >> Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall. And um

[47:46] we've had a robust discussion and uh I think um I'll add my thanks to

[47:52] administration and staff and volunteers across um the the community that also

[48:01] participated in the parade and among other activities on Canada Day. Um, of

[48:07] course, Canada Day started as a committee, if I recollect, a number of

[48:11] years ago, um, to do a parade and, you know, we had our municipal breakfast,

[48:19] which, uh, for many years was organized and donations from a variety of

[48:24] businesses to make that happen. Uh, so this has been a longtime community event

[48:29] that I believe our residents look forward to. And um

[48:35] the fact that we stepped in to take it over is an indication I believe that

[48:41] there's volunteer fatigue in the community. Um I believe this is a very

[48:46] important event for our community. I think there are other businesses that

[48:50] would step up perhaps with funding. I know years ago we used to raise $10,000

[48:56] for fireworks which won't occur anymore. So, I think

[49:00] there's lots of opportunities in the broader business community to be able to

[49:05] help fund this and with adequate lead time, we could um continue to produce a

[49:11] a quality Canada Day event. Um, saying all that, I would be happy to

[49:17] make the recommendations that are presented to us to at least get this

[49:22] onto the budget table. Um I certainly do not want us to go backwards and not have

[49:28] a Canada Day event and in the near future I don't see a Canada Day

[49:32] committee being formed. Uh that might be something in the future where there's

[49:36] support from the municipality but I definitely believe that this is

[49:40] something that we need to ensure continues um into the future years. So

[49:45] if there is no other debate um when appropriate I I would be willing to make

[49:50] the recommendations.

[49:56] » Thank you for that. Councelor Melnick. I feel like maybe if you wanted to make

[49:59] that motion now you could unless there's any other comments or uh from council.

[50:07] » Thank you Deputy Mayor Hall. So, I would recommend that committee refer $12,000

[50:11] to the 2027 budget discussions to enable the municipality to lead future Canada

[50:17] Day activities and that the committee refer $30,000 to the 2027 budget

[50:23] discussions to enable the municipality to incorporate Canada Day entertainment

[50:29] into its program offering. >> Thank you very much for your motion,

[50:34] Councelor Melnik. Um I would like to speak to the motion um and touch on

[50:39] things that councelor Waxer had said earlier about collaboration and

[50:42] relationship building. Um we're doing really important work through our uh

[50:46] indigenous relations framework and our commitment to the truth and

[50:49] reconciliation calls to action and Canada Day gives us a very visible

[50:52] opportunity to put some of that commitment into practice. Um, I also

[50:57] wanted to comment just I found the comments in the report around developing

[51:00] new systems and processes really interesting because I did see some

[51:03] social media um, buzz about the municipality being a bit of buzzkill

[51:07] this year with needing liability insurance that kind of thing. But the

[51:10] reality is that nobody else was willing to take this event on. And when the

[51:14] municipality assumes responsibility for something like this, there are standards

[51:18] that we have to meet and a lot of that heavy lifting, filling the forms and the

[51:21] systems, the processes has now been done. Um, and I think rather than

[51:25] looking at this as something that we like reluctantly inherited, I I see this

[51:28] as an opportunity to make Canada Day something really meaningful and really

[51:31] uniquely Jasper. Um, that's what I want to say. So, I support the motion.

[51:39] Councelor Laxer. Yes. Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall. Um, I just wanted to also

[51:45] speak to the motion that I think this is a very important event in our community

[51:52] life and I think uh increasingly important in in the current political

[51:59] context and also wanted to make the comment that there is probably also in

[52:07] uh inherent value in the all the different departments of the

[52:12] municipality working together and having the opportunity to uh collaborate

[52:17] because that isn't always something that h in in our in day-to-day activities. So

[52:24] I I see I'm very much in favor of the uh these two uh recommendations.

[52:33] » Thank you councelor Waxer. Is there any other um debate or anyone wishing to

[52:36] speak to the motion? C Mayor Ireland. >> Thank you Deputy Mayor Hall. I I speak

[52:43] in favor of the motion but again emphasize the comments from CEO Given in

[52:49] our earlier discussion that referring this to budget isn't a final decision

[52:56] and there are all sorts of options um left for council to consider when this

[53:03] gets to the budget table including conditional approval of of funds. So,

[53:09] anybody watching um live or on our YouTube channel later can be assured

[53:16] that council hasn't committed funding. What we have committed to is that this

[53:20] is an important matter um sufficient to be referred for further discussion at

[53:26] the budget table and I certainly support that.

[53:31] » Thank you, Mayor Ireland. If there are no other uh debate or comments on the

[53:35] motion, I will call the question. All in favor?

[53:39] And that motion is passed.

[53:43] Moving on to agenda item 7.3, the Jasper Municipal Leasehold Asset Society

[53:48] Transfer of Assets. And I feel like this is maybe director

[53:53] and Nadon. Take it away.

[53:58] Good morning. Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall. Um, we are here today for the

[54:02] Jasper Municipal Lease Hold Asset Society item. There is not a report. Um

[54:06] you will note it says verbal on the agenda list. Um so at the last committee

[54:11] of the whole uh council passed a motion that was three-fold. One to come back

[54:16] today uh so to the first committee of the whole in September. Uh the second

[54:21] part of the motion being that Indian term committee direct administration to

[54:24] consult with our auditors regarding the potential to have an assignment of some

[54:28] of the lease hold assets directly to the JMHC.

[54:32] And then the third part of the motion was uh that committee direct direct the

[54:36] mayor to write to the minister responsible for land titles to request a

[54:40] waiver of transfer fees or registration fees for all properties. So um we have

[54:46] done some work on this in the last two weeks. Uh we don't have uh complete

[54:50] information. So that's why we're here with a verbal report and not a request

[54:54] for decision as you would usually see. Um so we did contact the auditors and uh

[55:00] asked about the transfers directly from the JMLAS to the municipal housing

[55:04] corporation. So skipping the middle part of transferring to the municipality of

[55:08] Jasper and um they've indicated that uh if there were any governing documents

[55:14] either for the JMLS or the JMHC or the municipality which would warrant that

[55:19] type of step uh we would be bound to follow that. We don't believe that there

[55:24] is the part that is outstanding however and we're still trying to get

[55:27] information on that is how are those tangible capital assets considered um so

[55:33] assets of the municipal leasehold assets society show on the books as municipal

[55:38] assets so if we take them and we transfer them to the JMHC what does that

[55:43] do to our uh financial documentation so we're still not 100% clear on that one

[55:49] so that's clarity that we're seeking um and we expect to have sooner than later,

[55:53] but we don't have that at the moment. Um, and the other piece that the mayor

[55:58] write to the minister responsible for land titles to request a waiver of fees.

[56:02] Um, we supported mayor Ireland. We drafted a letter which he has now

[56:06] reviewed and uh we will be in a position to send that out uh early this week. So

[56:11] that has not yet been sent but it has been drafted and will be sent out. Um,

[56:17] so that's the update I have to provide from administration's perspective and

[56:20] we're welcoming any questions or comments or additional information from

[56:23] council. >> Thank you very much, Director Nadon. Are

[56:28] there any questions from council?

[56:32] » Councelor Roger. >> Yes. Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall and

[56:36] through to Mr. Dawn. My understanding is that the document

[56:42] itself could incorporate wording such that the municipality would be the

[56:46] interim um assenee here. So that instead of paying if we end up paying land

[56:52] titles fees, we don't want to pay them twice. If we can in the same document

[56:58] goes from the municipal asset society through to the final owner,

[57:05] the document itself could incorporate that and you wouldn't end up having two

[57:08] documents that land titles would then charge two fees on. So I'm just

[57:11] wondering if you can maybe address that with u the auditor or whoever else the

[57:16] legal department that you're dealing with.

[57:26] Do I have any other questions for Director Nadon?

[57:39] » Councelor Milnik. >> Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall and uh

[57:44] through to administration. Uh just for the clarity in the process, this will

[57:48] come back to committee of the whole uh at some point um after we get clarity on

[57:55] the land titles request and also um

[58:00] the information from the auditors regarding um the appropriate handling of

[58:05] the assets. So I'd anticipate this could be something that'll continue for um a

[58:11] few more months potentially.

[58:16] Deputy Mayor Hall through the councelor Melnik. Um I guess the recommendation

[58:20] for today is that committee receive the the report for information. So there is

[58:24] no uh action that we're we're ready or we're recommending to to take today. And

[58:30] you are correct that this would return to a committee of the whole to to then

[58:33] have a recommendation to council. Um so so no final outcome today, but we will

[58:39] come back as as more information as we find more information.

[58:46] Thank you for that. So unless there's other um comments by counselors, I would

[58:53] um uh make the recommendation that a committee accept the verbal report for

[58:59] information.

[59:08] » Thank Thank you. and that this be um when additional information is received

[59:12] that um this come back to the committee of the whole for review and u further um

[59:19] referral to council.

[59:23] » Thank you very motion councelor Melnick. So make sure administration has that

[59:26] motion. Perfect. Uh any debate on the motion or anybody wish to comment on the

[59:31] motion? All in favor? And that motion has passed. Moving on to

[59:38] agenda item 7.4, a proclamation request, and I might pass

[59:43] that over to Mayor Ireland. >> Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall.

[59:50] On the agenda is an email that I received from this Dr. Allen

[59:57] like what sets out um the intent of the request and to comply with our own

[1:00:05] policy. I am prepared to be um a local resident who endorses this particular

[1:00:13] request. Um that's sufficient to bring it within the terms of our policy and

[1:00:17] and give it consideration. So, I I bring it forward um with the intent to make a

[1:00:25] motion that committee recommend council proclaim September 24th, 2026 as

[1:00:32] National Resilience Day in Jasper. Um if committee accepts that recommendation,

[1:00:39] this could come back um for our regular council meeting on September 15th so

[1:00:44] that we could uh make the proclamation in advance of September

[1:00:49] 24th. Um the email is self-explanatory. I I think that the the first bolded or

[1:00:58] second bolded um bit is

[1:01:04] absolutely consistent with our um strategic priorities and that is it's

[1:01:10] an opportunity to leverage the profile that um we have gained like it or not um

[1:01:17] through the fire and particularly um through community response. And so it's

[1:01:22] an opportunity, as we have all recognized, to share the the hard

[1:01:27] lessons that we have learned, um, but the really compelling lessons about

[1:01:31] building community resilience. And this is an opportunity to get the word out to

[1:01:36] other Canadians who are going to be facing um, in future years and have, of

[1:01:42] course, this year faced disasters in other communities. I I think it's a it's

[1:01:48] an important step that we can take to help others learn from our experience

[1:01:53] and to profile the need to build resilient communities. So um I certainly

[1:02:00] endorse um the request and um I will leave it um open for

[1:02:07] any questions that counselors may have before I make my motion. But I've

[1:02:12] signaled what the motion or the recommendation today will will be. But I

[1:02:18] I leave it open for for any questions councilors may have.

[1:02:24] » Thank you, Mayor Ireland. Are there any questions from council?

[1:02:33] » Councelor Waxer. Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall. Um, I just

[1:02:39] wondered about the sharing a Jasper story. That is one of the requests and

[1:02:46] if that would be something you would would be assigned to administration or

[1:02:52] that something that we as council would u prepare

[1:03:02] you to the mayor.

[1:03:10] I I think it could be either. Um I think we are in the process um almost daily of

[1:03:15] sharing Jasper's story with various interviews and contact with other

[1:03:20] organizations. So depending on the specific request and what is to be

[1:03:24] shared. I think um any member of council is well equipped to to share parts of

[1:03:30] our story. any resident is able to share parts of their story and if necessary um

[1:03:38] administration can share the municipal experience um to whoever asks. So

[1:03:46] I think it it depends on what it is is requested but holistically our community

[1:03:51] can share its story.

[1:03:57] » Thank you for that. I'm curious about the third bullet about being a founding

[1:04:02] national resilience community. Do you know other communities that are part of

[1:04:06] this? >> I do not. All I all I know is that uh

[1:04:13] it is to begin September 24th and we will see how many other communities

[1:04:17] across the country respond. And I I cannot say who else has received this.

[1:04:22] Um but I think it would be nice to be

[1:04:25] recognized as a founding community of national resilience. Um because we are

[1:04:30] indeed that.

[1:04:36] Thank you for that. Are there any other questions for Mayor Ireland or comments

[1:04:39] about uh this request?

[1:04:45] » Seeing no hands, I might pass it over to Mayor Ireland for a motion.

[1:04:50] Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall. My motion is that committee recommend council

[1:04:55] proclaim September 24th, 2026 as National Resilience Day in Jasper.

[1:05:05] » Thank you very much for your motion. Is there any debate on the motion or does

[1:05:07] anybody wish to comment on the motion? And I will call the question. All in

[1:05:11] favor? And that motion is carried. Moving on to agenda item eight, the

[1:05:18] motion action list. I will pass this over to CEO Given.

[1:05:25] » Thanks very much, Deputy Mayor Hall. Um, so there are a few items I think that

[1:05:31] have um been completed. Uh, the Canada Day item

[1:05:37] on the first page has been completed. Um, and the Arnica Avenue cost servicing

[1:05:42] uh Arnica Avenue servicing cost recovery policy has been completed. Um and uh the

[1:05:52] item related to the JMLAS, uh we still expect that there'll be some additional

[1:05:57] um recommendations coming forward to council on that. Um

[1:06:04] uh as director Nadon identified, we'd like just a little bit of followup on on

[1:06:08] one aspect of the tangible capital assets. Uh and so we may have some

[1:06:13] additional information coming forward to council on that item, but my

[1:06:16] recommendation would be that the Arctic Avenue item and the Canada Day items

[1:06:20] could be struck from the motion action list.

[1:06:25] Thank you, CEO Given. Are there any questions from council about the motion

[1:06:29] action list?

[1:06:33] Then I would look for a motion to approve the updated motion action list.

[1:06:36] Uh, councelor Waxer >> that committee approve the updated

[1:06:42] motion action list. >> Thank you for your motion. Is there any

[1:06:45] debate on the motion? I will call the question. All in favor? And that motion

[1:06:50] is carried. Agenda item nine, councelor upcoming

[1:06:54] meetings. We'll look to councilors for some

[1:06:59] updates for us. Councelor Melnik. >> Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall. Um

[1:07:06] tomorrow, uh Community Futures has organized the fall business walk in

[1:07:12] Jasper and I'll be participating with Community Futures in the community

[1:07:17] tomorrow and the following Wednesday I will be in attendance at um uh the

[1:07:24] Community Futures Network for Alberta uh at a meeting in Whitec Court.

[1:07:32] Thank you, councelor Melnik.

[1:07:38] Looking around the table for any other updates.

[1:07:43] » Councelor Fchett. And just another reminder of the um

[1:07:47] community and bloom judges will be in town on the they'll be arriving tomorrow

[1:07:52] and on the 10th they will be doing the the community judging um uh event uh

[1:07:59] with a a um get together at Earls uh for a meet and greet with the with the

[1:08:06] judges and all of the council and significant others are indeed encouraged

[1:08:12] and invited to attend.

[1:08:15] Thank you, councelor Fchett.

[1:08:23] Does anybody else have anything to report on?

[1:08:30] I can report that next Tuesday morning I will be attending with uh council and

[1:08:34] indigenous relations strategy session and this afternoon at noon I have a uh

[1:08:39] climate caucus um meeting. I know it's not part of my my regular my assigned

[1:08:45] duties, but I'd do like to report on that.

[1:08:52] Seeing another hand, no other hands from council. I can go over the upcoming

[1:08:56] events. Agenda item 10. Uh as council just said, the communities and bloom

[1:09:00] judges in Jasper September 10th. The Jasper music uh folk festival is this

[1:09:05] coming weekend, Friday and Saturday, the 11th and 12th at commemoration park. uh

[1:09:09] the first NEMA back after the the um summer break on the 16th at the Silver

[1:09:14] Water restaurant in the Chateau from 4:30 till 6:30. Uh we will all be

[1:09:19] attending the Alberta Municipal Municipalities Convention September 23rd

[1:09:22] to 25th and the Library and Cultural Center anniversary 10:00 a.m. till 8:00

[1:09:27] p.m. uh October 2nd at the Jasper Library and Cultural Center. Are there

[1:09:31] any other events to report on that are not that on this list?

[1:09:38] All right, seeing no hands, I will call for a motion for adjournment.

[1:09:44] Councelor Fchett. Oh, I was going to Council Pette, you beat the mayor to it.

[1:09:49] All in favor of councelor Fchett's motion of adjournment.

[1:09:53] Thank you very much and uh I thank everybody online viewing today and uh

[1:09:57] everybody in the gallery and have a wonderful rest of your Tuesday.

September 8, 2026 Committee of the Whole Meeting

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