[0:07] ready to go.
>> I call to order uh the regular council
[0:13] meeting of September 9th, 2026.
All righty. So, we're going to start off
[0:18] with our land acknowledgement. So, we
acknowledge that we are gathered on
[0:21] Treaty 8, First Nations Territory and
the long-standing representation of the
[0:24] elders and ancestors of Treaty 8.
Through this acknowledgement, we extend
[0:28] recognition and respect to the BC treaty
8 First Nations and all those who called
[0:33] Peace Country home.
All righty. Item number three, adoption
[0:37] of the agenda. Making a motion that we
adopt off the adopt the agenda as
[0:41] presented. That motion
second. All right. All those in favor
[0:49] carried. All right. So, adoption of
minutes. Uh, August 26, 20 or August 26,
[0:55] 2026. Special council meeting minutes.
Do I have a mover and a second? Second.
[1:03] Any comments, emissions, or errors that
need to be corrected?
[1:10] None being seen, I'll call a vote. All
those in favor?
[1:15] Passes. All right. Introduction of late
items. Uh, we have no late items this
[1:20] evening. public hearings which we've
already concluded tonight. Uh
[1:24] delegations. So we have a number of
proclamations tonight uh that we're
[1:28] going to do here so bear with me. Been
homesick for the last two days and
[1:34] that. So all righty we are going to
start with the Legion proclamation. So
[1:39] if I can get a motion to bring that to
the floor or do I need a motion on that?
[1:45] » Motion to have a second.
I'll second that. To the floor. All
[1:50] righty. Uh, discussion.
Councelor Wall,
[1:54] » I would like to declare a conflict of
interest due to my personal relationship
[1:57] with the members from the Legion that
are presenting and with the organization
[2:00] itself as a former president in
that
[2:07] I'd like to declare a personal conflict
of interest with the organization um,
[2:11] presenting as I'm former treasurer and
I declare a personal conflict of
[2:17] interest. Therefore, I'll govern myself
accordingly.
[2:25] » So, to my understanding,
according to the community charter, um
[2:29] you make a declaration, it's a
declaration is an honorary thing. It
[2:33] doesn't represent that the village
supports it or individual counselors
[2:37] support it. So, does that require quorum
in order to make that declaration?
[2:43] your practice historically, your worship
is to pass a resolution in favor of
[2:48] proclamations and against those
proclamations being made. You know,
[2:53] unfortunately, uh, Mayor Beach is, uh,
not here this evening.
[2:59] You guys, you know, act on this, but
until then, something you guys have a
[3:06] special,
[3:11] right, but
I suppose decision after this might be
[3:15] to uh see if you know yourself as the
acting mayor or if Mayor Beach would be
[3:21] interested in a special meeting to uh
make the decision so to speak.
[3:27] » Okay. And when would the next available
you're looking
[3:33] I think the 20th 26th
>> coming up quite quick. That's right. So
[3:38] anytime in the next 10 days I'm
available
[3:43] mayor beach as well is something
potentially
[3:52] we could get a photo as well
and
[3:58] happen we can get that you know posted
on social media and stuff like that.
[4:02] » All right. So with this uh because due
to lack of quorum due to conflict of
[4:05] interest, I'm going to table this item
uh to our next uh next available
[4:10] meeting.
>> Um yeah, sounds good. I'll go grab
[4:15] council.
[4:27] Are you able to connect with Mary Beach
and see if she's potentially available?
[4:32] Nice.
[4:37] » All righty. So, we're going to move on
to 7.2 uh community inclusion law.
[4:44] All right.
[4:49] So,
thank you. And I'm going to move her in
[4:52] a second. Move on a second. All right.
So, October 26, community inclusion
[4:57] month in the village of Pooseki. So, I
would like to call our representatives
[5:01] up for community inclusion.
>> That would be me.
[5:06] » That' be you.
>> All right. H you want to come up?
[5:10] » Oh, that way. That way.
>> I'll come up here and get a picture of
[5:15] » us with the proclamation. Sorry. Let me
read the proclamation.
[5:20] Turn
[5:29] right there. That's good. That's good.
Do it again.
[5:32] » I can move if I
[5:37] read all the proclamation.
>> Well, actually, yeah, that's what
[5:40] happened with all all the cops. Kia came
up and got picture. So, come on, Ray.
[5:44] Everybody everybody has
>> I already picture.
[5:48] » No, you got to take pictures. All of us
now got a haircut. Oh my goodness.
[5:52] » You're in the back with the tall quite
>> cuz they this we did this in Taylor on
[5:58] the 24th. So we did.
>> Yeah, we did.
[6:04] » No, I'm going to every council.
>> All right. So I'm going to read out the
[6:07] proclamation then I'll send it and then
I'll provide you with the copy. Okay.
[6:11] » All right. proclamation community
inclusion month October uh 2026 as where
[6:17] every October British columbombians
across the province recognize and
[6:21] celebrate the contributions and
potential of people with development
[6:25] disabilities during community inclusion
month and where in 20210
[6:31] uh Canadians referred the na sorry
referred to the national historic
[6:38] convention on the rights of persons with
disabilities and In 2028, uh the
[6:43] government of British Columbia
introduced uh reimagining community
[6:47] inclusion initiatives
which oh sorry which
[6:53] evolutionized uh pathways forward
including or for inclusive ho housing,
[6:58] employment, health and well-being and
self-determined indigenous strategies
[7:04] and where a thriving community requires
the inclusion and participation of all
[7:08] members and inclusion of individuals.
builds in all respect for societies
[7:12] enabled all peoples to share their
skills and talents and culture and to
[7:18] secure the rights uh peacefully at home,
at work and at school in the community
[7:22] and where the community living BC uh
provincial crime corporation will be
[7:26] joining individual families, service
providers and others to celebrate
[7:30] community inclusion month and to raise
public awareness about inclusion and
[7:35] supporting people with diverse
disabilities and participating fully in
[7:40] communities.
Uh now therefore I resolve that I Marcel
[7:44] Wood do hereby declare that October 26
as community inclusion month in the
[7:48] village
[7:58] going to give it away.
>> Thank you.
[8:12] » Thank you.
[8:20] » All right.
[8:30] All righty. Uh so all those in favor I
guess
[8:34] post koopi uh declaring
October 2026 uh for community inclusion
[8:39] month.
[8:46] » I know. All righty. So for this next
one, uh, so Terry Fox proclamation, uh,
[8:52] September 20th, 2026 to be claimed Terry
Fox day village pub and counselor. Well,
[8:58] actually, can I get a move or a second
that move?
[9:00] » I'll second.
>> Whereas the Terry Fox Marathon of Hope
[9:05] began in 1980 and continues to inspire
communities across Canada to come
[9:08] together in support of cancer research.
And whereas Terry Fox Day provides an
[9:12] opportunity for residents of Puscupi to
honor Terry Fox legacy, support cancer
[9:17] research, and reflect on the lasting
impact of the marathon vote. And whereas
[9:21] Terry Fox Day provides an opportunity to
encourage residents of all ages and
[9:24] abilities to embrace physical activity,
healthy living, and community spirit.
[9:28] And whereas Terry's courage,
perseverance, and selflessness continue
[9:33] to remind us of the difference one
person can make and the hope that can be
[9:38] created when a community comes together
for others. And whereas the Terry Fox
[9:43] Foundation continues Terry's dream by
bringing Canadians together, funding
[9:48] vital cancer research, and carrying
forward his enduring message of hope.
[9:51] Now therefore, I, James Wall, do hereby
declare September 20th, 2026 as Terry
[9:57] Fox day in the village of Husky.
>> I think that's the same day Terry Fox
[10:02] one, isn't it?
>> That's correct.
[10:04] » There we go.
>> All those in favor?
[10:08] » That's great.
>> Well, you want to say the last part
[10:10] because you got to sign.
>> Yeah. So, therefore, I'm Yeah.
[10:14] » How does that work?
>> We've got his name on. So, we'll get
[10:29] All righty. Uh before we move on, did
you were you able to reach out to my
[10:34] speech?
>> Uh no, forgive me not to the speech yet
[10:37] to schedule a special meeting. We can we
can coordinate that for sure.
[10:40] » Go ahead. All righty. Uh you want to
pass that on Mr.
[10:46] » All righty. Moving on to item number
eight. unfinished business or business
[10:49] arising from the minutes. And I see none
on the agenda for tonight. So item
[10:55] number nine, new business 9.1,
designation of fire inspectors and fire
[11:01] investigators. That council designate
Blair Devo and Chad Dero as fire
[11:05] inspectors for the village of Puscupi
pursuant to section 8 of the fire safety
[11:09] act and as fire investigators pursuant
to section 23 of that act effective
[11:14] September 9th, 2026.
Secondary council
[11:19] discussion
[11:23] » just some background as to kind of the
origin of this and why this hadn't been
[11:26] in place prior. Just curious to see.
>> Now I do believe there has been so we go
[11:31] through this every year every two years
and uh it's been these two gentlemen and
[11:36] one other gentleman that have kind of
been passing the role back and forth
[11:39] because they meet the qualifications for
that position
[11:42] » uh within the fire department and stuff.
So I think this is and correct me if I'm
[11:47] wrong, Mr. Minson, but this is just a
formality that we have to go through
[11:50] each year to say that these are
designated uh fire inspectors and renews
[11:55] it with the fire commissioner's office
as well and registers with the fire
[11:58] commission office so that they can
provide provide inspection services.
[12:04] Uh this is an appointment that the
office of fire commissioners recently
[12:08] asked for updated paperwork on aka a
resolution from council
[12:12] » uh saying that uh fire chief and uh
captain are uh appointed as
[12:21] investigators under the fire safety act.
uh the deputization of local officials
[12:27] to see as a leader of the fire safety
act as of a couple of years back. So
[12:32] it's reflective of duties that standing
but now a council resolution is required
[12:39] » and just for specificity on that piece
and to be conscientious of not veering
[12:44] into discussion of labor it's to be
assumed that these duties would be
[12:49] already subsumed within their roles and
this would be adding additional work and
[12:53] are already compensated according to
what these requirements are. I must be
[12:56] careful here, right? Not to bear labor.
>> There have been uh increased or new
[13:01] training courses that the OFC has put
out uh that offers some guidance on what
[13:06] the fire safety act uh for the new fire
safety act requires. But uh you know
[13:11] it's kind of run the mill for you know
the training that the fire department is
[13:15] in. So yes and no. But no,
>> it's anticipated. Yeah. Thank you.
[13:23] All right, I'm going to call a question.
All those in favor?
[13:28] Opposed? All right. Moving on to 9.2. Uh
that council direct administration to
[13:34] proceed to obtain cost estimates and
begin fundraising for village office
[13:38] park playground phase 2 and proceed with
the fundraising and grant applications
[13:43] with construction and any village
funding commitment subject to further
[13:46] council approval.
>> I'll second.
[13:49] Two options.
>> We going again.
[13:52] There are two fun is to the one that he
brought forward.
[13:56] » Wait again. Option two is what I read
which is continue with what we're doing.
[14:00] Let's look for grants. Let's get
>> second.
[14:04] » Any discussion?
>> So congrats to all the folks involved
[14:07] with the completion of phase one. So
this is basically saying, hey, we got
[14:10] the plans for phase two. We're
interested in moving forward and we'll
[14:14] see what we can do. But this isn't a
full commitment, right? This isn't a
[14:17] commitment of funds. This isn't a
commitment to proceed. that's basically
[14:20] investigating our costs and what could
be possible.
[14:23] » There is a cautionary aspect in this um
where we do have a a very rough much
[14:28] more limited scope than phase one that's
included in the report which basically
[14:32] describes uh removing replacing slides
on the existing like that older place
[14:36] structure replacing the gravel surface
supporting place surfacing then
[14:41] completing some other minor improvements
around the park. There's a scenario here
[14:45] where if council says staff, you know,
tell your grant writer to swing away.
[14:50] Let's let's get some grant applications
going. That does create a scenario where
[14:55] you guys, you know, there's there's a
donor expectation that we use those
[14:58] funds if we are, you know, if folks are
generous enough to, you know, provide
[15:02] funds in trust for the improvement to
that part, right? That's it starts. I'm
[15:08] I'm just trying to put that caution out
there, right? where eventually you start
[15:12] creating an expectation. Um if council
wants to see us uh aggressively pursue
[15:17] uh getting phase two complete um you
know by all means we're we're happy to
[15:22] go with that. That was the intent behind
option two that is included there let's
[15:26] uh let's keep this momentum going. Let's
uh you know start pursuing grants etc.
[15:31] um where you could uh you know our
alternative recommendation that we have
[15:34] in there is you could wait to see how
the financial planning process uh for
[15:39] 2027 is kind of shaping up and maybe ask
for more reporting from staff and what a
[15:43] scope would look like. So up to you it's
kind of you want the cautious approach
[15:48] or you know let's you know full speed
ahead.
[15:53] I'm going to down a bit. We're We're
looking for grants to put a slide back
[15:59] and get some gravel, some e- gravel with
the playground. Is that right?
[16:04] » Rubber.
>> Oh, replacing the replacing the pravel
[16:07] with the rubber matting and putting a
slide back.
[16:10] » Yes.
>> And asking corporations and if they
[16:12] would donate to that and applying for
grants so that taxpayer money from the
[16:16] village
isn't affected.
[16:19] » That's correct.
>> That's your worship. That's fair.
[16:22] » Yes.
>> And if I remember correctly, that's how
[16:23] phase one was funded as well. because uh
we we kind of stonewalled her on that
[16:28] one. Told her told her that it was
fundraising money.
[16:31] » Kind of stonewalled her. We said not no
not a scent of taxpayer dollar.
[16:36] » Hey, she did a great job. You know, I
think this this largely stemmed from an
[16:41] email from your grant writer Andy to
myself saying, "Hey, I have these
[16:45] applications that are open. I can press
send on these." I said, "Oh, hold up.
[16:49] Let's see if council's in for this uh
for round two." So, I just wanted to
[16:52] check with you guys before I said, you
know, let's let's go ahead and start
[16:56] this uh start this process again, right?
Got the playground half done. I say
[17:01] let's finish it.
>> And the other piece, if I may, it's the
[17:06] construction wouldn't even be happening
till next year anyways. There's still
[17:08] options on this road to retreat if need
be.
[17:11] » That's correct. Okay.
>> It's a slide.
[17:13] » All right. I'm going to call the
question on uh village office playground
[17:18] phase 2 option two. All those in favor?
Right. That's unanimous and carried.
[17:26] All righty. Uh on to 9.3.
That council approved the water sewer or
[17:32] the water system capital improvement
plan and sewer system capital
[17:34] improvement plan prepared by Mel
>> Nahi. I don't I can read it. I can't
[17:40] say. Uh both dated August 28, 2026. and
that council direct administration to
[17:45] incorporate the plans, recommended
priorities, implementation schedules,
[17:49] and cost estimates into future budgeting
and asset management assumptions with
[17:53] individual projects subject to council's
budget
[17:56] » and project approvals. You have a
second.
[18:02] » All righty. Councelor Wal,
>> I am very very I want to thank staff for
[18:08] this uh and I want to thank everyone
involved in this. This has been ongoing
[18:11] for the last couple of years. Anyways,
through the whole term, we've been
[18:16] trying to figure out exactly what's what
infrastructure we have and the condition
[18:20] of that infrastructure to create a
long-term plan to determine where we
[18:24] need to budget for, what we need to
replace, when we need to replace it, and
[18:28] and what we need to replace it with. And
when we started this project,
[18:33] there were certain area, it's kind of
embarrassing to say it. There were
[18:36] certain areas in the village that we
didn't even know where the sewer lines
[18:38] were. The survey map was off by 15 ft in
some places. Some houses even have water
[18:43] shut offs. It It was quite a mess. Now
we know where everything is. We have
[18:49] looked at everything. We know where the
infrastructure needs to improve and it's
[18:53] actually in better condition than I
thought it was going to be. For the most
[18:56] part, I'm very, very happy to see this.
I would please ask council their support
[19:01] of this resolution so that the next
council is set up for success and they
[19:05] know exactly what needs to be done and
where.
[19:11] » Any questions?
>> So, well, thank you. Thank you to staff.
[19:15] Thank you to the folks at Mac for
producing this. This was needed. We
[19:19] needed to know where we were at. This
has already been paid for and from my
[19:23] understanding and this gives us clear
data in what we need to prioritize over
[19:28] the next so many years. It's going to be
expensive. But this is the systems that
[19:33] we rely on so that we can keep flushing
our toilets and keep turning on the
[19:36] taps, continue to have the services that
we rely on that keep us safe and
[19:41] sanitary. Um, so it sounds like it's
basically we'll accept sounds like we're
[19:46] working towards accepting this plan and
then implementing it in our future
[19:49] planning and then we can target in our
future capital budgets what areas we
[19:53] need to move forward. But um, I do
appreciate the work done with this. It's
[19:57] very indepth. Um, I don't know if
there's anything specifically want to
[20:01] ask of the contractors that have come
all this way.
[20:04] » I've seen the one thing I did like to
see though is that majority of the
[20:07] village now is PBC
which has, you know, significantly
[20:12] longer lifespan, which is great. And
it's actually nice to have everything
[20:16] all together pulled into one document.
So for future planning, we can see where
[20:19] everything is going forward for whoever
occupies the seats next can then, you
[20:24] know, make some informed decisions and
doesn't have to spend three years
[20:28] chasing everything, put it all together,
>> figuring out where the leak is.
[20:32] » Yeah, exactly. So, no, it's good to see.
And yeah, uh if there's no other
[20:35] comments, I'm going to call the
question.
[20:38] All those in favor?
That's unanimously carried. Not opposed.
[20:43] » I wish we could talk the circumstance
for that. That's good deal.
[20:45] » Yeah. No,
>> that's a lot of No, that's so fantastic.
[20:48] » No, people get an opportunity to go
through that report. It's good to see
[20:51] and get an idea where especially for our
asset management stuff. I mean, it's
[20:55] good knowing that we don't have to look
at replaceable pile sewer and stuff
[20:58] going forward and allows funds to go
elsewhere.
[21:02] All right. Uh that being said, uh we're
going to move on to 9.4.
[21:06] Uh fin
update. Oh yes,
[21:12] thank you. Uh, acting mayor will the,
uh, this is an information report just
[21:16] letting you know that the, uh, RFQ that
we ran for drive, uh, fire hydrant
[21:21] replacement, uh, didn't receive any, uh,
bids, so to speak. So, we're going to
[21:26] proceed to uh, pursue a direct with
tractor. So, we're just giving you folks
[21:31] a heads up that put it out to the
market, got nothing back. So, uh, we're
[21:34] going to try our best to client pricing,
get the this work done before. Do you
[21:39] need a motion or anything on that?
>> I know you wish policy does give
[21:43] permission for us to you know proceed in
this direction.
[21:46] » The circumstance we just still felt it
was important to keep council move
[21:50] forward.
>> I I do appreciate snapping this forward
[21:54] for transparency's sake. Has there been
other issues in procurement recently or
[22:00] specific to this item or is it just a
kind of oneoff? Nobody really looked at
[22:03] the bid. How do we prevent this from
happening in the future?
[22:06] » Yeah, it's a good question. Um, I did uh
Chad would probably have a he's been
[22:13] closer on the communications of some of
the contractors that have uh, you know,
[22:17] we're kind of toying with the idea of
submitting a proposal on this. It does
[22:22] seem like uh, Dawson has a lot more
based on my conversations with Chad, it
[22:27] seems like Dawson has a lot more license
going at this time and it seems like the
[22:33] available companies that might be
inclined to bid on that are quite busy.
[22:37] So it might be a business, it might be a
time of the year thing like Chad and I
[22:41] are, you know, always kind of trying to
ask ourselves, how can we get it out
[22:44] sooner than next year? So it's a little
bit easier for folks to kind of stand,
[22:49] » but those are the two things that come
to mind right away.
[22:54] » I wouldn't say it's endemic. We've had
some good response to some of the other
[22:59] RFQS and RFPs that we put up this year.
>> Yeah.
[23:03] » And then of course just for liabil legal
pieces. Um the direct award to this
[23:09] contractor, the contractor that would be
receiving this direct award has the
[23:13] capacity, capabilities, certifications,
and so on and so forth to complete the
[23:16] work properly and up to what the
legislation requirements are.
[23:20] » We will make sure that
awesome.
[23:23] » Thank you.
>> All right, we're going to move on to
[23:26] item number 10, correspondence. Uh is
there anything for correspondence that
[23:29] anybody would like to see lifted?
>> I think we have to
[23:34] respond to the survey.
I I I so move that council lift item
[23:39] 10.1
for discussion.
[23:42] » Second. Second.
>> Um I would prefer if we kept this as
[23:47] information for now and then council
could go through each individual item
[23:51] that we need to respond to because there
is a list of different responses um that
[23:55] that we would have to do for the next
meeting. Is that is that fair through
[23:58] chair staff?
>> I was just going to check the response
[24:01] deadline because I believe it uh was a
fairly tight turnaround. I would like to
[24:05] say the first question we should answer
marginal as an answer as one of the
[24:09] offices because they have been trying to
pawn off their infrastructure has to
[24:12] repair and replace
[24:17] the response date isn't included
>> when it comes to highway maintenance
[24:20] it's our responsibility but it's not our
highway I don't really like that
[24:26] » 18th of the month they kindly requested
a reply by
[24:31] you know we can always submit the form
late I guess for extension
[24:34] not a guarantee.
>> Could is this something that we'd have
[24:37] to have a meeting specifically to
determine answers for or could this be
[24:39] over email?
>> Uh I feel like there's you folks could
[24:44] perhaps direct the chair to offer any
feedback. My my thinking was that we
[24:48] would get feedback from Chad uh to
feedback to Argo and if there was
[24:53] feedback coralled through the mayor uh
we could both uh input our comments onto
[24:57] the forums that if that works.
>> I'll make a motion to do that.
[25:03] So motion to
>> uh do what he said.
[25:07] » Yeah. Do what he said.
>> There's a recommendation to report
[25:11] there. One sec. Let me pull it up.
>> Is there a recommendation?
[25:14] » Uh there's a cover report. Modest, but
>> 198 or something.
[25:18] » Council uh authorizing acting mayor
Whittle to provide uh feedback in
[25:23] response to the provincial government
stakeholder assessment form.
[25:26] » That's my motion.
[25:31] » What? You have to observe it. All those
in favor
[25:38] motion carries.
>> All right. I will uh I will sit on Mr.
[25:42] Minson and we will formulate something
and we will send it out to council for
[25:47] » so long as it reflects the state.
>> I just think for the first question
[25:51] there, how how are they doing on their
infrastructure maintenance? I think it's
[25:55] » the fact that they keep asking us to do
it for them
[25:58] » is is not very good.
>> Well, that's the thing. It's another one
[26:00] of those provincial download.
>> Well, if we're going to maintain the
[26:05] highway, I want highway funding.
>> Exactly.
[26:07] » All right. That being said, we're going
to move on to resolutions. We have none.
[26:12] Bylaws
that the village of Busoop is zoning
[26:15] bylaw 1093 2026 be read for a third time
and that administration forwarded the
[26:19] bylaw to the Ministry Transportation and
Transit for approval prior to returning
[26:23] it to council for consideration of
adoption. Do
[26:26] » I have a second?
>> Right. Councelor Johnson, councelor.
[26:31] » So, this now moves from the special
meeting, second reading, now to a third
[26:36] reading. However, we send it off to the
Ministry of Transport, but it gives the
[26:41] public still an opportunity if they so
wish to respond before the fourth
[26:45] reading. They can send correspondence
into the village office
[26:49] to us because it's outside of that
public hearing.
[26:52] » I don't think we're obligated to be held
to that information, but it can submit
[26:57] like anybody
I should uh clarify uh acting mayor the
[27:03] uh public hearing that you folks had
tonight is intended to be the
[27:07] opportunity for folks to make
representations to council about the
[27:10] bylaw. Um further representations uh
beyond what was done tonight would by
[27:17] the statute be considered to be
procedurally unfair. So uh you know
[27:21] generally uh public comment on the bylaw
itself is uh is closed unless council
[27:26] wants to resend third reading and uh you
know have another public.
[27:31] » Would somebody not be permitted to uh
comment on it though if it is an agenda
[27:35] item and they come in for uh like a
question period then they
[27:41] opportunity. Surprisingly, no. Like the
the idea is that the uh opportunity for
[27:45] for the public to make representations
was tonight. If somebody wanted to come
[27:49] and add uh additional information after
that, uh the idea would be that it's uh
[27:54] you know, unfair to the other residents
that did attend the public hearing.
[27:59] Uh yeah, basically it's perceived as
unfair, procedurally unfair.
[28:05] » Even though it's a very reasonable
question to ask, it's
[28:10] clarification.
No, and I appreciate that clarification
[28:13] as well. We've done a lot of work on
this. This is the villages bylaw. If the
[28:18] folks that live here, own businesses
here, they don't agree with it, then so
[28:22] be it, and then they should bring that
forward. However, I think we've opened
[28:26] up opportunities for homebased
businesses or businesses for use of
[28:31] property. I think we've made this fair
and reasonable by law. However, it's not
[28:36] just ours, it's all of ours, right? like
we all build this community together and
[28:41] if there is some serious concern over
it, we're not just trying to force this.
[28:45] We're really we've taken the deliberate
work to really consult with folks. So if
[28:50] there is something glaring, let us know
because we had folks approach us about
[28:54] agricultural accessory dwelling or
accessory building land heights and we
[28:59] changed that. So anyways, I appreciate
that. Yeah.
[29:03] » And I I would just like to say that
looking into this bylaw before tonight's
[29:08] meeting, I I went through uh previous
council agendas. This is the 19th
[29:12] meeting we've had this bylaw in the
meeting on the agendas.
[29:15] I went through my emails. I have a list
of emails going back three years. I
[29:21] don't know how many emails, probably 40
or 50 of them from probably 15 or 20
[29:25] different residents regarding concerns
with this bylaw. All of those concerns
[29:29] have been addressed. They have all been
changed um regarding heights in the ALR,
[29:34] regarding fence, regarding setbacks,
regarding uh material structure,
[29:38] regarding impermeable lot area,
regarding driveway materials, regarding
[29:43] drainage, so on so on so on, parking,
everything. We've we've I think we've
[29:51] » it's not a perfect bylaw. It never will
be. There's always going to be somebody
[29:55] who's unhappy about something, but there
has been three years to comment on it. I
[30:01] I I know I've received lots of emails.
I'm I'm sure the rest of you have as
[30:05] well. Um I I'm very satisfied with the
file and the work we've done on it.
[30:11] And I mean, if people still have
concerns, they I I wouldn't say, do I
[30:16] have to say no? Theoretic. Again, this
is a strict interpretation of the law,
[30:20] but technically the requirement
correspondence that's received at our
[30:24] office of trust counselors on the uh
bylaw between public hearing and
[30:30] adoption that's required to be withheld
by staff because you know by statute
[30:36] council's required to have an open mind
when the public hearing happens. You
[30:39] know once the public hearing does happen
you know council uh goes on to you know
[30:44] subsequent hearings and uh the
opportunity for public representations
[30:47] is closed after that. Idea being that
you know the public have a shot at doing
[30:51] it. You have an opportunity
theoretically to a adopt the bylaw and
[30:56] reopen an amendment or open
>> I do think this is the community's bylaw
[30:59] though of every bylaw we've done this
term on council this is the one that
[31:02] I've seen the most input from from the
most people and we've made very
[31:06] significant changes
>> based on based on those recommendations
[31:11] » moreover if if any council members do
have a change of art you know on the
[31:14] bylaw you know determined that you know
hey something you missed or there's a
[31:19] policy objective that isn't in there's
always that option
[31:23] reading and the public hearing can
happen again. I'm not trying to, you
[31:27] know, uh suggest to council that they're
walking off a ledge or anything.
[31:30] Everything in here is is possible to to
fix, you know, adjust, but there is a
[31:35] procedure requirement that comes along
after the public hearing is held that
[31:39] basically says that's the opportunity
for public.
[31:42] » This is meeting 19. The next one will be
20 and if we go back it'll be 21.
[31:48] » All righty. So, with that being said,
I'm going to call the question. All
[31:52] those in favor?
Right. And none opposed. That carries
[31:56] unanimously for the third reading.
Recommendations. All right. Uh item
[32:00] number 13, administrative reports. Uh
public works report. Uh make motion that
[32:05] council receives the public works report
dated August 26, 2026. August 2026 for
[32:12] information. Second.
Any discussion on that?
[32:18] All right. All those in favor and
accepting for information that's none
[32:23] opposed. Uh 13.2 fire department report
motion to uh make a motion to accept
[32:30] fire department report for information.
>> Second
[32:34] comments, concerns on that. Hearing
none. Let's call the question. All those
[32:39] in favor accepting the fire department's
report for information. Right. That's
[32:43] unanimous. None opposed. CA's report.
CAO's report that council received the
[32:48] chief administrative officer report
dated September 9th, 2026 for
[32:52] information.
>> Second,
[32:54] » Mr. Melkinson, you got anything you want
to add that's not on the report or
[32:57] anything you want to highlight?
>> No, just a thank you to uh all the staff
[33:01] um for their work over the last few
weeks. Um certainly a thank you to uh uh
[33:06] Abby and uh you know, village
contractors for their assistance. Uh I
[33:10] think the CIPs on water and sewer are a
major milestone and you know definitely
[33:15] wanted to pass along that credit. So,
thank you to uh takes a village, no pun
[33:19] intended.
>> All right. All right. I'll call a
[33:24] question of uh accepting the CEO's
report for information.
[33:32] Um I do have uh for your instruction, I
do have Mayor Beach here who's offering
[33:36] to join the meeting if uh it means that
a decision could be reached on the reach
[33:41] for earlier. I don't know if that's
something you might be interested in.
[33:45] She's available before we're done then.
Yeah, because we have conflicts. So,
[33:48] she's available that we can
>> have court. That'd be great.
[33:51] » Fair enough. If you give me like a
two-minute recess, I just love to check
[33:54] procedure file and make sure I'm not
breaking any rules.
[33:57] » Yeah. You know what? All we got left is
reports. So, what we'll do is we'll do
[34:01] reports and then I'm going to bury the
agenda. We're going to take a 10-minute
[34:05] recess. So, I'll make a motion that we
bury the agenda after the reports. Can I
[34:09] get a second?
>> All right. Might not need to hear my I'm
[34:13] just checking.
All right, we just call recessing.
[34:17] » Yeah, but the agenda because we're
taking that proclamation
[34:24] recess because of a procedural thing.
So, we'll do that after the reports. All
[34:28] right. So, we'll get our reports done.
So uh 14.1 council Johnson
[34:33] » I do have I do have the library meeting
on the 24th of September
[34:40] somebody else
be nice to have somebody I know it's
[34:46] portfolio that
okay uh yeah we'll see I'm out of town
[34:52] to work for that one so
>> yeah I'll be
[34:55] touch base all righty councelor wall
>> so I I had a conversation with the
[35:01] museum. I've been working with them
regarding the hard hotel artifacts and
[35:04] uh helping them with a garage sale idea
that we we previously approved. Um went
[35:10] and did a tour in there with Mr.
Mulkinson and Mr. Dvau uh from public
[35:16] works to look and see what what is in
the building there, what is salvageable,
[35:20] what could be sold for the museum, and
what could be used as artifacts in the
[35:24] future for the museum in the event the
building does sell. Um,
[35:29] so
that was great. I think there's lots in
[35:32] there and I think the museum could have
really successful fundraiser doing that.
[35:37] Uh, walk over to the Cano um, regarding
their facade improvement grant. They are
[35:42] super excited about their grant that
they are received are receiving. Little
[35:48] bit of confusion there about how they're
going to get it, but they are approved.
[35:52] They're very very happy about that. Um,
and they're really excited to put up a
[35:56] canopy. So when people pull in, they can
be under a roof, have pay at the pump
[36:00] like every other gas station. They're
they're looking really forward to that.
[36:03] And uh went with some friends and their
children to the new playground and it
[36:08] seems to be a hit. Like it was, you
know, after dark even walked over there
[36:14] about 9:00 at night. Still families in
in there. It was quite busy this weekend
[36:19] when we rode by.
>> I know. So I I think it's I think the
[36:22] playground's a hit.
>> It's a hit. It's it's good.
[36:26] One one critique I got from one of the
little girls that was in there was they
[36:30] miss they miss the what?
>> The seat belt.
[36:33] » No, not the seat. Well, I already told
you about the seat belt.
[36:36] » No, that's from the parent. Like it's
kind of sketchy with the kids in the
[36:39] thing, but
>> kids find it more fun. I think it was
[36:42] they miss the curly slide,
>> which I'm not sure.
[36:47] » Kids mentioned that, too. We were there
the other day.
[36:49] » Okay. It unfortunately got busted up
when we were pouring the rubber. So, it
[36:54] had a
Yeah,
[36:56] » it it had seen better days, but that is
in phase two is that we replace that
[37:00] slide and uh you know all slides of the
structure.
[37:03] » Well, there we go. Anyways, oh and uh
yesterday I went to a seminar to learn
[37:08] about the Canadian economy. It was uh
held by Stephen Harper in Grand Prairie.
[37:13] Yeah, that was super fun. Learned a lot.
Uh so very valuable experience there.
[37:19] » Um just learn about the Canadian economy
and how the BC economy, Alberta economy
[37:24] and more in northern BC. Um we we
accounted for a majority of Canada's GDP
[37:31] growth in this last year where the rest
of the country is seeing a recession.
[37:36] Our industry is kind of in a sound
counteryclical nature is how he
[37:39] described it to
to kind of make up the difference for
[37:43] the rest of the country. So I want to
thank our resource workers for that and
[37:47] continuing to go out there and do what
needs to be done.
[37:52] » Yeah. All righty. Councelor Rabble.
>> Well, I'll be frank. There's none to
[37:57] report at this time. There's some good
stuff in the
[38:01] » All righty. Uh, Mayor Beach is away
tonight. She's going to join us a little
[38:05] bit later. Um, but we'll catch her
report from her when she gets back. I'm
[38:09] sure she'll have a lengthy one after we
see him. Uh, so yeah, for myself, I did
[38:13] meet uh with the RCMP detachment
commander uh last week. Uh, did get the
[38:18] word that he is going to be moving on.
Uh it's been great to have here for the
[38:23] last three years. Uh so we will to get a
new uh staff sergeant here uh come later
[38:29] this fall. So yeah, that'll be something
to look forward to and working with the
[38:34] new staff sergeant. So yeah, uh touch
base with him. Uh one thing we did talk
[38:38] about as well uh was the increase in uh
dirt bikes and uh you know the
[38:46] inappropriate use of dirt bikes within
the community, right? because I know
[38:49] it's something that's come up to us
before uh three years ago when we first
[38:52] started meeting with the same detachment
proper on a regular basis. You know, we
[38:56] weren't super concerned about the ATVs
and the UTVs and the dirt bikes going
[39:00] through town because most people are
respectful about it. Yeah, there is
[39:03] rules against it, but you know, when
somebody's respectful about it, you're
[39:06] not necessarily going to raise a lot of
concern. Uh but unfortunately, we've had
[39:10] some individuals that have been doing
catwalks through town. There's been
[39:13] accidents that have almost been caused,
kids that have almost been run over and
[39:17] some general unsafe behavior. Uh so with
that, I did request the RCMP step up a
[39:23] little bit uh for enforcement. Also had
a conversation with Mr. Melinson. Uh
[39:28] they uh talked about a lot about
stepping up enforcement a little bit on
[39:31] that. So there has been some movement on
that and it's not everybody. Uh it's a
[39:36] handful of maybe four or six individuals
that are uh participating in extremely
[39:42] unsafe behavior. You see these kids
catwalking or young people catwalking up
[39:47] the hill on the outside of town coming
through town
[39:50] » right down 49 catwalking and you know
traveling at safe speed.
[39:55] Unfortunately, you know, uh, you know,
kind of ruins for all. So, we will see
[40:01] some more enforcement coming from the RC
on that and with stuff on that as well.
[40:07] » Question about your report. Um, so I
know that we've been working on that
[40:10] bylaw uh to give it a little bit more
teeth about people stunting and riding
[40:15] their dirt bikes and quads at unsafe
speeds through the community, not
[40:18] stopping a stop sign, sort of things.
Um, it was about 90% of the way there
[40:22] last time. Is that have you heard
anything about that?
[40:24] » I haven't heard anything more on but the
one concern that was raised by RCMP is
[40:28] that it's virtually impossible to pursue
these kids right or these people. If
[40:33] they stop right on but if they don't
parent
[40:36] » well that's the thing but you have to
find out who the child is or who the
[40:39] person is right so it's a process so
it's not as simple as hey we got you and
[40:43] you know for the RCMP to pursue on the
chase and god forbid somebody gets hurt
[40:47] something happens well now it's going to
get hung on them. So they have to be
[40:51] very cautious on how they pursue it and
investigate as well. So the best thing
[40:55] person can do is if you have pictures
video of it or you know you see it is
[40:59] report it uh cuz it's like anything else
the more you report it the squeaky wheel
[41:04] gets the grease street. So I know it uh
quite regularly throughout the community
[41:08] you see it. So I just encourage people
to report that uh before you know we end
[41:12] up having to call an ambulance because I
much rather call the cops on somebody
[41:15] than call an ambulance. Right. So,
>> um yeah, uh that was kind of my report
[41:20] for that. Um
>> Mayor Wood, just further to your point
[41:24] about we did have a off-road vehicles
bylaw
[41:28] uh revision or not revision but a new
bylaw that was kind of a um
[41:35] initiated by uh Mr. Gon presented at the
last meeting. Um at that meeting,
[41:40] council really wanted some specificity
from staff on just really making bylaw
[41:46] was enforceable and that uh you know
wanted to go through a couple of
[41:50] scenarios about okay if we do this you
know will we be able to will this you
[41:54] know help the cops etc. So there's a few
questions that we're chasing some
[41:58] answers to and we expect that we should
have a a new version of the offer to you
[42:04] guys for probably the next meeting here.
>> All right we do have mayor joining as
[42:11] well that's okay.
>> All righty. So yeah, we're going to vary
[42:14] our agenda and I am going to bring back
the uh proclamation
[42:22] for the legion.
Um so yeah, I did bring a motion to vary
[42:27] the agenda. I got a seconder. I'm going
to call the question on varying the
[42:30] agenda. Uh all right. So discussion on
varing the agenda for tonight.
[42:37] We can do that
>> procedurally. We're good with that. It's
[42:39] probably do without objection consent if
you wish. Uh yeah. All
[42:43] » right. So I'm going to call the
question. All those in favor of varying
[42:46] the agenda for tonight
opposed. Not opposed. All right. That's
[42:52] carried.
All righty. Uh we are going to jump
[42:55] back. Mayor Vich, are you there?
>> I am here. Can you hear me?
[42:59] » Yeah, I can hear you. All righty. So, we
are going to jump back to 7.1 for the
[43:04] Legion Proclamation.
So, I'm going to make a motion uh the
[43:08] week of September 20th, 2026. December
20th to 26, 2026 be proclaimed as the
[43:14] Legion week and the village of Kusku
week.
[43:17] I will have to declare a conflict uh
same conflict as last time due to my
[43:21] close relationship with the people
running the Legion and my previous uh
[43:25] role as president of the branch. Um it
I've I've got to recuse myself from
[43:32] anything to do with Legion at this
moment.
[43:35] I'd like to declare a personal conflict
of interest um due my former role as a
[43:40] treasurer, my close personal
relationship with the Legion. As well, I
[43:43] have recused myself in previous meetings
regarding Legion topics, especially the
[43:48] tax uh municipal tax piece as well when
they received kind of a waiver of that.
[43:53] So, I'm going to recuse myself. and
staff, if you uh make that uh put that
[43:59] in minutes, please.
>> All righty. I am going to proceed with
[44:04] the uh proclamation for the legion. All
righty. So, proclamation 2026 Legion
[44:11] week in Busousi. uh whereas this is a
Royal Canadian Legion National Institute
[44:19] uh provided by the Dominion Executive
Committee in 2023 to establish First
[44:25] Nations Legion week. And whereas the
Royal Canadian Legion is a nonprofit
[44:30] organization that exists uh to promote
remembrance and to assist veterans and
[44:34] their dependents in their time of need.
and where the National Legion Week is
[44:40] designated to educate visitors on the
good works their local branches do in
[44:45] their communities. It reinforces the
important role of branch plays within
[44:49] our uh shared mission and to serve and
support our veterans as well as
[44:54] contribute to the well-being of so many
communities.
[44:58] Uh it serves as a vehicle to drive new
traffic to branches, attract new members
[45:03] and sign up new volunteers. As whereas
the National Legion week uh reinforces
[45:08] the importance of the role of Legion
plays in the shared mission uh to serve
[45:13] and support veterans including serving
military RCMP members and their families
[45:17] and contributes to the well-being of the
community and where the uh ceremonial
[45:24] will
[45:27] » commemoration. Thank you. Uh the
commemoration will continue uh to be
[45:31] held each September starting on the 3rd
uh Sunday of the month in honor of the
[45:36] Battle of Britain day ending the
following Saturday. Now for I acting
[45:41] Mayor Marcel hereby proclaim September
20th to 26, 2026 as Legion Week in the
[45:46] village of Gooie.
>> Congratulations.
[45:53] » Mayor Beach.
>> Um and do we call on all those in favor?
[45:57] Just make sure everybody.
>> Yeah. All those in favor and we passed.
[46:04] » All righty.
>> Yeah.
[46:08] » Um yeah, thank you so much. I know that
the legion members were there for the
[46:13] proclamation. Of course, we ending
forum. So, I'd just like um council to
[46:17] know that I have also um reached out to
the board and let them know that um I'm
[46:23] also comfortable reading the
proclamation for them um on video and
[46:29] then they'll have that prep for their
board meeting for September 19th as
[46:32] well. So, um I will be reading it
tomorrow um afternoon and I'll send that
[46:38] off to them as well just because they
they are no longer there so they miss
[46:42] the opportunity um opportunity to add
it. So,
[46:46] All righty. Well, thank you for that.
All righty. Uh, with that being said,
[46:50] we're going to move into our encounter
and we'll we'll get the gentleman back.
[46:54] Okay.
[47:02] Great.
>> Then she kind of come apart.
[47:06] » Oh, no.
>> The same as if uh I don't know what car
[47:12] hit the deer.
>> I wonder if the same kid I saw.
[47:16] » The surprising part of it was
been about 15 minutes. They had a buddy
[47:22] with him. He helped him a lot. Quite a
few cars stopped and then gradually
[47:27] trickled away. Uh they got that bike out
of there before the cops come and there.
[47:32] » Oh yeah.
>> They run out much slower than they come
[47:36] in though.
>> On two wheels.
[47:39] » On two wheels. Yeah.
>> But it was uh
[47:44] It was quite a sight that the amount of
flopping around that everything was I
[47:49] had a permanent distance. I didn't get
it really close, but uh I didn't think
[47:54] he would be getting up and walking away.
I thought the red lights coming in.
[47:59] » He was fine.
>> Actually, I have lots of questions. So,
[48:02] we'll get to Duncan here.
>> Okay. And you guys, when is the
[48:06] wheelchair round being done at the post
office?
[48:10] When is the the cutout for wheelchairs
to get into this park going to be put
[48:15] in? When is
>> these intersections for the school being
[48:21] put in? And husky, I want dates, times,
when
[48:27] » I should go. I can I can comment on the
intersections because I have some
[48:31] information about that. So,
>> thank you.
[48:34] When it comes to the other stuff, I
believe they're out for uh contractors
[48:38] to bid on them, right?
>> You go with yours and I'll just
[48:43] I I I keep bringing back to come here to
get it.
[48:48] » Okay. So, when it comes to the
intersections, so in front of the gas
[48:51] station and by the school.
>> Yeah.
[48:53] » So, we've got the drawings back from the
Ministry of Transportation.
[48:56] » They are fully funding the project.
>> So, we are not No Scoopy dollars are
[49:00] going to that. That was out of our
delegation to the Minister of
[49:04] Transportation last year at UBCM.
>> There isn't a date set yet. I know they
[49:10] have surveyed it and they said that they
will get it done before the sword
[49:13] happens.
>> They've done both Duncan said that there
[49:17] were lines done and lines already put
out and where they're going to cut the
[49:21] thing.
>> Yes. So, they have they've done all the
[49:23] surveying along the highway uh regarding
the crossings. They're going to have to
[49:26] put in a power under the highway to do
that and they've been working with Argo
[49:30] to do that. Um, but they did say the
project will be done before winter
[49:35] happens.
>> Jake, I'm I'm going to be holding you
[49:39] all to this.
>> That's what the Minister of
[49:41] Transportation does not come back here
and I'll be questioning the new mayor.
[49:48] » So, the thing is where the Minister of
Transport lives, it doesn't snow until
[49:52] December. Actually, actually I told them
to give me the the email and I would
[49:56] write to the minister and tell my my
concerns about this thing and I got
[50:00] emails and I'm going to write to him
tomorrow actually. Thank you.
[50:03] » You can we will be actually funny thing
about that. Next
[50:10] » next week on
>> such and such time next week we'll meet
[50:16] » we are meeting with him again just to
talk about that.
[50:20] Not even Wednesday.
>> I'm on Wednesday.
[50:23] » I don't care. I I'll you I'll get on
that call back.
[50:27] » Yeah.
>> I'll be pretty sure. I'll be pretty
[50:30] sure.
>> I will I will let the minister know and
[50:34] and we have witnesses here that we have
had a member of the public bring it up.
[50:38] They want to see it done when they
>> person with disabilities. So I'm sure
[50:42] right there.
>> Oh, he already knows I'm dis.
[50:44] » Okay. Okay. Now you asked that question.
Now back to Duncan. about the
[50:50] wheelchair, about the wheelchair come
into park that I keep asking about every
[50:55] week, even at the Rotary Me cuz you and
I belong to the same Rotary and about
[50:59] the post office.
>> The post
[51:04] I'm not good at post office. Uh there
was an RFP that was issued earlier this
[51:08] summer to see what kind of pricing it
would be for a new entrance to the post
[51:12] office uh that would be accessible. uh
council has directed staff to apply for
[51:18] a RBC grant to stretch the budget uh a
little bit more because the uh 2026
[51:23] budget allocation was uh $20,000. Uh the
idea would be that the grant application
[51:28] would extend that to about uh between 40
and $45,000.
[51:34] Um I was saying the pricing that we got
back from the RFP uh hasn't been
[51:39] amazing. The first price that we got was
theoretically in scope. Uh but it wasn't
[51:45] clear to us that the person that bid
actually uh understood the full breadth
[51:50] of what we were wanting to do there. For
instance, they didn't have pricing on
[51:53] the removal of the existing structure
that was in place. So, we're uh in the
[51:57] process of confirming that with that uh
uh contractor and then other pricing was
[52:03] way outside the ballpark of what uh
so that question now cut into the park
[52:11] there.
>> The left down from the sidewalk to the
[52:13] pavement on 49th to permit accessible
access to the park. I haven't measured
[52:18] the difference because it looks like
we've uh paved over 49th a few times,
[52:22] but the difference is quite Hi.
>> It's it's quite uh similar like they're
[52:29] they're quite close to each other where
a person could very easily you know just
[52:33] similar
>> question.
[52:35] » Anyhow um in terms of uh aligning with
ADA standards or
[52:40] » that's what I want ADA standards
>> there's an opportunity to uh cleave out
[52:46] a portion of that sidewalk so that it's
a more smooth transition.
[52:50] » Elevate the pavement
>> when I'm on deadline probably going to
[52:53] be a phase two thing. grinder you can
borrow
[52:57] » because I got a grinder
>> because I you know me I'm
[53:00] straightforward you know I'll make sure
I'll make sure the media is out here and
[53:05] » if I if I may say something about that
so we tonight we went ahead with uh
[53:10] proceeding with phase two of the park
plan
[53:13] » and that and that is in phase two
>> so I don't think Duncan can give you a
[53:17] deadline today or something we just
agreed to do today
[53:20] » but to get those professionally done it
is quite expensive uh to you know you
[53:23] need to get a contractor
you know, to a certain standard.
[53:28] » Now, my where you have that uh
>> the gas station.
[53:33] » No, no, no, no. That uh Canada Day
thing, you know, not accessible for
[53:38] people in wheelchairs to get in there
either. So, so, so the park where it's
[53:43] paid, you know,
I want to see that.
[53:48] » I want to see that. I want to see I want
to see you move to the new era the stay
[53:55] back in 1980s
get into on the same page as Prince
[54:00] George and down not not in you know
>> if I can say something about argue that
[54:05] » so we were looking at we're looking at
paving elevator road
[54:08] » yes
>> right now elevator road we've put out uh
[54:11] RFPs to do that
>> contract signed
[54:14] » contract signed
>> what it's going to happen the price on
[54:18] doing about half of Elevator Road is
about 3/4 of a million dollars.
[54:23] » Wow.
>> I'm going to kill that. We don't have
[54:26] the money.
>> I don't know.
[54:29] » And and that there is critical
infrastructure that we need. We need to
[54:31] re we need to redo that. But over there,
nobody lives down there. We use that
[54:37] park a couple days a year. And for the
for the co I I hate to put it this way,
[54:41] but for the cost of for the cost of
paving, it's it's really high. However,
[54:47] what we do offer on Canada Day is a free
bus service that we you can get picked
[54:53] up.
>> Okay, that's good. Okay, my next
[54:55] question is that part overware school is
that accessible to people with
[55:00] disabilities and wheelchairs and if not
then I want that done next.
[55:04] » I know it's something we're looking on.
Councelor Ronald had something that he
[55:07] wanted to bring. So to respond as well,
council had actually received a report
[55:12] so many meetings ago regarding the
playground area where the bald diamonds
[55:16] are.
>> We've been working closely with Iron
[55:18] Wolf and they had worked with the
graphic designer to present us with a
[55:21] proposal. So that's actually something
that's coming back for budget 2027 as
[55:25] well as my understanding. It is a quite
a costly endeavor and it would be a
[55:30] multi-phase piece as well, but we've
been paying attention to these pieces.
[55:33] That's why we did put more money into
the sidewalk repavements. We've grinded
[55:37] down some of those sidewalks as well,
some of those really bumpy spots, but
[55:40] once again, we don't have the cash to
redo the whole village tomorrow. So, it
[55:45] is definitely we are and we do
appreciate you having hosted and your
[55:50] organization hosting that wheelchair
challenge. It was enlightening, right?
[55:53] We traveled around. We realized how hard
it is to get over the sidewalks from the
[55:58] school. Going over that culvert to get
over to the road was extremely difficult
[56:02] on a wheelchair. So, I definitely hear
you. I understand where you're coming
[56:06] from because I couldn't imagine trying
to push a stroller or move a wheelchair
[56:10] throughout the village. It'd be
extremely difficult. So, what's going to
[56:13] happen where that, you know, where it
was hard, you got over that thing to get
[56:17] to the school into that. Is that being
fixed?
[56:20] » You know what I'm talking about? You
know, when you get to crossing to there,
[56:24] there's a hard thing where you couldn't
get up that thing.
[56:26] » Well, I think we what we did is after we
did the wheelchair uh thing with you,
[56:30] there's a couple of things that we
highlighted for Mr. Minson. So,
[56:33] » yeah. Well, anyway, with the sake of uh
moving on and keeping keeping our time
[56:38] scheduled tonight cuz we still have one
more meeting we got to get through
[56:40] tonight. So, uh with that being said, uh
can I get a motion that we move in
[56:45] camera as per section 91 of the
community charter?
[56:49] » Second
membership
[56:52] » and we're going to call a 5m minute uh
recess. Yeah.