[9:39] Mhm.

[10:54] » A special meeting council order for

[10:55] Tuesday, August 4th.

[10:58] A waiver of notice of meeting. Let me

[11:00] put the recommendation on the floor that

[11:01] council waves the notice of meeting

[11:03] requirements as permitted under section

[11:05] 127.4 of the community charter. Seconded

[11:08] Council Marbury. Discussion.

[11:10] Call the question. All in favor?

[11:13] Carried. Take approval of agenda,

[11:14] please. Council Marbury.

[11:16] >> Thank you, Mayor, that the August 4th,

[11:17] » Thank you, Mayor, that the August 4th,

[11:17] 2026 special council meeting agenda be

[11:19] approved as presented.

[11:20] >> Seconded.

[11:22] » Seconded.

[11:22] Councilor Hoffman. Discussion.

[11:27] Call the question. All in favor?

[11:29] Carried.

[11:31] Consent agenda. Take the recommendation,

[11:32] please.

[11:33] Councillor Knoxsena.

[11:35] >> That the items in the August 4th, 2026

[11:37] » That the items in the August 4th, 2026

[11:37] consent agenda be moved for information.

[11:40] >> Seconder.

[11:41] » Seconder.

[11:41] Councillor Norbury. All in favor.

[11:44] Carried. Any items council would like to

[11:45] bring forward for discussion?

[11:48] Councillor Norbury.

[11:50] >> Thank you, Mayor. 3.2 for discussion.

[11:53] » Thank you, Mayor. 3.2 for discussion.

[11:53] >> Seconder. Councillor Knoxsena.

[11:55] » Seconder. Councillor Knoxsena.

[11:55] All in favor.

[11:57] Carried. Councillor Norbury.

[11:59] >> Thank you, Mayor. I'll motion that the

[12:00] » Thank you, Mayor. I'll motion that the

[12:00] District of Tumbler Ridge grant

[12:01] municipal significance designation for

[12:03] the Conuma Resources 10th Anniversary

[12:05] celebrations to be held at the Tumbler

[12:07] Ridge Fairgrounds on Saturday, August

[12:08] 22nd, 2026 and Saturday, August 29th,

[12:11] 2026.

[12:12] >> Seconder.

[12:14] » Seconder.

[12:14] Councillor Knoxsena.

[12:15] Any discussion?

[12:17] Call the question. All in favor.

[12:19] Carried.

[12:21] Second item, Councillor Norbury.

[12:22] >> Thank you, Mayor. 3.3 for discussion.

[12:25] » Thank you, Mayor. 3.3 for discussion.

[12:25] >> Seconder. Councillor Knoxsena. All in

[12:26] » Seconder. Councillor Knoxsena. All in

[12:26] favor.

[12:28] Carried. Councillor Norbury.

[12:29] >> Thank you, Mayor. I'll motion that

[12:31] » Thank you, Mayor. I'll motion that

[12:31] that the District of Tumbler Ridge grant

[12:32] municipal significant designation for

[12:34] the TR Strong Benefit Concert and Fall

[12:36] Fair to be held at the Tumbler Ridge

[12:38] Fairgrounds on Saturday, September 5th,

[12:39] 2026.

[12:40] >> Seconder. Councillor Knoxsena.

[12:42] » Seconder. Councillor Knoxsena.

[12:42] Discussion.

[12:43] Call the question. All in favor.

[12:45] Carried.

[12:47] Uh new business, NDIT grant application

[12:50] support recreation infrastructure 2026.

[12:52] Report dated August 4th, 2026 from the

[12:54] Director of Operations and

[12:55] Infrastructure regarding the NDIT grant

[12:58] application support recreation

[13:00] infrastructure 2026. Recommendation,

[13:01] Councillor Knoxsena.

[13:03] >> That council supports the District of

[13:04] » That council supports the District of

[13:04] Tumbler Ridge's application to the

[13:06] Northern Development Initiative Trust

[13:07] Recreation Infrastructure Program for a

[13:09] grant of up to $300,000 towards the

[13:12] construction of the Tumbler Ridge

[13:13] covered driving range and golf cart

[13:14] storage facility and that staff be

[13:16] authorized to submit the application and

[13:18] any supporting documentation required by

[13:20] Northern Development Initiative Trust.

[13:22] >> Seconder. Councillor Hoffman.

[13:24] » Seconder. Councillor Hoffman.

[13:24] Discussion, Councillor Norbury.

[13:27] >> Thank you, Mayor. Um I'm actually going

[13:29] » Thank you, Mayor. Um I'm actually going

[13:29] to be voting in opposition to this. Um

[13:31] since our discussions about the golf

[13:33] cart storage, which I was in favor of,

[13:36] I've been having discussions with

[13:37] different golf um users.

[13:40] And

[13:41] the majority don't actually support this

[13:43] project. They think it's They think it's

[13:45] cost too much. It doesn't fit the needs

[13:46] that they want. Uh

[13:48] you know, and this is a mix of people

[13:49] who already have golf carts in the

[13:51] storage, people who are on the waiting

[13:54] list.

[13:55] And um you know, I want to really know

[13:57] like

[13:58] I'm I'm fine spending money on a project

[14:00] that people want. But I can't find

[14:02] anybody who actually wants this project

[14:04] for the price it is. They'd rather see

[14:06] something um more more targeted. Um even

[14:10] recognizing that we can receive a

[14:11] significant grant to reduce the project.

[14:14] Um you know, they're just not in favor

[14:16] of it. So, at this point time, I cannot

[14:17] support it. Thank you.

[14:18] >> Thank you. Councilor Arjulick.

[14:20] » Thank you. Councilor Arjulick.

[14:20] >> Um yes, I also will be voting against

[14:22] » Um yes, I also will be voting against

[14:22] it. I just feel that we could use this

[14:24] $300, $300,000 towards another um

[14:28] infrastructure program.

[14:30] Uh for the recreation. And um I would

[14:33] say that I also align with Councilor

[14:35] Norbury on his reasoning for not

[14:37] supporting it.

[14:37] >> Thank you. Councilor Hoffman.

[14:39] » Thank you. Councilor Hoffman.

[14:39] >> Thank you, Mayor.

[14:40] » Thank you, Mayor.

[14:40] Uh I'm actually in support of this. I am

[14:43] I'm not sure it's exactly what I would

[14:44] want or exactly what needs to be there,

[14:46] but if we can get 300,000 towards a

[14:49] project of this nature,

[14:50] uh I think there isn't any reason to go

[14:52] for it. The golf course needs some

[14:54] upgrades, one of which is the driving

[14:56] range.

[14:57] Um and we've also identified that we do

[15:00] need more storage space.

[15:02] Um I mean, if you tell me that it has to

[15:04] be exactly this if we get the the grant,

[15:06] then I'll be less supportive of it. But

[15:09] uh I I think with the last few years how

[15:12] the golf course is going, we need to

[15:13] look seriously at uh

[15:15] at what do we need to do there to to

[15:17] keep the usage up and keep the interest

[15:20] up. Um

[15:21] And investing in the golf course is just

[15:24] either we invest in it or we let it go.

[15:26] And I think uh just locally there's

[15:28] enough support for investing in it and I

[15:30] think we're also becoming a regional uh

[15:32] interest, especially if we did have a

[15:34] covered driving range that could be used

[15:36] year-round.

[15:37] Thank you.

[15:37] >> Thank you. Counselor Roxburgh and then

[15:39] » Thank you. Counselor Roxburgh and then

[15:39] Counselor Hoffman. Or Counselor Norbury,

[15:41] sorry.

[15:42] >> Thank you. Um I'm not in favor of this.

[15:44] » Thank you. Um I'm not in favor of this.

[15:44] I wasn't in favor of the building to

[15:45] start and since the budget passed with

[15:48] the building, the new building in it,

[15:50] I've received significant feedback from

[15:53] people who are really not happy with a

[15:55] million dollars being spent on a

[15:56] building for storage. Um I get the

[15:59] covered driving range part. People would

[16:00] love to see that, but the cost is just

[16:02] too high for what we're going to get.

[16:04] >> Thank you. Counselor Norbury.

[16:06] » Thank you. Counselor Norbury.

[16:06] >> Thank you, Mayor.

[16:07] » Thank you, Mayor.

[16:07] Uh

[16:08] you know, going back to my previous

[16:09] statements, I'm sure there are people

[16:10] who are in favor of this. I think

[16:13] you know, I over spoke a little bit

[16:14] there. But realistically, when you know,

[16:16] talking to people and and real

[16:18] the cost recovery time line is too big

[16:20] for us. You know, we're estimating a

[16:22] cost recovery time of 20 years um if we

[16:24] can get all the spots filled. And

[16:27] realistically,

[16:28] if people aren't happy with this,

[16:29] they're not going to subscribe to the

[16:30] building. Um you know, we had

[16:34] you know, I I think when we first looked

[16:35] at this project back in the winter time

[16:37] of you know, a simpler design building

[16:39] by the old building, that was probably

[16:42] the probably the best option that we

[16:43] could that we could have had. Maybe we

[16:45] should be looking at uh at those options

[16:47] again.

[16:48] I realize things have changed since the

[16:49] snow melt, but uh yeah.

[16:51] Thanks.

[16:52] >> Thanks. I'll be supporting the motion on

[16:53] » Thanks. I'll be supporting the motion on

[16:53] the floor.

[16:55] The people [clears throat] I've talked

[16:55] to, the people that reached out, I mean,

[16:56] obviously have concerns about the price

[16:58] and I think that's why staff is is

[17:00] looking at grants and this won't be the

[17:01] probably the only grant they look at.

[17:03] So, this is an initiative to bring down

[17:04] the cost of of the budget.

[17:07] So, [clears throat]

[17:08] to me it's this is only one. This is uh

[17:10] there's other grants out there and I

[17:11] think

[17:13] this grant is it does not guarantee

[17:14] success. This gives it direction that we

[17:17] asked for in the budget first off to

[17:18] start looking at reaching out for

[17:20] grants.

[17:21] Um so this is what they've come forward

[17:22] with in regards to applying for the

[17:24] grants as requested in the budget by

[17:26] council that was passed. Um so the

[17:29] concern I have is that the people that

[17:31] have reached out to me are concerned

[17:32] with the price and I think this is the

[17:33] way of getting the price down as staff

[17:35] looks for other grants within the

[17:37] in the realm of this concept of the

[17:38] drawing of the covered range with golf

[17:40] cart storage. So I'll be supporting it.

[17:43] Any other discussion?

[17:44] Call the question. All in favor?

[17:47] Opposed? Councillor Jewell, Councillor

[17:49] Nuxoll, and Councillor Norbury opposed.

[17:50] Motion is defeated.

[17:54] Golf course tournament package report

[17:55] dated August 4th, 2026 from the Chief

[17:57] Administrative Officer regarding golf

[17:59] course tournament package

[18:00] recommendation.

[18:04] Councillor Norbury.

[18:06] >> Thank you, Mayor. Um Councillor receives

[18:07] » Thank you, Mayor. Um Councillor receives

[18:08] this report for discussion.

[18:09] >> Seconder, Councillor Nuxoll. All in

[18:11] » Seconder, Councillor Nuxoll. All in

[18:11] favor?

[18:13] Opposed?

[18:14] Carried.

[18:15] Councillor Norbury.

[18:17] >> Thank you, Mayor. Um

[18:18] » Thank you, Mayor. Um

[18:18] so you know, we had uh we had IMW come

[18:21] in asking for

[18:23] reduction on cart fees for users that

[18:25] have brought in carts.

[18:27] Um can we get a little more explanation

[18:29] on like the

[18:30] how that fee structure would look? You

[18:33] know, I I did have an opportunity to

[18:34] talk with Miss Scott about fee

[18:36] structures and I think it's important

[18:37] for people to to hear it. Um you know,

[18:40] from my understand is if

[18:42] somebody brings their own cart

[18:45] um and we waive that fee, then they

[18:47] would have to pay their trail fees.

[18:49] Um so the cost for that participant may

[18:52] actually go up um even if they brought

[18:54] their own cart if they don't already

[18:56] have their trail fees. So maybe we can

[18:57] get an explanation of how the the trail

[18:59] fees work um

[19:01] and the and the cart fees work for um

[19:04] these tournaments. Thanks.

[19:05] >> Thanks. Miss Olson.

[19:08] » Thanks. Miss Olson.

[19:08] >> Thank you, uh Mayor and Council. Uh

[19:11] » Thank you, uh Mayor and Council. Uh

[19:11] as far as my understanding is the trail

[19:13] fees are paid

[19:15] per cart at the beginning of the season.

[19:18] So, I think it would be different. I

[19:20] don't think that they would divide up a

[19:21] tournament and in any way that

[19:24] some people would pay a different fee

[19:27] than others that were in the tournament.

[19:28] The organizer would

[19:30] have a general um

[19:32] fee structure for the whole thing, but I

[19:35] will ask uh acting director of community

[19:38] services Bradley if he would like to

[19:40] chime in.

[19:43] » Thank you, Ms. Olson.

[19:45] Mayor and Council,

[19:47] um yeah, so the trail fees

[19:50] uh

[19:51] my understanding is it's it's a flat

[19:53] fee. This this tournament fee is a $45

[19:56] um

[19:57] that is for each participant. Uh that

[19:59] covers our administrative and event

[20:01] coordinating fees, uh administrative

[20:03] assistance with preparation of the

[20:05] proxies,

[20:06] uh course preparation, uh event

[20:08] management, um and then exclusive access

[20:12] to the whole course.

[20:14] Um

[20:15] due to the fact that we're having a

[20:16] shotgun start for most of these

[20:17] tournaments, uh we shut the course down

[20:19] 2 hours previous

[20:21] uh to allow time for,

[20:23] you know, the course to be emptied by

[20:24] the time the tournament goes on.

[20:26] Uh

[20:27] now my understanding with if you come

[20:29] there with your own uh golf cart, uh

[20:32] it's still the same fee for yourself.

[20:34] Um

[20:35] just kind of as an administrative cost

[20:37] for a tournament.

[20:39] Um

[20:40] understanding that yes, uh some of the

[20:42] users are going to be using

[20:44] uh district carts. Some of them will

[20:46] have their own.

[20:47] Uh

[20:48] the way that I was

[20:50] explained it is that uh

[20:52] this fee

[20:54] kind of breaks down everybody's

[20:55] administrative costs on our end.

[20:57] Uh to be able to break this down even

[20:59] further,

[21:00] uh to have

[21:02] like be able to pick and choose who has

[21:04] their own cart, who doesn't, we don't

[21:06] see who's on the tournament

[21:08] uh schedule. Uh that is done by the

[21:10] tournament coordinators as far like the

[21:13] organizers. Uh

[21:15] It's like for example, the Legion IMW uh

[21:20] they would have those lists of entrants

[21:23] um for the district to be able to police

[21:24] that, monitor that.

[21:26] Uh

[21:27] it would be

[21:28] a bunch of extra work for our district

[21:30] staff.

[21:32] >> Thank you.

[21:36] » [clears throat]

[21:36] >> Let me make a couple comments. I

[21:37] » Let me make a couple comments. I

[21:37] wouldn't think staff would have to uh

[21:40] police it. To me, the the only concern I

[21:42] have I guess is when we look at I mean

[21:44] we're using IMW but IMW in the fitting

[21:46] tournament is for a fundraiser for

[21:48] charity or cars and we're charging for

[21:49] cars that they're not using. I think

[21:51] last year

[21:52] there was comments made that they used

[21:53] eight carts.

[21:55] To me that that governing body would

[21:58] supply a list of carts they need. They

[21:59] need six carts.

[22:01] Would be no

[22:03] to me extra man time when when the

[22:04] tournament organizer would state that

[22:06] they need six carts. It sounds to me

[22:08] that if we shut the course down 2 hours

[22:09] beforehand, there'd be six carts ready

[22:11] to go. Those ones would be charged a

[22:13] full rate.

[22:14] I guess my biggest thing is when it's

[22:15] going to a non-for-profit as a

[22:17] fundraiser. It's not so so much if it

[22:19] was, you know, independent businesses

[22:20] that are throwing golf tournaments on

[22:22] for their their companies.

[22:24] To me it's when we see it being done as

[22:25] a fundraiser to help a non-for-profit

[22:28] organization raise as many funds.

[22:31] Like and you know, in the same aspect

[22:33] and understanding from staff that

[22:34] they've set a rate

[22:36] >> [clears throat]

[22:36] » [clears throat]

[22:37] >> to kind of

[22:38] » to kind of

[22:38] offset the cost of admin for for helping

[22:40] with the proxies and and such like that.

[22:42] So I I think it's a a tougher scenario

[22:44] than

[22:45] just yanking out golf cart um

[22:48] fees out of a tournament fee of of the

[22:50] 45 bucks that was mentioned by staff.

[22:53] But I understand where the delegation

[22:55] came in and was looking at that in

[22:56] regards to

[22:58] it's a cost that they pay but they they

[23:00] use.

[23:01] But they I don't [clears throat] think

[23:02] maybe it wasn't going to be honest. I

[23:03] think during the delegation I didn't

[23:05] until this came out didn't have all the

[23:07] information in front of me when we talk

[23:08] about there's a side cost to that with

[23:10] administration cost, but also the the

[23:12] concept of shutting the course down 2

[23:14] hours ahead of time for that shotgun

[23:16] start. So, I think there just needs

[23:18] maybe a bit more communication back to

[23:20] the

[23:21] organizations of that are planning one

[23:23] that's going to all the funds are going

[23:24] to go to a non-for-profit. Or council

[23:26] looks at a different different view of

[23:29] how to direct that to to staff in

[23:31] regards to um

[23:33] not charging, you know, for

[23:35] non-for-profits for for the carts that

[23:36] they don't use um when it's run by

[23:39] companies that are doing it for the

[23:40] non-for-profit. Councilor Hoffman.

[23:42] >> Thank you, Mayor.

[23:44] » Thank you, Mayor.

[23:44] Um for me, I think we're just looking at

[23:45] this wrong.

[23:47] We're just trying to do a fair

[23:48] administrative co- cost per participant.

[23:52] And if that's $40, that's fine. And if

[23:54] we just don't use golf carts very often

[23:56] and we call it $40 because we've looked

[23:58] at the last five or 10 tournaments and

[24:00] we just don't use the golf carts, then

[24:02] that's fine. I the the process and and

[24:05] the the adding more things to do for

[24:09] organizers of

[24:11] private golf cart, public golf cart, no

[24:13] golf.

[24:14] I think the the point is really just

[24:15] having a number that's fair as an

[24:18] administrative cost, and then that's it.

[24:20] That's why we charge that per person per

[24:23] tournament, whether it's 36 or 72 golf

[24:26] or whatever it ends up being.

[24:27] Um

[24:28] and I I mean, I have no problem looking

[24:30] back and seeing what the golf cart usage

[24:32] is per tournament and saying, "Yeah,

[24:34] okay, we're we're overestimating or

[24:37] we're reasonable or we're not." Um but

[24:39] to just change the rules and every time

[24:41] there's a tournament to start counting

[24:42] golf carts, I I just I don't see a need

[24:45] for that. I don't see how that's adding

[24:46] anything. Um but if 45 is too much of an

[24:50] administrative fee and we want to look

[24:52] at that, then let's look at that.

[24:54] Thanks.

[24:54] >> Thanks. Any other discussion by council?

[24:59] Okay.

[25:01] Moving on.

[25:02] Appointment of Deputy Chief Election

[25:04] Officer report dated August 4th, 2026

[25:06] and Director of Corporate Services

[25:08] regarding appointment of the Deputy

[25:09] Chief Election Officer recommendation.

[25:11] Please Councillor Norbury.

[25:12] >> Thank you, Mayor. That council appoint

[25:14] » Thank you, Mayor. That council appoint

[25:14] appoints Katherine Selfox Selfox, Human

[25:16] Resources Manager, as a Deputy Chief

[25:18] Election Officer for the 2026 General

[25:21] Local Election pursuant to section 58 of

[25:23] the Local Government Act.

[25:25] >> Seconder, Councillor Knoxedahl.

[25:26] » Seconder, Councillor Knoxedahl.

[25:26] Discussion?

[25:29] Councillor Hoffman?

[25:30] >> I just want it on the record that Ms.

[25:32] » I just want it on the record that Ms.

[25:32] Selfox is actually okay with this and is

[25:34] willing to be a deputy before I say yes,

[25:36] she is.

[25:38] >> Ms. Olson?

[25:39] » Ms. Olson?

[25:39] >> Uh I'd like to pass this question on to

[25:41] » Uh I'd like to pass this question on to

[25:41] the Director of Corporate Services.

[25:44] >> Thank you, Ms. Olson. Yes, she is.

[25:46] » Thank you, Ms. Olson. Yes, she is.

[25:46] >> Thank you.

[25:47] » Thank you.

[25:47] Any discussion?

[25:49] Call the question. All in favor?

[25:51] Carried.

[25:54] Uh Ms. Olson, any emailed in questions?

[25:59] » No.

[26:00] >> Thank you.

[26:02] » Thank you.

[26:02] Take adjournment, please.

[26:04] Councillor Knoxedahl.

[26:07] » That the August 4th, 2026 Special

[26:09] Council meeting be adjourned.

[26:11] >> Seconder, Councillor Hoffman. All in

[26:13] » Seconder, Councillor Hoffman. All in

[26:13] favor?

[26:14] Carried.

Special Meeting of Council - 04 Aug 2026

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