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Good afternoon.

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Welcome to Vernon City Council. September 8th, 2026, 1.30 p.m. I'll call this meeting to order. As mayor and city of Vernon, the spirit of this gathering, I recognize the city of Vernon is located in the traditional territory of the people of the Okanagan nation.

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Just as I did it, we get underway. I'd like to take a moment since this is our first time that we have met since the Bradley Creek wildfires.

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fire and the kilp took wildfire. As Mayor Vernon I want to express my sincere heartfelt condolences

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to all those affected by the Bradley Creek wildfire. Thousands of people were evacuated from the

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fire zone and had to seek temporary accommodation leaving them to worry about what they'd left behind.

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As evacuation orders have been lifted, residents have returned to find their lives upended and upside down.

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Lost homes, structures, animals, and livelihoods.

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I can only imagine how difficult this must be for them.

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I also want to say how proud I am of the people of City of Vernon.

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There has been a huge outpouring of support from the community.

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Many people have donated food, clothing, other necessities, or have given to the wildfire

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response funds, the Salvation Army Food Bank or the United Way.

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School District 22 and local and regional businesses also stepped up to organize donations

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without a word, without a word of their own recognition.

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In addition, staff at the City of Vernon and other local communities, staff with provincial

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organizations, professionals, and paid on-call firefighters, BC wildfire service personnel,

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emergency operations staff here, emergency support staff, services staff, volunteers, and

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Okinawa, Indian band and emergency personnel.

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All deserve a huge thank you.

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for how, for you, for your professionalism, generosity, and commitment to helping others

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during a traumatic and dangerous situation.

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So as Marin Council continues to focus on response and resilience to drought, fire, and other

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extreme events.

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My thoughts were made with those who suffered the losses this summer.

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And thank all who pitched in.

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Mr.

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Wood, are there any amendments to today's agenda?

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Your worship, there is one addition to the agenda.

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We'll go under item 13.a.2.

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It's the Science Center request for letter of support, and there's a copy of them at your

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desks.

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Thank you, Mr. Wood.

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Can I have a motion to adopt the agenda, Councillor Gai, Councillor Dernay?

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Any comments on the agenda?

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Seeing none, I'll call the question.

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and all those in favor.

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Those opposed seeing none, motion is carried.

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Can I get a motion to adopt the regular meeting minutes

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of the 20th of July, 2026?

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The public hearing of the same date

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and the committee of the whole also of July, 2026.

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Councilor Munn, Councilor Garres, any comments?

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Seeing none, I'll call the question.

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All those in favor?

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Those opposed, motion is carried.

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So moving now to General Matters, we get a presentation from the RCMPs, second quarter

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report, and the superintendent gets to be the first one to drive the new bus for those

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who are online or in the council chambers, you'll now find yourself facing another direction.

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We've turned the council chambers 90 degrees and for those who knew the council of days

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gone by, it was like this.

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Yes, so we've returned back to the old and they've refreshed things like carpets and

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electronics and cameras, hopefully to improve the experience for everyone involved.

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Welcome Superintendent and Inspector Kennedy, so you're standing at the back, much appreciated.

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The floor is yours.

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Okay, good afternoon Mr. Mayor, thank you very much and council members and city staff.

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Thank you very much for having us here today.

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I have Inspector Kennedy who's actually going to present the quarterly reports for us and I will stay for the duration as well.

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And just so you know with yourselves and all of our communities, this is what I'm having is I want to have that people are actually connected with operations a bit more.

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I'm going to present the stats because they are theirs and they are well aware of the information and what's going on in real time.

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As you can see, the stats end at the end of June, so that's why I am having more of my

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operational people presenting these, but I will be here moving forward for the presentations

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as well.

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So thank you for having me.

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Thank you.

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And I'll turn it over.

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Appreciate it.

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I appreciate it.

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Good afternoon, Mr. Mayor, staff and councillors.

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Quarter two reporting for the period of April to June.

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This happens to be a quarter that I'm happy to present because as you'll see, our numbers

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are actually very good.

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We get right into the first slide, total calls for service,

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working and I'm not working

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at all.

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I've been given the control watch out people.

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Okay, here we go.

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You see, for a city of Vernon, you can see that for the same quarter reporting from 2025

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to 2026, your numbers are very so slightly 0.3%, so running about the same as this quarter

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last year, from 5,028 to 5,044. So just marginally, I've ever so slightly criminal

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code cases.

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We are down almost 3%. So these are your total of all types of criminal code offenses,

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down from 1755, down to 1704, from the same period in 2025.

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Violent offenses. This is something to celebrate. Down 16.3% in this quarter from 319 in 2025 to 267.

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And property offenses just up ever so slightly. 2.1%. Again, a very small number of change from 922.

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20 more occurrences in 2026. Same reporting period, 942.

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Area where we're still striving to fit in all operational pressures and be visible

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out on our roadways. We're down 19.8% in our overall traffic contacts for the city.

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Then we spoke last year about this time about body 1 cameras and the demands pressed put

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on the police with extra reporting for Crown Council and so again this is a direct linkage

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to the reason for the decline.

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We do have a reserve constable that's being brought on board who's primarily, one of his

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primary duties will be traffic enforcement in the city of Vernon 2, so we hope to have that

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number back up.

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I'm just going to speak real quickly on some of our key other areas such as prolific offenders

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just to give you an update in this reporting period we had 11 identified prolific offenders

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for who are remaining custody and seven who are not in custody of these seven reside in or known to frequent the city of Vernon.

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On our re-voy, which is our report, repeat violent offender intervention, which is the provincial program that's funded through the province.

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We currently have six individuals identified in the Vernon, North Oregon, three currently remaining custody and three are out of custody who do reside in the Vernon area.

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And then we have a new provincial program that was introduced.

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Believe I spoke about it last meeting which is your chronic property offending intervention

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program.

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We're moving away from the term prolific offender as we transition those most highest

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repeat property crime offenders into what we're now calling C-poi, the chronic property offenders.

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And we now have two individuals who've been identified and are part of that program.

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And that are being monitored by our partner agencies as well as the police.

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just going to go into one last one.

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So our mental health files down 37.7%, 532 occurrences compared to 331.

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I checked in with our Integrated Program, the ICIR Integrated Crisis Response Team.

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They've been working very hard to do a lot of education, working with clients that repeatedly

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call police for support, and there's been measures put in place to reduce those calls, which

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which means there's less police intervention on what would typically be a mental health

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or a health crisis.

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So that is a direct result of the efforts and the education that's being done jointly

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through our interior health partners and the nurses that work with us and our hospitals

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that work with the program.

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In this reporting period, we had a few community things that just make note of, so we ended

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up out in the community. Again, it was the Jean-Mingé Youth Academy. We had 49 successful candidates

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or 50, I believe, that went through another great successful year. We participated in

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the capi days and also special Olympics softball game with special Olympics, which was a really

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a good event.

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Out and about in other communities as well.

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So, I can take any questions or concerns. I can also speak quickly on our efforts in

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regards to e-bikes and e-dirt bikes. I know that was a hot topic last time. So, just

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I'll give you a little preview to next quarter reporting, but since then, we have actually

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charged two individuals on the Motor Vehicle Act and the criminal code for driving while

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impaired on E devices. We have had also a 13-year-old, I mentioned last time it was going to happen

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our community sooner than later. An incident unfortunately, luckily the 13-year-old youth was not

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hurt but was involved in a collision with a vehicle because they were failing to abide by the rules

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of the road. So that's just a little brief update and we've had two alcohol-related instances where

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where we've seized the, and seized the, the e-devices, and they've been impounded.

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the next, what I have for you this afternoon, happy to entertain any questions.

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Thank you, Inspector.

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Councillor Dernie.

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Thank you, and thank you for your presentation today.

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It's always excellent when we get positive news.

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I just have a quick question just to clarify for me, the Repeat Violent Offender Intervention

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in the initiative and the chronic property offending intervention initiative.

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Are those individuals like duplicated, like are they separate, or are they do some

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belong, does an individual potentially belong to, like, both of those initiatives?

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Yeah, it's one or the other.

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So there's criteria that the individuals who are presented to the programs that must

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meet, and it's where the best are going to be monitored.

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So, if an individual is both violent and commits property crime, but the violent

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offenses take the priority and they're going to be better suited to be monitored

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through that program, they're part of the re-voi.

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Individuals that are strictly just property crime and committing, like I said, it's

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usually the 5% committing 95% of the crime.

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They would be strictly the new property crime C-poi program.

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So, there is no duplication, so I want to speak of numbers.

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They would be completely separate parties.

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That's good information, one more question.

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Absolutely.

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So I did notice this warning that at the coast a lot of the schools are not allowing e-bikes to chain up her secure on property for the youth.

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I'm wondering if our school district here, if you've talked to them regarding any initiatives around maybe going in the same direction.

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Yeah, so last time I presented, I mentioned we presented to school district 22.

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They've taken the stance that no immobility devices will be allowed on school property.

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However, I will have to follow up with our school different superintendent to see if they're going to apply that to the 16 year olds that are actually illegally allowed to ride electric assisted bikes, or 14 year olds who are allowed to legally ride light ebikes.

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I do believe at first, first blush, they were going to not allow any, but I have to see if their positions changed.

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But for sure, no e-shooters, they weren't allowing any, you know, segues or the e-dirt bikes at all.

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Excellent.

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Okay, thank you so much.

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And thank you again for your work.

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Councilor Schur.

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I agree with you.

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This is a good report to come in and report on.

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So I had a question around mental health.

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So your mental health calls increased by 37.7%, which is positive.

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With the ICRT's response to 200 calls and the rollout of the Health IM app,

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Can you comment on how the real-time data is improving outcomes?

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I was prepared.

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I did not have quarter two's Health I Am report for you, but starting next quarter I think

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it'd be appropriate to share some of that data for you.

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So for example, I can speak to August.

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I have August, it's not part of this quarter that I'm presenting on, but just to highlight,

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we had 13 mental health occurrences of those 13, 13 individuals were apprehended

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under the Mental Health Act, two were repeat clients, meaning we had previously apprehended

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them.

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There was the other 11 were brand new, brand new, present, what they call brand new presentations,

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and there was no chronic.

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Cross.

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Or in a 90-day period, we did not have any of those. So moving forward, I am prepared and will provide you with a quarterly two or a quarterly three report of the overall meant to health breakdown. We can include that for you. Starting out to be a very valuable tool. Helping officers make a better informed decision. And also, like I said, to the work of our program, the ICRT car, that partnership is proving invaluable as far as reducing

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using the amount of time police officers are spending on what is otherwise a mental health call.

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So then one last question, so is anecdotally do you feel then that it is actually saving time for your members?

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Like are you seeing that time reduction?

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Time will tell.

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Okay, but I would be more than happy if you ask that question to me in three to four months.

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I can show you the statistical data on our wait times at the hospital and I can tell you right now

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our weektimes are averaging anywhere between 40 minutes to one hour which is

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really really good. We like to see it down under 40 minutes but we're working

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with our partners and they have their own pressures as well but with that is

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where we're also seeing a benefit is that real-time data getting to the

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hospital in advance of our attendance for it to be reviewed for them to be prepared

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for our attendance to see a quick turnover between a police apprehension and then

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when the doctor makes the decision to commit or not.

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I could tell you, comparatively, from the law of mainland, you're looking in excess

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of three hours of wait time, which is a huge drain on police resourcing, right?

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So here, we're very fortunate that we've got a great partnership with Interior Health,

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and that our wait times are, in fact, on the lower end of under an hour, which is really

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promising.

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Councillor Gai.

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Thanks, Mr. Mayor, and thanks for the report.

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Like you did, as you said, it's a good report.

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I had three points and you've actually touched on all of them already.

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The first was about mental health files, but you answered my question in your presentation.

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On the traffic counts, you focused on the Vernon numbers in your remarks and indeed they

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are down.

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But overall, in the region, they're up almost to the level they were at two years ago.

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up 20% roughly overall, and including this category,

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Vernon Provincial, where there are almost like twice as many as last year.

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Do you want to say anything about that?

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Many of them are up, it's really just Vernon that's notably not up.

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Right.

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Generally, as an integrated attachment, any road safety that's done anywhere

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through any of the communities, is a direct benefit to the city of Vernon.

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Our citizens travel throughout our region, not exclusively just in Vernon.

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So, Vernon resident could possibly be stopped in Armstrong.

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So generally speaking, stat setter up, traffic wise, it is a benefit to the greater area, isn't it?

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Okay, thanks.

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And the other thing was about the kids on e-bikes, that was another thing that I was concerned about last June when we talked about it.

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I think it was June, and at that time you talked about your heavy focus being on education.

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And now that school is back, are you going to be ramping up your presence in the schools,

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doing education for kids and parents and teachers?

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We'll be going back again, too, so we're going to work with our partners and leverage that

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capacity and have school district assist us because it's not possible for us to present to

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every single parent, but we will make ourselves available at certain meetings where it would

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be most valuable for us to be present and to present on this, but we're going to really

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leverage the partnership that we have with the school district to really champion this.

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Our time again is, we don't have a lot of unfettered time, so we'll choose to use it wisely,

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but where appropriate we most certainly will go in and join with our partners with the

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school district to make presentations.

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So I don't have anything lined up, but I'll be working through Constable Chris Trolesky, who does is our primary point of contact for the school district management.

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Council and the additional comments.

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I've noticed in my summer minor summer holidays this year that this issue of electrified devices goes well beyond the confines of the North Open.

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I'll get, and it's a common comment amongst other provinces and other jurisdictions.

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So I'm glad we're taking it serious when you see an individual that the crossbars on

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a electric kick stutter are almost at his chin, then you know that the child is a child,

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And probably should not be on electric kick scooter when the handlebar is about at their chin.

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So yes, this is an ongoing issue.

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And I know there are many communities that are quite concerned about the electric dirt bike, particularly.

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And we've had our first incident here, unfortunately.

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So we do appreciate you joining many forces,

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fair across the country beginning to deal with this.

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New and somewhat say enjoyable, but not so safe have it that's beginning to form.

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So much appreciated Superintendent, thank you also for the work you do.

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And seeing your members out in the boat, very helpful.

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And also the two major wildfires in our area.

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And I do know that your staff was there at the beginning, knocking on doors,

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helping panic to people, move the region very, very quickly, so I've had a

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number of thank yous expressed to me, whether I was in a grocery store or

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somewhere else people wanting to make sure that your forces were aware of how

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they changed their life by having one of your members pounding at their door

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and saying no, they didn't have time to welcome their trailer and it was time to go

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and go quickly. So thank you very much. Thanks here, your force for reacting so quickly on that

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very traumatic Saturday afternoon. Much appreciated. Thank you very much. Appreciate it.

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Council, could I have a motion to receive? Please, Councillor Garrison,

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Councillor Mung. Any comments? Seeing none, call the questionals in favor.

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I suppose motion carries. Thank you, gentlemen.

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Next item.

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My presentation of the Council Remuneration Committee and I welcome Ms. Rachel and so much

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to appreciate it.

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Thanks for joining us this afternoon.

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The floor is yours.

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Have

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we got you up on the screen or have you got your notes?

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I got it.

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Click.

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Missiles, are we waiting for something?

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Good.

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And is it operating?

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The microphone is not operating?

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No, they're going to have to go green or blue. There's a second color.

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We're a high technical place here.

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All right, we'll start with that. Pardon us.

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Thank you, Mr. Mayor and Council.

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So sorry.

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Thank you, Ms. Alas.

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Okay, let's try this again.

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We'll start again. Thank you, Ms. Ann. Sorry if the first day after major changes.

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Good afternoon, Mr. Mayor.

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Councillors and staff. My name is Rachel Ns, and I'll be presenting the Remuneration Committee

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report. Myself Glenn Benesheck in Debra Law met over the summer, did quite a number

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of, sorry, quite an amount of research about pay structures within City Council and the

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there, we compared Vernon with several comparative cities and our conclusions were the recommendations

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that were making to council was to find the right balance between keeping costs for

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payers reasonable but also suggesting a fair inequitable pay structure for our

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counselors. Our findings are the summary of our report is that the mayor's

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salary is to be adjusted in 2026 by applying the average of the previous four

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year, sorry,

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trying to read it, applying the previous four-year annual BC consumer price

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index, August over August, to their salary, a cost of living adjustment, effective inauguration

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day. So, in other words, the mayor's salary will stay on par with what it is. Counselor's

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salary will be increased to 40% of the salary of the mayor after the salary of the mayor is adjusted for the consumer price index effective inauguration day.

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The mayor's salary will continue to have an annual cost of living adjustment based on the previous four years effective November 1st of each year.

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Mayor and council will receive the exempt staff benefit package with the exception of long-term

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disability and the municipal pension plan. We've eliminated the committee meeting pay stipend

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found in the policy and that was because of the increase to councilor salaries.

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And we made one

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Another recommendation that should the acting mayor be away from their role for either an

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injury or a long term disability, if that becomes greater than 60 days, the counselor who is filling in as acting mayor will be paid at the mayor's salary for the months or months that are in addition to those 60 days.

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And that is the gist of our report.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Ms. Ns.

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I appreciate it.

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Council and any questions of Ms. Ns representing the committee.

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Councilor Monten.

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Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

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When you look at it, it looks kind of bad at getting an increase as we're going into this year.

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But I thought about this and I said it would be look even worse if the new council came in and they were making the decision so I think the decision will be best if we make it.

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I'm glad that we're getting rid of the stipend. I think that's the right move. I've always I've never collected the stipend of my 12 years here.

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So, um, but I think that's, uh, I've always considered a part of our job.

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Then you got to consider if there's any committees where people have to travel.

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Um, I think there still should be something there, you know, um, you're, when you're traveling,

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sometimes you have to travel, protect and wail to Sam and arm and then meeting and then back.

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Again, this isn't for me, this is for consideration for others who may have to take time off work to do this committee work.

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That's otherwise, I like the recommendations, I'm fine with them.

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I just want to make sure that we consider not just ourselves, we think we're all pretty well off here, but somebody else runs for...

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Can't hesitate time off of work to do the jobs of traveling out of town. Probably should be paid for somehow.

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Council gears. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. And thank you very much for your group for putting all the work together. I know it's not an easy task to determine what the best remuneration would be for any incoming council. With regards to this to the stipend, I do agree with that.

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I like my fellow councillor here in the eight years I've been here, I've never actually taken a stipend, but I think it's important for us to note that that is, if I'm correct, that stipend is only applicable to internal city of Vernon committees, not external.

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Most of the committees where you tend to do some traveling are usually external committees and they're not typically the internal ones anyway and there's different.

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and rules and regulations that are around those external committees from those organizations

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that are putting that on.

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So I think with the increase in the Councillor Pay that offsets what those stipends would be

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and it makes it a bit more fair and equitable because the one thing I don't think we've actually

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acknowledged is that you may never get on any of those external or those internal committees.

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And so those individuals that are continually on there would have that advantage to be able

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to collect that stipend, even though we might be placed on a bunch of external committees

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that don't actually have a stipend that's applicable to that.

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So I think this is just fair and it allows the public to really know exactly what that value

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is and it's consistent across the board.

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So I think the recommendations are fair and I would be prepared to support the recommendation

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Thank you, Mr. Mayor. And thank you, Rachel, for this excellent work. I also, I'm in support of not having a stipend.

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I do just have a question, it's only because I don't know any task is, when Councillors travel or, like excessively, for their role,

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is there anything internally with the city that covers their kilometers for travel?

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I

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believe there's a separate policy for travel.

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Okay, and I do know that some of the committee meetings they actually pay you to travel, so thank you for that, and thank you for your work.

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I think it's excellent, and we're moving in the right direction for the next council coming on.

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Councilor Guy.

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Yeah, thanks, Ms. Nair.

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Yeah, firstly, external committees have their own salary and the way of dealing with pay

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for meetings. So we're not talking about that here. We're just talking about internal committee meetings.

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And we set up the membership of those meetings every year, and each of us sits on two or maybe three such committees.

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And we don't do much traveling. Any traveling meetings are usually right here.

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So I don't think that's a problem, so I like what you've suggested there.

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Acting pay for absences of more than 60 days.

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So it's a good idea, except that we have a different acting mayor every month.

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So for the first 30 days of an absence, we've got one mayor for the next 30 days.

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One acting mayor for the next 30 days, we have another acting mayor.

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And then after day 60, there'd be a third acting mayor.

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So, no acting mayor is the way we do it is ever going to act for more than 30 days.

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So I'm not sure that as long as we keep the way we're doing it now, we don't need this.

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So who would get the big boost in salary?

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Sorry, the third acting mayor came in on day 61.

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Ms. Boyle, good question.

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Thanks, Your Worship.

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When council appoints their acting mayor as your corrects every month, should the mayor

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not be in attendance for greater than 60 days, whoever the acting mayor is in that given month

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would be eligible for the mayor's salary, as it rotates to the next person, then they would

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be eligible for that salary until the Americans returns to the chair position.

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Okay.

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That's fair.

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Okay.

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The other question about long-term disability, your report says that counselors aren't eligible

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because we aren't full time.

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In that case, why do we do it now?

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And why does any municipality do it now?

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Now you said in your report that about 10% of the municipality surveyed actually do it now,

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but none of them have full-time councillors,

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Mr. Wood.

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Thanks, Your Worship.

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The current benefit package currently on the books and with the current policy is that the mayor's

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full-time position and councillors are part-time positions at greater than 20 hours per week.

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As such, that's how the benefit package rolls out.

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So the mayor is eligible for a full-time benefit package, and council is eligible for the part-time benefit package.

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The only change that would be considered should council approve the policy is that the benefits are all the same as they currently are, except for LTD will not be included in the benefit package, but nothing else changes.

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Quick question. Has it been in the past that LTD was part of the package?

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Yes, it has. So it's part of the package now.

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And the recommendation is to remove it from the package.

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And the reason is that we aren't full time.

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No, I would suggest the reason is that the reason would be is that you're not ongoing

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past four years,

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potentially.

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No.

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Okay, as long as the reason is holds up, it just seems inconsistent, like some municipalities

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do it and some don't.

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Yeah, your worship, when we did look at all the municipalities, there was very few

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who actually offered LTD as one of their benefit options.

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Right,

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okay,

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okay, that's good enough for me.

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Come to fair.

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Yeah, I have a question I've always been curious about, but never asked, and that was the

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perfect time for. Around, since the Councillors are considered part time over 20, part time employees

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would probably be eligible for pension contributions. I'm just curious as Council has ever been

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and just around the rationale.

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This would.

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Your Worship, the Municipal Pension Plan does not allow municipalities to offer pension

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to health for members.

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Yeah.

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Thank you.

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And in the past for the future, no other pension plan type system is being proposed.

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Okay.

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Thank you.

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The only question I have is related to the historically, we established $2.44 per person

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as sort of the base that we worked from and based on the population of 2021.

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So, it's now in 2026 and this will apply to late 26 and early 27.

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Is there a reason for not having that 244 apply to our new population,

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in a sense?

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Yes.

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The numbers that we were looking at, we weren't just looking at 2021 population.

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We are also looking at cost of living increase and other metrics that

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increase the mayor's salary.

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So we didn't think that the 2021 numbers were too far out of line with current numbers to make a significant difference.

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So if population went up by 2,500 over the last five years, we would see an essence in

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burden situation of 5% or 6% growth in total population.

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And your indication is that that's not significant than we did.

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We don't need to bake that into future salaries.

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That's something for the next remuneration committee to look at when that gets re-evaluated.

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Because we've had significant population growth between 2021 and today.

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Because CPI just means that you're getting paid the same thing that you've got paid in

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in 2021, and it's just that your state, even with cost for living, I mean, there's been

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no change essence in the salary.

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There's been a change in the amount, but in terms of purchasing power, it's flat.

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Which is good. That's good. I'm not complaining about that.

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I'm just saying that it had this extra element which was that we should make it associated

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with size of the community. So we decided to drop that.

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That's not appropriate at this time.

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We didn't think that the change was significant enough to this time around to adjust it for that,

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or to anticipate what it would be the next time it's evaluated.

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Okay. We'll watch that Canada.

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See what it says.

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But we are projecting at the time growth rates in the neighborhood of 2% annually.

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So substantial.

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I don't know what's actually happened over time.

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We'd leave that over to Mr. Nurali.

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He might have a better idea of what stats can as assuming our population is.

443
00:41:06,410 --> 00:41:10,150
But what is it, 44 up to 47 or 48?

444
00:41:10,930 --> 00:41:19,370
Yeah, so it's gone out almost 10% 9 and a half for 10% in size in five years.

445
00:41:20,550 --> 00:41:24,730
We weren't just looking at the 2021 population numbers.

446
00:41:26,270 --> 00:41:27,630
Okay, all right.

447
00:41:27,770 --> 00:41:35,710
No, I'm just trying to make the logic work here because we've had this gone from 44, probably 47,

448
00:41:35,710 --> 00:41:40,370
7 or 48,000, so almost 9% growth in size.

449
00:41:41,150 --> 00:41:43,750
Okay, but I'm just trying to tie it to the other.

450
00:41:46,810 --> 00:41:47,270
Councilor Yeager.

451
00:41:48,010 --> 00:41:50,090
Thanks, just one other quick question, Rachel.

452
00:41:50,990 --> 00:41:56,690
On this stipend, the percentage of mayor's salary

453
00:41:57,210 --> 00:42:00,890
boost is 3% from 37 to 40, that you're recommending.

454
00:42:01,110 --> 00:42:05,770
And that's a fair, a good-sized boost.

455
00:42:05,770 --> 00:42:10,670
So we weren't making a boost to the mayor's salary?

456
00:42:10,830 --> 00:42:20,570
No, no, no, but you're saying that the percentage of the mayor's salary that a counselor would be paid would change from 37% to 40% right?

457
00:42:21,050 --> 00:42:22,130
Oh, correct, yes.

458
00:42:22,330 --> 00:42:23,490
Counselor's salary, yes.

459
00:42:23,530 --> 00:42:34,150
Yeah, yeah, and when you looked at the comprobals in terms of what that percentage should be.

460
00:42:34,150 --> 00:42:38,310
You concluded that 37 is a little low, so you wanted to put it up to 40, that's fine.

461
00:42:39,250 --> 00:42:47,770
But the comparable that you used, it used sort out in terms of those that pay meeting

462
00:42:47,770 --> 00:42:49,870
stipends separately versus those that don't.

463
00:42:51,470 --> 00:42:55,270
The comparable were looked at population size.

464
00:42:56,270 --> 00:43:09,070
So, some of those that pay the average of which you said was 39 percent, so a whole bunch of those might pay meeting stipends, and a whole bunch of them might not, you don't know.

465
00:43:10,930 --> 00:43:13,070
We were just looking at the base salary.

466
00:43:14,710 --> 00:43:14,830
Right.

467
00:43:14,910 --> 00:43:18,710
As far as I remember, we were looking at a lot of different things.

468
00:43:18,710 --> 00:43:29,370
So, before we were today, right now, we're, we're, we're, counselors are paid 37% of what the mayor's paid, plus there's these, there's a meeting stipend of $137 per meeting.

469
00:43:29,730 --> 00:43:35,770
Yes, one of the other reasons we decided to do away with that stipend was that no one was really collecting it.

470
00:43:36,870 --> 00:43:43,650
So it was, even though it was available, most counselors were not utilizing it,

471
00:43:43,650 --> 00:43:48,730
And so we've found it to be both unnecessary and irrelevant.

472
00:43:49,170 --> 00:43:54,870
So yeah, plus I assume that's a bit of administrative efficiency gain, too, without having another process.

473
00:43:55,090 --> 00:44:09,000
But anyway, so, okay, that's fine, I guess, on balance here satisfied that 40% is the right, about the right number.

474
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:15,460
Okay. With no stipend on top of the 40.

475
00:44:20,790 --> 00:44:23,890
Council, any other questions for Ms. Enth?

476
00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:34,260
All right. Much appreciated, I think, so I'll put it up with a few pointed questions

477
00:44:34,260 --> 00:44:38,980
if we try to get clear on this. This is great. I'll call for a motion to receive.

478
00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:46,580
Council adjourned. Councillor Faire. Any last comments? Seeing none, call the question.

479
00:44:46,580 --> 00:44:47,420
All those in favor?

480
00:44:47,780 --> 00:44:48,240
Those opposed?

481
00:44:48,500 --> 00:44:49,260
Motion is carried.

482
00:44:49,580 --> 00:44:50,380
Thank you very much.

483
00:44:50,720 --> 00:44:51,980
Thanks for your committee work.

484
00:44:52,180 --> 00:44:53,000
And thanks to your colleagues.

485
00:44:55,180 --> 00:44:56,480
We'll move forward now.

486
00:44:56,680 --> 00:44:56,920
Do I?

487
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:09,300
And you close your by-law, six, zero, eight, six of 2026. So I'll open up public input for the road closure.

488
00:45:10,020 --> 00:45:22,680
Ms. Wood, has there been any written submissions? Your worship, there's been no written submissions received. Thank you. So I'll call for a first time for any presentations from the public.

489
00:45:27,500 --> 00:45:32,060
I will now call a second time for presentations from the public.

490
00:45:35,100 --> 00:45:44,500
And I'll call for a third and final time for presentations from the public to the 43rd Avenue Rose Closure by the law 6-0-8-6.

491
00:45:50,670 --> 00:45:52,290
Public input is closed.

492
00:45:53,390 --> 00:45:56,010
Council, do you have any questions of staff?

493
00:46:05,910 --> 00:46:07,070
In kind of a motion, please.

494
00:46:07,450 --> 00:46:08,770
Councilor Guy, Councilor Durning.

495
00:46:10,050 --> 00:46:11,170
Any last comments?

496
00:46:11,870 --> 00:46:13,410
Seeing none, call the question.

497
00:46:13,410 --> 00:46:14,750
All those in favour of those opposed?

498
00:46:15,290 --> 00:46:16,830
Motion is carried.

499
00:46:17,710 --> 00:46:23,510
We'll move now to item 6, Councillor Inquiry, so are there any Councillor Inquiry's?

500
00:46:27,860 --> 00:46:31,220
Seeing none, we'll move now to Administration Updates,

501
00:46:33,740 --> 00:46:36,660
the move, Councillor Munn, Councillor

502
00:46:36,660 --> 00:46:37,060
Garis.

503
00:46:40,760 --> 00:46:42,400
Any comments on the updates?

504
00:46:44,580 --> 00:46:45,080
Councillor Gai?

505
00:46:46,990 --> 00:46:53,930
Yeah, thanks. Just one thought that occurred to me reading this report, mentioning the Pelle

506
00:46:53,930 --> 00:46:56,330
wheeled park boat launch closure.

507
00:46:59,850 --> 00:47:04,030
James there, yeah. I just thought this might be a good

508
00:47:04,030 --> 00:47:14,350
opportunity to add a muscle, invasive muscle stencil, cleaned, rained, dry muscle stencil

509
00:47:14,350 --> 00:47:20,250
to the surface of the boat launch. This is something that OB has been working on forever.

510
00:47:20,250 --> 00:47:25,190
they've arranged a really good price on a large stencil

511
00:47:25,190 --> 00:47:28,710
that would go on the boat launch.

512
00:47:28,890 --> 00:47:33,190
And it just requires the launch to be closed for a day or two.

513
00:47:34,430 --> 00:47:35,670
And the best time to do it, obviously,

514
00:47:35,710 --> 00:47:37,090
is after the main boating season.

515
00:47:37,310 --> 00:47:42,330
So I'll be in touch with Carmen at the OBWB on this.

516
00:47:45,870 --> 00:47:48,070
They're installing, municipalities are installing

517
00:47:48,070 --> 00:47:52,290
these stencils on their main boat launches up and down the valley now. I'll talk to you later.

518
00:48:04,950 --> 00:48:09,870
All right. Call a question. All those in favour? Those opposed? Motion is carried.

519
00:48:13,090 --> 00:48:19,150
All right. Move, John. Finish. Business Council. Compensation says review committee draft report and

520
00:48:20,870 --> 00:48:23,790
policy recommendation. Could I have a motion, please?

521
00:48:25,870 --> 00:48:30,690
Councilor Durning, Councilor Fair, any last comments from Council?

522
00:48:33,190 --> 00:48:34,490
Seeing none, call the

523
00:48:34,490 --> 00:48:40,150
questionals in favour? Those opposed? Motion is carried. Thank you, committee. Much

524
00:48:40,150 --> 00:48:40,610
appreciated.

525
00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:47,020
Just to close in comment, I think, in following up with Councilor Mundes' comment,

526
00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:53,440
I think it is best that we continue with this process of putting it to the end of Council's

527
00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:57,480
term as opposed to bringing it forward to the following council. I think that's been a great

528
00:48:57,480 --> 00:49:01,960
addition. I think it was Council from Monday who started that process and when he was

529
00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:06,560
mayor, so I just want to recognize that the process is a good one. And then thanks to the

530
00:49:06,560 --> 00:49:14,400
committee members who do this quite willingly. Obviously, Mr. Benesheck has done it now.

531
00:49:14,740 --> 00:49:19,800
I think three times, which is really good. And I appreciate that. And I also appreciate

532
00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:25,320
to two others who've taken it on Deb Law, who was familiar with these seats here for many, many years.

533
00:49:25,940 --> 00:49:28,460
And welcome yourself, Rachel, much appreciated.

534
00:49:28,700 --> 00:49:32,600
You would take some volunteer time and address what's your critical issue.

535
00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:33,940
Thank you very much.

536
00:49:36,820 --> 00:49:40,900
All right, we'll move now to these declassivitation motions.

537
00:49:41,360 --> 00:49:42,720
Do you read them out or no?

538
00:49:43,780 --> 00:49:44,880
They're just in the agenda.

539
00:49:45,060 --> 00:49:49,040
We've got the Business Research Expansion Economic Development Partnership.

540
00:49:50,120 --> 00:49:56,120
For declassification, we've also had fire service pilot automation aid agreement with

541
00:49:56,120 --> 00:49:57,160
the district coal stream.

542
00:49:57,840 --> 00:50:02,520
We also have the active living center commercial retail unit lease.

543
00:50:03,020 --> 00:50:07,060
All three of those are declassified motions from in-camera meetings.

544
00:50:07,980 --> 00:50:16,000
We'll move now to item 10A, active living center nearing project milestone, aquatic center commissioning.

545
00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:16,920
I

546
00:50:21,170 --> 00:50:25,850
think Mr. Ross, who's attended many, many times, was probably not expecting we'd be here

547
00:50:25,850 --> 00:50:26,310
by now.

548
00:50:33,700 --> 00:50:39,340
Welcome Mr. Ross, perfect timing, much

549
00:50:42,700 --> 00:50:45,680
to your surprise, your years and years of being

550
00:50:45,680 --> 00:50:49,740
near this, you must have got an untimely sense of time.

551
00:50:55,940 --> 00:51:01,660
Just in the nick of time, thank you for making time for me this afternoon, I've got a brief

552
00:51:01,660 --> 00:51:07,420
memo for you about an upcoming project milestone with the Active Living Center.

553
00:51:08,300 --> 00:51:13,680
Some information in here that is about the filling of the pools and there's also some

554
00:51:13,680 --> 00:51:14,760
about water conservation.

555
00:51:15,500 --> 00:51:19,760
So if there's any more detailed questions you have about the water reclamation site or

556
00:51:19,760 --> 00:51:24,160
things like that, I'll ask for James to step in and answer those, but I can provide you

557
00:51:24,160 --> 00:51:25,720
with the update on the ALC.

558
00:51:26,780 --> 00:51:30,940
So construction and the Active Living Center is progressing towards its planned opening and

559
00:51:30,940 --> 00:51:37,380
in later this year. The project is now entering the final stages of construction, testing, commissioning, and inspections.

560
00:51:38,120 --> 00:51:45,460
The project's nearing a major milestone as we get ready for the aquatic center to move into the commissioning and systems testing phase.

561
00:51:46,060 --> 00:51:54,200
This critical work will ensure that the aquatic mechanical filtration and air handling systems are operating as intended before the facility opens.

562
00:51:54,200 --> 00:52:02,140
The facility has to be brought up to its full operating temperature so that we can test all of the air handling systems and things like that.

563
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:11,340
The city has worked closely with the regional district who is authorized the city to proceed with the filling of the ELC pools as part of this next phase of the project.

564
00:52:11,940 --> 00:52:15,660
And that work is scheduled to begin the week of the 14th.

565
00:52:16,040 --> 00:52:20,640
And again, that is required to do all the testing for all the systems.

566
00:52:20,640 --> 00:52:23,340
to get on the water house key and the pools has to be brought up to temperature.

567
00:52:24,360 --> 00:52:29,760
This is timely because it actually aligns with the agricultural irrigation season when

568
00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:34,080
demand we understand for demand for irrigation has decreased.

569
00:52:35,260 --> 00:52:37,800
The aquatic commissioning is on the project's critical path.

570
00:52:38,700 --> 00:52:43,940
So this is in addition to testing of the aquatic mechanical system, the pools need to be filled

571
00:52:43,940 --> 00:52:48,960
than operational before they can be inspected by interior health, who issues the operating

572
00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:55,740
permit. In the spring, the city developed a plan to reduce municipal water use during

573
00:52:55,740 --> 00:52:59,580
stage three restrictions and work closely with the regional district to implement measures

574
00:52:59,580 --> 00:53:06,140
across its operations. The city reduced overall municipal water use by 60%, saving approximately

575
00:53:06,140 --> 00:53:13,060
55 megalitres of water, which exceeded the city's conservation targets. In addition, the city

576
00:53:13,060 --> 00:53:17,360
We continue to expand the use of reclaimed water to support agricultural users.

577
00:53:18,020 --> 00:53:22,040
The city partnered with regional district to temporarily connect Vernon's reclaimed water

578
00:53:22,040 --> 00:53:25,940
system to the Arduino Non-Paudible Irrigation Network.

579
00:53:26,560 --> 00:53:32,340
That initiative expanded access to reclaimed water for approximately 100 agricultural customers

580
00:53:32,750 --> 00:53:37,960
providing additional sources of irrigation supply during the ongoing drought conditions.

581
00:53:37,960 --> 00:53:46,060
The ALC requires approximately 3.8 megalitres of water to fill its aquatic facilities.

582
00:53:46,740 --> 00:53:52,400
In August alone, the city supplied 77 megalitres of reclaimed water to supplement Arduino's

583
00:53:52,400 --> 00:53:58,200
non-potable irrigation system, so that's equivalent to 20 times the volume that's required

584
00:53:58,200 --> 00:53:59,340
to fill the ALC.

585
00:54:00,420 --> 00:54:04,160
Use of reclaimed water helps reduce demand on potable water supplies.

586
00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:15,120
The city has considered alternatives, including transporting water into Vernon by truck and from another water system as well as trying to reuse water from lake view and

587
00:54:15,120 --> 00:54:30,160
laving to outdoor pools. Both of those options would have added significant costs to the project. Using water from the outdoor pools was also not recommended because it's previously been treated and it potentially could have debris in it from outdoor use.

588
00:54:31,360 --> 00:54:36,500
Delaying the aquatic commissioning would have financial implications of approximately $100,000

589
00:54:36,500 --> 00:54:37,480
per week.

590
00:54:38,090 --> 00:54:44,680
The dry side of the ALC could potentially operate, but that would not avoid the costs associated

591
00:54:44,680 --> 00:54:49,740
with delaying completion and commissioning of the aquatic components.

592
00:54:51,450 --> 00:54:55,480
So the project team and the communications department will continue to provide project

593
00:54:55,480 --> 00:54:59,880
updates as the L.C. moves into the next phase of work and prepares for facility opening.

594
00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:07,180
And I'll be back and provide a more detailed report to Council on September 28th,

595
00:55:07,360 --> 00:55:10,100
when the facility will almost be ready to be opened.

596
00:55:12,290 --> 00:55:13,290
Do you have any questions?

597
00:55:13,330 --> 00:55:14,390
I'm happy to answer them.

598
00:55:14,410 --> 00:55:19,090
And again, if there's something technical about the rekindler, I'll ask James to step in and

599
00:55:19,090 --> 00:55:19,570
answer those.

600
00:55:22,290 --> 00:55:23,030
Thank you, Mr. Ross.

601
00:55:24,530 --> 00:55:24,970
Council,

602
00:55:28,920 --> 00:55:29,440
Councilor Guy.

603
00:55:29,440 --> 00:55:58,000
I like the argument that you made a decent rationale for giving us a bit of room to fill the pool with fresh water and actually it's even more than 20 times you mentioned 20 times the 77 that we saved with irrigation but then there's the 55 that we saved ourselves you know 130 or so total we saved right or more so that's more like 30 times or more than 30 times the pool volume so yeah good rationale, good report.

604
00:56:01,510 --> 00:56:03,290
Council or any other comments?

605
00:56:08,380 --> 00:56:11,060
Councilor Mondt, Councilor Garros, all in favor?

606
00:56:12,500 --> 00:56:13,580
Motion is carried.

607
00:56:14,020 --> 00:56:14,660
Thank you, Mr. Ross.

608
00:56:14,860 --> 00:56:19,620
We look forward to the 28th and the clink of someone handing over keys.

609
00:56:20,220 --> 00:56:20,340
Yes.

610
00:56:20,900 --> 00:56:21,640
Thank you very much.

611
00:56:22,080 --> 00:56:22,380
Thank you.

612
00:56:25,540 --> 00:56:25,740
All right.

613
00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:27,260
Move now to item 10b.

614
00:56:27,400 --> 00:56:34,460
The Kalamalka Lake Road, 14th Avenue, Highway 6, multi-use path to the East Hill amendment.

615
00:56:34,800 --> 00:56:35,860
Can I have a motion, please?

616
00:56:35,860 --> 00:56:49,080
Councilor Guy, Councilor Journey, welcome Mr. D'Haniac to our new facing, south-facing gallery, and presentation.

617
00:56:50,260 --> 00:56:50,820
It's right.

618
00:56:53,010 --> 00:56:54,770
Any questions from Mr. D'Haniac?

619
00:56:58,110 --> 00:56:58,510
Councilor Guy?

620
00:56:59,830 --> 00:57:00,690
Thanks, Mr. Smith.

621
00:57:00,970 --> 00:57:01,590
Just one question.

622
00:57:03,130 --> 00:57:04,250
Maybe two.

623
00:57:05,010 --> 00:57:12,060
I'm looking at the multi-use path just a minute now.

624
00:57:13,340 --> 00:57:15,160
Or maybe it's just a sidewalk.

625
00:57:15,520 --> 00:57:21,540
I guess it's a sidewalk along the northwest side on the diagram.

626
00:57:22,060 --> 00:57:26,240
The northwest side of Highway 6 going from pottery road down the hill to the gym.

627
00:57:28,240 --> 00:57:29,800
You want to put it up there, March?

628
00:57:29,800 --> 00:57:30,600
Yeah,

629
00:57:37,040 --> 00:57:49,430
it's that teal colored piece on the north side, northwest side of the highway running from

630
00:57:49,430 --> 00:57:50,870
pottery road down to the gym.

631
00:57:53,480 --> 00:57:56,800
So it looks to me on the diagram that it stops before the

632
00:57:59,860 --> 00:58:07,560
gym on the uphill side of the gym. And so what I'm wondering is why would we not extend that at least

633
00:58:07,560 --> 00:58:24,940
He's down to that driveway at the gym and maybe even beyond the gym all the way down to the existing intersection of Kelleg Road and the highway to meet up with that new sidewalk that we're going to build along the east side of Kelleg Road right there at that intersection.

634
00:58:27,480 --> 00:58:28,200
I am.

635
00:58:28,700 --> 00:58:30,260
You were shipped by a apologize.

636
00:58:30,480 --> 00:58:34,580
We did not show that there was an existing sidewalk in that location already.

637
00:58:34,880 --> 00:58:37,820
So there already is a sidewalk for that entire stretch.

638
00:58:38,080 --> 00:58:40,600
We highlighted some of the existing sidewalks.

639
00:58:40,820 --> 00:58:43,860
I apologize for not highlighting that one piece as well.

640
00:58:44,060 --> 00:58:46,420
But there is a sidewalk there.

641
00:58:49,940 --> 00:58:52,900
Oh, sorry, Councillor.

642
00:58:54,120 --> 00:58:54,400
Go ahead.

643
00:58:54,400 --> 00:59:00,240
In that case, it's even a smaller job than I thought to extend that a few meters to the

644
00:59:00,240 --> 00:59:06,340
driveway or even all the way to the intersection, pass the driveway all the way to the intersection.

645
00:59:08,120 --> 00:59:08,940
Mr. Dye?

646
00:59:09,600 --> 00:59:13,800
Your worship, our intention is to connect to the network completely in that location.

647
00:59:14,120 --> 00:59:16,740
So the budget that's presented will connect the network.

648
00:59:17,800 --> 00:59:21,820
So even though it doesn't show in the diagram, you're going to extend that sidewalk all the way along

649
00:59:25,600 --> 00:59:33,120
I can't speak for certain, but I'm pretty certain there's a sidewalk in that location.

650
00:59:33,880 --> 00:59:34,140
Okay.

651
00:59:34,480 --> 00:59:36,420
Yeah, but not all the way down, and this is-

652
00:59:36,420 --> 00:59:41,960
I don't have it completely memorized each piece of the sidewalk and that network, but our

653
00:59:41,960 --> 00:59:48,240
project team is planning to connect the entire sidewalk network and the multi-use network

654
00:59:48,240 --> 00:59:49,120
through this project.

655
00:59:49,340 --> 00:59:49,520
Okay.

656
00:59:49,520 --> 00:59:51,340
Well, that little piece is quite important.

657
00:59:51,500 --> 00:59:56,160
It's a well-known danger zone for people who get to the end of the sidewalk.

658
00:59:56,620 --> 00:59:57,100
And then they

659
01:00:01,330 --> 01:00:05,970
Especially kids and kids on bikes. Okay.

660
01:00:15,280 --> 01:00:21,480
I don't see any other comments or questions on this one. Sometimes

661
01:00:21,480 --> 01:00:31,780
you just have to yell hooray. This is a this is a project that's obviously been on our to do this for quite a while.

662
01:00:33,920 --> 01:00:37,100
Personally, there's one extra element here.

663
01:00:37,620 --> 01:00:44,020
I'm really pleased to see the 14th Avenue, no post barriers being shifted from the

664
01:00:44,020 --> 01:00:45,400
north side to the south side.

665
01:00:46,300 --> 01:00:50,200
So I think that that in itself will lower my heart rate.

666
01:00:50,760 --> 01:00:52,080
So I appreciate that.

667
01:00:52,640 --> 01:00:59,780
That one was one that always, for me, generated significant anxiety when I would watch people

668
01:00:59,780 --> 01:01:10,800
crossing 14th Avenue there to get to the other side to ride behind the barriers to then cross again, and at the west side of

669
01:01:13,640 --> 01:01:20,480
Keltair Head Office, it was always sort of interesting to watch the antics. So thank you, Mrs. Huston, and those in the transportation

670
01:01:20,480 --> 01:01:23,540
the transportation department for recognizing that.

671
01:01:24,260 --> 01:01:27,380
So much appreciated, Councillor Gareth.

672
01:01:28,220 --> 01:01:29,020
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

673
01:01:29,160 --> 01:01:34,660
I actually just wanted to recognize that there is one really big hooray on this one and

674
01:01:34,660 --> 01:01:37,280
that's the signal, the new intersection.

675
01:01:38,000 --> 01:01:44,380
So if anyone drives past that intersection like I do on a daily basis, especially today with school being back in,

676
01:01:44,940 --> 01:01:47,420
the turn lane was incredible.

677
01:01:48,020 --> 01:01:52,960
For people trying to turn on to pottery road because of course I can't get to the 15th Street intersection.

678
01:01:53,400 --> 01:01:58,260
So out of all of this, the public who was saying what is the city doing?

679
01:01:58,640 --> 01:01:59,640
Well, this is what we're doing.

680
01:01:59,640 --> 01:02:00,860
We're putting in a signal.

681
01:02:01,100 --> 01:02:02,640
So right at the team on this one.

682
01:02:10,830 --> 01:02:15,830
I just need to go back to that light blue line indication that there is a sidewalk.

683
01:02:17,390 --> 01:02:24,490
My, when I go up onto essentials right now, there is no sidewalk between pottery road and the gym.

684
01:02:28,930 --> 01:02:42,230
There is a sidewalk from there to the intersection at the end, but the light blue section is missing.

685
01:02:42,490 --> 01:02:44,570
There is no sidewalk there today.

686
01:02:45,830 --> 01:02:57,310
I'm sorry if I wasn't clear. So that magenta piece we plan to build but there is sidewalk to the, I guess, northwest along the frontage of the gym.

687
01:02:58,070 --> 01:02:58,150
Right.

688
01:02:58,470 --> 01:03:10,910
Yep, so we do intend to build that piece of sidewalk and the way that we're doing it in this project is like quite a bit more economical than what we planned originally building a wide multi-space.

689
01:03:10,910 --> 01:03:16,890
path, the intersection kind of gets rid of the need for that multi-use path on the highway,

690
01:03:17,050 --> 01:03:24,070
but we intend to connect the sidewalk fully to pottery road and up to the existing sidewalk

691
01:03:24,070 --> 01:03:28,070
on the frontage of the gym there. Yeah, sorry, I wasn't clear there, I apologize.

692
01:03:28,470 --> 01:03:36,590
Super, thank you. I just was trying to, we were trying to clarify here up on the table and I wasn't

693
01:03:36,590 --> 01:03:38,630
getting it all off Mike, so to speak.

694
01:03:39,230 --> 01:03:39,390
Good.

695
01:03:39,910 --> 01:03:40,350
Thank you.

696
01:03:41,530 --> 01:03:43,910
And I'm thank you very much for your application

697
01:03:43,910 --> 01:03:46,170
to the grant funding.

698
01:03:46,650 --> 01:03:51,830
And it's quite amazing when you get this amount of money

699
01:03:51,830 --> 01:03:53,970
for a project like this, so much appreciated.

700
01:03:54,630 --> 01:03:56,490
Thanks for your work and thanks for your work,

701
01:03:56,530 --> 01:04:00,970
I'm a sir on making sure that this actually came up.

702
01:04:04,080 --> 01:04:06,520
Council, I'll call the question.

703
01:04:06,520 --> 01:04:07,200
All in favor.

704
01:04:07,520 --> 01:04:07,840
It's it.

705
01:04:08,140 --> 01:04:08,860
Those opposed.

706
01:04:09,100 --> 01:04:09,520
Seeing none.

707
01:04:09,640 --> 01:04:10,580
Motion is carried.

708
01:04:11,440 --> 01:04:12,200
Quick question.

709
01:04:12,280 --> 01:04:14,180
Does this now become a 27 project?

710
01:04:16,400 --> 01:04:17,320
Your worship.

711
01:04:17,520 --> 01:04:22,060
So the way the motions written is it's amendment of the 2026 project.

712
01:04:22,260 --> 01:04:22,420
Yes.

713
01:04:22,780 --> 01:04:25,580
With approval to spend the grant funding.

714
01:04:26,160 --> 01:04:32,760
And then the use of some reserve funding that came back into reserve accounts from the hearing process.

715
01:04:33,420 --> 01:04:36,540
So you'll have design in 26 and construction in 27.

716
01:04:36,540 --> 01:04:45,340
That's correct. We intend to to go for competitive bids in the next couple weeks super. Thank you very much. Yeah, great

717
01:04:49,760 --> 01:04:51,020
project. All

718
01:05:01,290 --> 01:05:03,930
right. Next was the crown lease.

719
01:05:04,550 --> 01:05:07,930
Yes, you move it. Second. Yeah, the roses pond.

720
01:05:10,640 --> 01:05:14,040
Any questions from Miss are seeing

721
01:05:16,340 --> 01:05:18,120
none. I'll call the question. All is in favor.

722
01:05:18,120 --> 01:05:26,060
Those opposed motion carried much of it many of us put a lot effort into the roses pond one and it's great to see this working together so easily

723
01:05:27,400 --> 01:05:32,300
Next item Ken Beach the old community's strong fund grant application

724
01:05:35,410 --> 01:05:40,430
Can I have a motion please? Yeah? We've got councilor Durning the councilor guy

725
01:05:41,370 --> 01:05:43,410
Welcome Miss Price do

726
01:05:46,390 --> 01:05:48,770
we have any questions from Miss Price regarding

727
01:05:50,510 --> 01:05:52,890
can we put

728
01:06:05,020 --> 01:06:08,000
the concept up for those who are watching online?

729
01:06:33,120 --> 01:06:34,880
The only thing I was surprised

730
01:06:34,880 --> 01:06:40,080
about is the comment that the playground is aging out because the equipment seems to

731
01:06:40,080 --> 01:06:46,200
be in very good shape. We don't have chipmains, we don't have, like it's surprised, but would

732
01:06:46,200 --> 01:06:50,880
we use it somewhere else? Well, what will happen to the equipment from the

733
01:06:50,880 --> 01:06:55,120
And it can be just as it's now, Mr. Reyes.

734
01:07:00,820 --> 01:07:02,060
Thank you, Mr. Reyes.

735
01:07:02,320 --> 01:07:02,920
Thank you, Your Worship.

736
01:07:03,180 --> 01:07:08,440
We do have a professional risk and site inspector that does regular inspections on all of

737
01:07:08,440 --> 01:07:14,280
our playgrounds, even though the Ken Beach playground from a distance looks like it's in good shape,

738
01:07:14,280 --> 01:07:16,400
but actually has reached the end of its useful life.

739
01:07:16,540 --> 01:07:20,400
So there's very little there that would be salvaged for any other use.

740
01:07:20,400 --> 01:07:30,780
All right, thank you, and I've looked at it much closer than that because I have grandkids, but if that's like a professional sense,

741
01:07:31,680 --> 01:07:33,220
miss Price, any comment?

742
01:07:34,360 --> 01:07:35,080
No, all right.

743
01:07:36,680 --> 01:07:37,360
Council adjourned?

744
01:07:38,860 --> 01:07:45,180
Thank you, and I agree the park does need a new park from my experience up close.

745
01:07:45,820 --> 01:07:51,000
Also, I'm just wondering, there's a lot of hustle, it seems every season for the vendor

746
01:07:51,000 --> 01:07:55,120
spots down there, it being so far away from service seemingly.

747
01:07:56,000 --> 01:08:00,880
I'm just wondering what that will look like, how many vendors, if there's kind of an idea

748
01:08:00,880 --> 01:08:04,860
of what it would look like, world out for the potential vendor hub.

749
01:08:06,840 --> 01:08:07,260
Mr. Brighton.

750
01:08:08,000 --> 01:08:12,920
So right now, we have the two vendor locations pulled into the park adjacent to the playground

751
01:08:12,920 --> 01:08:13,260
there.

752
01:08:13,260 --> 01:08:19,600
And so we are looking at having two mobile vendor opportunities there as well.

753
01:08:20,340 --> 01:08:29,060
And then there's still some areas closer to the beach to explore other waterfront vendor opportunities there as well.

754
01:08:29,240 --> 01:08:33,620
So a blend of food opportunities, as well as whether that be water rentals.

755
01:08:35,000 --> 01:08:35,780
I was full.

756
01:08:35,980 --> 01:08:40,860
I'm happy to hear that we're open to that because I've heard some things over the past years.

757
01:08:40,860 --> 01:08:46,780
and I think staff have handled what's gone on down there well, so given us a little more

758
01:08:46,780 --> 01:08:53,280
open opportunity to be able to accept vendors and small businesses on wheels is kind of a

759
01:08:53,280 --> 01:08:54,380
great thing, so thank you.

760
01:09:00,180 --> 01:09:03,340
Council, any other questions? Seeing none,

761
01:09:03,960 --> 01:09:07,980
I'll call the question all those in favour? Those opposed motion carries. Thank you very

762
01:09:07,980 --> 01:09:08,340
much.

763
01:09:16,180 --> 01:09:19,020
We'll move now to the procurement policy update.

764
01:09:19,020 --> 01:09:19,880
I

765
01:09:30,470 --> 01:09:33,030
have a motion, please, Councillor Gareth's, Councillor Monter.

766
01:09:34,090 --> 01:09:35,610
Any questions from Ms. Marshall?

767
01:09:39,460 --> 01:09:41,640
Seeing none, I'll call the question all those in favour?

768
01:09:42,080 --> 01:09:45,500
Those opposed? Motion carried. Thank you for all these updates. These

769
01:09:45,500 --> 01:09:47,180
old pieces is important. Thank you.

770
01:09:47,360 --> 01:09:48,780
Yes, thank you. Your worship.

771
01:09:50,320 --> 01:09:55,900
Next one, advisory planning committee, finance committee, terms of reference amendments and meeting

772
01:09:55,900 --> 01:10:00,300
schedule. We're going to deal with the APC first.

773
01:10:00,300 --> 01:10:03,460
Can I have a motion please? Councilor Guy, Councilor Durning,

774
01:10:06,280 --> 01:10:11,400
any questions for Miss Wood or Miss Isles?

775
01:10:12,280 --> 01:10:18,380
Seeing none, call the question holes in favor. Those opposed? Motion is carried. And now we'll do

776
01:10:18,380 --> 01:10:23,680
us the finance committee terms of reference. Anything from those of us sitting on the finance committee? Any?

777
01:10:24,560 --> 01:10:32,060
Councilor Guy, Councilor Durning, any no questions for Miss Wood? All in favor?

778
01:10:32,720 --> 01:10:38,940
Those opposed? Seeing none, motion is carried. We'll move now to Fees and Charges Park

779
01:10:38,940 --> 01:10:49,240
Services, Bila 6062. Amendments to Fees and Charges of Bila 3909. Welcome, Ms. Walker.

780
01:10:50,780 --> 01:10:51,800
Council, any questions?

781
01:10:55,050 --> 01:10:59,530
Seeing none, I'll call for a motion. Councilor Guy, Councilor

782
01:10:59,530 --> 01:10:59,730
Fair,

783
01:11:01,960 --> 01:11:06,820
any questions from Ms. Walker saying none, all those in favor?

784
01:11:09,550 --> 01:11:11,150
Councillor Gidey, do you have a question before we?

785
01:11:11,810 --> 01:11:12,810
Councillor Gidey?

786
01:11:13,210 --> 01:11:14,410
Sorry, Councillor Gidey.

787
01:11:15,410 --> 01:11:15,990
I missed your light.

788
01:11:19,040 --> 01:11:21,300
Yeah, firstly, good work.

789
01:11:23,740 --> 01:11:29,920
Impressed with the effort and the thought that's gone into this and I really like the adjustments.

790
01:11:30,200 --> 01:11:33,380
I know we passed the motion in June, I think,

791
01:11:33,380 --> 01:11:43,480
to on the fee structures, but there's other things in there now too, and there's several

792
01:11:43,480 --> 01:11:50,360
new concepts here sort of at another level of granularity that I really like and for

793
01:11:51,460 --> 01:11:56,340
example these promotional pieces that I think are going to be great right out of the gate.

794
01:11:58,240 --> 01:12:02,860
And I read through it on the weekend and I originally had lots of questions, but it managed

795
01:12:02,860 --> 01:12:08,880
answer most of them myself, but I do have a couple that are three or four maybe that remain.

796
01:12:11,060 --> 01:12:17,900
So if you don't mind, I'll just flip through my hard copy and ask you the odd question.

797
01:12:24,360 --> 01:12:35,240
The firstly, just for clarification, we originally were going to do a 4% facility fee enhancement

798
01:12:35,240 --> 01:12:47,600
or facility enhancement fee for non-residents and you're recommending we change it to just to clarify that's starting in 2027 or only for 2027.

799
01:12:49,520 --> 01:13:02,140
And the reason I ask that is because looking at call that various tables, there's an inconsistency, sometimes that the fee is removed in the 2027 column, the 28 column, and sometimes there is still one.

800
01:13:02,140 --> 01:13:06,940
There's still a 4% facility fee in some of those columns for some of those categories

801
01:13:08,700 --> 01:13:09,140
Walker

802
01:13:09,760 --> 01:13:12,420
You worship so the intention is to remove it as of

803
01:13:13,240 --> 01:13:14,600
For 2027 onwards

804
01:13:15,920 --> 01:13:17,000
So we will

805
01:13:17,760 --> 01:13:22,540
Before the finalized copy comes we'll go through it a bit more to make sure it is all removed for 2027 onwards

806
01:13:23,120 --> 01:13:29,740
It's not it being removed until 2027 because we have some groups that have already paid for this year and have already signed contracts

807
01:13:29,740 --> 01:13:32,620
So we're working on it for a 227 forwards.

808
01:13:34,470 --> 01:13:35,550
Okay, thanks.

809
01:13:37,050 --> 01:13:39,730
That's a good, good idea, good answer.

810
01:13:41,510 --> 01:13:48,610
On your idea to add a rental fee for the concourse in Caltaire,

811
01:13:48,830 --> 01:13:55,190
play south, is this a common thing to do?

812
01:13:55,370 --> 01:13:59,270
Do other communities do this in their arenas?

813
01:14:02,630 --> 01:14:08,050
So it's common for the whole facility to have a fee, so right now our facility fee is

814
01:14:08,050 --> 01:14:13,310
only an arena rental fee, it doesn't really encompass the whole facility, and because

815
01:14:13,310 --> 01:14:18,090
CalTire plays south, differs than CalTire plays north, and there is differing requirements

816
01:14:18,090 --> 01:14:23,070
in that facility for rentals, we're adding it in for people that want exclusive use that

817
01:14:23,070 --> 01:14:25,870
are then closing it to other users like the walkers.

818
01:14:25,870 --> 01:14:31,590
So, if someone cannot use the concourse how it would normally be used during an ice rental,

819
01:14:31,750 --> 01:14:35,210
they would then be required to use the concourse as well.

820
01:14:35,590 --> 01:14:40,090
Right, and other communities do this, and our pricing would be consistent with what other communities charge.

821
01:14:41,290 --> 01:14:46,070
Yeah, so other communities do use a whole facility fee for the cost.

822
01:14:46,330 --> 01:14:50,970
It is in line with our subsidy recovery of 65%.

823
01:14:50,970 --> 01:14:57,090
Okay. I had a question about the...

824
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:24,200
All rights. There's no, I didn't see any rationale. You've said that it would be $50 an hour for custom branded displays in $100 an hour, where they feature third party advertising. What are those numbers come from? What's the rationale for picking those particular numbers?

825
01:15:24,200 --> 01:15:34,460
First, it's too sure that we can retain some advertising up there.

826
01:15:35,820 --> 01:15:39,900
Currently, anyone that wants to use that for, they can use a city branded scoreboard and

827
01:15:39,900 --> 01:15:43,200
all of our city advertising at no cost to their rental.

828
01:15:43,380 --> 01:15:48,300
If they want to brand it so that it takes away from some of our advertising, there's a minimal

829
01:15:48,300 --> 01:15:50,020
cost of $50 an hour.

830
01:15:50,020 --> 01:15:58,380
And then if they're selling advertising on top of that, it does double their costs of rental as that's consistent with our commercial rates and our

831
01:15:58,380 --> 01:16:04,120
Because at that point it becomes a commercial cost if they're selling advertising to for the scoreboard

832
01:16:05,560 --> 01:16:06,140
Okay

833
01:16:07,240 --> 01:16:10,960
On the list of community organizations and recreation

834
01:16:12,120 --> 01:16:13,980
It's on page nine if the

835
01:16:14,740 --> 01:16:20,120
package of the memo. There's a whole long list of different sports groups there.

836
01:16:22,620 --> 01:16:26,280
It's not a complete list of all the sporting organizations in town, though.

837
01:16:28,740 --> 01:16:38,580
For example, there's rugby, people play rugby in town and they travel around

838
01:16:38,580 --> 01:16:41,760
different places. I don't know if they have an organization or not, maybe they

839
01:16:41,760 --> 01:16:46,240
don't. And the same with cricket. I see we're going to charge a new fee for using the cricket

840
01:16:46,240 --> 01:16:53,720
pitch, but they're part of a league as well. So would they just apply to become listed

841
01:16:53,720 --> 01:16:59,380
on your list? Like with this walker? There's big advantage to being on the list, obviously,

842
01:16:59,540 --> 01:17:05,040
right? So that used to be called our minor sports organization. We have changed the title to

843
01:17:05,040 --> 01:17:11,460
be kind of more in line with it being a partnership for between us and these organizations. So one

844
01:17:11,460 --> 01:17:17,800
One of the main factors for becoming that organization and being part of that list is

845
01:17:17,800 --> 01:17:21,900
being part of either a provincial sport organization or a national sport organization.

846
01:17:22,700 --> 01:17:28,800
And any group that has, as part of that, is welcome to apply and we have a process in

847
01:17:28,800 --> 01:17:29,120
place.

848
01:17:29,680 --> 01:17:33,660
Those organizations that you mentioned have not approached us to apply at this time.

849
01:17:34,440 --> 01:17:40,820
And the only new organizations on that list are Skye Volleyball as well as Okinaw and Indian

850
01:17:40,820 --> 01:17:42,560
The other ones were all there.

851
01:17:44,860 --> 01:17:45,020
Okay.

852
01:17:46,540 --> 01:17:51,160
On the, the Vernon resident program on page 12.

853
01:17:52,460 --> 01:17:57,680
The tables, table one, table two, a, table two, b.

854
01:17:57,960 --> 01:18:06,700
In the title of those tables, it says single use, single use rates.

855
01:18:06,700 --> 01:18:09,660
They're single, the title is single visit.

856
01:18:11,020 --> 01:18:15,720
But then there's, I just want to be clear on the terminology.

857
01:18:16,040 --> 01:18:17,140
We used to call that drop-in.

858
01:18:17,920 --> 01:18:19,640
But the word drop-in is gone now.

859
01:18:20,800 --> 01:18:25,860
So it's single visit, and it applies to not only the single use,

860
01:18:26,380 --> 01:18:32,240
the single day use, but the 10th pass and the monthly and the annual

861
01:18:32,240 --> 01:18:37,300
memberships, just to be clear that those are still referred to as single visits.

862
01:18:38,020 --> 01:18:40,360
Am I right here on the understanding terminology?

863
01:18:40,820 --> 01:18:40,880
Yeah.

864
01:18:41,200 --> 01:18:46,120
Like a, as opposed to a program where you go every Thursday or something like that.

865
01:18:46,240 --> 01:18:47,800
Is that what single visit means?

866
01:18:48,760 --> 01:18:49,420
He's in all of it.

867
01:18:51,100 --> 01:18:52,560
Yeah, yes, that is the intent.

868
01:18:52,880 --> 01:18:56,160
It's a single, because we also offer drop-in sports and drop-in programs.

869
01:18:56,180 --> 01:19:01,000
We wanted to differentiate between what's a drop-in facility use versus a drop-in program use.

870
01:19:01,000 --> 01:19:03,460
So we went to single, single visits.

871
01:19:04,400 --> 01:19:04,680
Okay.

872
01:19:07,240 --> 01:19:11,160
On under fee regulations, 0.7

873
01:19:12,700 --> 01:19:16,180
refers to events that require a special event permit

874
01:19:16,760 --> 01:19:18,720
and a $100 application fee

875
01:19:19,840 --> 01:19:21,780
before the permit is reviewed.

876
01:19:22,400 --> 01:19:24,140
And then it says if the event goes forward,

877
01:19:24,360 --> 01:19:25,700
it's gonna be applied to the deposit.

878
01:19:26,940 --> 01:19:28,380
What if it doesn't go forward?

879
01:19:28,380 --> 01:19:33,860
There's nothing that says what happens to that $100 if it doesn't go forward, if the event doesn't go forward.

880
01:19:34,640 --> 01:19:35,500
Just to walk her.

881
01:19:36,040 --> 01:19:43,140
Your worship, so the intent is that if it doesn't go forward, then that would, the application fee is not returned.

882
01:19:44,460 --> 01:19:55,980
A lot of staff time goes into those event applications and we want to make sure that when people are applying they understand what they're applying for and we can help them through that process.

883
01:19:55,980 --> 01:19:56,080
Yes.

884
01:19:57,160 --> 01:19:57,340
Okay.

885
01:19:57,520 --> 01:19:57,680
Thanks.

886
01:19:57,720 --> 01:20:01,640
We have one last quick, super quick thing on page 45, it's table 22.

887
01:20:03,620 --> 01:20:07,780
Under community use, this is for the ALC, this is for track rental.

888
01:20:09,080 --> 01:20:14,840
The three categories are adult youth and minor that we don't use the term minor anywhere else.

889
01:20:14,860 --> 01:20:16,860
It's called preschool in the definitions.

890
01:20:20,240 --> 01:20:21,180
This walker.

891
01:20:21,680 --> 01:20:22,400
Good catch.

892
01:20:22,400 --> 01:20:28,400
We will update that to say CORE, so that is a minor UCDR CORE group, so we will update that to say CORE.

893
01:20:28,880 --> 01:20:30,020
Thank you, thanks for catching that.

894
01:20:32,660 --> 01:20:35,820
Thank you, now it's your guide for Leukeannis, so careful and much appreciated.

895
01:20:37,120 --> 01:20:40,420
Mr. Wood, we have one of the minor adjustments, Mr. Wood.

896
01:20:40,940 --> 01:20:51,760
Thank you, Worship, just to clarify with Ms. Walker, all 4% facility enhancements fee should be removed from 2027 and 2028, is that correct?

897
01:20:53,140 --> 01:20:59,880
That's correct. On the new fees though for 2026 of the ALC, the 4% doesn't apply. It's only

898
01:20:59,880 --> 01:21:08,480
on current fees for the rest of the year. For 2027 and 2028. 2026 is only on current fees

899
01:21:08,480 --> 01:21:14,920
so the ALC won't see that 4%. Everything else as of January 1, 2027 won't be 2%.

900
01:21:14,920 --> 01:21:24,800
Thank you. So if it's okay with Councillor Guy and Councillor Fair who made move the motion,

901
01:21:25,400 --> 01:21:35,360
if we could do third as amended to remove all 4% facility fees from 2027 and 2028 and

902
01:21:35,360 --> 01:21:42,060
to update minor to preschool throughout the documentation document, then we will be able

903
01:21:42,060 --> 01:21:44,260
to give it third reading.

904
01:21:45,200 --> 01:21:47,380
It's an update minor to court.

905
01:21:47,860 --> 01:21:48,620
To court, court.

906
01:21:48,720 --> 01:21:49,760
Got it, thank you.

907
01:21:51,040 --> 01:21:52,620
That allows us to approve it,

908
01:21:52,680 --> 01:21:55,040
because there's some minor adjustments you made.

909
01:21:56,260 --> 01:21:56,700
It's okay.

910
01:21:57,580 --> 01:21:58,940
Move it in seconded area, fine.

911
01:22:00,300 --> 01:22:01,680
We've got a minor and you go on

912
01:22:01,680 --> 01:22:03,180
and make a motion on the amendment

913
01:22:03,180 --> 01:22:05,180
and then a motion or just take the all motion.

914
01:22:06,520 --> 01:22:07,000
Okay.

915
01:22:08,540 --> 01:22:09,700
We have to be okay.

916
01:22:10,020 --> 01:22:10,280
We're good.

917
01:22:10,860 --> 01:22:19,920
All right, allow me then to call the question, all those in favor, those opposed, motion carried, that says, permitted.

918
01:22:21,020 --> 01:22:21,480
Thank you.

919
01:22:22,200 --> 01:22:25,300
Thank you, Ms. Walker, and thanks for dealing with the right to tell it on the details.

920
01:22:26,500 --> 01:22:35,240
This has been a long discussion and probably much longer for you than it is for us, but I appreciate your comprehension of the details, much appreciated.

921
01:22:35,240 --> 01:22:39,820
it. Always said too much of your life on these fees and

922
01:22:39,820 --> 01:22:42,140
judges. Thank you so much.

923
01:22:45,160 --> 01:22:48,140
All right, next item is the zoning

924
01:22:48,140 --> 01:22:56,420
text amendment for CMU and zone, amended by law 6091. Secondary

925
01:22:56,420 --> 01:22:56,940
Councilor Mund,

926
01:22:59,250 --> 01:23:03,330
any questions from Ms. Campbell? Councilor Cutte?

927
01:23:03,810 --> 01:23:06,110
One, thanks, Mr. Mayor. Just one thing to clarify my

928
01:23:06,110 --> 01:23:11,190
understanding of the memo, I'm fine, I'm fine with changing the viola as recommended,

929
01:23:11,430 --> 01:23:17,610
but just to clarify, because of the provincial moratorium that exists for the next six years

930
01:23:17,610 --> 01:23:23,310
or whatever, it's a 2032, none of them are going to be added. No liquor stores will be added

931
01:23:23,310 --> 01:23:28,490
to that zone in the next six or seven years. Correct. You would have to relocate an existing

932
01:23:28,490 --> 01:23:33,550
approved license within BC. Okay, but it just allows us to do that. Okay.

933
01:23:33,550 --> 01:23:37,350
Okay, allows us to do that into that zone.

934
01:23:37,690 --> 01:23:37,710
Yeah.

935
01:23:38,190 --> 01:23:41,490
You can also do other zones, but you can bring one from somewhere else.

936
01:23:41,690 --> 01:23:41,710
Yeah.

937
01:23:42,670 --> 01:23:43,110
Yeah.

938
01:23:45,780 --> 01:23:45,900
Good.

939
01:23:46,360 --> 01:23:49,900
Miss Campbell put up with a lot of my new sense of questions at APC.

940
01:23:50,100 --> 01:23:50,940
So I appreciate that.

941
01:23:51,340 --> 01:23:54,540
We had a very deep dive into this during APC.

942
01:23:55,940 --> 01:23:56,380
Council.

943
01:23:57,260 --> 01:23:58,140
Call the question.

944
01:23:58,200 --> 01:23:58,840
All those in favor?

945
01:23:59,440 --> 01:23:59,840
Those opposed?

946
01:24:00,080 --> 01:24:00,560
Motion carried.

947
01:24:00,800 --> 01:24:01,380
Thank you, Miss Campbell.

948
01:24:04,230 --> 01:24:04,650
Next item.

949
01:24:04,650 --> 01:24:09,850
and permissive tax by law number 6089, can I have a motion, please?

950
01:24:10,150 --> 01:24:10,670
Councilor Mund,

951
01:24:14,100 --> 01:24:14,820
Councilor Dury.

952
01:24:16,040 --> 01:24:18,300
Thank you, sorry, there's only looking one way at once.

953
01:24:18,980 --> 01:24:19,900
I wouldn't pass kindergarten.

954
01:24:24,090 --> 01:24:25,770
Any questions from Ms. Crossin?

955
01:24:28,310 --> 01:24:30,450
Seeing none, call the questionals in favor.

956
01:24:30,770 --> 01:24:32,930
The supposed motion is carried.

957
01:24:33,370 --> 01:24:34,070
Thank you, Ms. Crossin.

958
01:24:34,770 --> 01:24:38,970
And thank you to the Finance Committee who's been looking at this in significant detail.

959
01:24:42,400 --> 01:24:48,700
That's Councillor Yaris. Any questions for staff?

960
01:24:53,280 --> 01:24:56,680
Seeing none, all those in favor? Those

961
01:24:56,680 --> 01:24:57,860
opposed? Motion carried.

962
01:25:04,880 --> 01:25:06,220
Any questions, comments?

963
01:25:09,670 --> 01:25:11,050
I'll call the question. All those in favor?

964
01:25:11,570 --> 01:25:12,690
All those opposed? Motion carried.

965
01:25:16,220 --> 01:25:19,460
That one we need to pause if we do that. It's a very significant

966
01:25:19,460 --> 01:25:24,420
one. We're creating a village center here. We've got a motion counter running. We've got a second

967
01:25:24,420 --> 01:25:25,480
Councillor Gai,

968
01:25:28,060 --> 01:25:30,300
this would be a significant thing if it goes ahead.

969
01:25:32,350 --> 01:25:33,330
All in favour?

970
01:25:34,410 --> 01:25:36,930
Those opposed? Seeing none, motion carried.

971
01:25:41,740 --> 01:25:44,320
Any comments on the landscape regulation

972
01:25:44,320 --> 01:25:44,700
update?

973
01:25:47,100 --> 01:25:51,140
Seeing none, call the question, those in favour? Those opposed? Motion carried.

974
01:25:57,560 --> 01:26:00,200
Let me get that. Councillor Ferrer.

975
01:26:00,660 --> 01:26:05,100
I'm going to declare a conflict of interest as BC housing owns that property and turning

976
01:26:05,100 --> 01:26:07,180
points is contracted, and I work for ten points.

977
01:26:07,740 --> 01:26:08,800
Thank you, Councillor Ferrer.

978
01:26:15,100 --> 01:26:15,340
Never.

979
01:26:17,140 --> 01:26:22,240
Miss Wood is too sharp for that. And as have the ones before, Miss Wood,

980
01:26:24,480 --> 01:26:25,180
confidence

981
01:26:25,180 --> 01:26:26,580
staff is always a good thing.

982
01:26:29,270 --> 01:26:32,770
Council, do I have a motion? Councilor Munn, Councillor

983
01:26:32,770 --> 01:26:39,070
Yarris, do I have any questions on this holiday agreement? Seeing none, call the question,

984
01:26:39,070 --> 01:26:39,810
All those in favor?

985
01:26:40,010 --> 01:26:40,410
Those opposed?

986
01:26:40,670 --> 01:26:41,370
Motion carried.

987
01:26:42,110 --> 01:26:43,450
Do you want to grab Mr. Counselor?

988
01:26:43,910 --> 01:26:45,050
Mr. Counselor here?

989
01:26:45,750 --> 01:26:46,050
What?

990
01:26:46,590 --> 01:26:47,450
Maybe Mr. Raul.

991
01:26:54,310 --> 01:26:54,550
I know.

992
01:26:54,650 --> 01:26:55,570
I forgot to do something.

993
01:27:34,840 --> 01:27:35,120
All right.

994
01:27:35,280 --> 01:27:37,800
We'll move now to Council

995
01:27:39,850 --> 01:27:40,390
updates.

996
01:27:46,620 --> 01:27:48,880
I need to start on my immediate right.

997
01:27:51,440 --> 01:27:51,880
And

998
01:27:55,300 --> 01:27:59,320
all of us have done a probably a few things since the 20th of July.

999
01:28:08,320 --> 01:28:17,350
Thank you, Mr. Mayor. So I had the honor of being the acting mayor for the last part of July.

1000
01:28:18,150 --> 01:28:24,390
And I did want to thank our community for all their support during that time, during

1001
01:28:24,390 --> 01:28:30,290
extreme drought and their cooperation. It's just absolutely been phenomenal, especially

1002
01:28:30,290 --> 01:28:35,310
it's been a dire for so many and I just want to say thank you to the public for that.

1003
01:28:36,530 --> 01:28:42,170
I was very proud to be able to be the acting mayor for the connection of the reclaimed water

1004
01:28:42,170 --> 01:28:51,990
initiative initiated I think primarily by the city and was very happy to see that and see that

1005
01:28:51,990 --> 01:28:59,430
active as of today that water distribution. So a real win for the citizens and a real win for us

1006
01:28:59,430 --> 01:29:08,650
as the city of running. Also several of us were on site for the wildfire

1007
01:29:08,650 --> 01:29:15,490
evening of the wildfire and I got to tell you it was impactful. I think that's

1008
01:29:15,490 --> 01:29:20,790
the only word I have for it. Something I won't soon forget and my heart is the

1009
01:29:20,790 --> 01:29:25,550
mayor says it also goes out to those people and seeing that that night was

1010
01:29:25,550 --> 01:29:34,850
pretty horrendous and was something I've been watching kind of roll out to today even so the

1011
01:29:34,850 --> 01:29:42,390
need is still there so we need to keep keeping supportive of that. I've also attended several

1012
01:29:44,090 --> 01:29:50,630
events business after five. I was able to attend the Clona Airport Advisory Meeting for

1013
01:29:50,630 --> 01:29:54,930
Councillor Monde and I never have been to that and I understand that grab one of the reasons

1014
01:29:54,930 --> 01:29:56,590
we moved here was for.

1015
01:30:00,580 --> 01:30:10,160
How much I didn't know about the airport and the impact on the entire region. So thank you, Councilor Munn, for giving me that opportunity, and that's all I'm going to report on today.

1016
01:30:15,940 --> 01:30:34,760
Councillor Verne. Yeah, last week I attended two different overdose awareness events for overdose awareness day and burning. Prior to that, I attended the City of Vernon Finance Committee, Climate Action Committee, and the Youth Climate Course YCC Showcase over at the library.

1017
01:30:36,420 --> 01:30:41,420
also completed the city's annual respectful workplace training,

1018
01:30:42,980 --> 01:30:46,720
invited to be a guest speaker over the National Cadet Advisory Council,

1019
01:30:46,760 --> 01:30:52,860
which was great. I attended two art exhibits, one put on by Archway Society for Domestic Peace,

1020
01:30:53,080 --> 01:30:55,780
and the other for by the Canadian Mental Health Association.

1021
01:30:56,820 --> 01:31:00,800
And as Councillor Dernie said, I spent some time with her volunteering

1022
01:31:00,800 --> 01:31:07,200
hearing for that open organ Indian Vence emergency reception center at the the night of the fire and

1023
01:31:07,660 --> 01:31:10,080
Yeah, it was definitely a very song we're experience

1024
01:31:10,080 --> 01:31:17,900
Just to see the the trauma in real time and just my hats off to okay at the council and the fire department and everyone else

1025
01:31:17,900 --> 01:31:19,760
That was so instrumental in responding

1026
01:31:25,170 --> 01:31:31,250
Count you guys. Thanks, was mayor going back all the way to July 22nd. It was an already an all meeting on

1027
01:31:31,250 --> 01:31:42,390
on the 29th GVAC held a special meeting relating to the 2026 drought and also relating to some proposed new wells in the Cold Stream Valley aquifer.

1028
01:31:45,370 --> 01:31:53,450
Being a special meeting, it conflicted with another meeting of mine, the Climate Action Advisory Committee, so thanks to Councillor Faire for stepping in for me on that one.

1029
01:31:53,450 --> 01:32:02,050
On August the 5th, I went down to an official opening, ribbon cutting for a segment of

1030
01:32:02,050 --> 01:32:08,230
the rail trail running from North Kelowna, from the airport right up through into Lake

1031
01:32:08,230 --> 01:32:08,530
Country.

1032
01:32:08,670 --> 01:32:13,970
So there's only one tiny piece of the rail trail left to complete, and that's going to happen

1033
01:32:13,970 --> 01:32:14,450
pretty soon.

1034
01:32:14,990 --> 01:32:22,210
And then on the 2nd of September, the collaborative leadership table, which we're part of, this

1035
01:32:22,210 --> 01:32:26,150
this organization of mayors and chiefs up and down the valley.

1036
01:32:26,810 --> 01:32:31,170
There's a couple of committees that that group has, governance committee being one of them,

1037
01:32:31,250 --> 01:32:35,430
and I'm chairing that governance committee, so we had a meeting on the 2nd of September.

1038
01:32:40,790 --> 01:32:41,310
Councillor Gears.

1039
01:32:42,170 --> 01:32:43,290
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

1040
01:32:43,590 --> 01:32:53,050
So I attended to Chamber meetings for their advocacy committee for both July and for August.

1041
01:32:53,050 --> 01:33:00,010
I also had several meetings with the Okanagan Regional Library for discussing obviously

1042
01:33:00,010 --> 01:33:06,490
the provincial funding, and I have good news to report, due to all the advocacy efforts

1043
01:33:06,490 --> 01:33:12,590
that we put forward, our funding has been restored for the Okanagan Regional Library.

1044
01:33:13,610 --> 01:33:19,470
So I think that's a good win considering that obviously they heard us loud and clear,

1045
01:33:19,470 --> 01:33:30,090
and we're back where we were, so whatever happens moving forward, that's obviously going to be for the next board to decide, but it's a good way to kind of finish this board term.

1046
01:33:30,990 --> 01:33:31,490
That's it.

1047
01:33:35,230 --> 01:33:35,990
Councillor Munn.

1048
01:33:36,310 --> 01:33:36,850
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

1049
01:33:37,830 --> 01:33:39,150
Again, we'll just touch on the wildfire.

1050
01:33:39,430 --> 01:33:42,930
I just want to thank all the staff opening up the emergency center.

1051
01:33:43,790 --> 01:33:51,070
It was, as Kelly had said, it was quite eye-opening to watch the goings on that night.

1052
01:33:52,390 --> 01:34:21,050
Also to you Mr. Mayor for coming back off your vacation off the island coming back and dealing with situation I commend you for that it's not not easy when you have to deal with the general public when they have no idea what it takes to keep everybody save it it was emergency services did a fine job I ran to RCMP officers at the roadblocks doing a fine job everybody came together there's only so much you

1053
01:34:21,050 --> 01:34:27,610
you can do and I think kudos to everybody who's involved and especially your staff, I went

1054
01:34:27,610 --> 01:34:32,890
over from Elk's Lodge over to Cal Tire Place and they were flying, they had it up, all

1055
01:34:32,890 --> 01:34:39,050
the volunteers were in place so it was well done. So, congratulations to everybody and again,

1056
01:34:39,190 --> 01:34:42,270
my heart's go out to all those people who lost their homes out there.

1057
01:34:47,540 --> 01:34:48,060
Councillor Garene.

1058
01:34:48,780 --> 01:34:55,120
Thanks, Mr. Mayor. Can I just ask a question of Councillor Garene's, did other libraries

1059
01:34:55,120 --> 01:34:59,840
get their funding restored or just just just just ours the list was long of the

1060
01:34:59,840 --> 01:35:04,940
fund of the libraries. Yeah it was it was called major libraries when they

1061
01:35:04,940 --> 01:35:07,160
announced it and we were considered a major library.

1062
01:35:12,430 --> 01:35:13,670
Okay well that's straight

1063
01:35:13,670 --> 01:35:18,810
work well then and then the other thing I forgot to mention is I I'm acting

1064
01:35:18,810 --> 01:35:22,110
mayor next month in October but I'm going to be out of town from the 19th of the

1065
01:35:22,110 --> 01:35:28,470
31st so I need a sub for that period as acting mayor and my friend Teresa has

1066
01:35:28,470 --> 01:35:33,950
kindly offered to do that for me. So I think we need a motion to make that official.

1067
01:35:36,420 --> 01:35:42,920
Okay, seconded council guy, all in favour? Motion is carried.

1068
01:35:45,720 --> 01:35:48,120
Okay, yeah, journey's

1069
01:35:48,120 --> 01:35:51,820
that you did. Oh, good. Thank you for that.

1070
01:35:56,640 --> 01:36:04,960
All right, mayor's report in for like 20th of July

1071
01:36:04,960 --> 01:36:14,520
seems a long time ago. So that week I spent a couple of times with creative and water staff

1072
01:36:14,520 --> 01:36:20,620
talking to agricultural operators. One night we were in cold stream hall and we had

1073
01:36:20,620 --> 01:36:22,960
at 95 ag operators.

1074
01:36:23,720 --> 01:36:28,580
This is the discussing the impacts of state's rewater restrictions.

1075
01:36:29,400 --> 01:36:34,320
And I had discussions that next few days fairly extensively

1076
01:36:34,320 --> 01:36:39,360
with some individual ag operators in the city of Vernon.

1077
01:36:40,140 --> 01:36:42,340
And that was the beginning of discussions

1078
01:36:42,340 --> 01:36:44,900
of what we could do with treated wastewater.

1079
01:36:45,700 --> 01:36:47,360
I know that our staff became involved.

1080
01:36:47,360 --> 01:36:55,720
I know that it involved a number of discussions in late July, and then I went on my holidays.

1081
01:36:56,440 --> 01:37:04,200
I too attended the rail trail completion because I was around, like Councillor Monde, when those first decisions were made to create the rail trail.

1082
01:37:04,880 --> 01:37:10,880
And it was really neat to see the rail trail completed through the late country.

1083
01:37:11,240 --> 01:37:13,760
And that will have a substantial impact on the city of Vernon.

1084
01:37:13,760 --> 01:37:18,100
And that one just be very, very important, of course, already, you know.

1085
01:37:18,880 --> 01:37:23,820
And as Councillor Monde indicated, I had had a four-week holiday plan that after a week

1086
01:37:23,820 --> 01:37:29,520
I was back because of the fires, and I do appreciate the emergency operations people and people

1087
01:37:29,520 --> 01:37:36,920
who had dropped it, everything, and filed into our EOC and our ESS on Saturday, close to

1088
01:37:36,920 --> 01:37:42,780
the August long weekend, and just quite amazing to see the work that was done.

1089
01:37:42,780 --> 01:37:51,240
So thank you for everybody who did the emergency support services and also our emergency operations center, so much appreciated.

1090
01:37:51,660 --> 01:38:11,840
I'm looking over to Mr. Poole, obviously those on Saturday afternoon, Saturday morning, suddenly realizing that we were going to be in something very significant and did the precautionary thing, which was to get our ESS organized in case it was called and was in a few hours it was called.

1091
01:38:11,840 --> 01:38:13,920
So much appreciated for that.

1092
01:38:15,420 --> 01:38:19,640
When I, as people will know, I was here most days

1093
01:38:20,700 --> 01:38:25,960
with providing updates, connecting with the OC and our ESS

1094
01:38:25,960 --> 01:38:29,520
and then talk to our regular basis with Chief Wilson

1095
01:38:29,520 --> 01:38:31,820
for those who don't know.

1096
01:38:32,180 --> 01:38:36,340
Chief Wilson did call me just in that late afternoon

1097
01:38:37,400 --> 01:38:40,400
and he was in his truck and he was leaving the reserve

1098
01:38:40,400 --> 01:38:47,000
and he was calling a computer evacuation and I pushed him through to Kevin Poole and

1099
01:38:47,000 --> 01:38:51,040
then he phoned me once he got to West Kelowna on the Saturday night.

1100
01:38:51,680 --> 01:38:55,600
So he and I have spoke many, many times since then.

1101
01:38:56,180 --> 01:39:00,360
We've had contact with each other every few days and getting updates.

1102
01:39:00,840 --> 01:39:04,640
I want to thank his staff who got caught in the center.

1103
01:39:04,800 --> 01:39:08,500
They had fireable fins and their EOC was then trapped.

1104
01:39:08,500 --> 01:39:17,340
So I want to really give my heart's glow to Colleen Martian and the whole AOC over in IR-1.

1105
01:39:18,460 --> 01:39:21,640
So after that we'll sort of tone down a little bit.

1106
01:39:22,100 --> 01:39:29,260
I did attend on the 25th August 25th the celebration of the Bill's Place expansion launch

1107
01:39:29,260 --> 01:39:35,600
with my with with misheard and that was a really exciting thing.

1108
01:39:36,200 --> 01:39:39,660
Great proposed addition to Bill's place.

1109
01:39:40,260 --> 01:39:42,620
How many beds 36 edition?

1110
01:39:43,740 --> 01:39:44,020
36.

1111
01:39:44,460 --> 01:39:51,260
Yes, so just a very, very important time with a substantial seed donation

1112
01:39:51,260 --> 01:39:53,980
from the Ford Family Foundation.

1113
01:39:53,980 --> 01:39:56,100
So do watch that.

1114
01:39:56,140 --> 01:39:59,820
That will be a significant addition to that facility

1115
01:39:59,820 --> 01:40:02,300
and a great thing for greater burden.

1116
01:40:03,280 --> 01:40:05,220
We then, myself and Mr.

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01:40:05,440 --> 01:40:08,280
immediately went to with the GROS,

1118
01:40:08,520 --> 01:40:12,340
went to the ALC construction staff barbecue.

1119
01:40:13,280 --> 01:40:16,200
Just as a thank you to all the construction staff

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01:40:16,740 --> 01:40:19,440
at noon on the 25th, great barbecue, good food

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01:40:19,980 --> 01:40:22,980
and also a chance to tour the facility again.

1122
01:40:22,980 --> 01:40:31,160
So that was a worthwhile, and the next day, deep conversations with Minister Neal, with

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01:40:31,720 --> 01:40:40,100
Minister Popham, with Minister Davidson's office, also Minister Kelly Greene's office,

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01:40:40,480 --> 01:40:49,680
all related to trying to get the approval for the use of treated effluent for agriculture.

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01:40:49,680 --> 01:40:56,320
culture. So over a three or four or five day process, I think I was in calls with them

1126
01:40:56,320 --> 01:41:03,360
four or five times. I just want to thank Mr. Rice and his staff, Mr. Erd, for quickly

1127
01:41:03,360 --> 01:41:08,540
turning that one around and being absolutely ready, the moment that we were given the

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01:41:08,540 --> 01:41:14,880
go ahead and the official piece of paper to allow us to connect those two pipes. So thanks

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01:41:14,880 --> 01:41:18,720
for getting it shovel ready and open and parts there

1130
01:41:18,720 --> 01:41:22,020
and the whole system that then rolled very quickly.

1131
01:41:22,380 --> 01:41:23,420
So thank you all.

1132
01:41:23,960 --> 01:41:27,080
I also was in meeting with Minister Parmar,

1133
01:41:27,360 --> 01:41:31,240
for us with Miss Hurd and Chief Wilson

1134
01:41:31,780 --> 01:41:37,160
and Colleen Martian about the North Aberdeen Plateau

1135
01:41:37,160 --> 01:41:39,880
and the response of BC wildfire

1136
01:41:39,880 --> 01:41:42,740
to both the fires on the west side.

1137
01:41:43,580 --> 01:41:52,700
And then recently I was involved with a meeting with Minister Niel with RD&O regarding possible

1138
01:41:52,700 --> 01:42:01,400
water sources as we go forward with the expected route to last through 2027.

1139
01:42:02,220 --> 01:42:10,560
So long discussion, chaired by Bob Fleming obviously, GVW and myself.

1140
01:42:11,180 --> 01:42:21,860
And then the next day I was again on a call with Minister Neil regarding the Aberdeen Plateau with Chief Wilson and Mayor Ireland.

1141
01:42:22,520 --> 01:42:26,920
The three of us are there representing the work being done on the North Aberdeen Plateau.

1142
01:42:29,880 --> 01:42:32,740
So that is my update.

1143
01:42:37,660 --> 01:42:40,300
Thank you for bearing with me on that. Councillor Gough.

1144
01:42:41,680 --> 01:42:51,040
If I might add a quick comment about water to what you said, it will be a G-VAC tomorrow.

1145
01:42:51,980 --> 01:42:57,900
There's a report in the regular G-VAC meeting about the drought itself and the drought response and the results.

1146
01:42:58,980 --> 01:43:05,900
And it turns out that creative running water ended up managing the situation very well.

1147
01:43:08,500 --> 01:43:16,180
residential use dropped by 60 percent. The target was 50 and overall in the distribution area,

1148
01:43:16,300 --> 01:43:23,140
which is a burning cold stream in most of BNC, usage dropped 60 percent. And then on the

1149
01:43:23,140 --> 01:43:34,960
ag side, the media kept talking about a 70 percent reduction, but in fact the actual use over the

1150
01:43:34,960 --> 01:43:45,100
season was down 33% from normal, the difference between what's the allocation and what's actually

1151
01:43:45,100 --> 01:43:52,040
used and people reported that the allocation was reduced by 70 and that may be true, but since most

1152
01:43:52,040 --> 01:43:59,120
farmers only use roughly half of what they're allocated, the actual water use was down 33%. So great

1153
01:43:59,120 --> 01:44:04,220
Everyone in water actually did a good job of spreading the pain of the shortage around

1154
01:44:04,220 --> 01:44:08,020
fairly and equally and keeping us out of stage 4.

1155
01:44:08,720 --> 01:44:14,340
Now, as you said, Mr. Mayor, we're still very, very low in terms of reservoirs and

1156
01:44:14,900 --> 01:44:21,120
cowlake and the upper reservoirs, and with the Super El Nino strengthening and coming through

1157
01:44:21,120 --> 01:44:27,420
fall in winter 27, it's more than likely that we're going to see a warm dry winter.

1158
01:44:27,420 --> 01:44:40,760
And so we've really got to take some action to prepare for this, for seeing the same problem dealing with the same problem next year.

1159
01:44:41,680 --> 01:44:50,520
And the water utility operators are recommending we stay and are going to recommend tomorrow with you back that we stay in stage three.

1160
01:44:50,520 --> 01:44:51,380
Yes.

1161
01:44:55,830 --> 01:44:55,910
Yes.

1162
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:15,760
Finish that up. There has been some misinformation about water sources that GVW has access to, and I just want to take a moment to correct the record. GVW has access to some, obviously to the

1163
01:45:15,760 --> 01:45:17,620
Dutral Plateau and Cal Lake.

1164
01:45:18,220 --> 01:45:20,760
They also have access to some deep water wells

1165
01:45:20,760 --> 01:45:21,900
in the cold stream valley.

1166
01:45:22,900 --> 01:45:27,560
And once they put everyone on stage three,

1167
01:45:28,080 --> 01:45:30,380
they began to use those deep water wells.

1168
01:45:31,380 --> 01:45:33,980
So people are saying, why didn't you drill any wells

1169
01:45:33,980 --> 01:45:34,760
in the cold stream valley?

1170
01:45:34,920 --> 01:45:36,160
Well, the answer is, they already

1171
01:45:36,160 --> 01:45:40,820
was well drilled in the cold stream valley in the 1960s.

1172
01:45:40,860 --> 01:45:42,100
And they were brought on stream.

1173
01:45:42,740 --> 01:45:43,960
They come with them.

1174
01:45:43,960 --> 01:45:49,660
they come some difficulties with water chemistry and require some different treatment and different

1175
01:45:49,660 --> 01:45:55,500
management, but if you've been out in Lavington, you will see signs saying you're now on this

1176
01:45:55,500 --> 01:45:59,880
well, you're now, and of course somewhere else you'll find out you're now on this well. So,

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01:46:01,000 --> 01:46:09,220
great Vernon Water did access all three of their sources, and in 2027, it looks like they'll have

1178
01:46:09,220 --> 01:46:20,220
access token on the lake through the the canoe beach intake pipe. So in 2027 it looks like

1179
01:46:20,220 --> 01:46:25,080
they'll access to four sources. And it's important for the public to know that that

1180
01:46:25,080 --> 01:46:35,200
creative room water applied through with friend to get access token on the lake in 2019.

1181
01:46:36,480 --> 01:46:41,420
and it took six and a half years to get approval from the ministry to move

1182
01:46:41,420 --> 01:46:47,200
water licenses from BX Creek to Okragan Lake. So, when people indicate well why

1183
01:46:47,200 --> 01:46:52,380
didn't you get access to Okragan Lake, the answer is six and a half years ago we

1184
01:46:52,380 --> 01:46:59,560
asked for it and promptly six and a half years later we got it. So, for those who

1185
01:46:59,560 --> 01:47:04,880
feel like it's been a long time, it has been a long time and we looks like by

1186
01:47:04,880 --> 01:47:11,740
27 will access. We also have access to an additional source, and its temporary water sources, Mr.

1187
01:47:11,860 --> 01:47:17,540
Rice, maybe can give us an update, which is our treated effluent. So we'll have access to

1188
01:47:17,540 --> 01:47:23,900
yet another source in 2027 that we historically didn't. So Mr. Rice, is that still a temporary

1189
01:47:23,900 --> 01:47:25,840
permit or where are we at in terms of that?

1190
01:47:26,440 --> 01:47:30,600
Thank you, Your Worship. So the authorization supply reclaimed water into the Goose Lake

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01:47:30,600 --> 01:47:36,820
irrigation system was for a one-year period in 2026 and it comes due in December.

1192
01:47:37,400 --> 01:47:43,240
We are making another application shortly to extend that authorization to the end of

1193
01:47:43,240 --> 01:47:43,900
next year.

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01:47:44,600 --> 01:47:49,760
And then the hope is that should Council approve us proceeding with the amendment to

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01:47:49,760 --> 01:47:54,560
the liquid waste management plan next year, it would be built in permanently into that plan

1196
01:47:54,560 --> 01:47:56,760
and we'd have our operating certificate modified.

1197
01:47:56,760 --> 01:48:04,500
So we don't expect that the province will give us a much pushback on the extension of the authorization.

1198
01:48:04,880 --> 01:48:08,180
Obviously, it's really important. So that's currently where we're sitting right now.

1199
01:48:09,160 --> 01:48:14,940
So I think it's just really important for people to understand that the Great Vroom Water has been at this for a long time.

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01:48:15,600 --> 01:48:22,680
And we will have access probably in 2027 if we can probably give this permit to five different sources.

1201
01:48:23,560 --> 01:48:28,760
and so good work is being ahead with the concern of the water in 2027.

1202
01:48:34,670 --> 01:48:40,310
All right, we'll move now to correspondence and I see Councillor Garrison's lights on.

1203
01:48:40,550 --> 01:48:46,710
Councillor Garrison. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I just, I know that I was the one that requested this

1204
01:48:46,710 --> 01:48:51,990
letter to be deferred, but I would like to defer it again to the September 28th meeting.

1205
01:48:51,990 --> 01:48:59,530
And the reason why I am recommending the deferral is I had met with the DVA, and I'm doing

1206
01:48:59,530 --> 01:49:02,610
this on behalf of Council Requiring because, of course, he's not here today.

1207
01:49:04,010 --> 01:49:10,770
Part of the discussion that we had, although it was quite a limited discussion, the comment

1208
01:49:10,770 --> 01:49:16,530
that you had made with regards to their funding and whether or not they would be doing matching,

1209
01:49:17,550 --> 01:49:21,730
They would like to be able to take that to the board and they're having a board meeting

1210
01:49:21,730 --> 01:49:29,070
on September 15th, so just after this one. So if Council is okay, if we re-defer this

1211
01:49:29,070 --> 01:49:34,710
back to the September 28th and then we would have an update from the DVA through Council

1212
01:49:34,710 --> 01:49:38,390
acquiring as he is there liaison to that information.

1213
01:49:39,170 --> 01:49:40,770
Okay, move to from,

1214
01:49:43,460 --> 01:49:46,080
all in favor, motion carried.

1215
01:49:47,520 --> 01:49:48,760
Okay, good, thank you.

1216
01:49:49,600 --> 01:49:56,880
All right, looking at this rather correspondence, I'd like to move that we do a letter of support

1217
01:49:57,560 --> 01:50:06,400
to Science Center, answer a guy, any comments, all in favor, motion carried.

1218
01:50:07,040 --> 01:50:13,180
There's minutes that are here just making you aware and seeing there's no further

1219
01:50:13,180 --> 01:50:16,400
business. I will, as you're in the meeting.

1220
01:50:20,440 --> 01:50:21,900
Literally, you'll shut her down.

1221
01:50:21,900 --> 01:50:22,400
Thank

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01:50:29,920 --> 01:50:31,600
you very much.