The following
highlights are from the January 22, 2013 Regular meeting of the District of
Tofino Council. Formal minutes from the meeting shall be available in the
February 12, 2013 Regular Council meeting agenda.
Copies of the
complete agenda package can be downloaded from:
BYLAWS
· Council adopted the District
of Tofino Building Amendment Bylaw No.1811, 2012. The bylaw Amendment is to
bring the existing District of Tofino Building Bylaw No. 940 2003 into
conformance with the 2012 British Columbia Building Code.
BUSINESS
·
Council
discussed the status of the Joint-Use Agreement between the School District 70,
the District of Tofino and the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations for the use of the
School Gym.
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Council resolved
to request to attend the next meeting of School District 70 as a delegation for
the purpose of resolving the interim Joint-use
Agreement.
·
Council
rescinded resolution #440-07 from November 26, 2007 regular meeting adopting the
Water Utility Refund Policy; and endorsed the amendments to the Utility
Bill Adjustment Policy as presented.
·
Council authorized that the Utility
Bill Adjustment Policy be applied retroactively in this instance only to the
two properties owned by Dr. Hanton and Jim Gower, respectively.
·
Council directed staff to review the
letter received from Sun
Peaks Resort Municipality to determine its implication to the District of
Tofino; and Council directed staff bring this item to the agenda for the Resort
Municipalities meeting to measure the support for this concept and to bring that
information back to Council.
·
Council amended the “Naming
of New Streets, Land and Parks Policy” to include both Walter Douglas
Busswood for his contribution to the development and growth of Tofino and
Florence Busswood for her contributions as a business woman and the first
hospital administrator of Tofino General Hospital; and Council directed staff to
send a letter to the Busswood’s heirs outlining the actions
taken.
·
Council approved the change in signing
authority to remove former Mayor, Perry Schmunk, and former CAO, Braden
Smith, and to add Mayor Josie Osborne.
·
Council scheduled a Town Hall meeting at
the Community Hall for February 27, 2013 at 7:00pm.
·
Council cancelled the scheduled January
25, 2013 Special Open Budget Meeting of Council and re-scheduled the Special
Open Budget Meeting of Council for Friday, February 1, 2013 at 10:00
AM.
·
Council authorized Councillor Baert,
Anderson, McMaster, Mayor Osborne attend the Local Government Leadership Academy
Forum to be held on February 20-21, 2013.
·
Council resolved to pay the additional
remuneration of $130.00 for Councillor
Anderson and $65.00 for Councillor
Thorogood.
·
Council appointed Mayor Osborne as the
Director to the Alberni-Clayoquot
Regional District Board of Directors, and appointed Councillor McMaster as
the Alternate Director to the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District Board of
Directors.
·
Council substituted Mayor Osborne for
Councillor Thicke on the CAO Search Committee.
RELEASE OF CLOSED
MEETING INFORMATION
·
Council authorized the contract with
Graham Savage for the approving officer services.
·
Council adopted the Manager
of Resort Municipality Initiative Services job description with the amendment to include grant writing
responsibilities.
·
Council appointed Nyla Attiana as the
Interim CAO for a period of up to six months following the departure of CAO
Braden Smith.
ANNOUNCEMENTS,
CORRESPONDENCE & DELEGATIONS
· Council received a presentation
from Dr. Paul Hasselback, the Medical Health Officer for Central Island,
regarding the Local
Health Area Profile.
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Following the presentation, Council
resolved to invite the Coastal Family Resource Coalition to attend as a
delegation to provide Council with an update on their current
projects.
· A Press Release was issued regarding the new
organizational chart.
· Thursday, January 24th from 8:30AM -10:00AM at the Common
Loaf Bakery the Tofino-Long Beach Chamber of Commerce held their Monthly Green
Breakfast. This month’s discussion was on governance.
· Monday, February 11, 2013 is BC Family Day, which is a new Provincial
statutory holiday. This holiday was created to give people a day off to spend
with their families.
· Council received several items of correspondence which were received
during the regular meeting, copies of which are available in the agenda
package.
If you have
questions or comments regarding any of the above items, please forward them to
office@tofino.ca. Regular meetings occur
on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 10:00AM (next meeting is on
February 12, 2013) and Committee of the Whole meetings are scheduled for the
fourth Monday of each month at 6:00PM (next meeting is February 25, 2013) in
Council Chambers.
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