Regular Council

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The Mayor called the meeting to order.

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Territorial acknowledgement was read.

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Meeting conduct rules were read by the Corporate Officer.

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Council approved the agenda as amended to add an RCMP correspondence item.

Motions (1)

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Presentations to Council.

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Members of the public spoke to items including the Westhills YMCA purchase, community gardens, and travel expense policy.

Who spoke (7)

• Lisa Fochthal (Foxhall)Mixed · YMCA agreement, expenses, and community gardens
  Challenges the city’s interpretation of the YMCA service agreement, opposes higher travel per diems, questions garden contracting, and raises a potential Colliers conflict.
• Steve RossanderAsks · West Hills facility purchase
  Requests a town hall and greater access to YMCA operating reports before decisions on the West Hills facility.
• Wendy Hobbs (Luxon Highway)Mixed · Expense policy, community gardens, and YMCA
  Opposes adding dependent-care reimbursements and raising travel expenses, and urges safety planning for community gardens and regional cost-sharing for the YMCA.
• M. Wignall (Langford)Concerned · YMCA, community gardens, and travel expenses
  Welcomes new YMCA information but questions the operator’s incentives, urges a community-garden plan that avoids nuisances, and recommends sending fewer council delegates to conferences.
• B. Armstrong (Rodney Road)Concerned · YMCA facility and travel expenses
  Questions YMCA acquisition projections, library lease costs, facility comparisons and regional cost-sharing, and supports reducing council travel attendance.
• Normal Joel (Langford)Concerned · YMCA purchase and travel expenses
  Questions property-tax treatment, Colliers’ potential conflict, how the purchase would affect the YMCA subsidy, and proposed travel-expense increases.
• Fraser Johnson (Langford)Mixed · YMCA purchase and expense policy
  Questions elector approval, purchase value and omitted lifecycle costs for the YMCA facility, while supporting proposed expense increases and dependent-care reimbursement.

Summarized from the meeting video. Names use checked registry spellings; unconfirmed names appear as “A resident”.

Summary

Council adopted the recommendations for the consent agenda items as presented.

Motions (1)

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No items were removed from the consent agenda.

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Committee resolutions from the Community Advisory Committee were presented.

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Council considered staff reports (see subitems).

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Correspondence items presented to Council (see subitem 11.1).

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Council adjourned the meeting at 9:05 pm.

Motions (1)