Friday, December 17, 2010

Crowsnest Pass G + P meeting Dec 14, 2010

Governance and Priorities Committee Meeting Dec 14, 2010

Call to order @ 7:10pm

Adoption of agenda
Councilor Mitchell added two items under Topics for Discussion
#4 Absenteeism on Committees of members at large
#5 Municipal Liability Insurance for Councilors traveling out of town

Motion to accept amended agenda accepted Unanimously

Delegations:

1. Allied Arts Overview
Good presentation by Jean Bailey on behalf of our Art Gallery in Frank, everybody should check this out, a lot of rural communities do not have this luxury.

2. Lethbridge College Overview
Kathy Brown gave a short presentation on what the College is doing at the MDM, the types of courses they have to offer, and how happy they are with their new location

3. Mohawk Excavating
Bill Ogertschnig owner of Mohawk Excavating leased a piece of land from the municipality on the MDM property to park his equipment on. The lease was only for one year, he requested that council renew the agreement for one more year. One neighbor spoke in opposition to this, feeling that this was not an area to park industrial equipment.

Topics for Discussion:

Business Appreciation Certificate
Councilor Gallant raised the issue of giving businesses a Appreciation Certificate that do upgrades to their present properties, Administration did not feel this would creat a substantial work load increase so the Committee accept the motion to recommend this to council Unanimously.

Stake out Policy
Administration recommended that this come back to council when the revisions to the land use bylaw are brought back to council at a later date. Accepted Unanimously

Pending Conferences-2011
Determined that Mayor Decoux, Councilors Mitchell and Gail would attend the AAMDC Convention in Edmonton March 21-23 2011
Mayor Decoux and Councilor Saje will be attending the FCM Convention in Halifax June 2-6 2011

Absenteeism on committee’s members at large.: Councilor Mitchell raised the issue of a member on the Subdivision Board missing several meeting to go down south every winter, was asking if the municipality had a policy regarding this, Mayor Decoux requested that it be discussed further during the In Camera session.

Municipal Liability Insurance: This issue was raised by Councilor Mitchell are Councilors covered by Municipal Insurance when traveling out of town on municipal business, Administration stated that they are.

Note: Councilor Saindon was not present.

Committee went to "In Camera" after a short break.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

One delagation got cancelled, having to do with Lowry Toombs giant sign.They did not inform the home owners that were effected.They showed up and were told it was scheduled for a later date because Lowry could not make it.This is BS and should never happen.People have lives and should be informed or just tell Lowry to stick his sign as the previous board did.He reminds me of Lisa S.

Crowsnest Pass Home said...

no this what not on the agenda, this was rejected by the Subdivision authority, subsequently appealed to the subdivision appeal board which was scheduled to take place Wednesday night. I did not know it was cancelled.
It was definitly not a part of the G+P meeting.

Anonymous said...

Ok, so it was the appeal board. It still should not work that way.How many times can some one cancel at the last minute and disrupt everyone elses life.I am just saying that this is wrong.

Fred W said...

excellent coverage. clear, concise and informative. Please continue the good work.