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SQCRD meeting

Friday 19th

Pretty uneventful – no temper tantrums etc

 

Almost all the SQCRD Business dealt with the Charlottes

 

Note there will be a City Council meeting Monday night ---- their web site is down but Agenda is mainly groups seeking grant $$ to make their cases to Council etc

 

c) labour relations or other employee relations;(e) the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements (j) information that is prohibited, or information that if it were presented in a document would be prohibited, from disclosure under section 21 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy ---- l) discussions with municipal officers and employees respecting municipal objectives, measures and progress reports for the purposes of preparing an annual report under section 98 [annual municipal report];

With closed meeting to follow

Here is the ‘key’ to all those letters – 90.1 (l) added at meeting ---- presumably to talk about next years budget --- dubious if Annual Report as it is not due till next summer --- Is the RD going to purchase property???

 

 

Mussallem brought up during the subsequent discussion that the ‘board’ on which Jean Martin sits ‘requires’ members be appointed every 2 years --- thus the hint was out that Jack will make sure Jean is not appointed come next January --- One of the surprises most everyone missed was that Koning told Mussallem that some of the projects he suggested for Budget Year 2011  (cleaning exterior of Recycling depot, trimming trees etc) could possibly be done in 2010 using ‘surplus funds’ left over from this year (but can’t extend hours on Saturday) go figure

PR Environmental Society gave a short presentation on options for keeping the Recycling open longer on Saturdays – plus petition signed by over 300 Rupertities etc

Closing half an hour earlier during weekdays would allow the extra 2 hours on Saturday afternoon

 

 

Recycling warehouse photo was one of many Jean Martin had to document the Saturday usage etc

 

 

 

This was one of the few topics concerning PR at meeting

I will have to return to this later – but they were given the requested extended payback period of 5 years and 2.5% interest --- this loan dates back to 1999 --- more later

 

This California site has more textual info on the Drop•Cover•Hold  which should be memorized – especially by those working with kids etc

Dangers of Earthquakes

Sounds like only the SQCRD office is participating --- but the rest of us should be paying more attention --- the main site for BC is 2011 Great British Columbia ShakeOut which is being organized province-wide for January 26th at 10:00 a.m

 

While all this was about the Charlottes --- will come back to it later --- the Graham Island Advisory group had several reservations about usage --- was the public etc to be excluded? Etc

More later

 

This was when ‘audience’ first came in – We were told they were ‘posing’ for a group picture to be put on their new, improved web site—which is blank just now  http://sqcrd.bc.ca/

Group photo

I had a chance to discuss ‘conflict of interest’ with a couple of the Area Directors --- they held (as does Mussallem) that one had to directly receive $$ or a favour etc --- I will return to this later – but read this V SUN story on Nanaimo Council argument that threatens court action – the councillor in question certainly did not get $$ directly --- but only an organization he deals with – no problem in Rupert ---BUT here is the BC site giving advise --- ‘A member must also declare a conflict if he or she has some other, non-pecuniary type of interest that places the person in a conflict position (e.g., bias’).

 

 

Sunny weather looks to be holding

While clouds like this can lead in a system – I see nothing on the Satellite imagery lurking offshore

 

See my earlier with links --- 755 derelicts in 2007 removed

And more Derelict Cars

I was told at an earlier Council meeting that ‘no problem’ – though Mr Howie said he would take a look around I--- both these cars are derelicts and they are (probably) on a City Roadway --- The one is potentially a hazard which the City would perhaps be liable for – as they are allowing it on their property etc

 

 

 

 

 

More Monday after I see the Agenda package

 

Created by LG on 21/11/2010

Last updated on Sunday, November 21, 2010