AGENDA

REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

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Date:
Time:
5:00 p.m. to Proceed "In Camera", Reconvene in the Shaw Auditorium 7:00 p.m.
Location:
SHAW AUDITORIUM, VANCOUVER ISLAND CONFERENCE CENTRE
80 COMMERCIAL STREET, NANAIMO, BC

That the meeting be closed to the public in order to deal with agenda items under the Community Charter:

Section 90(1) A part of the Council meeting may be closed to the public if the subject matter being considered relates to or is one or more of the following:

(c) labour relations or other employee relations;

(d) the security of property of the municipality;

(e) the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the Council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality;

(f) law enforcement, if the Council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the conduct of an investigation under or enforcement of an enactment;

(i) the receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose;

(k) negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of a municipal service that are at their preliminary stages and that, in the view of the Council, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality if they were held in public; and,

(n) the consideration of whether a Council meeting should be closed under a provision of this subsection or subsection (2).

Minutes of the Special Council Meeting (Public Hearing) held in the Shaw Auditorium, Vancouver Island Conference Centre, 80 Commercial Street, Nanaimo, BC, on Thursday, 2019-APR-04, at 7:00 p.m.

Minutes of the Special Council Meeting held in the Boardroom, Service and Resource Centre, 411 Dunsmuir Street, Nanaimo, BC, on Tuesday, 2019-APR-16 at 1:00 p.m.

[Note:  A Link to the Agenda for the 2019-APR-29 Governance and Priorities Committee meeting is attached for reference.]

That Council direct Staff to narrow down the key focus areas of the Strategic Plan from 21 focus areas to approximately 10 focus areas and return to a future Governance and Priorities Committee meeting with the results.

That Council direct Staff to strike an Environmental Committee with the Terms of Reference to be determined after the 2019-MAY-13 Governance and Priorities Committee Meeting. 

That Council adopt the Capital Project Management Policy 11-5210-01. 

11.

That “Financial Plan Amendment Bylaw 2019 No. 7279.01” (To amend the 2019 – 2023 Financial Plan) be adopted.

That “Property Tax Rates Bylaw 2019 No. 7287” (To set the property tax rates for 2019) be adopted.

During the Regular Council Meeting 2019-APR-29, Councillor Maartman advised that she would be bringing forward the following motion for consideration at a future meeting:

"That Council direct Staff to report back to Council regarding options for consideration of a bylaw that prohibits the bottling of groundwater within the City of Nanaimo to help protect groundwater today and for the future."

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