Friday, June 14, 2013

Nanaimo City Council Meeting June 17, 2013

 
Nanaimo City Council Meeting
Monday, June 17, 2013
4:30 PM Shaw Auditorium
Vancouver Island Conference Centre

NOTE Time Change
This Was a COW Meeting
Is Being Held At 4:30 not 7:00pm 

  • SUPPLY WATER TO LANTZVILLE! One of those quietly done little 'deals' it looks like will slide by, is allowing Lantzville to have access to a water supply from Nanaimo. Why live in Nanaimo and pay our high taxes when you can have the benefits and live in Lantzville?
  •  2012 Annual Municipal Report, get council's approval of the report.
  • RCMP Strategic plan presentation
  • Financial Plan Process (2014 - 2018) seek council direction on the preparation and review of the plan
  • 2012 Statement of Financial Information (SOFI), council asked to approve the report.
  • SHAW Go WiFi council asked to have staff negotiate a full commercial offering of the SHAW Go WiFi service in the city. 
  • Parks and Rec - Fees and Rental Policy - Sept. 2013 - Aug. 2016. 

Democracy Is Too Important To Leave To The Politicians
Do Your Civic Duty By Getting Informed and Getting Involved

If you say: " I'm too busy just trying to keep it together to get involved, consider that perhaps, if you were more involved you might not be having so much trouble keeping it together "!

You can view this week's Council Meeting Agenda here - - -  Agenda .


 Some Council Decisions You Might Want To Think About

Council decided to spend at least $160,000 on the old theatre on Victoria Rd. when a $20,000 solution would have done, until it is decided what is to be done with the building long term. Two engineers have raised questions about the seismic standard of the building, but staff seem content to ignore the concern.  

By deciding to bring downtown parking enforcement 'in-house' which was supposed to save tax dollars, we are now going to lose $140,000 in the first year.

We are paying over $60,000/yr. for downtown parking attendants (meter maids).

We gave a $300,000 tax exemption to the bar operating in the old train station. This exemption was originally thought to apply to the area of the train station used as a train station and not the area operating as a pub.   

Council decided to spend $170,000 on an electric Zamboni, when a propane fueled one costs $80,000 and does the same job.

Council decided to spend thousands of dollars to implement a policy of banning the sale of bottled water at civic facilities.

Council decided to add another $700,000 to the $844,000,000 financial plan to pay for a communications person (spin doctor), do you think that is a good use of YOUR tax dollar??

Two years ago they decided to spend $16,000,000.00 on a new staff office, an amount equal to YOUR tax increase for 5 years! 

Recently voted to spend $160,000 instead of $20,000 on old theatre at 25 Victoria Rd.

Attending in person is the best way to see your business being taken care of, second best is watching on Shaw Cable from the comfort of your easy chair, it is also available live online using this link, and last but not least is reading what the local press says went on.

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