Committee of Council Minutes

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Council Chambers
3rd Floor City Hall, 2580 Shaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlam, BC
Absent:
  • Chair - Mayor West
  • Councillor Darling
  • Councillor Dupont
  • Councillor McCurrach
  • Councillor Penner
  • Councillor Pollock
  • Councillor Washington

The meeting was called to order at 2:05 p.m.

Moved-Seconded:

  • That the Tuesday, May 12, 2020, Committee of Council Meeting Agenda be adopted as circulated.

    In Favour (6)Mayor West, Councillor Darling, Councillor Dupont, Councillor Penner, Councillor Pollock, and Councillor Washington
    Absent (1)Councillor McCurrach
    Carried

Staff presented the 2019 Year-end Operating Variance report.

Moved-Seconded:

  • That Committee of Council recommend that:

    1. Council accept the 2019 Audited Consolidated Financial Statements; and
    2. The 2020 financial plan be amended to include a transfer of $395,000 from accumulated surplus to the Sewer Long Term Reserve Fund.
    In Favour (7)Mayor West, Councillor Darling, Councillor Dupont, Councillor McCurrach, Councillor Penner, Councillor Pollock, and Councillor Washington
    Carried

Moved-Seconded:

  • That Committee of Council approve the Official Community Plan scope including:

    1. topic areas; and
    2. timeline for the update.

    as outlined in the May 12, 2020, report, “Official Community Plan Update Scoping Report”.

    In Favour (7)Mayor West, Councillor Darling, Councillor Dupont, Councillor McCurrach, Councillor Penner, Councillor Pollock, and Councillor Washington
    Carried

Moved-Seconded:

  • That Committee of Council approve Development Permit DP000422 to regulate a coach house development at 3771 Somerset Street.

    In Favour (7)Mayor West, Councillor Darling, Councillor Dupont, Councillor McCurrach, Councillor Penner, Councillor Pollock, and Councillor Washington
    Carried

Council provided updates on City business.

Mayor West provided an update on City business.

No update.

Moved-Seconded:

  • That the Committee of Council Meeting of Tuesday, May 12, 2020, be closed to the public pursuant to the following subsections(s) of Section 90(1) of the Community Charter:
    Item 5.1

    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.

    Item 5.2

    c. labour relations or other employee relations.

    Item 5.3

    c. labour relations or other employee relations.

    Item 5.4

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

    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].

     

    In Favour (7)Mayor West, Councillor Darling, Councillor Dupont, Councillor McCurrach, Councillor Penner, Councillor Pollock, and Councillor Washington
    Carried

Moved-Seconded:

  • That the Tuesday, May 12, 2020, Committee of Council Meeting be adjourned at 07:26 p.m.

    In Favour (7)Mayor West, Councillor Darling, Councillor Dupont, Councillor McCurrach, Councillor Penner, Councillor Pollock, and Councillor Washington
    Carried

Councillor McCurrach joined the meeting at 02:15 p.m. 

The meeting was recessed at 2:45 p.m. and reconvened at 6:50 p.m.

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