An in-camera meeting (behind closed doors) preceded the public portion of the meeting: to discuss “litigation or potential litigation affecting the municipality.” In spite of earlier promotions that changes to the Financial Plan would be open to public discussion, Council … Continue reading →
Bird’s eye overview: All but Councillor Rick Kasper were in attendance. Not on this Agenda were Reports from Council, Mayor and CAO. These have typically been a part of the agenda. The UBCM’s annual convention happened in late September (25-29) in Victoria, … Continue reading →
Council keen to support environmental recommendations in tonight’s Committee for the Whole Wendy O’Connor from Zero Waste Sooke gave a presentation to Council. The results from their Zero Waste working group resulted in three recommendations: That the District consider legislation implementing … Continue reading →
The District of Sooke quietly** hosted a special 20 minute meeting on Wednesday, August 3 with the single agenda item to appoint the interim fire chief, Russ Cameron. Elected officials present at the meeting were Mayor Maja Tait and Councillors … Continue reading →
This was the last Regular Council Meeting for the summer. The next regularly scheduled Council Meeting and Committee of the Whole are on September 12. The full agenda in PDF format is available here: Agenda (without correspondence), and Correspondence. Disclaimer: These are … Continue reading →
SPN DISCLAIMER: All errors are those of SPN. This is by no means an official record of the regular Council meeting; it’s the takeaways as seen and understood by the writer only. For an official version, refer to either the … Continue reading →
Delegations (Presentations from the public, by application) D-1: Quinn Yates – Edward Milne Community School – Delegation Request Quinn Yates requested that the fees associated with the rental of Ed Mcgregor Park be waived for the Sooke Harbour Festival happening in … Continue reading →
–Britt Santowski, SPN Following is Sooke PocketNews’ takeaways from the May 24 Regular Council Meeting (full agenda here). As always, these are SPN’s takeaways, captured at the meeting; the final and approved version will always be the filed minutes that have been approved by … Continue reading →
Following are SPN’s takeaways from the Council of the Whole, and Regular Council Meeting, both taking place on May 9, 2016. If I missed or inaccurately noted information, please accept my apologies and feel free to leave the correct information … Continue reading →
-Britt Santowski Minutes. Minutes are good. They serve as written verification of decisions made at official meetings. However, as good as they are, minutes do not capture everything. Mind the gap: the gap between the Agenda and the Minutes. Take, … Continue reading →
