Present - Mayor Cook and Councillors Bonnell, Hughes, Rathor and Walters
Staff:
Darrell Garceau - City Manager
Cindy Bouchard - Corporate Officer/Mgr of Legislative Services
Alan Madrigga - Ec Dev Mgr
Tom Chung - IT Mgr
Chris Hutton - Planner
Delegation:
Janine North from Northern Development Initiative Trust appeared before the Committee to discuss the Trust's various grant programs
A Question/Answer period ensued
Mayor Cook, on behalf of the Committee, thanked Ms. North for her time/information
Business:
1) City of Williams Lake Audit Services Tender
The Director of Finance reviewed her report with the Committee
Discussion ensued thereon
Resolved - That the Committee recommend:
Council terminate the contract signed on August 1, 2013 with PMT Chartered Accountants/Business Advisors LLP and tender out for Audit Services
Approved by the following vote:
Affirmative - Mayor Cook and Councillors Bonnell, Hughes, and Walters
Negative - Councillor SPS Rathor
2) Sidewalk Inspection Policy
Committee reviewed the report of the Director of Finance
Discussion ensued thereon
Resolved - That the Committee recommend:
Council accept the new Sidewalk Inspection & Maintenance Policy as presented and allow Staff to develop a sidewalk plan to reduce risk and ensure consistent repairs, to work within the constraints of manpower and budget
3) Verbal Report of Councillor Walters re: Teaching of new Theatre Course at CMRC
General discussion ensued - No motion made
Mayor Cook declared a conflict of interest on the next item as she is a resident of Woodland Drive. Councillor Hughes assumed the Chair as Acting Mayor
4) Potential for Water Services to Woodland Drive
The Planner reviewed his report with the Committee
Discussion ensued thereon
Resolved - That the Committee recommend:
1) Council advise Staff to communicate that the City will no longer focus on seeking grant funding for full servicing of Woodland Drive until a residential land development strategy has been developed; and only if and when such a strategy indicates such servicing as a priority.
2) Council advise the residents of Woodland Drive that, if they wish to proceed with services, a petition may be submitted for a Local Service Area to be established for the construction of such infrastructure;
3) Council direct staff to proceed to the 2014 Business Plan Goal to complete a residential land development strategy framework to identify priority lands for future municipal infrastructure improvements to better identify where to direct such investment for growth
Approved by the following vote:
Affirmative - Mayor Cook and Councillors Bonnell, Hughes, and Walters
Negative - Councillor SPS Rathor
3 comments:
Letting pmt out of the contract is wrong,they have been in business long enough to know better,now you will let them in the back door at an even greater expense to us taxpayers...I know who will get my vote ,and it wont be any of the current council except Surinder,thank you Surinder.People need to wake up to this inept Council!
I think more info is needed on the reasons for this before we take sides.
I agree that if only a mistake was made on PMT's behalf they should step up and honor that contract. However if more work is now required (Over and above the scope of the contract bid on) this should be justified.
At this point we really don't know why all this extra time to audit city books was needed. As auditors of the city books is PMT not obligated to verify what is happening with city finances? I for one think it shows PMT's integrity to say we want to do it properly or not at all.
Perhaps PMT should be let out of their contract with the stipulation that they are NOT permitted to bid on the replacement contract,but MUST sit out of the bidding for the duration of the proposed "new" contract.5
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