May 20, 2025 - Minutes
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General Purposes Committee
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Tuesday, May 20, 2025 |
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Anderson Room |
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Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie, Chair
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Call to Order: |
The Chair called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. |
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AGENDA ADDITION |
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It was moved and seconded |
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That Extending the Forensic Audit on Gift Cards be added to the agenda as Item No. 2. |
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CARRIED |
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MINUTES |
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It was moved and seconded |
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That the minutes of the meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on May 5, 2025, be adopted as circulated. |
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CARRIED |
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LAW AND COMMUNITY SAFETY DIVISION |
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(File Ref. No. 12-8350-05) (REDMS No. 8015977) |
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Discussion ensued with respect to the technology contemplated and the proposed regulation requirements. |
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In response to queries from Committee, staff noted (i) there are other provinces such as Quebec and Ontario that have these types of provisions that require the tracking of soil from its origin site to its destination site, (ii) in advance of the UBCM workshop, staff can reach out to counterparts in Ontario and Quebec for further detail and specifics of the software they are using, which has been in place since 2022, (iii) staff are not familiar with any municipality in BC that would be opposed to this; there are a number of municipalities that have been burdened by this issue, and (iv) staff will explore the enforcement structure in Quebec and Ontario in further detail and report back. |
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It was moved and seconded |
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That the proposed resolution (Attachment 1) that calls for the Government of British Columbia (the Government) to mandate that all soil and other material to be removed and moved from source and deposit sites covered under Agricultural Land Commission Act (ALC Act) and Regulations within the Province of British Columbia (the Province) be monitored and tracked by individual truckload using appropriate technology to ensure source site soil and other material is taken only to approved sites within the Province, be endorsed and forwarded to the UBCM for consideration during its 2025 Convention; and |
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That the proposed resolution (Attachment 2) that calls for the Government of British Columbia to give the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) Compliance and Enforcement staff the authority to ticket property owners and corporations who are responsible for the unauthorized filling of Lands within the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) and other issues of non-compliance related to the ALC Act and associated regulations, be endorsed and forwarded to the UBCM for consideration during its 2025 Convention. |
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CARRIED |
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COUNCILLOR KASH HEED |
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Extending the Forensic Audit on Gift Cards (File Ref. No.) (REDMS No.) |
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Councillor Heed provided an overview of the motion to extend the forensic audit on gift cards to 2015 (attached to and forming part of these minutes as Schedule 1). |
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It was moved and seconded |
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That the forensic audit related to the concern of unreconciled gift cards extend back to 2015; and, |
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That upon completion of the forensic audit, the findings are presented to Council. |
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The question on the motion was not called as discussion ensued with respect to the scope of the forensic audit and the City’s policies and procedures in place following the discontinuance of gift card purchases and other measures. It was requested that the timeline for the forensic audit be provided. |
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The question on the motion was then called and it was CARRIED. |
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ADJOURNMENT |
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It was moved and seconded |
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That the meeting adjourn (4:28 p.m.). |
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CARRIED |
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Certified a true and correct copy of the Minutes of the meeting of the General Purposes Committee of the Council of the City of Richmond held on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. |
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Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie |
Lorraine Anderson |