 | COMOX VALLEY REGIONAL DISTRICT (COMOX STRATHCONA WASTE MANAGEMENT) BOARD | |
| Thursday, March 7, 2019 | ||
| Minutes of the meeting of the Comox Valley Regional District (Comox Strathcona Waste Management) Board of Directors held on Thursday, March 07, 2019 in the boardroom of the Comox Valley Regional District offices located at 550B Comox Road, Courtenay, BC commencing at 8:30 a.m. | ||
| MINUTES | ||
| Present: | ||
| Chair: | B. Wells | City of Courtenay |
| Vice-Chair: | A. Hamir | Lazo North (Area 'B') |
| Directors: | D. Arbour | Baynes Sound-Denman/Hornby Islands (Area 'A') |
| J. Abram | Discovery Islands - Mainland Inlets (Area ‘C’) | |
| N. Anderson | Cortes (Area ‘B’) | |
| M. Babchuk | City of Campbell River | |
| C. Cornfield | City of Campbell River | |
| D. Frisch | City of Courtenay | |
| E. Grieve | Puntledge/Black Creek (Area 'C') | |
| D. Hillian | City of Courtenay | |
| R. Kerr | City of Campbell River | |
| B. Leigh | Oyster Bay – Buttle Lake (Area ‘D’) | |
| A. Adams | City of Campbell River | |
| W. Cole-Hamilton | City of Courtenay | |
| B. Unger | Village of Gold River | |
| G. Whalley | Kyuquot – Nootka/Sayward (Area ‘A’) | |
| Alt. Directors: | B. Ives | Village of Sayward |
| M. Davis | Village of Tahsis | |
| C. Evans | City of Campbell River | |
| A. Bissinger | Town of Comox | |
| G. Sproule | Village of Cumberland | |
| N. Minions | Town of Comox | |
| Staff: | B. Dunlop | Corporate Financial Officer |
| J. Lee | Manager of CSWM Transfer Facility Operations | |
| R. Dyson | Chief Administrative Officer | |
| M. Rutten | General Manager of Engineering Services | |
| J. Warren | General Manager of Corporate Services | |
| J. Martens | Manager of Legislative Services | |
| A. Baldwin | Legislative Services Assistant | |
| Absent: | ||
| Directors: | J. Colborne | Village of Zeballos |
| ATTENDANCE: | ||||||
| Directors Whalley, Kerr, Abrams, Babchuk, Cornfield, Grieve and Arbour were not in attendance when the meeting was called to order and did not participate in the facility tour. | ||||||
| TOUR OF COMOX VALLEY WASTE MANAGEMENT CENTRE | ||||||
| The board conducted a tour of the Comox Valley Waste Management Centre from 8:30 a.m. - 10:51 a.m. | ||||||
| The board reconvened at 11:00 a.m. and Directors Whalley, Kerr, Abrams, Babchuk, Cornfield, Grieve and Arbour were present at this time. | ||||||
| ADOPTION OF MINUTES: | ||||||
| C. Cornfield/M. Babchuk: THAT the minutes of the Comox Strathcona Waste Management Board meeting dated February 7, 2019 be adopted. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| REPORTS: | ||||||
| COMOX STRATHCONA WASTE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES | ||||||
| M. Babchuk/D. Arbour: THAT the Comox Strathcona Waste Management Advisory Committee minutes dated February 21, 2019 be received. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| COMOX STRATHCONA SOLID WASTE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SELECT COMMITTEE - FEBRUARY 22, 2019 | ||||||
| B. Leigh/M. Babchuk: THAT the Comox Strathcona Solid Waste Advanced Technology Select Committee minutes dated February 22, 2019 be received. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| REGIONAL ORGANICS COMPOST PROJECT – OIP GRANT APPLICATION | ||||||
| B. Unger/M. Babchuk: THAT the report dated February 28, 2019 regarding a grant application under the Organics Infrastructure Program be received. | ||||||
| 209 | Carried | |||||
| A. McGifford, Senior Manager of CSWM Services, presented information regarding a grant application under the Organics Infrastructure Program. | ||||||
| D. Arbour/M. Babchuk: THAT the Comox Valley Regional District on behalf of the Comox Strathcona Waste Management service submit a grant application for the Regional Organics Compost facility expansion project through the Organics Infrastructure Program;
AND FURTHER THAT the Comox Valley Regional District (Comox Strathcona Waste Management) Board confirm its support of the project and commits to fund its share of the $1,364,450 project cost. | ||||||
| 209 | Carried | |||||
| REGIONAL ORGANICS COMPOST PROJECT – MARCH 2019 UPDATE | ||||||
| E. Grieve/M. Babchuk: THAT the report dated February 28, 2019 regarding a project update related to siting analysis and backhauling options be received. | ||||||
| 209 | Carried | |||||
| A. McGifford, Senior Manager of CSWM Services, presented information regarding a project update related to siting analysis and backhauling options. | ||||||
| ADDITIONAL REGIONAL ORGANICS SITING ANALYSIS | ||||||
| C. Cornfield/M. Babchuk: THAT the report dated February 28, 2019 regarding previous siting analysis completed for the regional organics project be received. | ||||||
| 209 | Carried | |||||
| A. Adams/M. Babchuk: THAT the Chair write to the Village of Cumberland to request their feedback on the potential siting of an organics composting facility at the Comox Valley Waste Management Centre. | ||||||
| 209 | Carried | |||||
| 2019-2023 RECOMMENDED FINANCIAL PLAN – CSWM SERVICE – FUNCTION 391 | ||||||
| M. Babchuk/C. Cornfield: THAT the report dated February 28, 2019 regarding the recommended 2019-2023 Financial Plan for the regional solid waste service, Functions 391-393 be received. | ||||||
| 209 | Carried | |||||
| A. McGifford, Senior Manager of CSWM Services, presented information regarding the recommended 2019-2023 Financial Plan for the regional solid waste service, Functions 391-393. | ||||||
| E. Grieve/C. Cornfield: THAT the recommended 2019-2023 Financial Plan for the Comox Strathcona Waste Management Service, Function 391, (Comox Strathcona Waste Management) be approved. | ||||||
| 209 | ||||||
| J. Abram/G. Whalley: THAT the motion be amended to read as follows:
"THAT the recommended 2019-2023 Financial Plan for the Comox Strathcona Waste Management Service, Function 391, be amended to utilize $1 million from the 2018 surplus to reduce the 2019 tax requisition from $6 million to $5 million; AND FURTHER THAT the recommended 2019-2023 Financial Plan for the Comox Strathcona Waste Management Service, Function 391, (Comox Strathcona Waste Management) be approved as amended." | ||||||
| 209 | Defeated | |||||
| The dissenting votes for the above motion were as follows: B. Wells, A. Hamir, D. Arbour, N. Anderson, M. Babchuk, C. Cornfield, D. Frisch, E. Grieve, D. Hillian, B. Ives, W. Cole-Hamilton, B. Unger. C. Evans, M. Davis, A. Bissinger, B. Leigh, G. Sproule, N. Minions and R. Kerr. | ||||||
| Vote on the main motion as follows: | ||||||
| THAT the recommended 2019-2023 Financial Plan for the Comox Strathcona Waste Management Service, Function 391, (Comox Strathcona Waste Management) be approved. | ||||||
| 209 | Carried | NAY: A. Adams, G. Whalley, J. Abram | ||||
| MANAGEMENT REPORT | ||||||
| C. Cornfield/M. Babchuk: THAT the CSWM management report dated March 2019 be received. | ||||||
| 209 | Carried | |||||
| TERMINATION: | ||||||
| E. Grieve/B. Unger: THAT the meeting terminate. | ||||||
| 208 | Carried | |||||
| Time: 12:35 pm. | ||||||
| Confirmed this 11th day of April, 2019: ____________________________________ Bob Wells Chair | |
| Certified Correct: ____________________________________ Jake Martens Manager of Legislative Services | |
| Recorded By: ____________________________________ Antoinette Baldwin Recording Secretary |