Establishes fees
qathet Regional District board of directors have established waste tipping fees for 2025.
At the June 10 regional board meeting, directors approved the following rates: municipal solid waste, $420 per tonne; construction and demolition, $410 per tonne; clean wood waste, $320 per tonne; contaminated wood waste, $380 per tonne; metal, no charge; yard waste, $225 per tonne; food waste, $200 per tonne; commingled food and yard waste, $250 per tonne.
Appoints representative
The board has appointed Area B director Mark Gisborne has a representative to the qathet Museum and Archives Society museum development project. The museum is examining the prospect of building a new museum and has requested representation from the museum, Tla’amin Nation, the regional district and City of Powell River to jointly seek funding for the project. According to correspondence from the museum society, there are infrastructure grants available to museums and First Nations that could contribute to construction of a new facility.
Wants meeting
The board will direct staff to schedule a meeting with BC premier David Eby, minister of forests Ravi Parmar, and minister of jobs, economic development and innovation Diana Gibson at the Union of British Columbia Municipalities convention in September. The proposed meeting is regarding the promotion of Powell River’s former Catalyst Paper Tis’kwat mill as a forest biomass business opportunity to prospective investors. The regional district will invite the city and Tla’amin to participate in the meeting.
Name changes
The board has no objections to four proposed name changes for geographic features within the regional district. The first name change would be for the northwest end of Savary Island, currently known as Indian Point. The second would be for the creek that flows southwest from Sliammon Lake, currently known as Kwahtums teehshoshsum. The third would be for the bay on the northeast side of Texada Island, currently known as Shehtekwahn. The fourth would be for Mount Pocahontas on Texada.
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