Telus tower
At the December 21 qathet Regional District board meeting, directors voted to advise Telus that the regional district concurs with the proposal for a telecommunications facility to be located on the property at 9810 and 9840 Finn Bay Road in Lund subject to two conditions. The first is that there be completion of a successful public process and the second is negotiation of a lease agreement acceptable to the regional district. The property on which Telus wishes to build the telecommunications facility is regional district land.
Waste plan
The board voted to receive the solid waste management plan implementation progress for 2020 and action plan for 2021. The board also voted to direct staff to include the action plan items within the 2021 budget at a cost of $45,000, and that the board allocate $45,000 of community works to fund the project. The board voted that it direct staff to hire Maura Walker and Associates to conduct a waste composition study in 2021 on the residual waste management stream.
Grant funding
The regional district board will direct staff to transfer the COVID-19 safe restart grant funding to a non-statutory reserve fund and that when eligible costs or revenue shortfalls are identified, the funding be transferred from the reserve for use in the appropriate service. The regional district received $424,000 from the provincial government for the safe restart grant funding.
Reallocates money
The regional board voted to approve a budget amendment to reallocate $8,000 from underspending in the Northside fire protection service toward the cost of installing privacy fencing to screen around water tanks on Malaspina Road.
Financial plan
Regarding the 2021-2025 first draft of the financial plan, the board voted to reduce the Electoral Area C grant-in-aid service from $10,000 to $6,000 for the 2021 budget year. The board also voted to allocate $25,000 of community works funding in the 2021 budget to the Lund sewer service and $33,000 of community works funding in the 2023 budget to fund replacement of the furnace at the old Gillies Bay school.
Gives approval
The regional board gave third and final reading to the Electoral Area C official community plan.
