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Council Highlights - October 10, 2023

Council Highlights provide a snapshot of public meetings. For the official record, please refer to the adopted minutes, which are posted once approved at the next month’s Regular Council Meeting. Consult this meeting's agenda to view presentations and files mentioned in the Council Highlights. 

 

Regular Council Meeting – October 10, 2023

 

ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES

  • Regular Council Meeting – September 11, 2023
  • Committee of the Whole Meeting – September 25, 2023

PETITIONS, PRESENTATIONS & DELEGATION

  • Presentation by Trevor MacDougall & Blake Reynolds, CDT Disc Golf - Mr. MacDougall and Mr. Reynolds gave an informative presentation of the growth of disc golf and how they are attracting users from outside of New Brunswick.

RECOMMENDATIONS FROM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

  • Council approved a motion to move forward with developing a new economic development strategy, and approved Champoux Inc. as a professional consultant on the Town’s Community Economic Development Strategy in the amount of $35,000.
  • Council approved a motion to take the five recommended actions informed by the Commercial Market Threshold report as shared in the previous Committee of the Whole meeting.
  • Council awarded a grant in the amount of $5,000 to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library and a grant of $1,000 to the Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards.
  • Council approved the 2024 budget parameters as presented in the last Committee of the Whole meeting.
  • Council approved the terms of reference for the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee.

BY-LAWS

  • Council passed first reading of an amendment to the procedural by-law that stipulates that when Council makes a decision on a matter, it cannot be reviewed for 12 months, and changed the time limit for statements during public hearings from 10 minutes to five minutes.

NEW BUSINESS

NEXT MEETING

Council will next meet on October 11, 2023, at 6 p.m. for External Presentations by local organizations.

The next Committee of the Whole Meeting is Monday, October 23, 2023, at 7 p.m.

Open Council for budget deliberations will take place on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The meeting will be live-streamed on our website.

Visit www.townofriverview.ca/council to view it and find the agenda available on Thursday prior to the meeting. For more information contact clerk@townofriverview.ca; 506-387-2136