File #: 22-383    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Report Status: Carried
File created: 5/31/2022 In control: Electoral Areas Committee
On agenda: 6/8/2022 Final action: 6/8/2022
Title: Bylaw 4484: Service Establishment for the Southern Gulf Islands Transportation Service
Attachments: 1. Staff Report: SGI Transportation Bylaw No. 4484, 2. Appendix A: Bylaw No. 4484, 3. Appendix B: Synopsis of Bylaw No. 4484

Title

Bylaw 4484: Service Establishment for the Southern Gulf Islands Transportation Service

 

Recommendation

The Electoral Areas Committee recommends to the Capital Regional District Board that:

1. Bylaw No. 4484, “Southern Gulf Islands Transportation Service Establishing Bylaw No. 1, 2022”, be introduced and read a first, second, and third time;

2. That staff be directed to implement the elector approval process by way of referendum;

3. That Kristen Morley be appointed Chief Election Officer with the power to appoint one or more Deputy Chief Election Officer(s);

4. That the wording of the referendum question for the purposes of the ballot shall be as follows:

Are you in favour of the Capital Regional District (CRD) Board adopting Bylaw No. 4484, “Southern Gulf Islands Transportation Service Establishing Bylaw No. 1, 2022” authorizing the CRD to establish an integrated transportation service for the Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area to raise a maximum annual requisition up to the greater of SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($675,000) or $0.1414 per ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000.00) of taxable land and improvements for the purpose of funding the operating costs of the service.

YES or NO?

5. That general voting be held on Saturday, October 15, 2022 in concurrence with the General Local Election, with Advance voting opportunities held on dates and voting places to be determined by the Chief Election Officer;

6. That the synopsis of Bylaw No. 4484, attached as Appendix B, be approved for advertising purposes.

(NWA)