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NOTICE OF MEETING
COMOX STRATHCONA WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Civic Room of the Comox Valley Regional District offices located at 770 Harmston Avenue, Courtenay, BC commencing at 9:30 am

Director Baker, as Chair of the Strathcona Regional District Board, will serve as the presiding member for this meeting.

This meeting is not meant for general public input. If members of the public wish to speak at a meeting, they should contact the CVRD Legislative Services Department to request to appear as a delegation. Live webcasts and recordings are available at www.comoxvalleyrd.ca/minutes-agendas

In the event of an emergency the public gathering place is the parking lot outside the Civic Room.
 
 
AGENDA
 
    Section Who Votes How Vote Counted
   
A. RECOGNITION OF TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES:
B. CALL TO ORDER AND APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA:
Recommendation:
 
THAT the agenda be approved as presented.
208All1 person/1 vote
 
C. IN-CAMERA MEETING:
D. ADOPTION OF MINUTES:
Comox Strathcona Waste Management Board minutes dated January 19, 2023 for adoption. [Item] 
208All1 person/1 vote
 
E. BUSINESS ARISING FROM MINUTES:
F. PETITIONS AND DELEGATIONS:
G. REPORTS:
1) COMOX STRATHCONA WASTE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
 
Minutes of the February 9, 2023 Comox Strathcona Waste Management Advisory Committee meeting for receipt. [Item] 
208All1 person/1 vote
 
2) ANALYSIS OF TAX REQUISITION VERSUS TIPPING FEES TO FUND SOLID WASTE SERVICES, FUNCTION 391
 
Report dated February 17, 2023 regarding the history related to the annual tax requisition, a comparison with the tipping fees and tax requisitions levied by other regional districts, options for reducing the tax requisition and a resolution for the Board to maintain the 2022 tax requisition with subsequent tipping fee increases for receipt. [Item] 
209AllWeighted
 
Recommendation:
 
THAT the 2023-2027 proposed financial plan for the Comox Strathcona Waste Management service, function 391 be amended to maintain $5,000,000 of taxation revenue for all years;

AND FURTHER THAT that tipping fees be adjusted in years 2024-2027 in order to produce the total required revenue as shown in the 2023-2027 proposed financial plan as presented January 19, 2023;

AND FURTHER THAT staff bring back detailed long-term financial analysis of tipping fee versus taxation scenarios for presentation to the Board at their 2023 June round table session;

AND FINALLY THAT the recommended 2023-2027 operating financial plan and the 2023-2032 capital financial plan for the solid waste service, function 391, including sub function 392, 393 and 394, be brought back to the Comox Strathcona Waste Management Board for approval at its March 16, 2023 meeting.
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3) CSWM 2022 COMMUNITY EDUCATION SUMMARY AND 2023 PROGRAM INITIATIVES
 
Report dated February 17, 2023 regarding a summary of the 2022 Comox Strathcona Waste Management Community Education Program outcomes and 2023 Program Initiatives for receipt. [Item] 
209AllWeighted
 
4) CSWM MANAGEMENT REPORT
 
CSWM management report dated February 2023 for receipt. [Item] 
208All1 person/1 vote
 
H. BYLAWS AND RESOLUTIONS:
Adoption
 
1) RECOMMENDATION for Bylaw No. 742 being "Comox Strathcona Waste Management Service Tipping Fee and Solid Waste Disposal Regulation Bylaw No. 720, 2022, Amendment No. 1"
 
THAT Bylaw No. 742 being "Comox Strathcona Waste Management Service Tipping Fee and Solid Waste Disposal Regulation Bylaw No. 720, 2022, Amendment No. 1" be adopted. [Item] 
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2) RECOMMENDATION for Bylaw No. 743 being "Comox Valley Regional District Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 104, 2010, Amendment No. 23"
 
THAT Bylaw No. 743 being "Comox Valley Regional District Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 104, 2010, Amendment No. 23" be adopted. [Item] 
209AllWeighted
 
3) RECOMMENDATION for Bylaw No. 744 being "Comox Valley Regional District Bylaw Adjudication Ticketing Bylaw No. 679, 2021, Amendment No. 3"
 
THAT Bylaw No. 744 being "Comox Valley Regional District Bylaw Adjudication Ticketing Bylaw No. 679, 2021, Amendment No. 3" be adopted. [Item] 
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I. NEW BUSINESS:
J. ADDENDUM - UPON APPROVAL OF THE BOARD:
K. MEDIA QUESTIONS:
L. TERMINATION:
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