Council · Q1 2025
Council Meeting #01
Jan 28, 2025
Recorded present
Solomon Awa · Kimberly Smith · Amber Aglukark · Methusalah Kunuk · Simon Nattaq · Kyle Sheppard · Romeyn Stevenson
Recorded absent
Harry Flaherty · Samuel Tilley
DECISIONS AND ISSUES
- Council selected 2025 mill-rate Option 3A on a named 4–3 vote.
- Finance estimated about $1.2 million more institutional revenue and $316,000 more industrial revenue under the option.
- First and second readings of the mill-rate by-law carried by the same named split.
DOCUMENTED QUESTIONS · WRITTEN MINUTES
What revenue would the Option 3A institutional and industrial mill rates produce?
- Answer recorded
- Finance said institutional revenue would rise by about $1.2 million and industrial revenue by about $316,000.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Which mill-rate option did the motion recommend?
- Answer recorded
- Smith said the motion recommended staff's Option 3A.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
What was the difference between the two residential classifications?
- Answer recorded
- Finance said residential 7/8 covered single-unit properties and residential 9/10 covered high-density units such as apartments.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Why did Sheppard recommend Option 3A rather than Option 3B?
- Answer recorded
- Sheppard said the options differed mainly in the proposed commercial increase and restated the lower increases he had supported.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Were comparable-community statistics available for commercial and mixed-use mill rates?
- Answer recorded
- Finance said staff had not sourced comparable mill rates and had instead reviewed Iqaluit's past practice.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
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FORMAL STATEMENTS AGENDA ITEM
Amber Aglukark
Thanked the fire department, Recreation staff, people who opened the Cadet Hall, organizations and Iqalummiut who supported families displaced by the 1088 Noble House fire.
Official written record ↗Simon Nattaq
Noted the qulliq lighting held before the meeting and spoke about the history of Inuit hunting.
Official written record ↗Kimberly Smith
Thanked Aglukark for her work during the night of the fire and in the days that followed.
Official written record ↗Solomon Awa
Said council would work on housing, land use, homelessness and future planning; emphasized teamwork despite disagreement and thanked staff.
Official written record ↗These are concise précis of elected-member remarks under agenda item 5, not every comment made in the meeting. May 26 was also checked against the complete recording; no extra formal speaker was found. Open the complete statements ledger →
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