Council · Q2 2025
Council Meeting #06
Apr 8, 2025
Recorded present
Solomon Awa · Kimberly Smith · Harry Flaherty · Amber Aglukark · Methusalah Kunuk · Simon Nattaq · Romeyn Stevenson · Samuel Tilley
Recorded absent
Kyle Sheppard
DECISIONS AND ISSUES
- Council advanced the eight-storey mixed-use development after questioning water and fire capacity.
- Cabin-licensing and procurement by-laws advanced; Ontario references were removed before final passage.
- Council authorized $3,551,270 in funding applications; this was an application, not confirmed spending.
DOCUMENTED QUESTIONS · WRITTEN MINUTES
What recommendations had council made on the proposed eight-storey development?
- Answer recorded
- Planning summarized responses involving water, traffic, density, pedestrian safety, bedroom mix, storage and design.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Had public consultation been held?
- Answer recorded
- Planning said the developer held a public engagement session using preliminary plans.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Did the Fire Department have equipment required for an eight-storey building?
- Answer recorded
- Planning cited fire-needs and capacity assessments, said the ladder truck was acceptable and said territorial officials would review the design.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Could the building sit empty because its permit preceded the City's water-upgrade plan?
- Answer recorded
- Planning said Engineering did not expect it to sit empty and the permit could be extended.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Could council receive the Fire Department Needs Assessment?
- Answer recorded
- The request is recorded, but delivery is not confirmed in these minutes.
- Result or follow-up
- Document delivery was not confirmed.
Would cabins and houses near the river inside municipal boundaries pay a fee?
- Answer recorded
- Planning said council had not set the fee and would do so in a separate by-law.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Why did the by-law still reference Ontario's Discriminatory Business Practices Act?
- Answer recorded
- Finance said the reference had not been removed from the prior version.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Could the Ontario Public Buyers Association code reference be replaced with the City's code?
- Answer recorded
- Finance said the City's Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest would be used.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Should corrections be made before third and final reading?
- Answer recorded
- Council and staff agreed the formatting and Ontario-reference corrections could be made before passage.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Would the eight-storey development have sprinklers?
- Answer recorded
- Planning and the designer said it would have automatic sprinklers and alarms plus a Fire Safety Plan.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Was it standard practice for staff to seek council approval of funding requests?
- Answer recorded
- Finance said approval was obtained when required by the funder, as it was here.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Each entry is a concise paraphrase of the written minutes, not an exact quotation. Distinct requests for information count separately; comments and routine procedural prompts do not.
FORMAL STATEMENTS AGENDA ITEM
Harry Flaherty
Noted that more than 300 delegates were attending the Nunavut Mining Symposium and suggested future council agendas account for major community events.
Official written record ↗Simon Nattaq
Raised concern about snowplows leaving snow in front of driveways and residents having to pay to remove it.
Official written record ↗Simon Nattaq
Said plans to build a traditional qajaq had been disrupted by the instructor’s death and asked whether another knowledgeable builder could be found.
Official written record ↗Solomon Awa
Said staff would examine the snow-clearing issue and invited listeners who knew a traditional qajaq builder to contact Nattaq.
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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