Council · Q4 2025
Council Meeting #16
Nov 25, 2025
Recorded present
Solomon Awa · Kimberly Smith · Amber Aglukark · Methusalah Kunuk · Simon Nattaq · Romeyn Stevenson · Samuel Tilley
Recorded absent
Harry Flaherty · Kyle Sheppard
DECISIONS AND ISSUES
- Council approved the 2026 operating budget.
- The Public Safety Committee restructuring motion was defeated 3–4: Smith, Nattaq and Stevenson for; Tilley, Aglukark, Kunuk and Awa opposed.
- Council directed a reverse-vending business case and deferred the 2026 calendar to add two town halls.
DOCUMENTED QUESTIONS · WRITTEN MINUTES
Did any council members attend the internal alcohol and public-safety meeting?
- Answer recorded
- Administration said the meeting followed council direction and involved deputy ministers, RCMP and Justice representatives; the minutes did not identify attending councillors.
- Result or follow-up
- Councillor attendance was not answered in the written minutes.
What was the outcome of the internal alcohol and public-safety meeting?
- Answer recorded
- Administration explained why the meeting occurred but the written minutes did not state a concrete outcome.
- Result or follow-up
- Outcome not documented in the minutes.
Would the proposed internal working group include Inuit, MLAs, frontline workers and residents?
- Answer recorded
- No direct answer to the proposed membership was recorded in the written minutes.
- Result or follow-up
- Membership remained unresolved in this record.
Could the approved meeting calendar later be amended?
- Answer recorded
- The clerk said council could approve changes or the chair could adjust dates for availability and operations.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Why was the Public Safety Committee being converted to an internal working group?
- Answer recorded
- Stevenson summarized concerns about effectiveness and said an administrative group might produce better outcomes while still reporting to council.
- Result or follow-up
- Motion 25-258 was defeated 3–4.
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
Amber Aglukark
Opposed replacing the public-facing Public Safety Committee with an internal working group, questioned who attended an earlier internal meeting and whether the new group would include Inuit, residents and frontline workers, and urged council to strengthen public involvement.
Official written record ↗Solomon Awa
Announced that he had been appointed president of the Nunavut Association of Municipalities.
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 →
PRIMARY RECORD
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RECORD RULE
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