One evening, three meetings! Short-term rentals, the required but contentious second access route to Redstone, the Community Health Care Centre idea, decisions on dumpsters and COVID Community Support Funds, the need for some clearer addresses . . . and more. Present: Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Dirk Lewis, Andy Morel, Terry Miller, Stewart Spooner, Janice Nightingale,
Moratorium on short-term rental zoning for a while; a new dumpster request; re-zoning at Redstone for a new development; Community Grants and Covid Grants; our aging pool; the RDKB report … and more. Present: Mayor Kathy Moore and Councillors Terry Miller, Stewart Spooner, Chris Bowman, Dirk Lewis, Janice Nightingale, and Andy Morel. Staff: CAO Bryan Teasdale, CFO Mike
Pickleball sometime maybe; how long is a block? stashing some money for policing costs; more progress on the North Jubilee Park; encouraging diversity in local government; more younger unvaccinated people in hospital with COVID . . . Present: Mayor Kathy Moore and Councillors Terry Miller, Andy Morel, Janice Nightingale, Chris Bowman and Dirk Lewis. Absent: Stewart Spooner.
Editorial Comment: These meetings were held by combining the in-person City Council at the Miners Hall with Zoom. Your reporter attended by Zoom, but found both the audio and the video problematic – not all the Council members were visible at one time, so tracking votes completely was impossible, and garbled sound often rendered it impossible to hear everyone’s contributions
What to do about humans and bears; cost increases likely from the RDKB for Rossland’s Fire Services, Regional Waste Management and Environmental Services; help for a destroyed community; what needs support for COVID costs and losses; sharing our bylaw officer; the bottle bin . . . and more. Present: Mayor Kathy Moore and Councillors Andy Morel, Terry Miller, Chris Bowman,