MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTY - County council has approved capital projects borrowing Bylaw 17/21 that will re-allocate funds approved in 2020 to different projects.
The move came by way of motion at a recent regularly scheduled council meeting.
In October 2019, council passed Bylaw 21/19 “2020 Capital Projects Borrowing” in order to facilitate a $3 million loan to Mountain View Seniors' Housing.
“A component of that bylaw was a listing of the 2020 capital projects that the borrowed funds would be applied towards,” administration said in a briefing note to council.
Those projects included $1.1 million for the replacement of the Acme bridge on the county’s southern boundary. Since then council decided not to proceed with the replacement.
“As such, Bylaw 17/21 has been developed to re-allocate the $1.1 million borrowed towards 2021 capital projects. It should be noted that no additional funds are being borrowed.”
Under the new bylaw, the $1.1 million is now allocated to bridge and culvert replacement project.
Municipal Elections bylaw change OK’d
Meanwhile, council has approved a bylaw amending the Municipal Elections bylaw in preparation for the October 2021 municipal election.
Specifically the change is in relation to Senate nominee elections and possible referendum planned to take place at the same time as the municipal election.
Regardless of the results of their respective nomination processes, municipalities will be required to provide voting opportunities for the Senate election of nominees and possible provincial referendums to all electors within the jurisdiction.
Despite the possibility that some of the divisions in the county may see candidates acclaimed, the province will still require polling stations to allow for the Senate and referendum votes.
“If municipal acclamations do occur in one or multiple divisions, it would be administration's recommendations that these divisions be combined to allow for one central polling location for electors to cast their vote,” administration said in a briefing note to council.
On May 12, councillors approved an amendment to the Muncipal Elections bylaw that reads as follows:
“The returning officer is hereby authorized to divide the local jurisdiction into voting subdivisions and may from time to time alter their boundaries but may not alter them between the time of the giving of notice of an election and the election day.
“In the event that the returning officer does not divide the local jurisdiction into alternative voting subdivisions, each municipal division shall be considered an individual voting subdivision.”
Deputy Reeve Greg Harris chaired the May 12 council meeting, with all councillors present except reeve Bruce Beattie.
