Advance Notes for the Council Meeting of February 17th, 2014 6:00pm

No Delegations

In accordance with the newly approved Council meeting procedure:

Bylaws
6.1 3790 Automated voting machine authorisation
6.2 3791 OCP Amendment
6.3 3792 Athletic Commission repeal

New Business
Report Recommendations
8.1 Coffee with the Mayor report.
https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentList.aspx?ID=3676
8.2 Appointments to the Economic Development Committee
8.3 Appointment to Highway 3 Committee
8.4 RDEK Referral Development Variance Permit 1-14 Wycliffe pk Rd.
8.5 Downtown Commercial Development Permit for Kootenay Kwik print
8.6 Climate Resiliency Project Selection

8.7 Graduated Business Licence
Resolution 
Whereas there is only one business license fee of $150 charged by the City of Cranbrook regardless of the size of the business.
And whereas there are approximately1 ,300 to 1,400 businesses in the City of Cranbrook at any given time.
And whereas these businesses range greatly in size, from single proprietorship's and home-based businesses to large businesses and corporations with many employees.
And whereas, despite their size, they all pay the same business license fee regardless of their size and the revenue they generate.
And whereas this seems on the surface to be unfair to small businesses that generate far less revenue than big businesses that pay the same business license fee.
Therefore be it resolved the City investigate how other cities in the province deal with this situation and whether a graduated business license fee would be a more fair and equitable way of dealing with business license fees than the one size fits all approach being used now.
Councillor Gerry Warner
Feb. 11,2014

Committee Recommendations
9.1 Urban Deer

Administration Update
https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentList.aspx?ID=3684

Correspondence
12.1 - 12.10
beginning:
https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentList.aspx?ID=3685