Prince George City Council will consider a notice of motion in regards to the disposal of assets at tomorrow’s (Monday) meeting.
The notice of motion was put forward by Councillors Cori Ramsay and Brian Skakun, and recommends that Council refers the City’s purchasing bylaw to bring back options to better articulate section 5.3 of the bylaw.
“When city assets are no longer useful to the city but still have useful life, they may from time to time be donated or disposed of,” the notice of motion states.
“Within the City’s Purchasing Bylaw, there are several points that we feel require clarification and to be further expanded upon.”
According to the notice of motion, there are no provision for selection of non-profit corporations and how these entities become aware of assets being disposed of.
It also states the bylaw does not have any provisions for disposal of assets which may have significant historical or cultural value to residents who may have contributed to their creation.
The notice of motions asks council to give consideration to amending the bylaw to create a more robust policy around how groups are chosen to receive these assets from the city, to include a clause bringing assets of significant historical or cultural significance to council for review.
“Finally, section 5.3 (a) (iii) describes an informal and formal process that is quite ambiguous and we would ask that clarity be added to identify for the public, what these formal and informal processes are,” it reads.
Other items to be discussed at tomorrow’s meeting include a proposed citizen recognition program, an updates to the Memorandum of Understanding on regional advocacy.
The full agenda for tomorrow’s meeting can be found here.
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