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This record predates the newly elected council's first sitting on November 14, 2023. Its members, attendance and decisions are not included in current-term comparisons. Minutes and registry have been reviewed; audio and distinct question counting remain pending.

Council · Q3 2022

Emergency Council Meeting #20

Aug 12, 2022

Minutes audited
Attendance basisApproved scanned minutes and motion registry. Mayor Bell chaired. The minutes list the present and absent members below. No departure or declared conflict is recorded. Outside current-term totals.
Motions indexed31 classified substantive
Question reviewWritten discussion reviewed; distinct question count and audio review pending
Recorded present

Kenny Bell · Solomon Awa · Simon Nattaq · Paul Quassa · Kyle Sheppard · Kimberly Smith

Recorded absent

Ookalik Curley · Romeyn Stevenson

  1. Motions 22-281 through 22-283 match the registry. Agenda and adjournment were procedural. Motion 22-282 declared a local state of emergency due to the Lake Geraldine water shortage, with five votes for, marked unanimous. The minutes do not individually name those votes; Bell chaired.
  2. The minutes describe low precipitation, low Apex River flow and concern about filling the reservoir before freeze-up. Administration proposed emergency licence changes and pumping from Unnamed Lake through the Apex River. These were August 2022 circumstances and proposed responses, not a description of current reservoir conditions.
  3. Administration said additional pumps and regulatory approval were needed. The emergency declaration does not establish the eventual pumping volume, final cost or completion of the longer-term project.
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