Committee of Council · Regular

February 17, 2026

Committee of the Whole Meeting

13:00 – 14:41 · 1h 41m

4 present · 3 absent

Maja Tait Mayor Electronic Al Beddows Councillor — Herb Haldane Councillor — Jeff Bateman Councillor — Kevin Pearson Councillor Absent Megan McMath Councillor Absent Tony St-Pierre Councillor Absent

Staff & officers present

Ben Currie Deputy Director of Financial Services — Carmen Burca Corporate Services Assistant — Catherine Holder Manager of Human Resources — Chris Marshall Director of Planning and Development — Christina Moog Manager of Communications and Community Relations — Greg Lowis Director of Corporate Services — Greg Willcocks RCMP Staff Sergeant — Nancy Owen Deputy Director of Corporate Services — Paul Bohemier Manager of Wastewater — Raphiel Mattson Manager of Engineering and Infrastructure — Rose Liu Director of Financial Services — Tristan Hamersley Chief Building Official — Wayne Kennedy Director of Community Safety/Fire Chief —

Revisions

First published Substantive fetched Jun 23, 2026
- · Motion 1 added: THAT the agenda for the February 17, 2026 Committee of the Whole Meeting be adopted as presented.
- · Motion 2 added: THAT the budget include consideration of two RCMP Officers and a third dedicated as a School Liaison Officer to start later in 2026.
- · Motion 3 added: THAT the Committee of the Whole recommends Council directs staff to provide additional reporting on an updated 2026–2030 Financial Plan based on a maximum annual tax increase of 12%, including associated service level impacts and reserve i…
- · Motion 4 added: THAT the February 17, 2026 Committee of the Whole meeting be adjourned, the time being 2:41 p.m.
- · Attendance added: Jeff Bateman (present)
- · Attendance added: Al Beddows (present)
- · Attendance added: Herb Haldane (present)
- · Attendance added: Megan McMath (absent)
- · Attendance added: Kevin Pearson (absent)
- · Attendance added: Tony St-Pierre (absent)
- · Attendance added: Rose Liu (present)
- · Attendance added: Greg Lowis (present)
- · Attendance added: Paul Bohemier (present)
- · Attendance added: Ben Currie (present)
- · Attendance added: Catherine Holder (present)
- · Attendance added: Raphiel Mattson (present)
- · Attendance added: Christina Moog (present)
- · Attendance added: Nancy Owen (present)
- · Attendance added: Tristan Hamersley (present)
- · Attendance added: Greg Willcocks (present)
- · Attendance added: Carmen Burca (present)
- · Attendance added: Maja Tait (remote)
- · Attendance added: Wayne Kennedy (present)
- · Attendance added: Chris Marshall (present)