Committee of Council · Regular
January 20, 2026
Committee of the Whole
3 sittings (recessed)
Sittings — this meeting was recessed and reconvened
Day 1 January 20, 2026 1:30 pm – 3:25 pm
Day 2 January 20, 2026 3:34 pm – 4:38 pm
Day 3 January 20, 2026 4:46 pm – 5:36 pm
9 present · 0 absent
Staff & officers present
Candido Indigenous and External Relations Manager — Crundwell Integrated Asset Services Divisional Manager — Ekelund Social and Community Development Supervisor — Fretz Deputy Chief Administrative Officer/Director of Civic Operations — Gammel Community Services Supervisor — Hallinan Corporate Services Director — Howatt Employee Services Director — Irani Transportation Manager — Kwiatkowski Development, Engineering, and Sustainability Director — Laitres Social Development and Housing Supervisor — Mazzotta Community and Culture Director — McCorkell Chief Administrative Officer — Mishchenko Corporate Assistant Electronic Paul IT Helpdesk Technician — Rodrigue Communications and Strategic Partnerships Director — Rutsatz Planning and Procurement Manager — Travis Anderson Deputy Corporate Officer — Uzeloc Protective Services Director/Fire Chief —
Revisions
- First published Substantive fetched Jul 14, 2026
- · Motion 1 added: that the Committee of the Whole adopt the following minutes: November 18, 2025, Committee of the Whole; November 25, 2025, Committee of the Whole
- · Motion 2 added: that the Committee of the Whole send a letter of thanks to the Kamloops & District Chamber of Commerce for presenting feedback on the City of Kamloops budget at the January 20, 2026, Committee of the Whole meeting.
- · Motion 3 added: that the Committee of the Whole recommend that Council direct staff to: a) work with the Westsyde Community Development Society to assess the feasibility of a skateboard park at Westsyde Centennial Park, following the guidelines of the new…
- · Motion 4 added: to sever the nine components of item (a) of the recommendation in the 2026-2030 Five-year Financial Plan and Budget report.
- · Motion 5 added: that the Committee of the Whole direct staff to increase the vacancy/contingency percentage for RCMP policing services by 1.5% for the 2026 financial year, reducing the 2026 budget by $500,000 without impacting RCMP staffing levels.
- · Motion 6 added: that the Committee of the Whole direct staff to only add five firefighters in both 2026 and 2027 and defer the remaining ten firefighters to 2028 for Fire Station No. 6, reducing the 2026 budget by $987,600.
- · Motion 7 added: that the Committee of the Whole direct staff to again defer the 50% RCMP increase to 2027, and to hire the RCMP members and associated municipal employees to the latter half of 2026, reducing the 2026 budget by $821,000.
- · Motion 8 added: that the Committee of the Whole direct staff to decrease the non-playing fields service level by changing the mowing frequency for passive turf areas, including cemeteries, from every seven days to every ten days, reducing the 2026 budget …
- · Motion 9 added: that the Committee of the Whole direct staff to continue providing the current maintenance levels, but to eliminate the City’s maintenance levels by billing the provincial government for Stuart Wood School maintenance costs, reducing the 2…
- · Motion 10 added: that the Committee of the Whole direct staff to pause the Community Climate Action Plan reserve contribution funding in 2026, reducing the 2026 budget by $567,000.
- · Motion 11 added: that the Committee of the Whole direct staff to decease the maintenance service level by eliminating all maintenance on Ministry of Transportation and Transit highway interchanges and other non-city-owned land, reducing the 2026 budget by …
- · Motion 12 added: that the Committee of the Whole direct staff to decrease the spring lane maintenance service level by eliminating regular grading and dust suppressant activities on laneways in the spring and moving to a complaint-based response, reducing …
- · Motion 13 added: that the Committee of the Whole direct staff to change the sign maintenance service level by moving to a complaint-based service level for non-regulatory signs, reducing the 2026 budget by $140,000.
- · Motion 14 added: that the Committee of the Whole provide direction to Council on the next steps for the items identified in the Future Changes for Consideration section of the 2026-2030 Five-year Financial Plan and Budget report, directing staff to: i) bri…
- · Motion 15 added: that the Committee of the Whole: a) provide direction to Administration to bring forward for Council’s consideration, in the development of the 2026-2030 Five-Year Financial Plan, the 30 km per hour Reduced Speed Pilot Project in the Sageb…
- · Motion 16 added: that the Committee of the Whole recommend that Council direct staff to apply $130,000 to traffic calming treatments such as speed humps, curb bulges, medians and other physical measures to reduce operating speeds in locations to be decided…
- · Motion 17 added: that the Committee of the Whole direct staff to develop a traffic calming policy for Council’s consideration.
- · Attendance added: Hamer-Jackson (present)
- · Attendance added: Bass (present)
- · Attendance added: Bepple (present)
- · Attendance added: Hall (present)
- · Attendance added: Karpuk (present)
- · Attendance added: Middleton (present)
- · Attendance added: Neustaeter (present)
- · Attendance added: O’Reilly (present)
- · Attendance added: Sarai (present)
- · Attendance added: McCorkell (present)
- · Attendance added: Travis Anderson (present)
- · Attendance added: Fretz (present)
- · Attendance added: Hallinan (present)
- · Attendance added: Howatt (present)
- · Attendance added: Kwiatkowski (present)
- · Attendance added: Mazzotta (present)
- · Attendance added: Rodrigue (present)
- · Attendance added: Uzeloc (present)
- · Attendance added: Candido (present)
- · Attendance added: Crundwell (present)
- · Attendance added: Irani (present)
- · Attendance added: Rutsatz (present)
- · Attendance added: Ekelund (present)
- · Attendance added: Gammel (present)
- · Attendance added: Laitres (present)
- · Attendance added: Paul (present)
- · Attendance added: Mishchenko (remote)
- · Participation added: O’Reilly arrive