State of the City Address will Kick off First Council Meeting of the Year

Monday, January 10, 2011 04:03 AM

Prince George, B.C.- The first Prince George City Council meeting of the new year will start with a “State of the City” address by Mayor Dan Rogers.

The agenda will see a public hearing on a proposed rezoning that would allow the BBK Bottle Depot to expand its facility. Staff recommend the application be denied.

Also on the agenda, a presentation from the Prince George Symphony as it updates the City on its financial situation. You make recall the City gave the PGSO a loan to ensure it could start its season in September.

There is a request to set aside about $8,000 to help celebrate the 25^th anniversary of the Rick Hansen Man in Motion Tour.

Staff will make a suggestion to limit the number of delegations per Council meeting to try and keep things moving smoothly.

Council will appoint the Chief Electoral and Deputy Elections officers for the municipal election that is slated for November.

Council will also receive an update on the measures take to improve the safety and reduce speeding on Highland Drive.

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Posted by: lonesome sparrow on January 10 2011 8:13 AM

�State of the City�

Another day older and deeper in debt -jc

Posted by: bitter on January 10 2011 9:44 AM

Council has to get some civil courage and start asking more questions, like what happens to the people sent here to our local jails when they get out? What happens to the bauldy hues drop outs?? How did our City get to where it is??We are in trouble.

Posted by: faxman on January 10 2011 10:07 AM

People who get out of jail generally have some restrictions attached to their release but for the most part, they're free to go where they want to. As well, most of the Baldy Hughes "dropouts" are likewise free to go where they please.

I'm not sure why this would be an issue for council. They have no authority to say who is or isn't allowed to reside in PG.

Posted by: bitter on January 10 2011 10:35 AM

Faxman, Thanks for answering my question , you are the first one that has. IF this is not a issue for council, then what do we do about it?? sit on our buts and watch our city be distroyed.The goverment is useing us as a garbage dump. We have to get some civil courage and some GUTS. We need a leader.

Posted by: gus on January 10 2011 10:43 AM

"what happens to the people sent here to our local jails when they get out?"

That is easy. As you very well know, they stay in the community. As a result, cities like Kingston, Ontario that have federal penitentiaries for instance, now have a whole population made up of ex cons and their kids and grandkids and great grand kids. That jail has been around since 1835. Without that maximum security prison, there would be no Kingston.

The feds are now considering putting up a wall around the entire city because of the number who are no longer interested in taking up living in the city and are starting to scatter into the rural areas near Kingston.

The same happens at almost every other city that has a prison.

In fact, if PG did not have the Hilton on the Hill, we would have dropped our population to way below 50,000 by now.

;-)

Posted by: gus on January 10 2011 10:50 AM

Bitter ..... why the big concern? Who has been putting such thoughts into your head?

Posted by: Retired 02 on January 10 2011 12:14 PM

Staff will make a suggestion to limit the number of delegations per Council meeting to try and keep things moving smoothly.

Democracy in motion. We have to restrict the delegations so that our hidden agenda will not be exposed.
Cheers