City of Yellowknife
Minutes
Litter-Free Yellowknife Sub-committee
Thursday, May 7, 2009 @ 12:00 pm
City Hall (Upstairs Boardroom)
Committee Members:
Adrian Bell
Mayor Gordon Van Tighem
Dave McCann
Patrick McCloskey
Jamison Romano
Brian Arquilla
Margaret Marshall
Sandra Teed
Jenni Bruce
Absent:
Paul Falvo, Councillor
Guests:
Max Hall, City Administrator
Grant White, Community Services
Leslie Valpy, Economic Development Officer
City Administration Staff:
Jeff Humble, Planning & Development
Jean Bolderson (Recording Secretary)
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1 Call to Order: 12:08 pm.
2 Agenda
Item number 13 was deferred to the next meeting and the amended Agenda was
approved by unanimous consent.
3 Disclosure of Pecuniary Interests
None.
4 Introductions
As this was the first meeting, everyone introduced themselves to the sub-
committee.
5 Background on the Sub-committee
Adrian gave a brief summary on the sub-committee and how it came into
existence.
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6 What is Currently Being Done in Yellowknife?
Max gave a PowerPoint presentation, “Let’s Talk Trash”, giving an overview of
the City’s strategy and schedules for garbage management, litter pickup and
street/sidewalk sweeping, including the number of hours expended and the total
cost of each. He also covered the spring and fall large item pickup and Amnesty
Week at the landfill. The Adopt A Street program was also mentioned and how
much it had expanded in the past year due to publicity generated by the Polishing
the Gem program initiated by Diavik. He mentioned that MED was going to be
following up with more fines for littering and there was some discussion
following the presentation. Max agreed to attend the next meeting to give his
recommendations on making changes.
7 PowerPoint Presentation from Diavik
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