Financial Planning Committee Regular Meeting Minutes

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ADOPTED 
Financial Planning Committee 
Minutes of a Regular Meeting 
January 21, 2026 ADOPTED Page 1 of 6 
Financial Planning Committee 
Minutes of a Regular Meeting 
 
Date of Meeting:  
Location:  
January 21, 2026 
Electronic Meeting 
 
Members Present:  
 
Sue Ellen Fast, Bowen Island Municipality (Chair) 
Mairead Boland, Saturna Island Local Trust Area (Vice Chair) and  
 Regional Planning Committee Representative 
Tobi Elliott, Gabriola Island Local Trust Area, Executive Committee 
Judith Gedye, Bowen Island Municipality, Governance Committee  
 Representative 
David Graham, Denman Island Local Trust Area 
David Maude, Mayne Island Local Trust Area, Executive Committee 
Laura Patrick, Salt Spring Island Local Trust Area, Executive Committee 
Tim Peterson, Lasqueti Island Local Trust Area, Executive Committee  
 and Trust Programs Committee Representative 
Susan Yates, Gabriola Island Local Trust Area, Islands Trust Conservancy  
 Board Representative 
 
Staff Present: Rueben Bronee, Chief Administrative Officer 
Julia Mobbs, Director, Financial and Employee Services 
Stefan Cermak, Director, Planning Services 
David Marlor, Director, Legislative and Information Services 
Nancy Roggers, Finance Officer 
Robert Barlow, Legislative Services Clerk/Recorder 
  
Others Present: One member of the public was present. 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Fast called the meeting to order at 10:01 a.m. and acknowledged that participants in the 
meeting were on many Coast Salish territories.  
 
2. AGENDA 
 
2.1 Review of the Agenda 
 
The following additions to the agenda were presented for consideration: 
• Briefing from Islands Trust Conservancy Board: “Trust Council motion re Islands 
Trust Conservancy Board proposed 2026/27 budget”- to be included under agenda 
item 7.1.3.3 in the agenda package, Islands Trust Conservancy Board Projects, and 
to be discussed as item 7.0. 
• Briefing from staff: “Budget Changes Since Last Review” – to be included as 
agenda item 7.1.1.1, under “Budget Overview Briefing” 
 
2.2 Approval of the Agenda 

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Financial Planning Committee 
Minutes of a Regular Meeting 
January 21, 2026 ADOPTED Page 2 of 6 
 
By general consent the Committee approved the agenda as amended. 
 
3. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 
 
No member of the public was present. 
 
4. DELEGATIONS 
 
4.1 Friends of the Gulf Islands Society – Maxine Leichter 
 
The delegate spoke to the material provided to the Committee, indicating no support 
for continued increases in the number of staff positions and the budget without 
demonstrably clear increases in protection of the Trust Area; support for full costing of 
projects that includes estimates of staff resources required to complete the project; 
support for a full-time biologist position; and support for a review of the water 
sustainability project. 
 
5. CORRESPONDENCE 
 
5.1 From Brian Milne, dated 2025-12-19 
 
The Committee reviewed and discussed the above noted letter which requested the 
Committee to cons

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