Governance Committee Regular Meeting Minutes

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Governance Committee 
Minutes of a Regular Meeting 
February 23, 2024 ADOPTED  Page 1 of 6 
 
Governance Committee 
Minutes of a Regular Meeting 
 
Date:  
Location:  
February 23, 2024 
Electronic meeting 
 
 
Members Present: Judith Gedye, Chair, Bowen Island Municipal Trustee  
 Jamie Harris, Vice-Chair, Salt Spring Island Trustee  
 Joe Bernardo, Gambier Island Trustee  
 Lee Middleton, Saturna Island Trustee  
 Laura Patrick, Salt Spring Island Trustee  
 Timothy Peterson, Lasqueti Island Trustee,   
 Kate-Louise Stamford, Gambier Island Trustee 
Peter Luckham, Thetis Island Trustee and Trust Council Chair (ex-officio) 
Lisa Gauvreau, Galiano Island Trustee, Islands Trust Conservancy (ex-officio) 
 
   
Staff Present: Russ Hotsenpiller, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) 
Alexandra Trifonidis, A/Executive Coordinator 
 
Guests Present: Alyssa Bradley, Young Anderson  
   
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Gedye called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. and provided a First Nations land 
acknowledgement and, with gratitude, called Nex
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2. AGENDA 
 
2.1 New Items and Re-Ordering of the Agenda 
 
For consideration, the Governance Committee discussed amending the agenda as 
follows: 
i. Add new item at 6.4 The Governance Committee report to for inclusion in the 
March Trust Council agenda. 
ii. Re-order the agenda to address item 6.3 Follow up Action List / Work Program 
Matrix at the end of the meeting. 
iii. Defer item 8.2 Ex-officio Role Responsibilities and address at the next 
Governance Committee meeting with updates from Director Marlor. 
iv. Add new item at 8.3 Business Other - Delegate from the Governance Committee 
to the Financial Planning Committee. 
 
2.2 Approval of Agenda 
 

Governance Committee 
Minutes of a Regular Meeting 
February 23, 2024 ADOPTED  Page 2 of 6 
 
It was MOVED and SECONDED, 
That the agenda be amended as indicated in the Roman numeral items shown in 
item 2.1. 
 
Vice-Chair Harris requested that Roman numeral item iv. be removed 
from the agenda amendments. 
 
Point of order, noted by Trustee Bernardo, that a separate discussion be 
held regarding Roman numeral iv.   
 
Chair Gedye called the question on the motion as amended. 
 
GC-2024-010 
It was MOVED and SECONDED, 
That the agenda be amended as indicated in Roman numeral items i. to iii. as 
shown in item 2.1. 
CARRIED 
 
Point of order, noted by Trustee Bernardo, that Chair Gedye raise a discussion regarding 
the delegate from the Governance Committee to the Financial Planning Committee. 
 
Chair Gedye provided background information to the Governance Committee, regarding 
GC representation on the Financial Planning Committee (FPC), that nowhere in any 
minutes can a decision be found that Vice-Chair Harris would stand as the GC 
representative to FPC but that he would. 
 
Chair Gedye commented that there are no trustees on FPC that represent Bowen Island 
Municipality. 
 
By general consent that regarding Governance Committe

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