Ben Mabberley

Local Trustee, Galiano Island

Galiano Island · 3.8 years in office · 35 named motions in the minutes · present at 60 minuted meetings

Seats and terms

SeatAreaTermHowFromTo
Local TrusteeGaliano Island2022–2026general election2022-11-18present

Motions and votes from the minutes

Every motion the Islands Trust's published minutes record Ben Mabberley moving, seconding, voting against or abstaining on. The wording is the minutes' own; each row links to the minutes document in the archive.

DateBodyNo.MotionTheir partOutcomeMinutes
2026-03-10Islands Trust CouncilTC-2026-005that Islands Trust Council adopt the amended Policy 7.2.1 Trustee Remuneration dated and amended March 10, 2026.Voted againstCARRIEDminutes · source
2026-03-10Islands Trust CouncilTC-2026-007that Islands Trust Council request staff to implement new Trustee Remuneration rates effective April 1, 2027, using 2026 published remuneration, population and folio data.Voted againstCARRIEDminutes · source
2026-03-10Islands Trust CouncilTC-2026-027that Islands Trust Council request staff to amend Policy 5.5.1 Bylaw Compliance and Enforcement by: • moving Policy 6.1.6 to follow 6.1.4 and • moving Policy 6.1.5 to 6.2 and renumbering Policy 6.2 and 6.3 accordingly.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2026-03-10Islands Trust CouncilTC-2026-030that Islands Trust Council approve financial sponsorship of $2,282.00 for Temporary Use Permit application MA-PL-TUP-2026- 0035.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2025-12-02Islands Trust CouncilTC-2025-116that Trust Council direct staff to scheduled the June 2026 Trust Council Quarterly Meeting be held on Mayne Island.SecondedDEFEATEDminutes · source
2025-12-02Islands Trust CouncilTC-2025-117that Trust Council direct staff to schedule the June 2026 Trust Council Quarterly Meeting be held on the Southern Gulf Islands.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2025-12-02Islands Trust CouncilTC-2025-129to split the Freshwater Sustainability Strategy Review and Implementation business plan and support the first section (review) and defer the implementation plan.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2025-09-09Galiano IslandGL-2025-070that Galiano Island Local Trust Committee give Bylaw No. 298, cited as “Galiano Island Local Trust Committee Meeting Procedures Repeal Bylaw No. 298, 2025”, First Reading.Voted againstCARRIEDminutes · source
2025-09-09Galiano IslandGL-2025-071that Galiano Island Local Trust Committee give Bylaw No. 298, cited as “Galiano Island Local Trust Committee Meeting Procedures Repeal Bylaw No. 298, 2025”, Second Reading.Voted againstCARRIEDminutes · source
2025-09-09Galiano IslandGL-2025-072that Galiano Island Local Trust Committee give Bylaw No. 298, cited as “Galiano Island Local Trust Committee Meeting Procedures Repeal Bylaw No. 298, 2025”, Third Reading.Voted againstCARRIEDminutes · source
2025-09-09Galiano IslandGL-2025-073that Galiano Island Local Trust Committee give Bylaw No. 298, cited as “Galiano Island Local Trust Committee Meeting Procedures Repeal Bylaw No. 298, 2025” to the Islands Trust Executive Committee for consideration of approval.Voted againstCARRIEDminutes · source
2025-07-09Islands Trust CouncilCOW-2025-024that Committee of the Whole recommend that Trust Council revise the draft Policy Statement by amending draft Section 1.4 to: • under “Three Types of Policies” add brackets • add the word “also” to bullet 3. Advisory PoliciesSecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2025-06-17Islands Trust CouncilTC-2025-049that Trust Council cancel the Committee of the Whole meeting scheduled for June 30, 2025.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2025-06-17Islands Trust CouncilTC-2025-050that Trust Council schedule a special electronic Committee of the Whole meeting on July 9, 2025 to review the draft new Islands Trust Policy Statement.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2025-06-17Islands Trust CouncilTC-2025-051that Trust Council schedule a special electronic Trust Council meeting on the afternoon and evening of July 29, 2025 to consider First Reading of the draft new Policy Statement.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2025-03-11Islands Trust CouncilTC-2025-002that Trust Council by 2/3 majority vote add a discussion about Islands Trust use of social media to the agenda.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2025-03-11Islands Trust CouncilTC-2025-003that Trust Council by 2/3 majority vote add a discussion about the use of generative artificial intelligence to the agenda.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2025-03-11Islands Trust CouncilTC-2025-014that Trust Council assign the remainder of the Policy Statement work to Trust Programs Committee and that an electronic Special Meeting be scheduled for May to enable Trust Council to review the recommendations in preparation for potential First Reading at June Trust Council.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2025-03-11Islands Trust CouncilTC-2025-021that Trust Council requests that Staff reduce the expenditures proposed by the draft 2025/26 budget by deferring implementation of the Cityview bylaw portal and software upgrade to the next fiscal year.SecondedDEFEATEDminutes · source
2025-03-11Islands Trust CouncilTC-2025-022that Trust Council requests that Staff reduce the expenditures proposed by the draft 2025/26 budget as follows: a) Defer filling the Temporary Policy Advisor vacancy for six months ($64,025). b) Remove the amounts allocated for the funding of potential legal contingencies that may arise in connection with Denman, Gabriola, Mayne and Islands Trust ADOPTED Trust Council Quarterly Meeting Minutes March 11 to March 13, 2025 Page 18 of 28 North Pender Local Trust Committee projects ($10,000). c) Reduce the funding allocated to initiate the review of the Lasqueti Trust Area Official Community Plan (SecondedDEFEATEDminutes · source
2025-03-11Islands Trust CouncilTC-2025-025that Trust Council approve the proposed 2025/26 budget as amended and request staff to return with an updated financial plan bylaw for Trust Councils consideration.Voted againstCARRIEDminutes · source
2024-12-03Islands Trust CouncilTC-2024-099that Trust Council adopt quarterly meeting dates to the end of fiscal 2025/26 of: a) March 11 – 13, 2025 Islands Trust ADOPTED Page 8 of 24 Trust Council Quarterly Meeting Minutes December 3 to December 5, 2024 b) June 17 – 19, 2025 c) September 16 – 18, 2025 d) December 2 – 4, 2025; and, e) March 10 – 12, 2026SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2024-11-08Galiano IslandGL-2024-041that Galiano Island Local Trust Committee select Engagement Option No. 4 for Phase 4 community engagement about the new draft Islands Trust Policy Statement.Voted againstCARRIEDminutes · source
2024-09-24Islands Trust CouncilTC-2024-068to ask staff to engage with the Province to analyze Section 7 of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act to see how it pertains to Islands Trust Council, Islands Trust Conservancy, the Local Trust Committees, and Bowen Island Municipality.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2024-09-24Islands Trust CouncilTC-2024-069that the Executive Committee of Trust Council in conjunction with Staff develop a communications strategy that informs the public of Trust Council’s request for a comprehensive review of the Islands Trust Act and the reasons for it in advance of the next provincial election. TC-2024-070 It wasMoved—minutes · source
2024-09-24Islands Trust CouncilTC-2024-074that Trust Council approve spending of up to $15,000 from the unspent funds approved for recruiting a new Chief Administrative Officer to engage a consultant to develop a Chief Administrative Officer performance evaluation policy.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2024-05-30Islands Trust CouncilCOW-2024-003that the Committee of the Whole recommend to Executive Committee to provide significant time for discussion of the Trust Policy Statement in Committee of the Whole format at the June 2024 Trust Council meeting.SecondedDEFEATEDminutes · source
2023-12-05Islands Trust CouncilTC-2023-095that Trust Council request staff to seek written confirmation that the province will fund the initiatives to prepare new housing needs reports or to amend housing needs reports to meet the new legislative requirements for Interim Report on Housing Needs.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2023-12-05Islands Trust CouncilTC-2023-101that Trust Council approve the Draft Trust Council Housing Strategic Action Plan including proposed priority actions.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2023-09-26Islands Trust CouncilTC-2023-076that the Trust Council postpone the decision on the vision statement to the December Trust Council and request staff to provide advice on the process of the vision and mission statement development in light of our responsibilities to reconciliation.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2023-03-07Islands Trust CouncilTC-2023-013that Trust Council put back in to the budget for the 2023/24 year, $27,500 for the June Trust Council meeting.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2023-03-07Islands Trust CouncilTC-2023-014that the 2023/24 Trust Council meetings be held in-person at the following locations: June – Gabriola; September -1. The Penders or 2.Keats/Barnabas; December – Victoria; March (2024) - Salt Spring.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2023-03-07Islands Trust CouncilTC-2023-016that the above motion (TC-2023-015) be modified from $43,500 to $22,000. 4 in favour 16 opposedSecondedDEFEATEDminutes · source
2023-03-07Islands Trust CouncilTC-2023-039that the above motion TC-2023-038 be severed after “Community Charter” and two separate motions be presented for consideration by Trust Council. 9 in favour 11 opposedSecondedDEFEATEDminutes · source
2022-11-18Islands Trust CouncilTC-2022-135that Trustee Yates be appointed scrutineer for this ballot.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source

Attendance per the minutes

YearPresentAbsent or regrets
202230
2023170
2024191
2025154
202660
Every minuted meeting (65)

Transcripts are machine-made from the Islands Trust's own recordings; each speaker attribution carries a confidence mark (certain = identified by ear or hand, probable = matched to a saved voice), and every line links to the second of the recording so it can be checked. Motions, votes and attendance are taken from the Trust's published minutes and quote them verbatim.