Louise Bell

Former Local Trustee, Denman Island (2008–2011)

Denman Island · 3 years in office · 14 named motions in the minutes · present at 30 minuted meetings

Seats and terms

SeatAreaTermHowFromTo
Local TrusteeDenman Island2008–2011general election2008-12-012011-12-07

Roles

RoleBodyFromTo
Vice-Chair, Islands Trust Council (Executive Committee)Islands Trust—2011-12-07
Chair, Local Trust CommitteeHornby Island2011-04-202011-10-19

Motions and votes from the minutes

Every motion the Islands Trust's published minutes record Louise Bell 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
2011-09-13Islands Trust Councilthat the Islands Trust Council approve the Annual Reports for 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005- 2006 and 2006-2007, as amended for submission to the Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development.MovedCARRIED UNANIMOUSLYminutes · source
2011-09-13Islands Trust Councilthat the Islands Trust Council approve the 2010-2011 Annual Report for submission to the Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development.MovedCARRIED UNANIMOUSLYminutes · source
2011-09-13Islands Trust Councilthat the Islands Trust Council be closed to the public subject to Sections 90(1)(c),(g) and (i) of the Community Charter in order to consider matters related to labour relations and other employee relations, litigation affecting the Islands Trust, and receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege; and that CAO Linda Adams be invited to attend the entire meeting, and that Islands Trust staff be invited to attend Parts 2, 3 and 4 of the meeting.MovedCARRIED UNANIMOUSLYminutes · source
2011-09-13Islands Trust Councilthat Islands Trust Council approve the proposed amendments to Policy 6.10.i (Annual Report Policy) as further amended September 14, 2011.MovedCARRIED UNANIMOUSLYminutes · source
2011-09-13Islands Trust Councilthat the Islands Trust Council not direct further work on the implementation of Phase 3 of the 2008 document “Report on Procedural Certainty and Administrative Fairness”.MovedCARRIED UNANIMOUSLYminutes · source
2011-09-13Islands Trust Councilthat the Islands Trust Council: 1. agree to enter into service contracts with the Boards of the Regional District of Nanaimo, Comox Valley Regional District, Cowichan Valley Regional District, Powell River Regional District, Sunshine Coast Regional District and Capital Regional District, for the purpose of sharing the costs of conducting elections, and 2. authorize the Chair and Legislative Services Manager to sign the service agreements on behalf of Council that will be substantially similar to the attached template, with the exception of the agreements with the Powell River and Cowichan VallMovedCARRIED UNANIMOUSLYminutes · source
2011-06-14Islands Trust Councilthat the Islands Trust Council request the Secretary to issue a Natural Area Protection Tax Exemption Program Certificate for the remainder of the land described as “Lot 6, Section 9, Hornby Island, Nanaimo District, Plan 25736” PID 000-087-866, subject to registration of a conservation covenant and completion of a baseline inventory report consistent with the standards developed for the NAPTEP program. This is the first NAPTEP application from the Hornby Island Local Trust Area and the 21 st overall since the program’s inception.MovedCARRIED UNANIMOUSLYminutes · source
2011-06-14Islands Trust Councilthat the Islands Trust Council request the Secretary to issue a Natural Area Protection Tax Exemption Program Certificate for the remainder of the land described as “Lot 5, Section 9, Hornby Island, Nanaimo District, Plan 25736” PID 002-658-674, subject to registration of a conservation covenant and completion of a baseline inventory report consistent with the standards developed for the NAPTEP program.MovedCARRIED UNANIMOUSLYminutes · source
2011-06-14Islands Trust Councilthat the Islands Trust Council request the Secretary to issue a Natural Area Protection Tax Exemption Program Certificate for the remainder of the land described as “Lot 13, Section 18 and 19, Pender Island, Cowichan District, Plan 38353” PID 000-299-804, subject to registration of a conservation covenant and completion of a baseline inventory report consistent with the standards developed for the NAPTEP program. This is the ninth NAPTEP application from the North Pender Island Local Trust Area.MovedCARRIED UNANIMOUSLYminutes · source
2011-06-14Islands Trust Councilthat the Islands Trust Council write to the Environmental Assessment Office and to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency expressing concern about the proposed Raven Underground Coal Mine on Vancouver Island regarding the need for the environmental assessment process to include a full review by a panel of independent experts; the potential impact on marine water within the Islands Trust Area, in particular on Baynes Sound; and the greenhouse gas emissions that would result from the project. The proposed Raven Coal project continues to be of concern to residents of Denman and Hornby IslanMovedCARRIED UNANIMOUSLYminutes · source
2011-03-08Islands Trust Councilthat Islands Trust Council amend Schedule B of proposed Islands Trust Council Bylaw No. 142 so it reflects a 10% reduction in the LTC Total portion of the remuneration. Craig Elder presented approximate revised remuneration totals by island using the proposed 10% reduction. Discussion ensued with some trustees feeling the reduction watered down the original intent to address the inequities of workload experienced by the larger islands and to attract a wider range of candidates for the next election. On the Motion IN FAVOUR – 10 (Morse-Bowen; Dodds-Mayne; Law-Hornby; Morrison-Lasqueti; HagedornMoved—minutes · source
2011-03-08Islands Trust Councilthat the Islands Trust Council establish a property tax increase of 1.5% in the 2011/12 budget, and recommend to the Financial Planning Committee that the resulting surplus be used to reduce property tax increases in the 2012/13 fiscal year. Trustees expressed discomfort borrowing money from taxpayers this upcoming fiscal to pay out for the following fiscal. IN FAVOUR – 2 (Malcolmson-Gabriola; Bell-Denman) OPPOSED – 24 MOTION FAILS Resolution TC115/11 It wasMoved—minutes · source
2011-03-08Islands Trust Councilthat the Islands Trust Council endorse the activities, phases and success measures identified for 2011- 2012 in the document entitled “Islands Trust Council Strategic Plan 2008-2011 – Adopted September 2009, Updated March 9, 2011.”MovedCARRIED UNANIMOUSLYminutes · source
2011-03-08Islands Trust Councilthat the Islands Trust Council request the Executive Committee to respond to the February 28, 2011 letter from Gulf Islands Alliance, thanking them for their second letter on this subject; stating that although the subject of carbon offsets is currently attracting a lot of public interest, it is complex and requires careful study before Trust Council can adopt a position on the possible use of offsets in land use planning; and indicating the following: • That achieving carbon neutrality across our organization is an objective for this term in the Islands Trusts 2008 – 2011 Strategic Plan and, MovedCARRIED UNANIMOUSLYminutes · source

Attendance per the minutes

YearPresentAbsent or regrets
200820
200930
2011252
Every minuted meeting (32)

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.