Assent Voting: Defined Electoral Area J Curbside Collection Service Establishment
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PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors within a defined portion of Electoral Area J of the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) that “Assent Voting” is necessary to determine if the electors are in favour of the 2-Stream Curbside Collection service.
Click to view the PDF defined portion of Electoral Area J Service Map.
Click to view the JPG defined portion of Electoral Area J Service Map.
Click to read the Defined Area J Curbside Collection Service Establishment Bylaw No. 2934, 2023
Click to view more information on the proposed curbside collection service in electoral areas: https://engage.rdck.ca/curbside
Frequently Asked Questions: Area J Curbside Referendum
ADVANCED VOTING DAY AND GENERAL VOTING DAY
The defined portion of Electoral Area J eligible electors will have the opportunity to participate in an assent vote and will have the following opportunities to participate in an assent vote at the following locations, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.:
Advanced Voting Day: May 1, 2024
Castlegar and District Community Complex
2101 6th Avenue, Castlegar, BC V1N 3B2
General Voting Day: May 11, 2024
Castlegar and District Community Complex
2101 6th Avenue, Castlegar, BC V1N 3B2
MAIL BALLOT: Qualified electors wishing to receive a Mail Ballot Package must call or email (see assent vote contacts) the RDCK starting April 11, 2024 and no later than May 9, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. Ballots must be returned to the RDCK at Box 590, 202 Lakeside Drive, Nelson, BC by 8:00 p.m., Saturday, May 11, 2024. In the event that ballots cannot be returned by mail they may be hand delivered to reception or placed in the mail slot at 202 Lakeside Drive, Nelson BC.
The vote will be conducted in accordance with the Local Government Act (LGA). The question to be asked to obtain the assent of the electors shall be:
Are you in favour of the Regional District of Central Kootenay adopting Defined Area J Curbside Collection Service Establishment Bylaw No. 2934, 2023, which will permit the Regional District to establish a curbside collection service for defined portions of Electoral Area J; which if approved will result in an annual requisition not to exceed $406,818.39 based on a cost per household of $283.06.
☐ YES ☐ NO
Purpose: To establish a 2-Stream Curbside Collection service for the defined portion of Electoral Area J that would include household garbage and food waste collection.
Rate Implications: It is anticipated that the maximum requisition amount for the defined portion of Electoral Area J Curbside Collection Service is set at $406,818.39 (1437 households x $283.06)
PUBLICATION INFORMATION
Notices will be published in the Castlegar News and posted on public notice posting places for the following:
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Notice |
Requirement |
Date of publication |
LGA Reference |
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Inform voters of advance registration |
Feb 1 & Feb 8 |
LGA 50, 71(2) |
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Notice of End of Advanced Elector Registration
Notice of Inspection of Electors List
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Inform voters of last day to advance register for voting. Inform voters that the electors list is now publicly available. Inform voters that objections to the electors list are now be received. |
Feb 29 & Mar 7 |
LGA 50 LGA 71(5)
LGA 50, 77(6)
LGA 50, 79(2) |
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Notice of Application For Scrutineers (see the application for Scrutineers below) |
Request volunteer scrutineers |
Mar 7 & |
LGA 50, 182(1) |
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(sent to eligible households) |
Mar 15 |
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Public Information Session #1 Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. |
Castlegar and District Community Complex |
April 4 |
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Public Information Session #2 Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm |
Remote Access Click on the link to attend the session. |
April 16 |
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Inform voters of where they may vote and when |
April 18 & April 25 |
LGA 50, 176(1), 107(5) |
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Official Results |
May 13 |
LGA146 |
Assent Voting (Referendum): Under Section 85 of the Community Charter, approval of the electors within the service area is being obtained by means of assent voting. Assent is obtained only if a majority of the votes counted as valid are in favour of the question.
WHO MAY VOTE: Electors within the boundary of the service area (defined portion of Electora Area J) are the only persons entitled to participate in this assent vote. An elector is a person who meets the requirements and qualifications as described below.
Resident electors must meet the following requirements:
- You are a Canadian citizen;
- You are 18 years of age or older on or before general voting day;
- You are a resident of BC for at least 6 months immediately prior to the day of registration;
- You are a resident of the RDCK rural electoral area in which you are voting; and
- You are not disqualified by the Local Government Act or any other Act from voting in an election or be otherwise disqualified by law.
Resident Elector Registration Form (please fill out the form and bring it with you on voting day) - 2022-Resident_Elector-Form_200M
Non-resident (property) electors must meet the following requirements:
- You are a Canadian citizen;
- You are 18 years of age or older on or before general voting day;
- You have lived in BC for at least 6 months immediately prior to the day of registration;
- You must have been a registered owner of real property in the municipality or electoral area for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration (Note: the only persons who are registered owners of the real property, either as joint tenants or tenants in common, are individuals who are not holding the property in trust for a corporation or another trust);
- You must only register in relation to one piece of property in the jurisdiction;
- If more than one person owns the property, only one owner may register and that person must have the written consent of a majority of the other owners; and
- You are not disqualified by the Local Government Act or any other Act from voting in an election or be otherwise disqualified by law.
Non-Resident Elector Registration Form (please fill out the form and bring it with you on voting day) - No-7-2-Non_Resident_Elector_Registration-Fillable [PDF - 883 KB]
Non-Resident Elector Written Consent Form (please fill out the form and bring it with you on voting day) - No-7-3-Non_Resident_Elector_Consent_Form-Fillable [PDF - 825 KB]
To see if you are registered to vote, please visit our Voter Registration section.
SCRUTINEERS: Only persons entitled to vote in the assent voting are entitled to act as scrutineers for assent voting. Election officials are ineligible to volunteer as a scrutineer. Only one scrutineer for the question and one scrutineer against the question may be present at each voting place.
Scrutineers for or against the bylaw must apply to volunteer during the application period (March 27 to April 5, 2024) by filling out the following form and sending to the Chief Election Officer: No-21-1-Application-Act-Scrutineer-Assent Vote-01.pdf
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Assent Vote Process
Tom Dool / Angela Lund
Chief Elections Officer / Deputy Chief Elections Officer
Phone: 250.352.8173 / 250.352.8160
Email: elections@rdck.bc.ca
Curbside Collection Service
Matt Morrison
Organics Coordinator
Phone: 250.551.6647
Email: mattmorrison@rdck.bc.ca
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