Assent Voting: Slocan Valley Fire Protection Service Loan Authorization
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PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors within Village of Slocan and defined portions of Electoral Areas H and I - Slocan Valley Fire Protection Service Area of the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) that “Assent Voting” is necessary to determine if the electors are in favour of borrowing up $750,000 for the replacement of a frontline fire engine for the Winlaw Volunteer Fire Department.
ADVANCED VOTING DAY AND GENERAL VOTING DAY
Village of Slocan and defined portions of Electoral Areas H and I 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: November 22, 2023
Winlaw Fire Hall
5741 Highway 6
Winlaw, BC V0G 2J0
General Voting Day: December 2, 2023
Winlaw Fire Hall
5741 Highway 6
Winlaw, BC V0G 2J0
Village of Slocan Fire Hall
8877 Slocan Road S Trail
Slocan, BC V0G 2C0
Crescent Valley Fire Hall
1365 Highway 6
Castlegar, BC V1N 4P5
MAIL BALLOT: Qualified electors wishing to receive a Mail Ballot Package must apply to the RDCK before November 30, 2023 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, December 2, 2023. 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.
Media Release: Assent Vote for the Loan Authorization to purchase Frontline Fire Engines
Click to view the Slocan Valley Fire Protection Service Area Map
Click to read the Slocan Valley Fire Protection Service Loan Authorization (Frontline Fire Engine) Bylaw No. 2914, 2023
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 adopting Slocan Valley Fire Protection Service Loan Authorization (Frontline Fire Engine) Bylaw No. 2914, 2023, which will permit the Regional District to borrow an amount not to exceed $750,000 for the purpose of replacing the Winlaw Volunteer Fire Department frontline fire engine? ☐ YES ☐ NO
Purpose: The Winlaw Fire Department frontline fire engine is at the end of its service life and needs to be replaced. The standards for the replacement of these engines is set by the National Fire Protection Agency and Fire Underwriters Survey. The replacement fire engine will have a service life of 25 years.
Rate Implications: It is anticipated that a 2024 borrowing of the maximum allowable amount, $750,000, would result in a requisition increase of $61,799 which equates to a residential rate increase of $0.0473/$1000 annually, increasing the projected 2024 residential requisition rate from $1.886/$1000 to $1.2358/$1000 or an additional $21.29 in taxation for a $450,000 single family home.
PUBLICATION INFORMATION
Notices will be published in the Valley Voice (publications printed every two weeks) 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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Notice of Voter Registration |
Inform voters of advance registration |
Aug 24 & Sept 7 (correction) |
LGA 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 |
Oct 5 |
LGA71(5)
LGA 77(6)
LGE 79(2) |
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Notice of Application For Scrutineers (see the application for Scrutineers below) |
Request volunteer scrutineers |
Oct 5 |
LGA182(1) |
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Winlaw Fire Department - Open House |
5741 Highway 6, Winlaw |
Oct 10 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. |
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Inform voters of where they may vote and when |
Nov 16 |
LGA176(1), 107(5) |
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December 5 |
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 (Village of Slocan and defined portions of Electoral Areas H and I) 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 nomination period (October 17 to October 27) by filling out the following form and sending to the Chief Election Officer: No-21-1-Application-Act-Scrutineer [PDF - 1 MB]
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
Frontline Fire Engines
Nora Hannon
Regional Fire Chief
Phone: 250.352.8198
Email: nhannon@rdck.bc.ca
The content on this page was last updated December 5 2023 at 4:36 AM