PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of Electoral Area H of the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) that an Assent Vote will be held to determine if the electors are in favour of the RDCK Board adopting Electoral Area H Dangerous and Aggressive Dog Control Service Establishment Bylaw No. 3066, 2025.

The vote will be conducted in accordance with  Local Government (LGA) Part 4—Assent Vote.

The question asked, on the ballot, to obtain assent of the electors will be:

Electoral Area H Dangerous and Aggressive Dog Control Service Establishment Bylaw No. 3066, 2025 will allow the Regional District to establish a service for the regulation of Dangerous and Aggressive Dogs in Electoral Area H and to establish a maximum annual allowable requisition not to exceed the greater of $ 109,741 or the amount resulting from a rate of $0.077/$1,000 applied to the actual net taxable value of land and improvements in the service area. 

Are you in favour of the Regional District adopting Electoral Area H Dangerous and Aggressive Dog Control Service Establishment Bylaw No. 3066, 2025?

    YES      NO 

Assent Voting Opportunities Will Be Held At the Following Locations and Times:

May 20, 2026 —8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Knox Hall: 521 6th Avenue New Denver, BC
Winlaw Hall: 5897 Highway 6 Winlaw, BC

May 27, 2026—8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Hills Community Hall: 4480 Highway 6 Hills, BC

May 30, 2026—8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Knox Hall: 521 6th Avenue New Denver, BC
Winlaw Hall: 5897 Highway 6 Winlaw, BC
Crescent Valley Hall: 1385 Highway 6 Crescent Valley, BC

Voting by Mail

Electors wishing to vote by mail ballot must apply to the RDCK before May 27th, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. Ballots must be returned to the RDCK at Box 590, 202 Lakeside Drive, Nelson, BC V1L 5R4 by 8:00 p.m., Saturday, May 30, 2026. In the event that ballots cannot be returned by mail they may be hand delivered to 202 Lakeside Drive in Nelson, BC by 8:00 p.m., Saturday, May 30, 2026.

To Participate You Must Qualify As A Resident Elector or a Non-Resident Elector

Resident Electors must meet all 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 Electoral Area H; and
• You are not disqualified by the LGA or any other Act from voting in an election or be otherwise disqualified by law.

Non-Resident Electors must meet all of 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 have been a registered owner of real property within Electoral Area H for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration;
• 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 LGA or any other Act from voting in an election or be otherwise disqualified by law.

If you are not on the Voters List and wish to register on voting day please visit our website for the required documentation for Resident or Non-resident electors.

Synopsis of Bylaw No. 3066, 2025.

Electoral Area H Dangerous and Aggressive Dog Control Service Establishment Bylaw No. 3066, 2025 establishes a service for the regulation of dangerous and aggressive dogs in Electoral Area H of the RDCK.

This synopsis is not intended to be and are not deemed to be an interpretation of the Bylaw.

Electoral Area H Dangerous and Aggressive Dog Control Service Establishment Bylaw No. 3066, 2025 may be inspected at the RDCK Administration Office at 202 Lakeside Dr Nelson, BC , during normal working hours, or is available for viewing on the website.

For further information, please contact:

Tom Dool, Chief Election Officer
tdool@rdck.bc.ca  250.352.8173

Angela Lund, Deputy Chief Election Officer
alund@rdck.bc.ca 250.352.8160

Or email: elections@rdck.bc.ca

Notice of Assent Voting PDF

/An assent vote has been scheduled for Saturday, May 30th 2026 to seek elector approval for the establishment of a service to regulate dangerous and aggressive dogs.

Applying To Volunteer as a Scrutineer:

Applications will be received by the Chief Elections Officer from April 14 to April 24, 2026 at 202 Lakeside Drive, Nelson, B.C. during regular office hours or by email at elections@rdck.bc.ca.

Applications are available on the RDCK website or by contacting the Chief Elections Officer at the email or phone number listed below.

The question being voted on:

Electoral Area H Dangerous and Aggressive Dog Control Service Establishment Bylaw No. 3066, 2025 will allow the Regional District to establish a service for the regulation of Dangerous and Aggressive Dogs in Electoral Area H and to establish a maximum annual allowable requisition not to exceed the greater of $109,741 or the amount resulting from a rate of $0.077/$1,000 applied to the actual net taxable value of land and improvements in the service area. 

Are you in favour of the Regional District adopting Electoral Area H Dangerous and Aggressive Dog Control Service Establishment Bylaw No. 3066, 2025?

Yes            or            No

Assent voting opportunities are scheduled for the following:

ADVANCED VOTING DAY: May 20th, 2026 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

ADDITIONAL ADVANCED VOTING DAY: May 27th, 2026 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

GENERAL VOTING DAY: May 30th, 2026 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

For further information, please contact:

Tom Dool, Chief Election Officer
tdool@rdck.bc.ca  250.352.8173

Angela Lund, Deputy Chief Election Officer
alund@rdck.bc.ca 250.352.8160

Or email: elections@rdck.bc.ca

Notice of Application Period to Volunteer as a Scrutineer PDF

Notice of Closure of Advance Voter Registration:

Advance registration closes at 4:00 pm on April 8, 2026. After this time, elector registrations must be completed on voting days. The RDCK uses the Provincial Voters List as its List of Electors. If you are not on the voters list and would like to vote please go to https://elections.bc.ca.

To participate you must be a resident or non-resident property owner within Electoral Area H. For elector qualifications and the proposed service area please visit the RDCK website.

Notice of Period of Inspection of the Electors List:

Beginning April 13, 2026 until the close of assent voting on May 30, 2026, a copy of the list of registered electors will be available for public inspection, at the RDCK office in Nelson, from 8:30 am to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays.

Before inspecting the list, a person must sign a statement that they will not make copies or use the information included in the list except for the purposes described in Part 3 – Electors and Elections of the Local Government Act.

Request to Omit or Obscure Personal Information:

An elector may request that their address or other personal information about them be omitted from or obscured on the list of electors. The elector must contact the Chief Election Officer or the Deputy Chief Election Officer to make this request.

Objection to the Registration of an Elector:

An objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the list of registered electors may be made in accordance with the Local Government Act until 4:00 pm on April 24th, 2026. An objection must be in writing and an objection may only be made by a person entitled to be registered as an elector of an electoral area of the RDCK and only on the basis that a person whose name appears on the list of electors has died or is not qualified to register as an elector of an electoral area of the RDCK.

For further information, please contact:

Tom Dool, Chief Election Officer
tdool@rdck.bc.ca  250.352.8173

Angela Lund, Deputy Chief Election Officer
alund@rdck.bc.ca 250.352.8160

Or email: elections@rdck.bc.ca

Closure of Advance Elector Registration & Inspection of the Electors List PDF

An assent vote has been scheduled for Saturday, May 30th 2026 to seek elector approval for the establishment of a Dangerous and Aggressive Dog Control Service.

ADVANCE ELECTOR REGISTRATION:

Advance registration closes at 4:00 p.m. on April 7th, 2026. After this time, elector registrations must be completed on voting days. The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) uses the Provincial Voters List as its List of Electors. If you are not on the voters and would like to vote please go to https://elections.bc.ca.

ELECTOR QUALIFICATIONS:

You must be a resident or non-resident property owner within Electoral Area H.

Resident electors must be:

• 18 years of age or older on general voting day;
• a Canadian citizen;
• a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration;
• a resident of the proposed service area; and
• not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or assent voting and not otherwise disqualified by law.

Non-resident property electors must be:

• 18 years of age or older on general voting day;
• a Canadian citizen;
• a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration;
• a registered owner of real property in the proposed service area for at least 30 days before the day of registration; and
• not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or assent voting and not otherwise disqualified by law.

If there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may, with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property elector. Only persons who are registered owners of the property, either as joint tenants or tenants in common, are eligible. Persons holding property in trust for a corporation or trust are ineligible to participate as non-resident property electors.

LIST OF REGISTERED ELECTORS:

Beginning April 14th until the close of assent voting on May 30th, a copy of the list of registered electors will be available for public inspection, at the RDCK office in Nelson, from 8:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.—4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays.

Prior to inspection a person is required to acknowledge, by signed agreement, that making copies of the list is not allowed; and further that the information on the electors list may only be used in accordance with purposes established in the Local Government Act.  

REQUEST TO OMIT OR OBSCURE PERSONAL INFORMATION:

An elector may request their address or other personal information about them be omitted from or obscured on the list of electors. The elector must contact the Chief Election Officer or the Deputy Chief Election Officer to make this request.

OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION OF AN ELECTOR:

An objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the list of registered electors may be made in accordance with the Local Government Act until 4:00 p.m. on April 24, 2026. An objection must be in writing and an objection may only be made by a person entitled to be registered as an elector of an electoral area of the RDCK and only on the basis that a person whose name appears on the list of electors has died or is not qualified to register as an elector of an electoral area of the RDCK.

For further information, please contact:

Tom Dool, Chief Election Officer
tdool@rdck.bc.ca  250.352.8173

Angela Lund, Deputy Chief Election Officer
alund@rdck.bc.ca 250.352.8160

Or email: elections@rdck.bc.ca

Notice of Advance Voter Registration PDF