REGIONAL DISTRICT OF OKANAGAN-SIMILKAMEEN
BOARD of DIRECTORS MEETING

REGULAR AGENDA

Thursday, June 19, 2025

9:00 A.m. - 11:30 A.m.

RDOS Boardroom

101 Martin Street, Penticton, BC V2A 5J9

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A.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

(Unweighted Corporate Vote - Simple Majority)

• RECOMMENDATION

  That the Agenda for the RDOS Board Meeting of June 19, 2025, be adopted.

A.1

Consent Agenda - Corporate Issues

(Unweighted Corporate Vote - Simple Majority)

• RECOMMENDATION

  THAT the Consent Agenda Corporate Services be adopted. 

A.1.1

Parks and Recreation Commissions

A.1.1.1

Kaleden Parks and Recreation Minutes 

THAT the Minutes of the May 20, 2025, Kaleden Parks and Recreation Commission meeting be received. 

A.1.1.2

Okanagan Falls Parks and Recreation Minutes

THAT the Minutes of the May 22, 2025, Okanagan Falls Parks and Recreation Commission meeting be received. 

A.1.1.3

Similkameen Recreation Minutes 

THAT the Minutes of the May 13, 2025, Similkameen Parks and Recreation Commission meeting be received. 

A.1.2

Planning and Development Committee

THAT the Minutes of the June 5, 2025, Planning and Development Committee meeting be adopted. 

A.1.3

Protective Services Committee

THAT the Minutes of the June 5, 2025, Protective Services Committee meeting be adopted. 

A.1.4

RDOS Board of Directors

THAT the Minutes of the June 5, 2025, RDOS Board of Directors meeting be adopted. 

A.2

Consent Agenda - Development Services Issues

A.2.1

Development Variance Permit Application — Electoral Area “I” (I2025.011-DVP)

(Unweighted Rural Vote - Simple Majority) 

• RECOMMENDATION

  THAT Development Variance Permit No. I2025.011-DVP, to allow for the construction of an addition to an existing single detached dwelling at 119 3^rd Street, Kaleden, be approved.

B.

CLOSED SESSION 

(Unweighted Corporate Vote - Simple Majority)

• RECOMMENDATION

  THAT in accordance with Section 90(1)(e),(i),(k), and 90(2)(b), of the Community Charter, the Board close the meeting to the public on the basis of the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality, the receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose, negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of a municipal service that are at their preliminary stages and that, in the view of the council, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality if they were held in public, and the consideration of information received and held in confidence relating to negotiations between the municipality and a provincial government or the federal government or both, or between a provincial government or the federal government or both and a third party.

C.

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES - Building Inspection

C.1

Building Bylaw Infraction – 449 Chapman Road (Electoral Area “A”)

(Unweighted Corporate Vote - Simple Majority) 

• RECOMMENDATION

  THAT a Section 302 Notice on Title, pursuant to Section 302 of the Local Government Act and Section 57 of the Community Charter (made applicable to Regional Districts by Section 302 of the LGA), be filed against the title of lands described as Lot A, DL 2709, Plan KAP78620, that certain works have been undertaken on the lands contrary to the Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen Building Bylaw No. 2805, 2018.

C.2

Building Bylaw Infraction – 588 Highway 5A (Electoral Area “H”)

(Unweighted Corporate Vote - Simple Majority)

• RECOMMENDATION

  THAT a Section 302 Notice on Title, pursuant to Section 302 of the Local Government Act and Section 57 of the Community Charter (made applicable to Regional Districts by Section 302 of the LGA), be filed against the title of lands described as District Lot 2420, that certain works have been undertaken on the lands contrary to the Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen Building Bylaw No. 2805, 2018.

D.

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES - Rural Land Use Matters

D.1

Development Variance Permit Application — Electoral Area “H” (H2025.010-DVP)

(Unweighted Rural Vote - Simple Majority) 

• RECOMMENDATION

  THAT Development Variance Permit No. H2025.010-DVP, to allow for the construction of an accessory building at 247 Missezula Lake Road, be denied.

D.2

Items Removed from Consent Agenda

This is held for items pulled off the Consent Agenda - Development Services.

E.

FINANCE

E.1

MFA Financing of Curbside Bins

(Weighted Corporate Vote - Majority) 

• RECOMMENDATION

  THAT the Board of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen authorize up to $921,324.24 be borrowed, under Section 403 of the Local Government Act, from the Municipal Finance Authority, for the purpose of purchasing curbside collection carts; and

  THAT the loan will be repaid within five years, with no rights of renewal.

E.2

2024 Statement of Financial Information

(Unweighted Corporate Vote - Simple Majority) 

• RECOMMENDATION

  THAT the Statement of Financial Information for the year ended December 31, 2024 be approved pursuant to the Financial Information Act - Financial Information Regulation Schedule 1, subsection 9(2).

F.

LEGISLATIVE SERVICES

F.1

Electoral Area Boundary Review

M. Hatch, Executive Assistant will provide an Electoral Area Boundary Review to the Board. 

(Unweighted Corporate Vote - Simple Majority)

• RECOMMENDATION

  THAT the Board of Directors proceed with an Electoral Area Boundary Review.

F.2

Items Removed from Consent Agenda

This is held for items pulled off the Consent Agenda - Legislative Services. 

G.

CAO REPORTS 

G.1

Verbal Update

G.2

Strategic Priorities Board Amendments

H.

OTHER BUSINESS

H.1

Chair's Report

H.2

Directors Motions

H.2.1

Motion - Director Roberts

(Unweighted Corporate Vote - Simple Majority) 

• RECOMMENDATION

  THAT where there is a Crown Land cleanup in Electoral Areas, there would be a formal process with an algorithm that creates a flow of communication and jurisdictional considerations and protocols. 

H.3

Board Members Verbal Update

H.3.1

Board Representation

1. Municipal Finance Authority – Pendergraft, Watt (Alternate)
2. Municipal Insurance Association – Pendergraft, Taylor (Alternate)
3. Okanagan Basin Water Board - McKortoff, Holmes, Monteith, Fedrigo (Alternate), Pendergraft (Alternate), Taylor (Alternate)
4. Okanagan Film Commission – S. Coyne, Fedrigo (Alternate)
5. Okanagan Regional Library – Fedrigo, Monteith (Alternate)
6. Okanagan-Kootenay Sterile Insect Release Board – Bush, Roberts (Alternate)
7. Southern Interior Municipal Employers Association –S. Coyne 
8. Starling Control – Bush
9. Economic Trust of the Southern Interior (ETSI-BC) - Johansen, McKortoff, Bloomfield, Roberts (Alternate)

I.

ITEMS COMING OUT OF CLOSED SESSION 

J.

ADJOURNMENT

• RECOMMENDATION

  THAT the meeting adjourn.