WHEREAS the Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality JGMRM has no residents, no taxable assessment, and an appointed council; AND WHEREAS the draft JGMRM five year financial plan shows 1 million of Provincial grant funding sustaining their operations for the next five years; AND WHEREAS the Association of Kootenay and Boundary Local Governments AKBLG is working on a shoe string budget to assist elected local government within the Kootenay and Boundary regions of British Columbia; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the UBCM inform the Province of British Columbia that it is strongly opposed to the funding of any municipalities without residents.
Ministry of Community, Sport Cultural Development A key objective in incorporating the Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality was to provide for a council that can undertake the necessary planning and regulation to ensure provision of the services and amenities necessary for a successful resort and community. The provincial grant enables the council to have a degree of independence from the proponent as it develops a planning and regulatory framework for the development of the resort. The Local Government Grants Act makes the mountain resort municipality eligible for a Small Community Grant. Regulation 33295 under the Act determines the amount of money to which the Mountain Resort Municipality is entitled, which this year was 200,000 in 2014. http:www.bclaws.cacivixdocumentidcompletestatreg22195