As the current term enters its last few weeks, members of city council are jostling to squeeze in some final causes to champion.
There were three notices of motion included in Monday night's council meeting agenda, all to be discussed during the Oct. 6 meeting at city hall.
The first is sponsored by councillors Brian Skakun, Frank Everitt and Garth Frizzell. The trio are asking for city staff to prepare a separate annual report outlining third-party consultant costs.
"By having this report as an individual item, it will be easier for city council and the public to review this information when needed," reads the notice of motion. "A separate report could help facilitate a better discussion between city council and administration regarding the whole issue of consultant spending."
The ask contends that such a report could be included as part of the city's annual financial report and be broken down into two categories: spending above and below $25,000.
Skakun has also submitted another notice of motion with the goal of revisiting a section of the city's zoning bylaw that restricts how recreational vehicles and trailers are stored on residential property.
Vehicles and trailers longer than 6.1 metres (20 feet) are not allowed in the front of a home - including the driveway.
His motion requests that council direct staff to either not enforce the bylaw until there has been "meaningful community consultation on the matter" or that staff only hand out warnings until consultation occurs.
"Since the city bylaw services discussed RV and trailer parking on and off street in the media last week, it has created more fear and uncertainty for people who who recreational vehicles and trailers," Skakun wrote in his notice. "We now have residents wondering if they now have to find winter storage for their units, while others who have winterized and put their units on blocks or [are] in some cases not buying an RV until this is sorted out."
Other contributing factors, according to Skakun, are that the RV and trailer sizes have increased and that the city has allowed larger houses to be built on smaller lots, which leaves no room for storage in the backyards.
Coun. Cameron Stolz also has a motion on next week's agenda, to advocate for northern road projects.
During last week's Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Whistler, city reps met with Transportation Minister Todd Stone who said the province is developing a blueprint for investment in transportation projects.
Stolz is asking for city staff to work with him, a representative from the North Central Local Government Association and the local MLAs to create a presentation for the consultation process (which has yet to be announced).
"With the increase in economic development that is and that will be happening in the north and west of Prince George, we need to ensure that our highways through the city and the region are safe," Stolz wrote in his notice. "This is a once-in-a-decade opportunity for the north to help shape which road projects the province is considering and which northern projects should have the highest priority."
