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Feb 28,2014 Tri Cities Now

Jeremy Deutsch / Tri-Cities Now
February 28, 2014 12:00 AM                                                    

Anyone who sat through a Port Moody council meeting last year was privy to a little presentation highlighting the community's centennial celebration.

And for a number of years, council has started the meeting with an "art at council" presentation highlighting local artists.

That gave Mayor Mike Clay the idea to provide a similar time slot for a "business highlight" to allow for local presentations by businesses on the regular council agenda.

The purpose, according to a report by the mayor, would be to provide an opportunity for businesses, particularly large industrial ones, to come before council and give an update on their activities and operations in the city. Clay noted the opportunity could be valuable due to challenges posed by the Evergreen Line.

The businesses would be invited based on the criteria of being locally owned, non-homebased and licensed.

But in a close vote, council said no. Coun. Gerry Nuttall argued under the proposed format, businesses would be lined up to give a pitch. He also noted the length of meetings, pointing out there were two delegations at the recent one that lasted over an hour.

The motion was defeated with Couns. Zoe Royer, Rick Glumac, Bob Elliott and Nuttall voting against.

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