The city will be seeking support from other communities to deal with issues around waste, territorial funding to municipalities and road safety.

That’s after city council voted to bring forward three resolutions to the annual general meeting and conference of the Association of Yukon Communities (AYC) set for May 10-13 in Dawson City.

The three resolutions were brought forward as having the AYC call on the Yukon government to:

• provide municipalities with an increased and predictable level of core funding and review the comprehensive municipal grant;

• develop territory-wide comprehensive waste management programs; and

• review the Motor Vehicles Act and Summaries Convictions Act.

Before council voted on the main motion though, council made two amendments.

The first was proposed by Coun. Roslyn Woodcock.

She argued that along with the review of the two territorial acts, there should be another clause calling for the name of the Motor Vehicles Act to be changed to the Road Safety Act.

As Woodcock explained, such a change would reflect the need for safety for all who use the roadways.

Council agreed with Woodcock and passed the amendment to the resolution.

It had been brought forward over concerns that changes to the Motor Vehicles Act may not be enforceable without concurrent changes to the Summary Convictions Act.

Thus, both should be opened to, “among other things, enable the use of technology in Yukon communities to support the enforcement of moving violations and related offences.”

Council also agreed to an amendment put forward by Coun. Rob Fendrick on the resolution around municipal funding.

Fendrick’s amendment acknowledged that while there have been changes to the comprehensive municipal grant recently, it has not gone up a lot, and continued work on future grants need to be done.

There were no changes to the resolution around waste management, which recognized the work in revising the beverage container regulations and designated materials regulations.

The resolution also notes there is still work to be done on implementation of that as well as waste management, recycling and waste diversion.

The three resolutions will now move forward to be considered by other municipal officials throughout the territory when the AYC hosts its conference and meeting in May.

If AYC delegates adopt the resolutions, the organization would then work to bring them to the Yukon government.

Whitehorse council members pointed out last week these issues continue to come up at the AYC meeting every year.