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Joint Exercise of Powers by Municipalities

A Municipality may join with any other municipality
or municipalities for the purpose of exercising any
powers conferred by this Act, but no agreement made
pursuant to this section is valid until ratified by
by-laws adopted by a vote of not less than two-thirds
of all the members of each respective Council, and
no such by-law shall come into effect until approved
by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.

In a by-law under sub-section (1), provision may be made
with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council
for (governmental) agencies other than municipalities to
participate in the exercise of the power conferred by the
by-law.

The powers of the municipality extend beyond the boundaries
of the municipality for the purpose of exercising the powers
in accordance with an agreement entered into under sub-
section (1).

For the purposes of this section,'municipality' includes
the City of Vancouver.

It was my belief that with this proposed amendment, to
include other agencies, regional districts, branches of the Federal
and Provincial governments, etc. could also join with the municipalities
in the exercise of the function of mosquito control.

@ the day of writing this report I have discussed this
question with a representative of the Department of Municipal Affairs,
and the view of the Department appears to be that it is still considered
that the best solution would be to transfer the function to the Regional

District.

I have, therefore, indicated that the Executive of this
Board will seek a meeting with the Deputy Minister during the U.B.C.M.
Convention in Victoria, and if necessary with the Minister.

Respectfully submitted.

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Harold Harnett,
SECRETARY-TREASURER.