Resolutions

Of the 200+ resolutions brought forward to Convention this year, 57 have been referred to Executive to consider. Most of these are resolutions that were not considered at Convention due to lack of time. 

Executive will address these resolutions during the next quarterly meeting in November, and decisions will be shared in The Compass. Endorsed resolutions will be conveyed to the appropriate order of government.

Resolutions referred to Executive are as follows:

Every year the UBCM Executive sponsors special resolutions that address priority issues. This year they get at some of the specific areas where coordination is needed to respond to complex social issues that are beyond the jurisdiction of any one body.  

These resolutions will be individually considered by the membership at the first resolutions session on Wednesday morning, including one extraordinary resolution that proposes a new framework to evaluate resolutions in future years.  

The Province has provided its responses to resolutions endorsed at the 2024 UBCM Convention, as well as those resolutions that were referred to and endorsed by the UBCM Executive.

Members are reminded that they can submit resolutions directly to UBCM until June 15. 

Any resolution submitted after June 15 will be considered a Late Resolution. Late Resolutions will only be sent for debate at Convention if the topic is considered new, emergency, and not known as of the June 15 deadline. For more, refer to the Resolutions Process. 

The UBCM Executive held its quarterly Executive meeting in Richmond February 20-21, 2025. It was the first opportunity for the full UBCM Executive to meet with provincial Ministers newly responsible for local government affairs. We look forward to productive collaboration with the Honourable Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs, and the Honourable Brittny Anderson, Minister of State for Local Governments and Rural Communities on priority issues including housing, local government finance, addressing impacts of tariff on BC communities and more. 

The Province has provided an additional set of responses to the 2023 resolutions. This additional set covers off all but one of the resolutions that were provincially focused and conveyed to the Province following Convention 2023.

At this time of year, resolutions from all five area associations and individual members are coming to UBCM in a hailstorm. As we prepare for these resolutions to be considered at the 2024 UBCM Convention, we wanted to take an opportunity to talk about what happens before and after the Convention, in particular how UBCM deals with the Province’s responses to resolutions endorsed by the membership.

The Province has provided its first set of responses to resolutions endorsed at the 2023 UBCM Convention. These responses will be shared directly with each local government sponsor and will be posted to the resolutions page on the UBCM website. An addendum with additional responses will follow.