City Council has renewed their membership in the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.  A letter from the Federation notes the city receives exceptional value from FCM driven programs receiving an estimated 320 thousand dollars from the Gas Tax Fund program this year.  It also mentions municipalities receiving GST rebates and new federal programs to provide municipalities with additional infrastructure funding.

Council also received a letter from the Flin Flon Sexual Exploitation of Youth Committee whose goal includes public awareness and prevention to address the issues of sexual exploitation in any or all its forms regionally and provincially.

They note one of the new initiatives they are focusing on is a safe taxi bylaw in which they propose that taxi drivers not only agree to a criminal records check when applying for their license but also a criminal records including vulnerable sector check, child abuse registry check and an adult abuse registry check.  These bylaws were passed in Thompson and Winnipeg. The request will be reviewed by Council.