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Meeting: Special Regular Council, Monday, October 5, 2026
Length: about 2 minutes
Watch: Full video on the RMOW meeting portal · Agenda and reports: RMOW council video, agendas and minutes

Key decisions

ADOPTED · Permissive Tax Exemption Amendment Bylaw No. 2539, 2026
Council gave final adoption to an amendment to its permissive tax exemption bylaw, which lets council exempt eligible community organizations from some property taxes. According to the bylaw text, it adds two exemptions: Arts Whistler at 4335 Blackcomb Way, a property the RMOW owns, fully exempt until 2029; and a 2.94-acre portion of the Tyrol Ski and Mountain Club's land, plus its buildings, until 2027. Only the Tyrol exemption was mentioned at the meeting. There was no staff presentation.
Vote: no one opposed. Moved by Councillor Ford, seconded by Councillor Jewett.

Recorded votes

Votes where members of council did not all agree. Unanimous votes are not listed.

All recorded votes at this meeting were unanimous.

What was discussed

Permissive tax exemption bylaw

• Councillor Ford moved adoption of the agenda, seconded by Councillor Morden. The Mayor then said the special meeting was called to adopt the Permissive Tax Exemption Amendment Bylaw. Watch at 0:00:02
• Councillor Jewett asked staff to confirm that the exemption for Tyrol Lodge expires in 2027, as set out in the bylaw. Staff confirmed it. Watch at 0:01:08

End of the council term

• Meeting less than two weeks before the October 17 election, the Mayor thanked members of council for their work together over the term, calling it a pleasure and a privilege. Watch at 0:01:40

Public input

None at this meeting. There were no delegations or public hearing speakers.

Following up

From earlier issues: None of the items we're tracking came up at this meeting, and we have no open items from earlier issues yet.

New items we'll watch for:

• The Tyrol Ski and Mountain Club exemption under the bylaw: expires in 2027.
• The Arts Whistler exemption under the bylaw: runs until 2029.

What's next

Since this meeting: General voting day was October 17. The official results, posted by the RMOW on October 22, re-elected Mayor Crompton and elected Robin Brown, Arthur De Jong, Jen Ford, Cathy Jewett, Mandy Rousseau and Claire Ruddy to council for 2026–2030.

• Tuesday, November 3, 5:30 p.m.: Inaugural meeting at the Maury Young Arts Centre, where the newly elected council is sworn in.

Get involved

• Council meetings are open to the public and include a public comment and question period.
• Agendas, reports and ways to contact council are on the RMOW council page.

Terms used

Permissive tax exemption: a property tax exemption council may choose to grant to eligible organizations, such as non-profits, under BC's Community Charter · Adoption: the final vote that makes a bylaw take effect, after its three readings · Special meeting: a council meeting called outside the regular schedule for specific business.

Context notes

We check factual figures cited at the meeting against public sources where we can. These notes add context; they are not verdicts on any speaker.

• No figures at this meeting needed checking.
• Context notes on candidates' statements were paused during the election period.

Council Watch Whistler is an independent, unofficial summary of publicly accessible meetings of the Whistler Council. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Resort Municipality of Whistler. This summary was generated by AI from an automatic transcript and may contain errors. Watch the linked video for the official record.

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