City staff are asking the committee to recommend that the Survivors’ Flag be raised automatically each year on Sept. 30 at City-owned buildings. The committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, at 6 p.m. in City Council Chambers. The agenda also includes a Recreation Department update, second-quarter budget-variance reports and a Lake Geraldine water-supply update. Source↗

The proposed change would put the annual flag raising into the City’s standing calendar rather than leaving it to a yearly decision. Staff say the flag is intended to honour residential school Survivors and people and communities affected by the residential school system. The report says the City already owns the flags; future replacement costs would come from the Council materials and supplies budget. Source↗

The Governance and Priorities Committee of the Whole can consider the recommendation on Sept. 15. The agenda presents two options: add Sept. 30 to the flag calendar for an automatic annual raising, or leave the matter under the mayor’s discretion. This agenda item is a staff recommendation, not an approved City policy change. Source↗

The City says it has flown the Survivors’ Flag on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation since 2021 following discussion with the mayor. The proposal would formalize that practice under the City’s existing Flag Protocol Policy. The committee meeting itself was already listed in Atiilu News Desk’s recent index; this proposed flag-calendar decision is the new agenda-specific development.