Norm Walters - At last night's city council meeting we heard of the sudden death of Norm Walters, Area E Director from the Regional District of East Kootenay. We were all shocked to hear the news and we extend our deepest sympathy to his family. Norm loved representing Area E and was always available for a bit of straight shooting advice on a particular issue.
Memorial Arena -While every attempt will still be made to open the Memorial Arena on time (Dec 18) there may be a delay as there is a problem with some of the poured concrete. While the contractor feels it will be fine the city is asking for absolute assurances that we will not face any issues in the future. Considering the amount of monies being spent we certainly support the cities approach on this issue.
Correspondence - Mayor Manjak addressed Mr. David Humphrey's concerns by stating that he would be investigating further and would report back in January.
Downtown Gas Leak -The council discussed the gas leak which effected many residences and businesses on Saturday. City crews and Terasen worked around the clock to resolve the problem safely. The leak occurred when contractors for our high speed broadband system hit the gas line which was supposed to be inactive.
Slaterville- discussion occurred around the correspondence received by the citizens of Slaterville. The city will be holding a community neighbourhood meeting on April 30, 2011. Many of the councillors expressed their support for the area and how it was a unique historical area in Cranbrook.
911 Call Forwarding -An interesting revenue stream for the City of Cranbrook is our ongoing contracts with various communities in BC including Castelgar and the Regional District of East Kootenay to supply them with a 911 call forwarding service and fire services which produce a revenue of $700,000 a year. This is a significant amount of monies added to our budget and it is something which many citizens of Cranbrook are not aware of.
Increased fees for water and sewer -Due to the ongoing improvements to our Spray Irrigation site and a shortfall in funds rates for sewer and water will be increasing. This will enable the city to not borrow further monies for this ongoing project.
The next city council meeting will be January 11, 2011. See you there!
No comments:
Post a Comment