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VOL. 32 Number 10
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Baird hosts town hall meeting PAT KELLY
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Close to 30 people showed up in Beaverdell last week for a town hall meeting on a night when roads were not the best for travel. Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) Area E Director Bill Baird was joined by CAO John MacLean, director of corporate administration Elaine Kumar, board chair Grace McGregor and Kettle River Management Plan coordinator Graham Watt. Baird opened the meeting and quickly turned it over to MacLean, who presented a PowerPoint that explained the role of regional districts and how they provide and fund services. He said one purpose of the meeting was to go through the draft budget and answer any questions. A quick review of the latest census figures shows that while the RDKB as a whole increased in population by 1.3 per cent between 2006 and 2011 (to a total of 31,138 residents), the population of Area E fell by 11.8 per cent to 2,234 residents. Area E has two town hall meetings each spring—one in Big White and the other in another community in the electoral area. In terms of assessment, Big White is worth $498,770,624 or more than 57 per cent of total assessed value of Area E; the remainder of the electoral area is valued at $366,019,208 (42 per cent of Area E). The entire slideshow is available online at rdkb.com under the link “Town hall meeting schedule 2014.” MacLean said that for this No-
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vember’s local government election way Public Library, stood to read a discuss funding. “We respectfully is the option of a mail-in ballot for letter asking Baird to meet with the ask that you consider the fact that those unable to make it to the polls Midway Regional Library Board to Continued to page 4 during one of the regularly scheduled or early polling opportunities to cast their ballot. He directed those interested to contact Theresa Lenardon, Chief Elections Officer for the regional district, at 250-3680225 or toll-free at 1-800-355-7352. The Area E Advisory Planning Commission (APC) appointments for 2014 are Grant Harfman, Denise Herdman, John Condon, George Dagg, Vic Lockhart and Michael FenwickWilson, with George Delisle an alternate director. Big White has their own APC. Area E grant-in-aid to community groups for 2013 totaled $68, 918. The two largest grants this year were $10,000 each to the Kettle Valley Golf Club and the Midway Volunteer Fire Department. A complete list of grants is available in the town hall PowerPoint presentation on the RDKB website. Elizabeth Des Maz- Keiran Christensen and his dad Kevin check out the newly-hatched chicks in Nathan es from Westbridge, a Harpur’s shop that will be distributed to 4-H members to raise as a special project comtrustee with the Mid- memorating 100 years of 4-H in B.C. See story page 11. PHOTO: PAT KELLY
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