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Auditor General visit may not happen for years Kimberley now in the cue, but it’s a long one C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
As reported in the Bulletin last week, Kimberley City Council has voted unanimously to request that the B.C. Auditor General for Local Government, Basia Ruta, send in a team to have a look at Audit Topic No. 3 — “Learnings from Local Government Capital Procurement Projects and Asset Management Programs.” The vote came after Council received a staff report from CAO Scott Sommerville which outlined potential costs, which could be substantial. However, it’s hard to pin down costs to other communities who have been audited because a lot of that information is confidential. The costs come more in terms of staff time. “A municipality doesn’t pay for the audit, but the cost is staff time required to meet the needs of the Auditor General,” Mayor Ron McRae. “The staff is at her beck and call during the time the Auditor is here. Plans and projects can get pushed back.” The original motion, put forward by City Councillor and declared mayoral candidate Don McCormick, was to ask the Local Government Auditor to look at a specific project, the Mark Creek flume rehabilitation. However, McRae said Council decided it would be in the best interest of the City to go with one of the topics provided by the Auditor’s office. However, just because a visit is requested doesn’t mean it will produce an immediate visit. Kimberley is now in the cue for a visit. “The communities in the cue have all put their name forward, we’re not the first,” McRae said. “Scott’s research told us we could be in the cue for at least two years. You could hire her for a one-off but it would cost an arm and a leg.”
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Convincing a goat to chew through the ceremonial ribbon to open the Kimberley Farmers’ Market last Thursday wasn’t as easy as it looked. Luckily Mayor Ron McRae brought along scissors. The market drew huge crowds for its inaugural evening on Howard Street. “Wildsight Kimberley Cranbrook is thrilled with the fantastic kick off the first ever Kimberley Farmers’ Market,” said market coordinator Erna Jensen-Shill. “We would like to thank the market advisory committee, volunteers, vendors and the community and visitors who made our first market such a success! It would seem that Kimberley is ready to embrace a farmers’ market of its own, and we look forward to seeing folks come out every Thursday evening through September 11th on Howard Street!”
No easy solution to long wait times at Montana border crossing MP David Wilks says the border crossing near Grasmere will remain congested for travellers entering Canada
SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
Get used to three-hour wait times at the Canadian side of the Roosville border crossing on long weekends. That’s the verdict from Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilks, who spoke to the Regional District of East Kootenay board of di-
rectors about the problem on Friday, July 4. “Those who use the Roosville border crossing will have to get used to three to four hour waits because it’s a real challenge,” said MP Wilks. “It’s where it was put and, probably, in hindsight, it shouldn’t have been put there.”
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