MONDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 2014
SKATE PARK
PUMP TRACK
CRANBROOK HONEYMOON
A car named Cranbrook.
A new track planned for skate park.
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Sandra Roberts to seek Kimberley Council seat Former credit union manager brings solid financial skills to Council table C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
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The Kimberley Independent School and the Kimberley Dynamiters paired up for apple picking around town last week. The students and Dynamiters juiced all the apples and were able to take home a couple of liters each of freshly squeezed local juice!
The nomination period for Mayor and Council is now open and the first new candidate for Council has declared. Sandra Roberts, born and raised in Kimberley, will make a run for City Council. Roberts has a financial background as a former manger of Kootenay Savings Credit Union in Kimberley, and she feels those skills will stand her in good stead as a Councillor. In addition to her work at the credit union, Roberts was the regional representative on the BC Chamber of Commerce for six years, a governor of the College of the Rockies for six years and a District Governor for Rotary, representing the local district at the international level. She feels all this experience equips her to be an asset to a leadership team such as a city council. “Even at the credit union I was accountable to a Board of Directors,” she said. “I learned the
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Sandra Roberts value of a good governance model. Who is accountable? That is important to me.” Roberts feels that more effective strategic planning is required. “It has become very clear over the last few years that the City of Kimberley can no longer continue to depend on Seasonal Tourism to provide the necessary injection of income to our city. While Kimberley has been slowly developing its ‘community’ amenities, I would like to see a more concentrated effort on economic development. Our tax base
needs to expand if we are to meet the demands of failing infrastructure. “I value the governance process that uses a strong Strategic Plan that identifies the goals and the identified actions that the City will take. I would work to help achieve annual reviews and updates to the existing Strategic Plan. Establishing current and reviewing long term strategies and goals, and their identified Actions, should go a long way towards streamlining the budgeting process.”
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