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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 • MERRITT NEWSPAPERS
MAKING STRIDES Students from Diamond Vale and Merritt Central elementary schools participated in a Terry Fox Run Challenge last Thursday, Oct. 2. The students ran from their school to the other and back with the help of volunteers from the Community Policing Office on traffic control. The schools also raised $480 for the Terry Fox Research Foundation. Above, from left: Payton Moffatt, Brayden Black, Nikita Blachford and Hayden Ellis run for the cause. Emily Wessel/Herald
Coun. Neil Menard puts hat in ring for mayor Coun. Neil Menard is seeking a first term as mayor of the City of Merritt in the November election. Menard was elected as a councillor in February in a byelection to fill one vacant seat on council. He is also the president of the Merritt Centennials — a team both of his sons played for in the past. Menard has resided in Merritt for over a decade,
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and before that, spent time in the city on and off since the 1970s for his work in the forest industry. He is the second person to officially put his name forward in the run for mayor, joining incumbent Susan Roline on the ballot. The nomination period for the civic election ends tomorrow at 4 p.m. General voting takes place Nov. 15.
By Michael Potestio THE HERALD
reporter@merrittherald.com
City council approved spending more than $50,000 over the initial expectation to upgrade Merritt’s airport’s fuelling station, increasing its budget to do so. At its regular council meeting last Tuesday, council approved by a vote of 6-1 to spend $100,000 to upgrade the Merritt airport fuelling station with a new one equipped with a point of sale (POS) payment system. Only Coun. Dave Baker was opposed in the vote.
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Approximately $45,000 of the cost was budgeted for in 2014, but the remainder will come from the city’s reserves for future expenditures. “The budget has been amended to allow this additional purchase,” City of Merritt financial services manager Ken Ostraat told the Herald. Ostraat said the new system is going to be automated as opposed to the manual setup at the airport now, which has a user pay someone onsite for the fuel used. The POS will essentially replace
a cash register with a computer, and will credit the city for the fuel directly through debit and credit card purchases. Ostraat said the fuelling station itself will be replaced, but the tanks in the ground will remain, although some of the plumbing may change. “It’ll be convenient for the people that are flying into the airport, so they don’t have to call somebody to come unlock the fuel pumps in order to access it,” Ostraat said, of the coming changes.
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