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John Woods (right) provides a pointer at the launch of the Land of Thundering Snow exhibit at the Revelstoke Museum & Archives last Wednesday, Mar. 4. The exhibit looks at the history of avalanche accidents, snow science, and avalanche safety in Canada. There is a physical component located at the Revelstoke Museum & Archives, or you can give it a look online at landofthunderingsnow.ca. Alex Cooper/Revelstoke Times Review
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Council tackles the capital plan ALEX COOPER
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The saga of the city hall renovations continues. Revelstoke council spent a good thirty minutes discussing the $1.735 million project at special budget meeting on Tuesday, Mar. 3. The meeting lasted for three hours, and a good number of spending items were discussed, but it was the ongoing renovations — presented on page one of the capital plan — that received the most debate. The plan lays out the budget for the city hall renovations over the next four years: — In 2015: $60,000 to finish the exterior work and $340,000 for the interior renovations. — In 2016: $540,000 for the exterior stucco replacement. — In 2017: $260,000 for the elevator, $225,000 to move council chambers into city hall, and $85,000 for council furnishings. — In 2018: $225,000 to renovate the finance department. After a brief introduction to the plan by finance director Graham Inglis, council delved into the proposed spending. “What sort of planning process have we gone through so far in the city hall renovations?” asked councillor Aaron Orlando, specifically referring to the elevator and moving council chambers. Inglis responded: “It was part of an overall plan to improve customer service in city hall and bring council chambers back into that environment so we can relieve ourselves of paying rent (for council chambers).” Coun. Linda Nixon, the only survivor from the previous council explained that the elevator was the result of a provincial government white paper that emphasized the need for public buildings to be accessible. “And affordable,” interjected Mayor Mark McKee. The meat of discussion, which was dominated by Orlando, McKee and councillor Connie Brothers, came down to the fact the new council wants to learn more about the planning process behind the city hall renovations before moving forward with more than a million in spending over the next four years. “These are big ticket items,” said Brothers. “I’m concerned I have to vote on this when I don’t have a handle on what these projects are, what they involve, whether or not we truly need them, and whether or not they’re a priority. We may need them, but we have so many other issues to deal with.” One thing that was acknowledged was the need to finish the downstairs renovations at city hall. The rest of the interior renovations were pushed back. “For 2015 we have to put something in the budget to finish the renovation project and get city hall functioning the way it’s supposed to be,” said McKee. “Then council is going to have a look with staff at what’s going to be our priorities over the next five years.” In the end, council voted to push back the elevator, moving council chambers and finance department renovations by a year each so they could have a chance to look at the planning and necessity of each project.
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