TUESDAY APRIL 14, 2015
COMMUNITY SPIRIT
MCWHINNIE DAY IS ON THE WAY
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COTR
RESIDENCE GOES SOLAR
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It’s Duck Race time again, Kimberley. Tickets are now on for the annual July 1 East Kootenay Realty Kimberley Food Bank Duck Race. First prize is once again $2500 furnished by Marilyn Jolie, second prize is two nights in a three bedroom condo at Timberstone, furnished by Kimberley Lodging Company, an Old Baurnhaus feast for four, two rounds of golf at Kimberley Golf Club; and third prize is $250 furnished by Mark Poirier of Meadowbrook Greenhouse; and fourth prize is two rounds of golf at Bootleg Gap. Above are Stan Salikin (Food Bank), Kevin Johnston (duck retrieval), Darren Close (EK Realty), Vaughn Jarrett (Mark Creek Market, hot dogs and pop for barbecue), Kristen Daprocida (EK Realty), Audrey Welk (EK Realty), Marilyn Jolie (Duck race organizer, EK Realty), Ruth Kaufmann (Kimberley Sausage and Meats, pulled pork for barbecue), Cath Oscarson (Food Bank) Peter Munro (EK Realty), Ruth Heath (duck retrieval) and Don McCormick, who acts as MC for the race. Missing,Tony Harris (duck retrieval), Tara Sykes, Shane Murray, Dave Graham (EK Realty).
$1,324,542 budgeted for Sun Mine this year Tenders out on flume project
C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
The other big capital project in the City budget is the Sun Mine, with $1,324,542 budgeted for that. The current status of the Sun Mine, said City CAO Scott Sommerville last week, is that hook up with BC Hydro is planned for mid-May. A transformer is still on its way from Korea, he said. “We really are at the mercy of BC Hydro.” The comments were made at the Mayor’s Lunch last week and Don McCormick was asked for an update on the solar project, including how it went from 2MW to 1MW. “The original plan was for 2MW,” McCormick said.
C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
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Councillors Goodwin, Hoglund, Oakley, Mayor McCormick, Councillors Roberts and Middlebrook, See SUN MINE, page 3 CAO Sommerville at the Sun Mine this winter.
The total City of Kimberley budget for 2015 is $27,544,877, with $3.9 million of that being other grant money, and $9,367,675 from property taxes. There is $6,117,779 ear-marked for General Fund capital projects in the budget for 2015, including $3,029,509 for the Mark Creek Flume project. However, the flume going ahead this year is still not written in stone. At last week’s Mayor’s Lunch, Don McCormick told those present that tenders were out and going ahead with Phase II of the flume was dependent upon those tenders.
“If the tenders match our budget, we go ahead,” the Mayor said. McCormick said the overall plan hasn’t changed but the expert hired to create the design have gone back over the project based on the budget. “They’ve done a complete review to make sure it’s as cost effective as possible,” he said. “But if the tenders come in over budget, we’re not going to do it. We’ll send the grant money back. We’re not going ahead with something over budget just because we have the grant money. “Having said that, we need to finish the project. But it can’t be at any cost.” See FLUME, page 4