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City puts Phase 2 of flume project on hold
Too many red flags; Council fears cost overrun C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
Kimberley City Council has decided to defer Phase II of the Mark
Creek Rehab (flume) project. The matter was the subject of a special Council meeting on Tuesday evening. Council heard from staff, then, after intense discussion, decided they could not proceed this construction season. There were too many red flags, it
was decided, and after making many statements that the project would not proceed over-budget, Council voted six to one (Bev Middlebrook against) to defer. The motion on the floor was: “That Council opt to cancel some of the
planned capital projects to make up the shortfall in the flume budget.” Don Schacher from the Operations Department prepared a report for Council and the ultimate conclusion was that the project was facing a budget shortfall of $364,038.68. This was after working with the
contractor with the lowest bid to squeeze everything they could out of the tender. Operations staff and Chief Financial Officer Holly Ronnquist then looked in the City financial plan to find those funds plus a contingency, which would bring the overrun to $640,819. Ronnquist
found those funds, but it would mean the cancellation of some planned capital projects such as water main replacements and paving. But, to make the situation more difficult, if Council voted to defeat the motion and defer the projects, there are costs as well. Ronnquist esti-
mated the cost of not proceeding with the project at $386,033. This includes non-eligible costs to date, the pay out of the contract to the Aqua-Tex, debenture costs and paying out grant monies already used to the Flood Protection program. See FLUME, page 4
Four arrested following large fight in Cranbrook park FOR THE BULLETIN
Four persons were arrested and five taken to hospital after a large fight on May 15. Police attended the fight at approximately 2:40 am and located five individuals suffering from various injuries. All five were transported to the East Kootenay Regional Hospital for medical treatment. One of the victims suffered a significant head injury and remained in hospital however has since been released. Police located and seized a bat at the scene which is believed CAROLYN GRANT PHOTO Save up your bottles for Saturday, May 23. Selkirk grads will be having a fundraising bottle drive and will be going door to door to have been used in Kimberley to collect bottles beginning at 11 a.m. and finishing by 4 p.m. If you would like to donate bottles, and no one comes during this assault. Through the course to your house, you can drop them off at the Civic Centre or 245 Burdett Street. Or call Josh at 250-908-0502 or Lilly at 250-432of the police investiga-
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tion, four local individuals were identified as suspects. All four have since been arrested and are in police custody. Police are recommending various charges against these four individuals with the most serious being aggravated assault. “There have been a number of incidents of violence in the city over the recent weeks and police believe this group may be responsible for much of it” S/Sgt. Dubnyk stated. “We are urging people to come forward with any information they have pertaining to this incident or any other incident that has recently occurred”.