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Vol. 10 • Issue 49
Sacred Heart celebrates Advent
Blackjack skiers ready; snow isn’t
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Here comes Santa Clause See page A7 for full story and photos
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A holly, jolly task force CHELSEA NOVAK Rossland News
Rossland city council agreed on the terms of reference for the Washington St. Advisory Task Force at a special council meeting held Friday afternoon. The purpose of the task force is to act in an advisory capacity to the owner’s rep on the Washington Street Infrastructure Renewal
Project. Its members “shall consist of owner’s rep, one member of council, up to four citizens with engineering qualifications, and/or experience in managing major construction projects and one staff member as needed.” Councillor Marten Kruysse suggested that council may want to specify what type of engineer they are looking for.
“There are so many different kinds of engineers and really what we want is … a civil engineer or a civil technician, and in fact a civil technician would be far superior than having a chemical engineer,” he explained. But later when Mayor Kathy Moore asked Kruysse if he’d like to call a motion on specifying the type of engineer, he declined, saying he was fine with the wording as
long as the intent was clear. Originally the staff member was not on the task force “as needed,” but as a fulltime member and Kruysse also questioned having a staff member on the task force, given that the owners’ rep is already a staff member. “I don’t see the point in taking our absolute, scarce staff resources and having two staff people attend these meetings,” he said.
Councillor Andy Morel agreed. “Our resources are limited, so I would suggest that if it’s an issue about keeping proper minutes, etc. someone else on the committee can be stuck with that,” he said. Councillor Lloyd McLellan felt it was important to have a staff member on the task force to offer advice on policy, bylaws and CONTINUED ON A2
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