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Another new bridge C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
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Sydney Wilson, a member of the Kimberley Nordic Racers, had a very successful race weekend in Rossland, BC at the Haywood NorAm Mini Tour on December 16-18. Sydney raced in the juvenile category and won two silver and one bronze medal. Congratulations Sydney!
Kimberley will hopefully be getting another timber frame bridge, this time near the terminus of the Peak to Platzl trail, should a city grant application be successful. Council has directed staff to apply to the BikeBC grant program for $72,500 FILE PHOTO to fund 50 per cent of The next timber frame bridge will be located the estimated $145,000 cost of a near the terminus of the Peak to Platzl trail. project designed to connect the Peaks to pipe with a little metal walkway over Platzl Trail and the downtown area it,” said Mayor Don McCormick. “It’s with a separated pathway and a tim- important to finish the Peak to Platzl ber frame bridge, to apply to the BC Trail. It cost a lot of money to build Hydro Community Tree Planting but was never really finished. Program for $10,000 to purchase There’s no trail head at the top and it and install trees to line the separat- just stops at the bottom on the hill in ed pathway. Council also directed what is essentially a gravel pit. It’s staff to prepare a Reserve Fund Ex- important to make that connection, penditure Bylaw for Council’s con- so that visitors at the Resort know sideration of adoption to authorize it’s a route downtown. It’s not signed the expenditure of $62,500 from the as well as it could be either.” Kimberley Reserve Fund as the McCormick says the city should City’s contribution to the project. get an answer on the grant early in “The plan is for the bimber frame the new year and the project will be bridge to go in across Mark Creek completed in 2017 if the grant appliright where there is currently a water catin is successful.
Utility fees rise in 2017 to $842.40 per year Increase is less than 2016 rise C AROLYN GR ANT BULLE TIN EDITOR
As part of the City of Kimberley’s multiyear plan to get its utility funds to sustainability, rates will
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rising again in 2017. Council has given first three readings to the bylaw to increase utility fees in the coming year. Water rates will now be $116.94 per quarter and sewer $77.46 and solid waste remains at an annual rate of $64.80, bringing that to a yearly total of $842.40, up from $807.48
last year. The goal is to be able to fund upgrades to utiltities through the funds themselves. “The whole goal of the increases is to make the water and sewer funds self-sustainable,” said Mayor Don McCormick. “Over the years, reserves weren’t built and invest-
ments weren’t made, which makes the increases necessary. This is the second year of a multi-year increase but the increases will drop off dramatically in 2018.” The approved sewer user fees do not take into consideration the eventual design and replacement of the Waste Water Treatment Plant
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