Snow, trail, lighting on agenda for City’s last budget meeting

NEWS/ CITY HALL — Last kick at the City’s budget can will take place next week.

Following the workshop style budget sessions the City hosted last fall regarding the 2015 City budget, the final public budget meeting will take place Feb. 24. City staff and Council will be on hand at Interior Savings Centre from 7 to 10 p.m. to discuss proposed additional requests to the budget.

While the discussions in the fall revolved around base service levels, this meeting will be focused on proposed additional items – such as increased snow removal, River’s Trail connectivity and lighting at McArthur Island soccer fields.

After a brief overview by the Finance Department, residents will have a chance to discuss proposed additional requests to the budget with City Council and senior staff in a casual roundtable format. The list of requests is available at http://www.kamloops.ca/2015budget. Beedback will be recorded and considered when Council makes its final decisions on the 2015 budget and tax rate.

Residents can follow along and contribute to the conversation on Twitter using #kamloopsbudget. Documents to support the meeting are viewable at http://www.kamloops.ca/2015budget.