TNRD to hold public session on five-year financial plan

NEWS — A public consultation session next week will give rural residents a chance to find out how the Thompson-Nicola Regional District plans to spend taxes over the next five years.

The public is being invited to meet the TNRD’s director of finance on Wednesday, March 25 to discuss the region’s 2015-19 five-year financial plan. The session will take place between 10 a.m. and 12 noon in the TNRD board room at the Civic Building above the Kamloops Library on Victoria Street.

For those unable to attend, all of the information from the consultation session will be available online and feedback can be made through the online input form.

The TNRD board will consider and adopt the financial plan at its regular board meeting on March 27. Board meetings are open to the public.

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District provides more than 100 local government services to taxpayers, including fire protection, 911, land-use planning, solid waste management, water and sewer, regulatory services and invasive plant management as well as access for residents to libraries and recreation facilities.

Visit the TNRD website at http://www.tnrd.ca for more information and to view the Board agendas and meeting schedules.