Remedial Action Orders and Alternate Approval Process Both Up for Discussion at Council
Prince George, B.C. – There has been a great deal of work done at the Lombardy Mobile Home park in an effort to meet the orders issued by the City of Prince George, but tonight, Council will be asked to reconsider the order.
Lombardy isn’t the only property under clean up and demolition order asking for Council to give them a break.
A letter from the lawyer for Commonwealth Campus Corporation requests an extension for the ordered demolition of the building known as the ‘Laundromat’ on George Street. The original order called for the building to be demolished and the site cleared by August 3rd.
Also on the agenda for this evening’s regular meeting, a request that Council move forward with the alternate approval process for two loan authorization bylaws. One is to borrow $1 million dollars for remedial action on Foreman road which has been subject to slides. The loan would be spread over 20 years. The other is to borrow a little over $6 million to replace fleet vehicles. That loan would be spread over 10 years.
Because both loans are longer than 5 five years, Council will be asked to go to the voters either in the form of a referendum ( estimated cost is between $60 and $70 thousand dollars) or alternate approval process which requires 10% of registered voters to official oppose the loans. Staff recommend Council go with the alternate approval process.
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I think governments, city hall, like the alternate approval process… they word it to suit them selves and know pretty much people either don’t hear about it, don’t know where to vote for or against it and that people are just naturally lazy..so they can slip through pretty much what ever they want.
but for now council gets to pat each other on the back for supposedly doing such a good job…
personally I beginning to rue some of the choices I made!
$6 million to replace fleet vehicles??!! By the time the loan is paid off in 10 years the vehicles will need replacing. You’d think the city would have a replacement plan in place for its fleet.
Posted on Monday, July 27, 2015 @ 8:38 AM by lbear
$6 million to replace fleet vehicles??!! By the time the loan is paid off in 10 years the vehicles will need replacing. You’d think the city would have a replacement plan in place for its fleet.
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No need for a plan when the taxpayers have such deep pockets.
The city should not do the alternate approval process. Its crooked and underhanded. I hope Lynn Hall puts the boots to that one. I would.
Sorry but Lynn Hall is not a businessman and it is hard to see how an additional 1.1 million a year will affect the taxpayer. When you live off the public teat it is easy to just put your head down and ignore your electorate, we will see
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