blah blah blah "we will tell you what ever you want to hear in order to get official permission for us to wash uniforms here instead of having to send them south" So if the water is cleaner than when it came out of the tap, why are they returning 80%? If it is so gosh darn clean, then why would'nt they keep it in the loop and re-use it? They would save money on every litre re-used. And what happens to the 20% that they do not return? Job creation? If there are honest to goodness new jobs created here, and I mean IF, then they must be at the expense of jobs in Kelowna and Kamloops, right?
I think that they did a successful sales job on city council.
metalman.

You are right that if there are 20 new jobs in PG they may be at the expense of those in Kelowna or Kamloops... great, I would much rather see 20 people in PG working and supporting our economy than receiving squat from the workers in Kelowna/Kamloops.

Cintas has consistently ranked in the top 50 employers both in BC and in Canada. They tend to pay very well and value their employees. I believe it is good they are setting up a more formal shop in PG than just the two trucks and all the driving that was done down south and back up. Better for the environment in the long run.

I doubt that people will be laid off in K's as Cintas just keep expanding with more and more customers.

Well if you get irritated at city council and show it, then city council would kiss those good jobs good-bye in a second.
So what do you expect from an applicant. You feed the council the baby food and play the game. Honesty is not the best policy, just the game is important.

Can you imagine your reaction if someone off the street started asking you stuff you do that is no different that anyone else, like taking a crap? You both know that the city sewer and city workers have a system to handle the crap and what you are allowed to put in the sewer. But some irritant has to make a game out of it.

I would have told them that the laundry uses PCB's that we put in barrels and just roll them out the back of our truck on the way to Kamloops, stupid.

What does Northern Linen do with their grey water and let Cintas do the same.

You are right downnot out. I think any industry around here should have the opportunity to do to the rivers what Canfor does. Oh yeah!-don't eat the dioxin laden fish around here!

For far too many years I have watched cities like Quesnel and Kamloops say yes to knew businesses while Prince George City counselors went out of their way to chase business start ups away through red tape and buraucracy.

I hope that this is the beginning of a new era that embraces new business resulting in a YES city instead of the opposite.

Cintas is a well run business and it's great they have taken the initiative to move forward in PG.

oh ya - here we go - let's bitch and complain about the unemployment rate and then bitch and complain about potential new business. It's a real head shaker.

As to the twenty jobs, I would suspect the business model they are working on is not transferring jobs, but creating new ones. I would think that this capacity building for the company would make them a more competitive firm not only here but also down south. Good news if they can do it.

Good news, what does it pay?

There seems to be some confusion regarding the waste-water and it wasn't clearly presented to council either. 100% of the waste-water will be reused and none of the laundry water will be going down the drain except for servicing when the water has to be drained from the equipment. There will be evaporation and the drying process will remove water from the system which will mean that water will have to be added.