Back To Budget At City Hall

Wednesday, February 14, 2007 03:57 AM

Prince George City Council is back to budget work today with two sessions. The first is set for 4:30 this afternoon, the second at 7:00 tonight.

The preliminary report on the public input sessions for the road repair levy are expected to be presented to Council although Council is not expected to make any final decision on the matter. That levy would be added to the total tax bill and would create a slush fund for road repairs.

The most expensive enhancement request to be presented today is for "enhanced pot hole patching". The $213 thousand dollar request would go towards hiring another two person crw to work day or afternoon shifts throughout the spring-summer and fall. It would also provide enough money for the purchase of a Thermolay Hot Box and truck chassis. The additional crew and truck would make it easier for crews to make the repairs within two days of receiving a complaint.

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Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 03:57 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: jonnypg on February 14 2007 4:57 AM

$213 thousand for two people, a year!....boy am I in the wrong job.

Posted by: owl on February 14 2007 5:10 AM

"a slush fund for road repairs"

must be expecting warmer winters ....

Posted by: owl on February 14 2007 5:16 AM

Hey .... the olympic clock in Vancouver has 24 hour security

1094 days 12 hours and 53 minutes to the opening as I write this. If they get paid about $20 per hour for 24 hour security, that amounts to well over half a million BC Bucks and more since it appears that they have 2 on at night.

By the time you put the contstruction and deconstruction cost in we are probably looking at a $1 million bill.

Heck, I could have called the premier every morning to wake him up and tell him how long he has left t oopening time.

Would have cost just half the amount .....

Posted by: diplomat on February 14 2007 7:14 AM

The clock display should have been put in a location (high up on an building) where it would have been impossible to vandalize it.

It was a silly idea to put it practically at ground level, exposed to every bad element that wants to vent its anti-society/political frustrations about one thing or another.

Posted by: Gofaster on February 14 2007 2:42 PM

coffee breaeks are expensive johnnypg...that must be the extra cost???