2012 February 8 - Council Briefs
Monday, 13 February 2012 00:00
Council has invited the Ministry of Transportation to talk about the McIntyre passing lane project north of Oliver.
Councillor Jack Bennest said this will be a good opportunity for those who didn’t attend the recent open house at the legion hall.
A date has yet to be confirmed.
FortisBC will attend a future council meeting to present the Kingsvale-Oliver pipeline reinforcement project.
The company is proposing to construct and operate a new pipeline (161 kilometres) to loop its existing natural gas transmission line between Kingsvale and Oliver.
Councillor Linda Larson said she would like to know more if the project is going to creates jobs in the area.
Councillor Dave Mattes said the pipeline will end six kilometres north of Oliver, outside the Town’s jurisdiction. He noted a public hearing will also be held on the issue.
Larson learns lesson
Councillor Linda Larson said she learned a valuable lesson during a training session for newly elected council members recently.
“Don’t study things to death. Choose just a few priorities rather than taking 30 things and not getting any done.”
Larson said the three-day training seminar in Kelowna was very overwhelming but informative.
Local business gets CF treatment
Community Futures is asking the Town for a $7,500 contribution towards the “Economic Gardening” program in the region.
This program provides market research to help entrepreneurs grow their business.
Community Futures manager Mary Ellen Heidt said the initiative has allowed them to work
with 53 businesses, eight of which were from Oliver, including work for the South Okanagan
Chamber of Commerce.
Market analyst Sue Baker said Economic Gardening steers entrepreneurs where to target their products for the best results.
“Nowadays you have to be online in order to be competitive.”
Councillor Maureen Doerr said a lot of businesses are successful because of the work Community Futures does.
Council will review the grant-in-aid request along with all the others during its budget deliberations.
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