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This is the third of a series of inside looks at the candidates for city council — both councillor and mayor — prior to the general municipal election on Oct. 15. Biography: a closer view I’m a passionate community advocate, originally elected to Nelson city council in 1999, and again in 2014 and 2018. I’ve called Nelson home for 32 years, with my family first settling here in
Inflation might be wreaking havoc on personal and business budgets in Nelson but the municipal one is weathering the storm, says the city’s chief financial officer. Chris Jury said the city has done a “good job” of putting together its numerous reserves in its 10- to 15-year financial plans, he said recently during a second quarter update at City Hall during the monthly city
A re-writing of a provincial act has forced the city to seek permitting of its own, The City of Nelson is moving ahead with the drafting of a new policy to govern its own engineers and geoscientists — that require a permit to practice — as an organization engaged in engineering and geoscience. Along with the permit the city needs a professional practice management plan, in
One third of the City of Nelson staff earn over $75,000 in annual pre-tax salary, and comprise well over half of the total paid out in staff salaries. According to the annual Statement of Financial Information (SOFI) — prepared in correspondence with the Financial Information Act legislation — released recently by the city, 63 employees (out of around 180) earn over $75,000
A recent approval by the BCUC of a cost of service analysis filed almost two years ago identified that rural residential customers were underpaying for the services they received from Nelson Hydro. Nelson Mayor John Dooley commented that the B.C. Utilities Commission approval this week of the City of Nelson-owned utility’s cost of service analysis (COSA) means the commission