DISTRICT OF LAKELAND NO. 521

Happy New Year, and best wishes for a healthy and happy 2017. As Council meetings will now be held on the second Monday of each month, the January meeting took place on the 9th. Some of the highlights include: - Re-application under the Provincial-Territorial...

- Final reading was done for Bylaw No.14-2016 Council Code of Ethics (a new provincial requirement required by February 23, 2017). - Held a public hearing related to a discretionary use application for a greenhouse on the Gust/DiPaolo property. No written or verbal...

- Tammy Knuttila, CMA/CPA, began as District Administrator on November 1. While Dave Dmytruk’s official retirement date is not until December 31, he is using up some vacation time so is in the office on an occasional basis only over the next month to finish up a few...

While this is not meant to be a comprehensive report of the September and October (Regular and Special) Council meetings, the following is some of what is being dealt with. A significant undertaking over the past months has been recruitment of an Administrator with...

On Monday, August 15, 2016, the newly elected Council for the Rural Municipality of the District of Lakeland #521 was sworn in. These are all four year terms, and the council is composed of: Cheryl Bauer Hyde, Reeve Karen Bosker, Division 1 Walter Plessl, Division 2...

This blog will deal with information concerning our landfill operations. Recycle The provincial government has been assessing fees to consumers for recycling costs for many years. This has been most noticeable on tire purchases but is also included when purchasing pop...

After a very busy summer, staff and council have taken the time to review issues that have surfaced. We have also met to review and update our strategic plan Upon completion of the municipal shop, council took time from our regular meeting to join Ernie and the admin...

Good Morning my name is Al Christensen and I would like to welcome you to our annual information meeting. First of all I would like to take a moment to pay tribute to the late Ralph Hudson. Ralph passed away in June of this year after suffering health issues for some...

This week you will have received an envelope from the District that contained a revision to our Zoning Bylaw. Please take time to review this material, as this will be our bible as far as new developments are concerned for quite some time. Council has given this bylaw...

We managed to get away for the worst of the weather this winter. It was our first trip to the town of Osoyoos, and it won’t be our last. Of course the whole province of British Columbia had a very mild winter and we were the beneficiaries of same. In March we have...

First of all, I would like to wish all readers of this blog a very Merry Christmas and best wishes in 2015. In my blog of April 28th, I informed you that we had accepted a tender from Bullee Consulting Ltd. to conduct an infrastructure study. We have had meetings with...

I must apologize for the lack of postings this summer. My summer has been very hectic and when the good weather finally came in mid-July, it was important to absorb every minute. First of all, I would like to thank Deputy Reeve Bauer Hyde for chairing the July...