City hires deputy fire chief
Councillor Maggie Hathaway announced at City of Powell River’s committee of the whole meeting on Tuesday, August 16, that Powell River Fire Rescue has brought on a new deputy chief. The city fire department has hired Rocky Swanson for the position. Swanson comes back to Powell River after a serving as a military firefighter in the Canadian Armed Forces. Former deputy chief Terry Peters was promoted to chief after former chief Dan Ouellette retired earlier this year.
Willingdon lot transformation
City of Powell River council passed a resolution at its meeting on Thursday, August 18, to open the gravel lot next to Willingdon Beach, known as Willingdon South, for special event parking periodically throughout the year. Council also asked staff to bring back options for removing the gravel and planting grass. The lot is the former site of Powell River Civic Arena, the town’s ice rink prior to Powell River Recreation Complex being built.
Committee ideas go back for discussion
At its meeting on Thursday, August 18, City of Powell River council decided that the idea of forming two committees for the public to participate in, one for social action and policy and the other for sustainability, will go back to the committee of the whole for further discussion. Councillors said they favoured the idea of broad committees with working groups over organizing roundtable discussions.
Councillors preview budgeting app
On Thursday, August 25, City of Powell River councillors will take a closer look at an online interactive civic budgeting simulator designed to promote greater government transparency and citizen participation. Citizen Budget, created by Canadian not-for-profit Open North, allows the general public to look at the impact of financial choices and educates on the trade-offs and constraints faced by the municipality.
