Kamloops Chamber issues report card for city council

Nov 16, 2016 | 10:54 AM

KAMLOOPS — Kamloops council gets critiques from all across the community, and now has an official evaluation from the city’s chamber of commerce.

The chamber has graded council based on four categories – fiscal accountability, business vibrancy, improving business processes and community engagement.

Second Vice President Joshua Knaak says the chamber decided it would be better to evaluate council as a whole, rather than individual councillors.

“They do act as a whole. To get into evaluating individuals is probably less constructive. We have always had a pretty good relationship with the city, and with council,” explained Knaak, adding “We still felt a responsibility to our membership to issue a report, and to make it be known what we see them doing well, and where we see areas of improvement.”