By Chad Klassen

Kamloops snow-clearing under budget

Dec 24, 2015 | 10:26 AM

KAMLOOPS — With no major snowstorms expected before the end of the year, City of Kamloops administrators can look at the city’s snow-clearing budget and breathe a sigh of relief.

Streets and Environmental Services Manager Glen Farrow says despite a major snowfall in early January, the city is well under budget.

“We will fall below our budget, about $100,000 to the good,” said Farrow, adding “we had a very mild winter through February and March of 2015, and through November it was very light as well, so at the end of the year we are looking very good.”

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Farrow also notes one particular line item was blown out of the water by that early January storm.

That was contracting for outside snow-clearing help, budgeted at $50,000 dollars.

Farrow says thanks to the need to clear snow from the downtown area, the city actually spent about $150,000.