Testy days at City Hall
KAMLOOPS — Things got a bit testy at City Hall last Tuesday when Councillor Cavers introduced his motion asking staff to review and have a look at best practices when it came to snow removal.
What appeared to be a straightforward and good idea, turned into suggestions from the Mayor’s Chair that is was tantamount to accusing staff of not working hard enough or not being on top of their game.
Caver’s motion was a simple suggestion that City staff spend some time looking into our snow clearing strategies. No consultants to hire, just take a look at what we do, how that compares to other cities and ask colleagues from those cities what they do that might differ from our current plan. This was definitely not the $100,000 parking study fiasco of months gone by.
Councillor Singh was at first supportive, suggesting those with mobility issues do indeed have problems getting around when it snows. However, despite the early and somewhat tentative support, he later followed the crowd and voted against the motion.