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Letter: WK city hall opponents should provide alternatives

Opponents are unelected mayor and councillors, telling the elected council how they should run the City of West Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡.

To the editor:

I see that a grassroots group is strongly opposed to the West Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ city hall initiative.

These opponents are really a group of unelected mayor and councillors, telling the elected council how they should run the City of West Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡.

This unelected council, or grassroots group, must come up with its own proposal for a new city hall. They should provide a second location.

They should provide a building design.

They should provide a contract cost for their proposal.

They should provide a building insurance bond for their project.

In a referendum, the people of West Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ can then decide if $10 million to $15 million on the first proposal is their choice, or wait until costs rise to $20 million to $25 million in the future.

Another proposal could be setting up a bunch of temporary portables in some gravel pit in West Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡. Costs may be $3 million to $5 million.

There are probably 10 different proposals for the new city hall.

The city council of West Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ has provided a proposal for a city hall in the central area of Westbank at a reasonable cost.

They were elected to represent the people of West Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡.

Build it before the costs increase.

Ron Ganczar, West Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡

 



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