Keremeos Village Council heard Sherry Philpott-Adhikary discuss a proposal for a Keremeos Ambassador Program at the January 20 meeting of council.
Council also received letters from the Southern Interior Local Government Association (SILGA) requesting nominations and resolutions for the upcoming convention taking place in late April in Penticton.
Staff presented year end bylaw enforcement statistics to council. Complaints were up 20 per cent in 2013 over the previous year, from 59 to 71. Property maintenance complaints headed the list, followed by dog complaints.
Costs for bylaw enforcement were up from $17,870.18 in 2012 to $19,246.96 in 2013.
Building inspection costs
Staff also discussed building inspection services revenues and expenditures.
New residential permits were up in 2013, from four to six, with one new commercial building application. There was a significant decline in renovation permits, from 28 to eight in 2013.
Revenues from building permit fees were down approximately $1,200, while expenditures rose approximately $2,900.
Building inpsectors (contracted from the regional district) worked in the village two half days each week
Staff introduced a proposed building bylaw to council containing minor amendments designed to standardize risk undertaken by municipalities when regulating construction in their jurisdiction. A section pertaining to the construction of swimming pools that provides guidelines for security and drainage was also added to Keremeos’ building bylaw.
Council completed the evening’s work by passing a number of bylaws pertaining to the building bylaw, sewer rates, and municipal ticket information
