UPCOMING VOTING OPPORTUNITIES

There are two upcoming opportunities to make yourself officially heard.

NORTH HARBOUR MARINA IMPROVEMENTS LOAN AUTHORIZATION BYLAW 2178, 2007
The first opportunity is right now regarding the Westview Waterfront Project. The City is looking for authorization to borrow up to $6.5-million, for a maximum term of 25 years, for the purpose of carrying out infrastructure upgrades in the North Harbour.

Under section 86 of the Community Charter, the City may (and likely will) proceed with accepting the adoption of this bylaw unless at least 10% (or 997) municipal electors request that Council obtain the assent of electors by a majority vote. (click the image for the official Public Notice from the City of Powell River)

In other words, if you do not specifically tell the City you disagree with this proposal, they will assume you agree and thus, have your authorization to borrow this money. If you disagree with this proposal, please download the form from our blog (it is not available from the city's website) or pick it up at City Hall and return it to them not later than 4:30pm on Tuesday, February 19. PLEASE NOTE: postmarks are not accepted as date of submission.

To download the form from this blog, click on the image to the right and print it out.

BY-ELECTION TO ELECT A NEW CITY COUNCILLOR
The second opportunity will be SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23 from 8:00am to 8:00pm when you can vote to elect one Councillor for a term commencing March 2008 and terminating December 2008. There are 6 candidates and in addition to the official voting, you can make your choice known in our second very unofficial and highly unscientific blog poll.