So far apart, in fact, that it's actually a gulf versus a gap.
A chasm, an abyss.
The topic is the Greater Vernon sports facility.
The contrast is the projected annual cost of servicing the site with domestic water versus treated water.
And whether you're talking to a politician or a bureaucrat.
A recent Morning Star story reported that extending the treated effluent line to the site would cost an additional $130,000 above the $7.5 million already approved by the public. Knowing that the public won't allow new expenditures above what the referendum approved, Coldstream's Mayor Jim Garlick stated "We're not growing hay or corn."
"We'll need potable water for the longjump, steeplechase and other events that require water," said GVAC advisory committee parks planner Keith Pinkoski.
The Greater Vernon Advisory Committee says domestic (potable) water would cost somewhere between $500 and $1,000 each year, but city staff think the figure could be more than $18,000.
Huh?
$1,000 or $18,000?
The difference?
Eighteen hundred per cent!
"Let's hope that $18,000 was a typo," says Kia.
Haven't heard anyone ask why the long jump and steeplechase need water...
I wonder if KIA thinks the whole operating budget needs closer scrutiny before the fall elections? Maybe other " typos" are to be found. Smoke and mirrors detection seem to be Kia's forte. Cheers Shawn Lee a Vernon Taxpayer
ReplyDeleteThe operating budgets of jurisdictions generally need increased scrutiny. Even the request by a DoC councillor for a review of the Master Water Plan met with opposition from the majority of councillors/GVAC reps. So bureaucrats remain the tail that wags the political dog. Except Kia's.
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