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Council Establishes Project Partnerships and Considers Award of Design Contract for City Hall Project

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Friday, Jan. 22, 2021

Council Establishes Project Partnerships and Considers Award of Design Contract for City Hall Project

West Kelowna Council will review a report at the Jan. 26 regular Council meeting that recommends award of the design services contract and outlines partnerships and next steps with the City Hall Project.

The purpose of the report is:

• For staff to update Council on the site of West Kelowna’s future City Hall/Library building;
• For Council to award the Design...

Council Highlights - Jan. 19, 2021

Special Council Meeting

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Agricultural Advisory Committee members appointed

Council appointed Jan Bath, Philip Gyug, Geoffery Oliver, Serina Penner, Anton Schori and Nikko Shankman to the Agricultural Advisory Committee for four-year terms beginning January 2021 and ending December 2024. The committee’s roles are to promote and enhance agriculture, provide advice to Council on agricultural matters and act as a liaison between the City and the agri-business community.

Proposed...

We're Hiring!

The City of West Kelowna is currently accepting applications for the following positions:

Secretary/Clerk - Parks (Part Time)

Network Analyst

Fire Rescue Assistant (Part Time)

Human Resources Assistant (Part Time)

Building Official III

Summer Student - GIS

Summer Student - Finance

Summer Student - Parks

Summer Student - Roads and Drainage

Water Engineering Tech Co-Op – WTP

Civil Engineering Co-Op (8 Months)

Engineering Co-Op Student (4 Months)

Civil Engineering Co-Op Student - Roads and Drainage – (4/8 Months)

Water...

Water Quality Advisory Rescinded for the Pritchard-Sunnyside System

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Friday, Jan. 15. 2021 

The City of West Kelowna, in consultation with Interior Health, has rescinded the Water Quality Advisory for the Pritchard-Sunnyside Water System. The City issued the advisory Jan. 13, 2021 due to turbidity issues, near the Okanagan Lake intake, related to a severe windstorm.

The City thanks users for their patience while crews conducted sampling and testing and received all mandatory laboratory confirmations necessary to rescind the Water Quality Advisory.

Water Quality Advisory Issued for the Pritchard-Sunnyside System

UPDATED: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021  

The City of West Kelowna, in consultation with Interior Health, has issued a Water Quality Advisory for the Pritchard-Sunnyside System due to turbidity issues in Okanagan Lake in the vicinity of the intake related to an overnight windstorm.

View a map at westkelownacity.ca/waterquality to confirm if your property is in the affected Pritchard-Sunnyside System.

Turbidity affects the performance of the chlorine disinfection process because...