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Don’t miss your chance to help us create West Kelowna’s first Accessibility Plan

Friday, April 26, 2024 The deadline to share your thoughts on our City’s accessibility is fast approaching! Our community has until April 30 to provide input on West Kelowna’s first Accessibility Plan. Everyone is encouraged to get involved, learn more about our Accessibility and Inclusion Committee (AIC) and fill out our accessibility survey. Your input will help us work towards expanding and improving accessibility options within our City. Get involved before April 30! Visit OurWK.ca/accessibility

Drafts of West Kelowna parks and recreational trails master plans now ready for community input

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, April 24, 2024 The City of West Kelowna is excited to share our updated Draft Parks Master Plan and Draft Recreational Trails Master Plan through Phase 2 of the engagement process! We need your input, as comments from our community will help refine the draft plans and guide how the City invests in our parks and recreational trails systems over the next decade and beyond. Your feedback is important! Check out OurWK.ca until May 24 to:

• Review the project pages
• Read the draft...

Stage 2 water regulations now in effect

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, April 24, 2024 The City of West Kelowna has implemented Stage 2 water regulations, effective immediately and until further notice, for all utility customers to reduce demand during drought and protect available supplies. Under Stage 2 regulations outdoor irrigation of lawns and landscapes are only permitted as follows:

• Even numbered addresses may water on Saturdays and Tuesdays.
• Odd numbered addresses may water on Sundays and Wednesdays.

Below normal snowpacks,...

Council Highlights - April 23, 2024

Regular Council Meeting

Tuesday, April. 23, 2024

Watch Council meetings live or view the webcast archive

Council meetings are livestreamed at www.westkelownacity.ca/webcasts. The webcast is archived the next business day. Find the April 23 archive at pub-westkelowna.escribemeetings.com.

New collective agreement ratified at City of West Kelowna

The City of West Kelowna and the Association of Local Government Employees Union (ALGEU) have reached a new four-year collective agreement. Learn more at 

New collective agreement ratified at City of West Kelowna

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, April 23, 2024

The City of West Kelowna and the Association of Local Government Employees Union (ALGEU) have reached a new four-year collective agreement, following three days of bargaining from April 10 to 12.
 
The agreement, which the ALGEU ratified on April 17 and which West Kelowna City Council ratified on April 23, provides 155 full-time and 40 relief and term positions with wage increases that are consistent with recent labour agreements elsewhere in B.C. The...