Council Highlights - May 27, 2025

Regular Meeting

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Date of Issue: Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Watch meetings live or through the webcast archive

Council meetings are livestreamed at westkelownacity.ca/webcasts and archived within one business day. To view the May 27 webcast archive, please visit pub-westkelowna.escribemeetings.com.

Council expresses appreciation to Public Works crews and staff

May 18 to 24 was National Public Works Week. Council thanked crews and staff for their hard work, year-round, to serve our community, operate and maintain our arenas, parks, trails, roads, sidewalks, water and sewer infrastructure and make West Kelowna a great place to live, work and play.

Record-breaking crowd attends 2025 FireSmart Family Day

A record 1,110 people attended FireSmart Family Day at Fire Hall #31 on May 24. Council thanked the community for their tremendous support and West Kelowna Fire Rescue firefighters, staff and special guest for making this year’s event a great success. To learn about home assessments, grants for homeowners and ways to FireSmart your home, visit westkelownacity.ca/firesmart.

Presentation given on addressing complex social issues in communities

The United Way gave a presentation on local responses to homelessness, multi-sector collaboration, prevention and ways for moving forward on complex social issues in our community. Please go to the May 27 webcast to see the full presentation.

Deputy Corporate Officer appointed

Council appointed Polly Palmer, Manager of Legislative Services, as the City of West Kelowna’s Deputy Corporate Officer.

Presentation given on possible amenity cost charges program

Council directed staff to conduct exploratory work regarding a potential future Amenity Cost Charge (ACC) program and to schedule additional discussions on the scope and intent. Bill 46 allows local governments to charge ACCs on new development to generate needed funds for community, daycare, recreation and seniors’ centres and libraries to facilitate growth and share the costs between existing taxpayers and new residents.

Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant update provided

Staff was asked to provide reports back to Council on the following topics:

• Funding reconciliation for the Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant (RVWTP) Project.
• A possible second intake in fall 2025 for those who need more time to pay the upfront lump sum for their share of RVWTP construction rather than have it move to property taxes in 2026.
• An independent review of the Water Utility Master Plan.
• Steps to complete the new aeration system for Rose Valley Reservoir in 2025 versus 2026.

To view Council’s full deliberations, please view the May 27 webcast, beginning at 1:20:20.