May 28 Council Meeting to be held in new City Hall Council Chambers

Friday, May 24, 2024

City of West Kelowna Mayor and Council will welcome the public to the new Council Chambers, inside the newly occupied City Hall Building at 3731 Old Okanagan Highway, for the 6 p.m. May 28 Regular Council Meeting.

“Council is very pleased to provide this new City Hall as a place of governance and administration for our community,” said Mayor Gord Milsom. “It’s been 17 years since we’ve been in temporary facilities, and it feels great to be in our first purpose-built City Hall and host an inaugural Council Meeting in proper Council Chambers. We’re certainly proud of the new building and I know our residents will also be proud of their new City Hall.”

The audio-video (AV) from the former Council Chambers, in the temporary Britco trailers at the Mount Boucherie Community Centre, were transitioned to the new Council Chambers in West Kelowna’s first, purpose-built City Hall/Library Building and the full transitioning and testing are now completed.

“We wanted to ensure that everything was working smoothly before we moved forward with in-person Council meetings,” said Milsom. “With all the technology ready, Council is pleased to invite the public here to the new City Hall Council Chambers for the May 28 meeting!”

Livestreaming and webcast archives options will continue

The City of West Kelowna will continue to ensure transparency, openness, and engagement through the continued practice of livestreaming and offering webcast archives, for those unable to attend in person.

Council Meetings will continue to be available to the public through a live webcast found on the City’s website at westkelownacity.ca/webcasts. To view the May 28 Council meeting agenda, please visit calendar.westkelownacity.ca/councilcommittee.

The live webcasting will allow the public to stay connected digitally to full deliberations. The City also records and archives the meetings on our website, so members of the public who cannot watch live can view at their convenience.

Learn more about the start of new services at the new City Hall/Library Building

So far, the City of West Kelowna is the first of six organizations to commence service in the new building. The Okanagan Regional Library is set to begin services on June 5. The start of services for the MLA, MP, ICBC and Service BC have not been set by those organizations as they continue to prepare their operations.

Remain signed up at westkelownacity.ca/subscribe to receive updates on when additional services will be provided at the new location at 3731 Old Okanagan Highway, West Kelowna, B.C. V4T 0G7.

You may also visit the City of West Kelowna’s website for more information at westkelownacity.ca/cityhallandlibrary.