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The four councillors who voted against the pay hike were Mohini Singh, Ron Cannon, Rick Webber and Gordon Lovegrove.

Kelowna city council approved a 4.7 per cent tax hike Monday, despite an attempt by one councillor to get his peers to slow the tax roll.

Kelowna city council's decision to usher in a pay raise for themselves while residents are "struggling" is unacceptable, says B.C.'s director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

The mayor's salary will increase to $145,000 from $126,497 while councillors will see their wages rise to $58,080, from $42,992 a year. Both are closer to other large B.C. cities.

An adjustment will be made twice per council term to realign the mayor’s remuneration with the 60th percentile of comparable B.C. municipalities.

The next step is for the province to consider an Order in Council and share information with local ratepayers, the City of Kelowna said.

West Kelowna’s new $22.8 million city hall building will open to the public in need of administrative services starting at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 21.

City clerk Laura Bentley said Tuesday that Ron Cannan alone chose not to receive the pay increase that would have raised his salary from $43,000 to $58,000.

An open letter by the Okanagan Transit Alliance included four demands: local management, frequent service development, free fares for youth and expanding HandyDART.

While construction noise would still be allowed on the weekends, it wouldn't be as early.

Administration is proposing approximately $35 million be allocated to incentive programs supporting affordable housing, multiple-unit dwellings and development on city-owned land.

City council will look at a recommendation to increase the number of locations where alcohol can be publicly imbibed along the shores of Okanagan Lake.

The four-year contract, which will see wages rise 16.5 per cent over the length of the deal, affects 195 employees.

Kelowna’s current evolution and growing demand on programs and services suggest this is a key time to proactively explore new tools and tactics to generate municipal revenue

The city councillor will seek the BC NDP nomination in the new Kelowna-Centre riding and, if he gets that, vie for voter support.

The city’s assessment growth of 1.5 per cent last year resulted in additional revenue of $623,455, which was used to reduce the tax burden.

Kelowna's utility planning manager says data shows water consumption from the city’s non-potable water system has been the highest its ever been over the last several years.

The City of White Rock is working on possibly adding CCTV cameras in public spaces to increase public safety and deter crime.

Rumours of closure have swirled around the Okanagan Mission Activity Centre in Kelowna, B.C. But the city says it will remain open and will be funded for the "foreseeable future."

Very few residents opposed the city’s plan of borrowing money to partially fund a new, $14.3-million firehall in Lakeview Heights.