This past week was a Council week, featuring the first of two public sessions for Prince Rupert City Council for the month of April.
As it often is on Council weeks, many of our items found large audiences and for this week two themes dominated the focus for readers.
The first was the use once again of dividends from the City's Legacy financial instrument, this time Council using some of those resources towards topping up the cost of design work from the estimate of last year.
The other topic that generated significant attention was another round of the city's work on derelict or nuisance properties, though in this instance, the prospects of demolition for the old Mohawk site on Second West now seems very unlikely.
Also this week, the Prince Rupert Port Authority announced their latest Board of Directors appointment, with Hilary Cassady and Lee Brain announced as the appointees, Ms. Cassday from the Port Users Group and Mr. Brain to serve as the choice of the City of Prince Rupert and District of Port Edward.
The last of the list of five notes of the ongoing investigation into last weeks Fire at a townhouse complex on Immanuel, the incident sent one person to hospital with serious injuries and saw Prince Rupert RCMP take one male into custody.
When it came to the most read item of the week however, the latest dip in the funds of the City's Legacy accounts provided for our top article.
Legacy Fund Dividends come to the rescue for preliminary planning for City's McCarthy GM Facility for Civic Operations use -- At their Monday session, the members of Prince Rupert City Council approved the use of $290,000 of Legacy dividends to cover off the revised price of the original price of75,000 dollars for the design work on the McCarthy GM facility. That's the early process towards making use of the old auto dealership for use by Civic Operations. More notes related to the Monday Council Session can be explored here. (posted April 8, 2024)
That article was followed by:
City of Prince Rupert looks to accommodate property owners on Second West towards remediation goals for former Mohawk property site -- Monday's council session brought comments from the property owners during the public comment period, along with a review of a report from staff that outlined steps for the property owners to take care of, that to eliminate the prospect of demolition for the boarded up structure. (posted April 10, 2024)
Former Prince Rupert Mayor Lee Brain one of two new appointments to the Prince Rupert Port Authority Board of Directors -- The City of Prince Rupert's nomination and selection process delivered a familiar name to a prime civic appointment. That as former Mayor Lee Brain was selected by civic officials in Prince Rupert and Port Edward, to serve as the City of Prince Rupert/District of Port Edward representative on the Port Board. Also selected by the Port Users Group for placement on the Board, was Hilary Cassady an accomplished businesswoman with Prince Rupert roots. (posted April 8, 2024)
Prince Rupert's 'Still standing', so Jonny Harris is coming to town Sunday for a look-- Comedian Jonny Harris, host of the popular CBC TV program Still Standing was in the city for much of the week researching the community for his show at the Civic Centre on Sunday evening, the event one free to the public. (posted April 9, 2024)
One person injured and in hospital from Saturday's East Side fire, one in custody as Prince Rupert RCMP continue investigation -- Quick work by Prince Rupert Fire Rescue on April 6th limited the spread of a fire at a townhome complex on Immanuel. Though as a result of the fire one person was taken to hospital for treatment of serious injuries, while Prince Rupert RCMP announced one male was in custody related to the fire. (posted April 7 , 2024)
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