Speak now, or forever hold your peace.
Should the District get software upgrades, a heavy-duty truck, and spend more on the landfill's vertical expansion and flood protection upgrades?
They're projected to respectively cost $1.38 million, $328,283, $2.02 million and another $2.02 million.
Following council's funding approvals for four high-budget items, an alternative approval process is now underway. The motion was unanimously given the green light by council on Sept. 17.
For items that require a particularly large amount of spending, the municipality is required to go through the process, which enables residents to vote against these items.
If 10 per cent of the voting population — which amounts to 1,469 electors — disagrees with the spending for these projects, a referendum must happen before council gives final approval. Those who don't vote are assumed to agree with the projects.
The $1.38 million in software upgrades would affect the municipality's financial system, payroll, development applications, points of sale and recreation bookings, among other things.
The $328,283 heavy duty truck would be used for hauling biosolids and aggregate, as well as snow and ice control.
The $2.02 million for the landfill would go to the third phase of its vertical expansion.
The $2.02 million for flood protections would go to the Squamish River Dike upgrade at Upper Judd Slough.
Those wanting to voice their disagreement can do so at: https://squamish.ca/yourgovernment/meetings/aap/2019-loan-authorization-bylaws/
Each item will be considered separately, so for example, if a voter disagrees with all four, they must fill out four responses.
The deadline for response is 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 29.
***Updated Oct. 1 to fix a typographical error on the fourth paragraph.
