Reports to Council

David Hallinan, the City’s Corporate Services Director, provided Council with a report seeking authorization to execute alternative approval processes for:

• 965 McMaster Way Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 57-4, 2025: authorizing borrowing no more than $16,750,000 to be repaid over a period not exceeding thirty (30) years to finance the purchase and improvement of 965 McMaster Way
• Tranquille Phase III Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 57-5, 2025: authorizing borrowing no more than $9,000,000 to be repaid over a period not exceeding thirty (30) years to finance the design, construction, and commissioning of Phase III of the Tranquille Road Sanitary Main and Road Enhancement Project

On October 7, 2025, Council postponed consideration of these alternative approval processes due to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers strike. Two other borrowing bylaws were being considered at that time; however, Council decided not to move forward with borrowing for the Kamloops Centre for Water Quality Upgrade Project (the bylaw was rescinded), opting instead to fund it through the existing water utility, and the Kamloops Police Services Building project is still on hold.

Council authorized the alternative approval processes for 965 McMaster Way Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 57-4, 2025, and Tranquille Phase III Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 57-5, 2025, setting an elector response deadline of May 29, 2026. Based on the approved number of eligible electors (85,273), a threshold of 8,527 responses would be needed before the deadline to stop either bylaw from moving forward.

The Statutory Notice Elector Forms will be available to the public as of Monday, April 20, 2026, providing a 38-day window for response.

• View the full report.
• View the presentation within the Council meeting slide deck.
• Contact for further information:
  David Hallinan | 250-828-3811

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