City of Kamloops Claims $12M in “Delay Costs”—But Where’s the Breakdown?

by KCU | May 7, 2026 | Governance & Accountability, Municipal Finance | 0 comments

Kamloops AAP delay cost claims and conflicting messaging

𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐀𝐏 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞—𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.

In October of 2024, KCU co-organizer Kathrine Blair-Wunderlich stepped up to speak on behalf of concerned residents in her community—using the tools available to every resident to hold municipal government accountable.

That’s integrity—something residents should be seeing from City Hall as well.

Kathrine supports the arts—but believes fiscal responsibility and transparency must come first when spending taxpayer dollars.

The attached emails show Kathrine asking for a breakdown of the City’s recent claims of approximately $12 million in “delay costs” attributed to her AAP court challenge.

A reasonable request—met with the same silence residents have come to expect from current City Council members.

Email request for detailed breakdown of Kamloops project delay costs

𝐅𝐘𝐈:

The court case lasted four months, ending in February 2025.

PAC construction didn’t begin until the fall, and the Multiplex was still in the planning stages.

The timeline doesn't add up.

𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 “𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐲,” 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬—𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝟑𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬?