𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭.

Councillors make decisions involving many millions of taxpayer dollars that affect property taxes, utility bills, City services, and the future of Kamloops.

𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲'𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲.

The Reading Checklist includes many of the key documents needed to build that foundation.

Many matters that come before Council are accompanied by reports and recommendations from City staff.

Familiarity with these key documents helps councillors critically evaluate those recommendations – 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬.

Effective councillors:

Evaluate recommendations independently

Review and research supporting information

Ask informed, tough questions

Understand the costs, risks, and long-term impacts

Make informed decisions in the best interests of taxpayers

𝐊𝐂𝐔 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔. (Two months.)

A printable version with clickable links is available here: 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

𝐖𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞.

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬:

Brian Andrews: https://www.facebook.com/AndrewsForKamloops/

Rob Bertrand: https://www.facebook.com/robforkamloops

Kathrine Blair-Wunderlich: https://www.facebook.com/KathrineBW2026

Dennis Giesbrecht: https://www.facebook.com/Thisiskamloops

Troy Lowen:

Joe Mauro: https://www.facebook.com/jmm.mauro4

Christopher Mitra: https://www.facebook.com/MitraforCouncil

Doug Ronnquist:

Cindy Sonne: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61564741211316

Randy Sunderman: https://www.facebook.com/RandySforCouncil/

Nevin Webster: https://www.facebook.com/loopszer