by KCU | Aug 4, 2026 | 2026 Municipal Election, Municipal Finance
For years, we’ve been told rising property taxes were the result of inflation, population growth, and the fact that “everything costs more.” A new report from the Business Council of British Columbia points to another factor. It found that...
by KCU | Jul 24, 2026 | Governance & Accountability, RCMP Building
𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 In May 2024, the City confirmed to the RCMP that it intended to move forward with a new detachment. Just two months later, Council launched the AAP to borrow for the PAC and Multiplex....
by KCU | Jul 24, 2026 | Municipal Finance
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐞𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝟑𝟑% 𝐂𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 At next Tuesday’s Committee of the Whole meeting (July 28), City staff will ask the Committee to direct Administration to prepare bylaws for Council’s consideration that would: + 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞...
by KCU | Jul 20, 2026 | Municipal Finance
In 2025, the City spent $52,293,510 on wages for the City’s largest employee group (CUPE employees and Program Instructors) – and $19,766,895 on management wages. From 2024 to 2025, wages for the City’s largest employee group increased 𝟕%, while...
by KCU | Jul 10, 2026 | 2026 Municipal Election, Governance & Accountability
𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 – 𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? Two weeks ago, media across B.C. covered the Province’s announcement of a two-year, $16 million expansion of the Chronic Property Offending Intervention Initiative. The City of Kamloops chose to issue its own...
by KCU | Jun 24, 2026 | Municipal Finance
Kamloops ranked 156th out of 156 B.C. municipalities for Net Financial Assets (Debt) in 2024. The City says this measure doesn’t tell the whole story, and accounting standards are changing in 2027 to include non-financial assets such as roads, buildings, and...