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Wednesday, September 10, 2014
SHIRE DELIGHT
Councils clash on merger question LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN
North Cowichan councillors are still wrestling with the best way to ask residents if they are in favour of looking at amalgamation with the City of Duncan. Although they’ve talked about the subject of a question for a plebiscite this fall, they balked a bit Sept. 3 when faced with the wording chosen by their Duncan colleagues. In April, North Cowichan agreed to ask: “Are you in favour of spending $ (amount to be determined) to study the options, costs and benefits for the municipalities of North Cowichan and Duncan?” Now, however, they have discovered that City of Duncan CAO Peter de Verteuil has estimated that a study of amalgamation would cost $100,000. If Duncan’s pet project of boundary realignment is added, the survey would come to $130,000. North Cowichan’s deputy director of corporate services, Mary Beth MacKenzie, reported that Duncan feels strongly about boundary realignment. It’s Friday evening with shadows lengthening as the sun slips behind the mountain at the Cowichan Exhibition when the Taylor Farm Shire horses make their grand entrance driven by Amy Lafontaine. A crowd had gathered to see the return of the ‘heavy horses’ to this year’s fair. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]
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