Salmon Arm City Council reviewed a major proposal to salvage-log forest impacted by a severe Douglas-fir beetle infestation, while also advancing a new Animal Control Bylaw for consultation and approving a nearly $50,000 overhaul of the City’s 20-year-old financial system.
Salmon Arm finally updated its 1995 animal bylaw. Backyard chickens? Yes. Bees? Sure. Roosters? Still banned. Cats? Untouchable chaos demons. Here's everything they changed—and what they hilariously didn’t.
Salmon Arm City Council approved a variance for King's Christian School to install two portable classrooms. Council also advanced the city's wastewater treatment plant upgrade, formally updating its projected cost to $78.5 million, and initiated a review of its mosquito control program.
Salmon Arm City Council approved a new 12-unit rental housing development, initiated a comprehensive overhaul of its Building Bylaw, and received a new two-year tourism strategy to guide local economic growth.
