Payback http://www.vernon.thesun.net/node/381415
Vernon's former Mayor, Sean Harvey, has made another installment to repay the city for the abuse of his expense account. Mayor Wayne Lippert says he made the latest payment of 15-hundred dollars was made last Friday Lippert says Harvey still owes close to 14-thousand dollars. It was a year ago Tuesday that Harvey resigned. He was charged after an RCMP investigation and it is still working its way through the courts. Betty Selin, Standard Radio News
Cultural Complex Report http://www.vernon.thesun.net/node/381418
Vernon City Council has the final report on the cultural complex in their hands.
Committee chair, Sigrid-Ann Thors says people need to understand this isn't a final report on what the signature building would look like. The total cost is 38-million dollars, with the building coming in at 24-million. The proposal includes the Library, museum, gallery and First Nations interpretive centre under one roof on the old Coldstream Hotel site. Council is expected to make a decision in two weeks. Betty Selin, Standard Radio News
Whistler Blower http://www.vernon.thesun.net/node/381417
If City of Vernon staff are not comfortable going to their supervisor with a concern, now they have someone to call. Valerie Harrison , a retired 30 year member of the Vancouver Police Department is the City of Vernon's "outside compliance officer". It's the next step in the "whistle blower policy" put in place last year following the scandal at city hall. Mayor Lippert believes working conditions have improved, but says this is another step in making the city a better place to work. Betty Selin, Standard Radio News
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