If Rossland and GVSC are smart enough to do it why isn't Vernon ?

CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF ROSSLAND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
~REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL~
FOR A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND UPDATE OF THE CITY OF ROSSLAND DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGE BYLAW

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Don Quixote Note:
The state of the reserves is the second most important financial priority facing this City. The first is DCC's and a review. At Council Cow meeting in July Council passed a resolution to have a workshop on DCC's . Hopefully this will occur immediately and a consultant hired to recommend new DCC levels in conjunction with the ongoing OCP review. After all if GVSC could have a study done and recommend Parks DCC increases of up to 32% then the City is more than capable of ascertaining that our DCC's must be out of date and probably underfunded.As an illustration the cost assigned in 2005 for the Treatment Plant (which is a 50% DCC project) was $27,500,000. Now the last I heard the sewer plant came in thanks to a GST break at around $29,000,000. This $1 1/2 million difference should be reflected in the DCC calculation. There are also DCC costs for major projects that have been up fronted and now form part of a latecomer calculation that should be readjusted. This would cause a lowering of DCC's.

I hate paying 'Consultants' but this is an urgent manner that is best handled by an outside expert !

And while I'm asking for Consultants and reports etc. where is the report on the building permits procedures that was promised last February?
CITY MAY REVAMP BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS
Staff at Vernon City Hall are preparing a report that may recommend an overhaul of the building permit process. As reported in the Vernon Daily Courier in November, a review was launched after a 28-unit condominium development received an undervalued building permit from the city. “What we’re doing right now is a revision of the bylaw governing how fees are charged,” said planning, development and engineering manager Jeremy Kinch. Kinch said that the goal of the review is to ensure that developers are charged equally. One of the recommendations staff are considering is a provision to go back and charge an additional fee if the permit value turns out to be too low.

“We don’t currently have an explicit back charge,” he said. “We’re looking at equitable distribution of charges to people using the service.” A development of a project on Centennial Drive was given a building permit based on a $2.8 million construction value, but with the developer estimating a market value of $100,000 per unit some councillors felt that developers were getting away with too much of a bargain. The units were later sold at prices starting from $239,000 per condo. “If it’s being undervalued we have to look at why that’s happening,” said Coun. Juliette Cunningham in November.