The ongoing saga of the death of GVSC will drag on a little further. Vernon refuses to accept the Verdict of the NORD Board that the establishment bylaw has been rescinded. Their belief is based on section 802 of the Local Government Act which states Subject to an order under subsection (4) or (5), an establishing bylaw may be amended or repealed, at the option of the board, (b) with the consent of at least 2/3 of the participants.
Vernon has taken the viewpoint that this 2/3 vote was not achieved and has asked their lawyer to submit the required protest to the Minister in charge of Community Affairs, Blair Leckstrom under this section of the Act. Furthermore the staff has been instructed to iniate a meeting with Minister Leckstrom, local MLA Tom Christensen , the lawyer and council ASAP to address this situation.
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