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Pandemic led to savings in Kamloops in 2020

In 2020, city staff were paid a total of $62.6 million, compared to $64.6 million in 2019. The city attributes its savings to a reduction in overtime and regular wages of CUPE staff resulting from reduced activities during the pandemic, despite a two per cent increase outlined in the union contract. Overall, the amount paid to CUPE staff in 2020 was $37 million, compared to $38.9 million in 2019, a five per cent reduction. In addition, the city’s firefighters were paid nearly two per cent less last year, at $14.1 million, compared to $14.4 million in 2019. In a report to council, the city said the decrease was due to “the reduction of duties performed by the firefighter group under the Provincial Health Authority’s COVID-19 restrictions, which also resulted in less training opportunities.”

City will intervene in BC Hydro plan to change street lights

Currently, BC Hydro’s 4,100 street lights in Kamloops use high pressure sodium lights, which provide an orange glow, and BC Hydro has applied to the BC Utilities Commission to change them to LED, typically a more efficient, brighter directional lighting. City of Kamloops civic operations director Jen Fretz explained the city is not against use of the more environmentally friendly technology it is in fact transitioning its own street lights to LED but is concerned about rollout of such an initiative and financial implications. Fretz said the city completed a similar initiative a few years ago, during which it replaced 1,000 of its street lights with LED lighting. Since then, the city has replaced another 1,000 street lights with LED, which were transitioned as lights were in need of replacement.

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