2009 Technical Report

We've posted the 2009 Technical Report in individual chapters
for easier downloading. The chapters range in size from 100 kb to 2.2 mb.
1. Table of Contents and Introduction
2. Characteristics of the Sun Peaks community
3. The current local government system
4. Municipal boundaries
5. Overview of municipal government
6. How local government services and functions would shift
7. Financial principles used in the tax impacts analysis
8. Regional District taxes before and after municipal incorporation
9. The Province's offer of assistance to a new Sun Peaks municipality
10. Infrastructure needed by the municipality
11. Annual budget for a fully-staffed, post-grant municipality
12. Property tax impacts of municipal status
13. "What if ..." questions (effects of altered assumptions)
14. Summary of the report
Appendix 1: Conflict of interest rules
Appendix 2: Eligibility of non-resident electors
Appendix 3: Minister's letter setting out the offer of assistance
Appendix 4: Assessment of needed road works (from Kerr Wood Leidal)
 
 Newsletters
  - November 2009 newsletter
  - December 2009 newsletter
  - January 2010 newsletter

Some material from the 2007 study
(Note: The 2009 work above replaces the 2007 Report)
     - Summary of the 2007 Technical Report
     - The 96-page 2007 Technical Report (caution: large file) .
     - The 2007 Sun Peaks survey on municipal matters

Some useful links
Here are some websites you might want to visit to learn more about local
governments in BC in general and Sun Peaks in particular.
    - Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD)
    - BC Local Elections Voter's Guide
    - Publications from the Ministry of Community and Rural Development
    - CivicInfo (BC's principal local government site)
    - Sun Peaks Resort Corporation