Dan Walton
Oliver Chronicle
One lucky teenager might get the exciting opportunity to be immersed in the world of parcel taxes, zoning designations and development cost charges.
That’s because council is reaching out to local youth in case of the off-chance that one of them wants to go to this year’s UBCM convention.
When asked what kind of teenager would want to spend their free time there, Mayor Martin Johansen said, “People with aspirations to be leaders, engaged in their community. And we definitely have some of those people in this community.”
Coun. Larry Schwartzenberger spoke about Kamila Jones, a high school senior who joined the previous council at the convention three years ago.
“She had such a fantastic time,” he recalled. “At one meeting the minister spent more time talking to her than listening to us and what our needs are.”
Schwartzenberger said Jones ended up changing her major in university because of her experience at UBCM.
(file photo) Kamila Jones got a good taste of municipal politics at the recent Union of BC Municipalities convention a few years ago
