It’s been anything but business as usual at Osoyoos town hall over the past several months as staff has struggled with the long and angry budget process and many of council’s priorities have been delayed or shelved.
Osoyoos council has amended its Council Procedure Bylaw (No. 1367) to enable it to continue to conduct business and “best serve the interests of the community” following unruly behaviour including defamatory statements at a number of council meetings in recent months that forced adjournments.
The Osoyoos 2024 budget has now been approved after it received third reading today by Council resulting in a combined tax, water and sewer hike of about 24 per cent over 2023 but down from the original 39 per per cent proposed last fall.
Confronted by obscenities, racist slurs and anti-mask rhetoric, the three Oliver students who became the voice for their victimised friend share their views on the anti-mandate protests, the concept of freedom and what they see for the future.
