A short list of projects on the City of Williams Lake’s 2026 budget has been approved to get early starts for the new year.
In Tuesday’s, December 16, City Council Meeting, Mayor and Council took a staff recommendation of 18 early budget items that could be sped up if the bouncing ball starts a little earlier.
“A lot of the stuff in this early approval is because the committees and proposed staff need to plan,” Mayor Surinderpal Rathor explained before the vote. “If there’s something they need to order, they need to order. Lots of people would be planning their year.”
The proposed list totals $3,915,176.00 and is primarily comprised of equipment purchases and replacements, as well as the initiation of preliminary works and allocation of funds for construction and water main projects.
The largest item on the list is the Annual Pacing Rehabilitation and Water Saddle Replacement for $1,785,000.
“These are key projects that we’ve tracked that we want to get on,” said Councillor Scott Nelson. “If we get them out the door early, it gives us an opportunity of being able to save some potential savings, as [City Staff] has done in the past.”
Here is a full list of items that got Early Budget Approvals can be found here.
The motion was carried unanimously by the council.
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