Renewed interest in becoming a municipality
The Kitimat-Stikine regional district is inviting a provincial government official to a meeting to discuss the ins and outs of the possibility of Thornhill splitting off from the regional district and becoming a standalone municipality.
A detailed summary of past events of how Thornhill might be governed as prepared by senior regional district official Ted Pellegrino reveals more than 50 years of mixed results.After the creation of the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine in 1967, Thornhill residents began asking for municipal services such as water and fire protection.
A resulting study looked at taxation implications for Thornhill and area residents such as policing and road maintenance as well as paying for a municipal government-style structure. Thornhill and rural residents rejected the idea by a majority of 58 per cent while Terrace residents voted 87 per per cent in favour.
Regional district officials and a consultant then spent the latter half of 2018 holding public meetings, interviewing Thornhill residents, distributing information and distributing a survey. “A fundamental role of a local government is to represent community interests and provide sustainable services to residents of an area,” he wrote.
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