A pesky mosquito control service establishment bylaw for rural Enderby has, for the time being, been swatted away by residents.
The Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO) gave three readings of the proposed bylaw at its November board meeting and established an alternate approval process (AAP) for the service for Electoral Area F.
The RDNO estimated the number of qualified electors in the service area to be 3,871, and that 10 per cent of those in opposition to the bylaw 鈥� 388 voters 鈥� had to let the RDNO know by Monday, Dec. 18, at 4 p.m. in order to defeat the process.
The total number of valid electoral response forms opposing the bylaw received by the deadline was 1,187 or 30.7 per cent.
The board of directors will meet Wednesday, Dec. 20, for its regular monthly meeting with two options to discuss the bylaw.
They can choose not to proceed with the mosquito control plan for Area F and abandon the bylaw. Or, because the AAP wasn鈥檛 successful, the board can choose to go to a referendum which must be held within 80 days.
If the board chooses referendum, due to time restraints staff would be looking for a motion to proceed with the referendum, and that voting day be tentatively set for Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024.
The approximate cost of a referendum is $30,000.
