More and more, computers and websites are becoming the norm in communications.

The Town of Oliver is proposing to:

Go paperless for agenda material for all council meetings

To upgrade its own website – www.oliver.ca

To webcast its public meetings to the community.

Councillors will discuss these subjects on Monday next.

Going paperless means staff and council would operate with I-pads at cost of $6325

Upgrades to the website could cost $1800 and a complete overhaul $48 thousand

Webcasting could cost $3400 depending on the need for an additional camera.

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Photo-voltaic

Town staff are recommending the application for a grant to use the sun to power all electrical needs at sewer treatment plant.

The project cost would be $600 thousand with a grant expected at half that amount. The pay back time period would be 15 years.

A smaller application has been sent in – in each of the two years but not granted so the project has never got off the ground.

The proposed project would not go ahead without the 50% cost grant.