A proposed provincially funded study into making the Village of Warfield part of the City of Trail has the backing of city council.
City Councillor Thea Hanson said it make sense to move forward.
“I think we should go ahead and start having further conversations with them,” she said to the rest of council, suggesting face-to-face discussions.
“And invite the Village of Warfield and staff to have a meeting with us or a workshop with us, to have some conversations and get us up to speed on exactly where everything is at,” added Hanson.
Councillor Terry Martin felt supporting and participating in the study requested by the Village made sense.
“There has been no decisions made, they’re just going into phase-two (a secondary study) and I totally agree we need to work with them to see where things can possibly go,” he stated.
Mayor Colleen Jones said she had already sent a letter to the Village expressing the city’s desire to take part in the probe.
Village Council concluded a phase-two study is needed after reviewing the original report which listed options for Warfield’s future, one of them being amalgamation with Trail.
Warfield Mayor Frank Marino said there was considerable community input, including two town hall meetings before the local committee wrote the phase-one report.
It outlined the costs of running the municipality and the challenges it faces to meet its infrastructure needs in the future.
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