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Beleaguered B.C. village council cannot turn itself off

No legislative provisions allow for a council to fire itself, after Harrison Hot Springs mayor asks
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There are no legislative provisions to dissolve Harrison’s council, according to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs. (Observer File Photo)

Can officials in the troubled Fraser Valley community of Harrison Hot Springs dissolve their council?

Provincial law says “no.”

Mayor Ed Wood recently lost a bid to write Minister of Municipal Affairs Anne Kang asking her to dissolve all of council and the village CAO and appoint a lone trustee in their place, when his motion was defeated by a tied council vote.

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