$30 million in borrowing to go before Prince George City Council for approval

Jun 5, 2026 | 10:16 AM

More than $30 million in proposed borrowing is set to go before Prince George city council for final approval at its meeting on June 8, after not enough residents submitted opposition forms during the AAP Process. Adam Berls has more.

PRINCE GEORGE — More than $30 million in proposed borrowing is set to go before Prince George city council for final approval at its meeting on Monday, June 8, after not enough residents submitted opposition forms during the Alternative Approval Process (AAP).

On April 28, the City of Prince George launched AAPs for five borrowing bylaws totaling $30.046 million. The proposed loans include:

$15.86 million for building envelope renewal at the CN Centre,
$5.15 million for the expansion of Memorial Park Cemetery,
$4.086 million for equipment purchases,
$2.5 million for stormwater system renewal, and
$2.45 million for roof replacements at civic facilities.

To trigger a referendum, each borrowing proposal required opposition forms from at least 5,767 eligible electors. The results of AAP’s, included in the June 8 council agenda, show that none of the five Alternative Approval Processes came close to reaching that threshold before the submission deadline on June 2.

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The proposed $15.86-million CN Centre renewal project generated the highest level of opposition, with 226 forms submitted. The equipment purchase loan received the second-highest total, with 143 forms submitted, although eight were later ruled invalid.

The Memorial Park Cemetery expansion proposal received 138 forms, followed by the civic facilities roof replacement loan with 135 and the stormwater system renewal project with 128.

At the May 25th council meeting, councillors Trudy Klassen and Brian Skakun unsuccessfully put forward a motion asking council to direct staff to release an unredacted facility condition assessment report on the CN Centre. They argued that residents should have access to the full report in order to make an informed decision regarding the borrowing proposal.

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Email: Adam.Berls@pattisonmedia.com

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