Neuron Scooters
A yearly report on Neuron e-scooters shows a total of 37,000 riders signed up for scoots throughout the year and 322,000 rides were taken during the trial period. In total, 675,000 kilometres were travelled.
According to Vernon operations manager for Neuron, Christopher Carroll, 10 per cent of scooters are typically lost per year, however so far in Vernon, there have been none.
The vandalism rate was also low, with just minor issues that are “easily fixable” according to Carroll.
Business survey
A brief rundown of the ninth annual Vernon Business Walks Report visited approximately 90 businesses and completed 73 surveys throughout the community for a temperature check of the local business climate.
Among the main takeaways were, for 30 per cent of companies, their biggest challenge is finding employees.
Coun. Akbal Mund found that information hard to believe.
“I’m struggling with that (information). Maybe you can send the businesses my way and I can get a finders fee for finding employees because I have had no issues since I have opened,” Mund said, as he is also the general manager of Triple O’s on 27th Street. “I get 2o applications a week.”
LED lights on airport
New lights are going to be up at the Vernon airport.
Council passed the motion to upgrade the LED lighting on the airport runway, at a cost not to exceed $100,000.
Funds will be reallocated from the Apron Rehabilitation Project, which was a project that finished $307,000 under budget in May of 2023.
Cannabis cultivation odour update
A letter, by MP Mel Arnold has been signed and delivered to the B.C. Minister of Health, Mark Holland with regards to questions on the cannabis odour for cultivation facilities.
The letter outlines key questions, mainly on how many inspections Health Canada has executed. This letter is a follow-up to one sent by Mayor Victor Cumming earlier in the fall.
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