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City Council gives CN Centre Scoreboard green light

City Council finalised a few budget items at Monday night’s meeting.

Council approved funding for the CN Centre’s new video displays and cameras. This will replace the current 9-year-old system and cost $390,000.

The display has quite a few issues. Some of the clock’s pixels are failing, resulting in either black or bright blue squares. Both The picture brightness and sharpness are fading, and the outdated technology has caused a loss of video feeds.

City Councilor Jillian Merrick was first concerned the City was subsidizing a for-profit group. However, she had a change of heart.

“I had a chance to talk to the Cougars’ ownership and see the number of cold hard cash that they’re investing in this community and I’m convinced the money that we’re putting in is far, far less than the Cougars ownership is investing into Prince George,” she says.

The video screen has also supported numerous local graduations, convocations, and “Spirit Games.”

Council also deferred the Lhedili T’enneh Memorial Park Picnic Shelter to the 2017 budget.

Merrick says the project may be built in the future.

“If we find grant support for it [and] justification for it from the community but we’re also going through a big parks review process, so we have to be very prudent with our parks investment dollars before we know what the priorities in the community are.”

It’s expected the proposed park will cost $400,000. Bathrooms and archaeological services are what’s expected the bring up the costs.

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