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Prince George, B.C. –  Albert Koehler is seeking a second term on Prince George City Council.

Koehler  has been an advocate for  minimal tax increases and the  elimination of the practice of fluoridating the water supply.

Koehler  says there has been quite a bit of critique on  the hiring of a consultant to  look at snow removal and fleet maintenance “That was a decision by Administration and they have the right to make that decision.”   He says  Council did not have an opportunity to support or  reject the hiring  Mercury Associates  for the $130 thousand dollar  report.

He says the  problem with fleet maintenance,  was “clearly a management problem”.  The fleet maintenance  report  says  more than 50% of the fleet is outdated and needs to be replaced.

“Maintenance is not just repairing machinery  anymore\’ says Koehler “We threw hundreds of thousands of dollars to fix machinery that should have been replaced long ago.”

He says he often feels he  has not been given  all the information a councillor should  have  in order  to do the  job as the governing  body.

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