Ranch Still Needs City Support

The amount of funding O’Keefe Ranch gets from Vernon, will be decided by the next city council.

Mayor Akbal Mund says the plan was to reduce the subsidy in half next year — to 50-thousand dollars.

“At some point council is going to have to ask itself ‘Do we start supporting other groups who mean a lot?’ Whether it’s Winter Carnival who has a big economic impact on our community, we start supporting them with more money,” Mund told Beach Radio News.

Councillor Scott Anderson led a motion for the next council to consider extending the ranch’s 100-thousand dollar grant next year, which will be discussed at budget time.