A convention of local governments will be hosted in Kamloops after a request from a city councillor.

It was decided last week the Southern Interior Local Government Association convention will come to Kamloops in 2022. Exact dates and a location have not been announced.

Earlier this year, councillor Bill Sarai had asked for the city to host the event for that year.

“We looked at it, Vernon is hosting next year, Salmon Arm is hosting in 2021. And I got some advice from the mayor that we hadn’t hosted in quite a while. And I think it’s time for a bigger city to host and share what we’ve been doing good and the advances we’ve made,” Sarai said to NL News back in June.

“We can host, we’ve got the room here, we’ve got all the abundance of festivities that we can put on here… We can share what we’ve done good, and some of the struggles maybe we’re having. Maybe smaller cities can teach us lessons on what they’re doing. So I think it’s a win on both sides.”

SILGA includes 37 local government and more than 200 local government members usually attend the convention.

The event was last hosted in Kamloops in 2015.