The trailer park has been a thorn in the town's side since they took ownership of the property in 1995. With a utilidette that's caused insurance claims and maintenance costs to skyrocket, the town has tried several times to unload it.

At a meeting held last Thursday between residents and town officials, two possible solutions were put on the table.

The first would be that the residents form a co-op, whereby they would buy the trailer park from the town and assume responsibility for their own service upgrades and liability insurance.

The residents would pay the town $170,000 for the property as is, which includes six surveyed lots.

"You would be responsible for everything from our utilidor, down," Mayor Peter Clarkson said.

Committee chair, Clarence Wood, said the second option calls for the town to shoulder the expense of the upgrades to the land and lease the property and the lots back to the tenants based on a new assessment.

"If the property were bought for $30,000, then the tenant would have the option of leasing that back from the town for $3,000 per year," Wood said.

Since the trailer park was never properly surveyed, one of the 12 trailers needs to be removed and the rest would require some reconfiguration.

The town had a quote of $5,000 per unit from a contractor to move the trailers, fill and level the lots, move the trailers back and connect them to a temporary utilidette while a new utilidor is constructed.

Joanne Whiteside asked why some neighbourhoods were getting utilidor upgrades, but the trailer park wasn't.

Mayor Clarkson said that the upgrades came from federal and territorial funds earmarked to upgrade the original utilidors built on public lands.

"Husky trailer court is no different than the way we would develop Ptarmigan Hill or Centennial," Clarkson explained. "It was owned privately, so we have to regard it as a new development."

Clarkson said all of the rent the town has received from the trailer court has gone to maintaining the utilidette and other services.

He added that the town is actually losing money through other costs associated with staff, management and capital expenses.

The group will take the two options back to the residents to get a vote on how they should proceed.

Following the meeting, Wood said despite some recent media reports to the contrary, the town is working hard to find an amicable solution for both parties.

"I think we have a good working group and we're going to reach a decision one way or the other," Wood said. "We want something that's fair to both sides."