West Kelowna Mayor Doug Findlater says he's satisfied after a face-to-face meeting with Finance Minister Carole James.
Those two met along with ministry staff and city CAO Jim Zaffino in Victoria on Wednesday, to discuss the proposed speculation tax.
Findlater says the key for them was to talk about how the tax would impact West Kelowna in unique ways, when compared to other cities.
He says with the city barely a decade old, it's still trying to catch up on infrastructure.
"The upgrade to infrastructure program is very ambitious, and very much needed. As formerly a rural area, that was managed by a multiplicity of other kinds of governments, irrigation districts, and Ministry of Highways and the Regional District (of Central Okanagan), we brought it together under one roof, and we're making it work. But it's a 20 year capital plan, 20 year process, and we're only partway through it," he said.
"I think we had a unique argument that we wanted to leave with them. And certainly we did mention the impact on out-of-town property owners, and the general impact on development and real estate, and so on. But this will cut our revenue, and we will feel that more uniquely than any other municipality."
With a slumping construction industry as a result of the tax, the city says it would lose revenue through lost development cost charges.
Findlater says he wasn't expecting to hear any promises from the Ministry, and confirmed that was the case, but says changes to the plan are being discussed, and will be introduced in the next few weeks.
He says the city will wait and see whether further meetings with the Premier are needed.
"We need to say what they're doing, what they're proposing. In fact, if their changes are to exclude or exempt West Kelowna, then mission accomplished," he said.
"I'm being really optimistic with that one - but that's our bottom line. Don't hamper the growth of our municipality."
Findlater says the ministry acknowledged it's been hearing concerns from other affected municipalities on Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland, and the Fraser Valley.