Moose Jaw Independent

The plans to get the staff of the new bylaw enforcement unit up and running this year is going to have to wait until next year’s budget as Council in budget discussions on Monday evening decided to wait until next year to get it up and running.

Council would like to see a new City Solicitor in place before proceeding.

By all appearances that mountain of unpaid parking tickets, business licenses and other assorted fines is going to have to wait until next year for collection efforts to begin in earnest.

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An animal cruelty case dating back over two years ago was once again adjourned.

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Deciding to steal a bottle of rum has resulted in a Moose Jaw man receiving a $100 fine for his 18th conviction for petty theft.

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A look at questions answered by Mayor Clive Tolley when it comes to the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant

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This week a Moose Jaw man was sentenced to a one year conditional jail sentence in the community for what Moose Jaw Provincial Court characterized as not “provoked” and vigilante in nature.

We asked the City’s Bylaw Enforcement office about it and what either party should do instead of taking the law into their own hands.

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There are now four locations in Moose Jaw where you can pick up at home rapid COVID -19 tests.

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A photo of how the new Christmas lights look in the Downtown core if you are up and about at 3 am.

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The City not having in-house legal counsel has lead to the delays in restructuring City Hall’s operations and for those of you with unpaid parking tickets likely a half a year reprieve until collection efforts can begin.

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With readers questioning about how snow removal is conducted on 1st Avenue NW in the Downtown core we asked City Manager some questions about it as part of this morning’s post Council presser.

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In what seemed likely a very short debate Council in a 4 - 3 vote decided to defeat a motion that would have referred all City agreements to outside legal counsel.

A $500 - $600 per hour lawyer cost and the large stack of documents combined was enough to have Council decide against the action.

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An explanation was given as to why the snow was piled in the center shared left hand turning lane on 1st Avenue NW this past Monday morning.

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The annual City of Moose Jaw Budget deliberations kick off tomorrow with proposed increases to property taxes, water and sewer rates as well as the infrastructure levy.

Of the property tax increase the Moose Jaw Police Service is requesting approximately one-third.

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Questions were asked in the post Council media scrum to Mayor Clive Tolley if more detail, information and an opportunity to ask questions are something which could happen in Moose Jaw regarding the budget submitted to Council by the Moose Jaw Board of Police Commissioners.

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The new Christmas decorations the City is erecting Downtown were introduced to Council.

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If you were hoping to park for free to do some last minute Christmas shopping without using the parking app or plugging the meter you will have to as the request for free parking Downtown just before Christmas has been withdrawn.

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Attacking a cab driver has a Moose Jaw man now serving a one year conditional jail sentence in the community after pleading guilty to assault, uttering threats and mischief.

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In a 6 - 1 vote Executive Committee agreed to sell their portion of the re-developed former Eaton’s store and nine parking stalls for a dollar and then effectively walk away from the dream formulated over 35 years ago.

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