Rhino's Rambings - Fairford Street Blues

An opinion piece about some of the things going on behind the scenes with the failure of the Moose Jaw Board Of Police Commissioners to have Council approve the budget submission for the Moose Jaw Police Service in the first go around.

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Cash Transit Fares To See Steep Increase

Your money might not jingle, jingle and still fold but if you are paying cash to ride the bus come February 1st of next year you might have a hard time keeping it that way as the cash fares for transit are taking big jumps.

It is all about paying for some of the rising costs on the system and reaching parity with what other communities in the province are charging.

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Council Says Nyet To Proposed Police Budget

In what seemingly came as a shock in a 4 - 3 vote a special 2023 Budget meeting of Council voted to send the Moose Jaw Board Of Police Commissioners’ budget request for the Moose Jaw Police Service (MJPS) back to the Commission.

Council asked the Board Of Police Commissioners to look at potential savings and lessen the impact funding the MJPS will have on property taxpayers in 2023.

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No New Deal For Tourism Moose Jaw This Year

Tourism Moose Jaw’s request for more funding as well as the City to take over the maintenance and repairs/renovations of their owned tourism booth that sits on leased City land was deferred to 2024 to allow Administration to review the present agreements and look at the options.

Parks and recreation director gave four funding examples in 2023 while at the same time Administration recommended against funding this year.

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