More details were released during the final approval of the Canadian Tire deal at Council. Details which had one certain Councillor asking questions and seeking more information on the deal.
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Two long running seniors’ groups received some much needed funding to help out their operating budgets from the City as Council unanimously voted in favour of the move.
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The impact of the new waterworks crew on the Utilities Budget had Council asking a few questions on some budget lines to understand the effect the new crew had on the budget.
The discussion went farther into the Utilities Budget with one councillor claiming $1.2 million is being charged as a franchise fee to subsidize the Operating Budget so as to hide the true amount of taxation required to run the City’s services.
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It may have been two weeks until Christmas but a Charles Dickens tale appeared as the Ghost of Referendum Past entered the debate with a little bit of humbug as Council decided to impose a $30 Infrastructure Levy to help pay for cast iron water main replacement.
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A three member committee tasked with providing a recommendation on Council’s remuneration is set to report back in March after hearing from the public. The committee was struck after Mayor Frasier Tolmie requested a review based upon what Council is paid in Moose Jaw compared to other centres in the province.
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A presentation analyzing the City’s financial health accompanied by historically low interest rates had a banker advising Council to consider borrowing. But not all Council members were in favour of the advice.
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After hearing from an expert and a debate Council voted in favour of spending $1.2 million on a new fluoridation system and saftey upgrades to the building that houses it.
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A land deal announced over three years ago with Canadian Tire to purchase 11 acres of land was inadverdantly released at Wednesday evening’s special meeting of Council as proceeds from the sale will be used as part of the 2020 Budget which Council adopted.
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The budget will see a tax increase, increased water and sewer rates as well as an Infrastructure Levy read the article to see a brief breakdown of the 2020 Budgets Council adopted on Wednesday evening.
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The rising use of Crystal Methamphetamine and its impact on the City and policing were front row centre in Moose Jaw Police Services budget deliberations.
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The City is changing how it handles property owners encroaching on publicly owned property. If you are using City owned land you might be receiving a letter in the mail as part of an education program before enforcemant actions are taken.
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An attempt to have the City’s 2020 Budget finalized at a regularly televised meeting was defeated.
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Whether or not the former Fairford Street headquarters of the now defunct YMCA of Moose Jaw will meet demolition in 2020 could be decided this coming Wednesday evening.
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The subsidy for the new Moose Jaw Airport Authority was approved although it was not unanimous and without further discussion.
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Questions were asked about the $150,000 cost to service the non-operational injection well used for disposal of water from the geo-thermal well and if it was necessary to spend the money as part of Budget 2020 discussions.
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Bridges were a hot topic at Budget discussions - especially about where the money to rehabilitate them will come from.
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The future of the Coteau Street Bridge was debated as part of this past Wednesday evening’s special meeting of Moose Jaw City Council.
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It is something which has slowly been creeping into the City’s sites and that is how to best manage the slump zone areas of the river bank. To do so they are hiring a consultant.
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A proposal to crush reclaimed cement and asphalt into aggregate could become a potential cash source for the City.
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Did the City allow the Province to dump the demolition materials from the Union Hospital for free is a question asked and waiting to be answered.
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