Despite the funding application yet to be approved Executive Committee voted on the locations for a record setting amount of cast iron watermain replacement.
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What initially started out as a new joint use school on South Hill will end up seeing the two school divisions spending just over $2.5 million for two proposed neighbourhoods and getting into the property development business.
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For some it may seem like a wish list of projects costing the City millions of dollars but if approved in the end it will save the City millions especially when it comes to cast iron water main replacement. Read all about it.
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It has been a persistent problem - the growing property tax arrears owing to the City of Moose Jaw. The quarterly reports show year over year the trend continues.
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The idea of approaching the province to partner on a comprehensive regional transportation study similar to one done for Weyburn is not in the City’s immediate plans following a 4 - 3 Council vote.
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It was 10 years in the making and was frustrating for residents who wanted the gravel road beside their homes paved but the City now has an LIP policy in place.
The question is after a decade do the residents still want the work done?
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A motion to spend some of the interest from a reserve to help kickstart the Downtown Local Area Plan has been tabled pending a report back from the Planning Department.
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Canadian Tire’s proposed new retail development took another step forward as Council approved the first moves to subdivide and re-zone the City-owned property presently leased to the Moose Jaw Exhibition Company.
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Council approved subdividing a High Street West property to allow the sale of one side of the building to an unknown purchaser.
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Although there were no concrete details provided there appears to be a new Holiday Inn planned in the northeast area of the city. It is a project that has drawn concerns from other already established hotels in a letter not publicly released.
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The SaskPower natural gas fired generating plant took another major step forward.
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With income received from dumping demolition debris from the former Union Hospital at $36,384.80 a council member said the City has missed the opportunity of a significant revenue source.
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Council was presented with an update of the strategic plan and asked to vote to include a document from the provincial government they have not read nor reviewed.
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Councillor Crystal Froese has volunteered to sit on the City’s Cultural Diversity Advisory Committee after no other member of Council wanted the job.
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Do you have sewer and or water in your basement? If you live near William Grayson School you may have. If you do, you are not alone, as there has been a significant water main break with water entering the sanitary sewer system and then into basements.
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There is little growth in the tax base but a large increase in the amount of revenues over the past decade figures released in an enquiry of Administration show.
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A Councillor brought forward concerns about three intersections where signage and other changes may potentially make them safer.
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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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