Council has decided to reverse course with Canadian Tire's proposed multi-million dollar Thatcher Drive East retail outlet by offering a one year extension and delay with no cash down required.
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Council heard the impact the COVID - 19 pandemic will have on the City's finances and adopting several measures designed to stop the financial bleeding
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The Covid - 19 pandemic has hit financial markets and the City of Moose Jaw is not immune to its effects.
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The City has taken the first step towards setting up a $15 million line of credit to ensure cash flow in case they overdraw all of their 16 bank accounts.
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After discussion and debate Council voted to re-convene Budget Committee to attempt to find savings in the Operating Budget to assist all property owners - both residential and commercial.
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Effective April 1st to September 30th the City will no longer be charging interest and penalties for unpaid utility and property tax bills
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Whether or not the Canadian Tire retail development deal is dead depends if the retail giant is prepared to pay a $200,000 non-refundable deposit.
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After forcing the City to come up with an unplanned $2.7 million in additional funding for the water line to the South East Industrial Park an enquiry to Administration found out the City is out over $48,000 in unrecoverable external legal fees negotiating the deal which ultimately collapsed.
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The debate was a little bit heated but Executive Committee voted not to pass commercial property tax appeal losses onto all commercial properties in 2020.
The next trick though was finding the $337,500 to make the already passed 2020 Operating Budget work.
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It was a deal announced during the 2016 civic election and finalized in December 2019. A deal which would see Canadian Tire build a major retail development on Thatcher Drive East. The deal is set to close April 13th with no cash as of yet being received by the City from the Canadian retail giant.
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In response to a question asked by Councillor Crystal Froese the City Manager Jim Puffalt said the City does not require outside help and input at this time and in fact such things may actually hinder the City’s response to the Covid - 19 pandemic.
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Executive Committee met behind closed doors to re-discuss whether or not to approve replacing two major sections of cast iron water mains in 2020
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Council approved measures to assist residents, many of whom are facing severe financial hardships due to the Covid - 19 pandemic, designed to ease financial hardships.
The City will no longer be disconnecting water for non-payment, transit and paratransit is now free and there will not be any properties seized for tax arrears until after the pandemic is over.
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The 2019 annual report of the Administrative Review Officer was submitted to Council and it showed there were no complaints which needed to be resolved.
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Council discussed two motions regarding bells.
One would see restoring the glass in City Hall’s iconic clock tower and the bell presently there. A second motion would see constructing a stand for the original City Hall bell not presently in the clock tower.
Both projects combined would cost $60,000 with funding coming from reserves.
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The collapse of the deal with Carpere Canada to buy 780 acres in the Southeast Industrial Park had Council re-opening the 2020 Capital Budget and then debating where to get the $2.7 million needed for the water line to service SaskPower and the industrial park.
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There are major upgrades coming to the Boulevard Bylaw with the potential of affecting hundreds if not thousands of property owners. Now is the time to read about it and have your say and voice heard if you chose to do so before the issue returns to Council on March 23rd.
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It was a mixed bag when it came to the City of Moose Jaw’s safety statistics but overall the number of injuries and serious incidents took major drops in 2019 compared to 2018.
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Outdated cast iron water mains were a major contributor to the number of breaks reported in 2019.
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A heritage site which has sat largely unused for a quarter of a century had a resident address Council requesting renovations, preservation and more use.
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