The briefs this meeting look at Acting Mayor Heather Eby, who was missing from Council and the reasons why, when street cleaning will start and Council appointments.
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It was a bit of a lengthy and sometimes confusing discussion but the infrastructure requirements necessary to bring water to the presently under construction SaskPower natural gas fired electrical generating plant were discussed at length as part of a change order request.
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The zero block of River Street West has gained a lot of notoriety during its’ life and now it is notoriously too narrow to allow the parking restrictions to be relaxed.
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The Downtown is set to become a lot more colourful under a new public art initiative approved by Council.
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The new parking app for the Downtown was rolled out last night as part of an update on the area’s beautification.
The app was seen as a boon to the Downtown as it gave motorists an option on how to pay for meters - either by coin with the existing meters or electronically by a smart phone.
There will be no cost to the City and a small service fee will be applied to use the app. And if you pay too much for your parking space using the app there will be no refund or credit provided as it now stands.
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With the city called littered and not clean Council approved the creation of a committee designed to champion keeping Moose Jaw clean.
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Executive Committee approved Administration to prepare a new Alarm Response Bylaw for businesses at the behest of the Moose Jaw Board Of Police Commissioners. The bylaw will see businesses paying more to be in the program and also more for repeated false alarm calls.
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Love them or hate them the notorious photo radar cameras are set to be in use for another year as Council voted unanimously to approve a one year deal.
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Main Street businesses will soon be able to take their businesses literally out in the street as Executive Committee passed an initiative to allow the extension of businesses not only onto the sidewalk but also the parking stalls in front of their businesses.
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A growing neighbourhood combined with an already established one is about to see a new convenience store built as Council approved a re-zoning application from residential to commercial for a lot on Bradley Street.
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A couple of properties considered derelict by the City were up for immediate demolition at Council’s latest meeting with one being given a brief reprieve to complete required repairs and upgrades.
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Although just in its infancy there is now preliminary committee discussion for creating a Moose Jaw Heritage Museum.
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Executive Committee may have voted against waiving the landfill and permitting fees necessary for the Moose Jaw and District Food Bank’s new facility but the community has responded to cover the fees even before many people got out of bed.
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To help bridge the time between paying an invoice to the time re-payment arrives from the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP) Executive Committee unanimously decided to co-sign a loan to allow the Moose Jaw Municipal Airport Authority complete their upgrades of the municipal airport.
The guarantee or co-signing of the loan will not cost the taxpayers any money.
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Opening doors on a major project has proven costly for the City and with more doors left to open there may well be more not so pleasant surprises remaining.
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A selection of regular appointments, new zoning to allow a River Street West development and protruding manhole covers.
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If you were hoping to sneak in early to pay your water bill or do any other business at City Hall before you have to plug a parking meter you are going to have to wait for at least another month.
Council has been told the present four hours of being open to the general public Monday to Friday will continue due to the Province’s restrictions to help prevent the spread of COVID - 19.
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Approving the repairs to the 7th Avenue SW bridge will not only benefit homeowners on the south side of the Moose Jaw River as well as people enjoying the area but it could be a major benefit to a developer planning a major new residential development on the former Valley View Centre property.
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After being closed to vehicle traffic for close to six years there is new life being breathed into the 7th Avenue SW Bridge as Council voted unanimously to approve over $832,000 to repair the structure.
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Through the careful stewardship of the City’s finances and a lot of hard work the City in the preliminary 2020 year end financials shows they were able to generate a small surplus.
Winning some long standing property tax appeals with some dating back to 2017 also brought in some much needed funds
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