City Manager Jim Puffalt said he is in full agreement about the need to install traffic actuated lights at the intersection of the TransCanada Highway and 9th Avenue NW because of increasing economic activity and he went so far as to call it a dangerous intersection.
Read MoreMayor Clive Tolley responds to questions about the City once again calling for traffic control lights at the intersection of 9th Avenue NW and the TransCanada Highway.
Read MoreAsked about the large pile of snow blocking the Handicapped Parking spot directly in front of City Hall Mayor Clive Tolley said he was unaware of it but if it was still there it would be removed.
Read MoreQuestions were asked about the potential of hiring contractors to assist with the clean up as numerous City owned trees have broken limbs or worse due to the heavy wet snowfall.
Read MoreCouncillor Dawn Luhning asked her annual question about snow removal and this year it was why the City had yet hired contractors to help out the City’s plows.
Read MoreA pilot program, which could become more permanent following 2023 Budget discussions, is all about assisting the police and also potentially finding help for those suffering and need it Mayor Clive Tolley said during the post Council media scrum.
Read MoreCouncil discussed safety concerns regarding two intersections with the Trans Canada Highway and voted unanimously to support businesses on the North Service Road seeking to have vehicle actuated traffic control lights at the intersections.
Read MoreThe safety need to install traffic control lights at the intersection of the Trans Canada Highway and 9th Avenue NW has been an issue going back at least a decade.
This is a background story detailing some of the things that the City has tried in the past.
There is a large amount of study already done an FOI request by MJ Independent shows.
Read MoreA property notorious for its ability to grow weeds instead of manufacturing scotch appears to be seeing some activity towards creating the liquid spirits.
Royal Distillers applied for and were successful in a Development Appeals Board application for a zoning variance for a scotch milling shed addition to the building, located at 1121 Ominica Street East.
The site now, known for having large weeds growing on it over the last couple of years, now has the signs of renovations going on.
Read MoreThe holes in the system for helping combat homelessness in Moose Jaw just got a boost as an agency trying to address the issue was designated a municipal project by the City.
The designation will allow the organization to have tax receipts issued for all new donations by the City and also to apply for grants.
The biggest need he group is attempting to address is an emergency warming shelter as winter approaches.
Read MoreThe short term drop of close to $500,000 in outstanding property taxes - from June 30, 2021 to June 30,2022 is reason to celebrate.
The long term trend shows despite the drop in 2022 from 2021 that over time property tax arrears are growing.
Read MoreMayor Clive Tolley could not say exactly what the City could accomplish to produce a more “common sense” approach to commercial property taxation but the City was going to open up a dialogue with SAMA in the hopes of making a positive change for the better.
Read MoreWith a 96.3 percent average as well as involvement in extracurricular activities Central Collegiate graduate Emma Cherney was awarded the 2022 Snowbird Scholarship.
Emma was unable to attend the award so her father Brayden accepted the scholarship on her behalf from Mayor Clive Tolley.
Read MoreWith a 99.7 percent average as well as involvement in extracurricular activities Central Collegiate graduate Harry Lin has been awarded the 2022 Dubinsky Family Trust Scholarship.
Lin was unable to attend the award so his father Johnathan accepted the scholarship on his behalf from Mayor Clive Tolley.
Read MoreThe way commercial properties are assessed and then taxed since the 2021 reassessment had a well known long-time business owner telling Council what he saw as the inequities in the system.
Read MoreFood and beverage services at the Moose Jaw Event Centre (the former Mosaic Place) may have made a $122,773 profit to June 30, 2022 but don’t hold your breath about the interest free loan being returned to the City’s coffers.
It is now likely part of the subsidy to the Events Centre and hopefully will mean a lower subsidy paid to the facility.
With perseverance and a lot of luck we have the answer to the $100,000 question.
Read MoreThe SaskTix initiative to see the Moose Jaw Events Centre (the former Mosaic Place) take over its ticketing and sell those services province-wide has seen six month revenues higher than budgeted.
Read MoreIt might seem as negative to some and even on the cusp of “Negative Nellies” to others but the most recent report to the City of Moose Jaw’s Investment Comment contains lots of bad news and forecasts when it comes to the overall economic conditions in 2023.
Read MoreCouncil was updated there has yet to be any takers on naming rights for the building that started its life as a key part of the Multiplex project.
Read MoreThe City of Moose Jaw has identified three problem areas where pigeons are congregating and causing problems in City facilities.
But instead of euthanizing the fowl flock as done in other municipalities the City has a plan to use non-lethal methods to alter the pigeons behaviour and encourage them to leave.
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