City Council received an extensive report about stopping trains from blowing their whistles and horns at all railway crossings in the city.
The report was received and filed due to costs, the futility and safety
This is a video report.
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There is a major change to the intersection of 9th Avenue NW and Caribou Street West as the inside or left hand lane going north or south on 9th Avenue NW is a left hand turn only at this intersection.
Watch or listen to the video to find out the rationale why.
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A department head and long-time member of Administration submitted his notice of retirement at Monday evening’s Council meeting.
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Ross Wells Park is usually the premiere field for baseball in Moose Jaw but on August 28th it will be hosting a one day rock concert with proceeds from the event going to local mental health initiatives and to capital work at the Park itself.
This is a written and a video report on the event.
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The Moose Jaw Exhibition has applied to have the land they lease from the City rezoned.
The move will allow the Exhibition to sublease the land and facilities they are not presently using to support their operations. It is a move described as a way for the Exhibition to generate more revenue to fund their operations.
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Council received a report detailing the Accumulated Surplus from 2010 - 2020.
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The pandemic may have been a difficult year for many Moose Jaw businesses but when it came to advertising dollars it was a good year for the City of Moose Jaw.
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An off leash dog attacking Councillor Dawn Luhning’s leashed dog in December combined with citizen’s concerns on the issue have led to Council voting to review and update the existing Dog Bylaw to potentially take a bite out of the practice.
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The food and beverage operations are said to about to head off in a whole different direction as Spectra Venue Management was selected to be the new food and beverage operator for Mosaic Place.
Spectra was seen as a superior proposal for a variety of reasons including the ability to be more responsive, allow local vendors and craft beer as well as providing the opportunity to capture the highly lucrative wedding, banquet and meeting market.
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At Monday evening’s meeting Mayor Fraser Tolmie, as the chair of the Moose Jaw Board of Police Commissioners, spoke about the need to separate the salaries of members of the Moose Jaw Police Service (MJPS) from that of other City departments.
The reasoning was the police are not employed by the City but by the Board of Police Commissioners and therefore a motion had been made to have MJPS salaries no longer released by the City. But the information would be released by the MJPS Board of Police Commissioners.
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A listing of what the City of Moose Jaw department heads earned in compensation in 2020
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Despite being something some residents said they did not want to see while drawing up the official plan for South Hill an application was passed to allow the amalgamation or annexing of the two stockyards on South Hill because the present facilities are “grandfathered” under civic and provincial legislation.
The application is a step towards changing the Official Community Plan to allow residential and commercial development and reconstruction within a set distance of the stockyard operations.
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The spray park proposed for Regal Heights Park received approval as a municipal project from Executive Committee which will allow tax receipts to be issued for fundraising efforts by the Northwest Community Association.
The Association is planning to raise the $253,195.09 for the spray park and necessary landscaping with no contribution from City coffers.
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Executive Committee considered changes to the Procedural Bylaw which were touted as major improvements to citizen and delegations participating in Council meetings.
The ideas to better improve the Public’s public participation in Council meetings came out of a series of in-camera meetings held last Fall.
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If you are wondering where your 2021 property tax bill is do not panic the bill is set to be mailed out on June 25th with full payment required by July 31st so as not to be penalized. Those on tax payment plans continue unpenalized as before.
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A Councillor has asked an enquiry of the last ten years of the Accumulated Surplus.
We can provide part of the answer.
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A request from the Downtown business group to reduce the speed limit by 10 km/hr on Main Street North from 50 km/hr to 40 km/hr was not approved by Council.
But the request drew a lengthy and lively discussion from Council with two motions passed as part of movement to make Main Street safer and at the same time get residents and tourists alike to flock Downtown and spend money.
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After the accounts are becoming more finalized the razor thin $30,000 predicted surplus for the City has evaporated and is now replaced with an anticipated $194,000 deficit.
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Virtual meetings are something which have the potential of saving the City money but after an in-camera discussion Executive Committee managed to ensure they receive their per diems.
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The COVID - 19 pandemic was blamed for the major year over year jump in property tax arrears but it had one Councillor asking questions.
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