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Tag Archives: Saskatoon City Council
Ride-sharing could be in Saskatoon by Christmas: mayor
Saskatoon could end up being the first community in Saskatchewan to introduce ride-sharing, and it could happen by Christmas. City council is set to vote on Monday on a bylaw that would govern the rid...
Dec 11, 2018
Environmental director fired by City of Saskatoon
The City of Saskatoon has fired the departmental director who was responsible for presenting and explaining a controversial waste utility program. Brenda Wallace, formerly the city's director of envir...
Nov 29, 2018 Brenda Wallace was fired from her position as director of environmental and corporate initiatives on Nov. 23, 2018. (Brenda Wallace/Facebook)
New waste utility vote coming after councillor changes mind
Saskatoon's waste utility debate isn't settled yet. City council voted 6-5 last week in favour of moving waste management off of property taxes and onto a monthly utility bill for homeowners, charging...
Nov 28, 2018
City council approves pay raise to offset tax exemption.
The salaries for Saskatoon's mayor and city councillors are set to increase next year, but their take-home pay won't be going up. Councillors voted unanimously in favour of the pay increase during Tue...
Nov 14, 2018 Saskatoon City Council. (650 CKOM )
City hall aims for 4.5% property tax hike in 2019 prelim budget
A growing city needs more services and more policing, and a way to pay for it. That's the message in the City of Saskatoon's preliminary 2019 budget released Wednesday morning with a proposed property...
Oct 24, 2018 The City of Saskatoon's proposed 2019 budget would include a 4.5 per cent property tax increase. City council will determine the final increase, if any, after deliberations in late November.
Curbside organics program approved, funding still up in air
Saskatoon will be implementing a curbside organics collection program, but how it will be funded is still to be decided. City council voted 7-4 Monday afternoon in favour of supplying green carts to h...
Oct 22, 2018 A City of Saskatoon breakdown of what could be diverted into a green organics bin. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon city council talking about garbage utility
Saskatoon city councillors will once again debate a contentious proposal to change garbage collection into a separate utility. Currently, trash collection is paid for out of property taxes. City admin...
Oct 22, 2018 Saskatoon city council will next discuss possible changes to how it bills residents for garbage pickup in August.
Committee to debate lower residential speed limit
A Tuesday meeting of Saskatoon city council's transportation committee will be taking up the controversial issue of lowering speed limits. The committee meets Tuesday afternoon at city hall to discuss...
Oct 09, 2018
City council to consider waste utility program
Saskatoon's city councillors will be talking trash Monday afternoon as they debate a proposed waste utility program. City administration is endorsing the project, which would take waste management off...
Sep 24, 2018 The City of Saskatoon displays examples of different garbage bin sizes that could be implemented under a new utility program, with the current bin displayed on the right. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon council to consider tightening security
It's an "unfortunate sign of the times." That's how Saskatoon's general manager of assets and financial management described a proposed new security measure for council chambers. Kerry Tarasoff said i...
Sep 14, 2018 Saskatoon City Council. (650 CKOM )
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