Saskatoon looks to provincial government to update ward boundary legislation – Saskatoon | 24CA News
An info report was introduced ahead to the City of Saskatoon’s governance and priorities committee on Monday concerning ward boundary adjustments within the municipality.
A report again in October famous the requirement for the town to endure a ward boundary evaluate earlier than 2024, and metropolis council needed to see if Saskatchewan’s provisions had been according to different jurisdictions.
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City Clerk Adam Tittemore mentioned the knowledge report addressed the ten per cent variance allowance required by Saskatchewan.
“So we completed a jurisdictional review of a number of cities across the country to try to determine what variances exist through their legislation, and what we’ve determined is that Saskatchewan is in fact more restrictive than most, if not all other jurisdictions across the country,” Tittemore mentioned.
B.C. doesn’t have a selected variance allowance in its jurisdiction, Alberta variances can vary as much as 25 per cent in Calgary and Edmonton, and Manitoba has a 25 per cent variance set for Winnipeg, with different municipalities getting to decide on ward boundaries.
Tittemore added that the town may foyer the province for change to fall in keeping with different jurisdictions.
It was famous within the assembly that solely Saskatoon, Regina and Prince Albert have a ward system within the province.
If the town determined to push the province for change, it probably wouldn’t be seen till October 2023.
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Councillor Randy Donauer really useful that the town attain out to Regina and Prince Albert and see in the event that they’re coping with the same problem.
Councillor Cynthia Block pushed ahead a movement for Mayor Charlie Clark to ship a letter to Prince Albert and Regina, in addition to the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) and the Ministry of Government Relations to notice that it is a change the town is seeking to make.
Clark famous that change in all probability wouldn’t come till the election after the upcoming one.
“If we want to have any change by next election in 2028 we probably have to start now knowing how the process of legislative change provincially,” Clark mentioned.
The movement was altered after some dialogue to get the ball rolling, with it indicating that the mayor would write a letter to the Minister of Government Relations with proposed adjustments to the Cities Act to alter ward boundary variances to permit increased thresholds between 15-25 per cent.
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