Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Budget votes for portion of surplus to go to infrastructure

Coun. Dawn Luhning is seen at the Feb. 7, 2014
budget committee meeting. Budget passed her
motion to allocate 25 per cent of the city's yearly
surplus, if there is one, to infrastructure projects.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy


Starting this year, 25 per cent of city surplus each year will go to infrastructure.

Budget committee voted in favour of Coun. Dawn Luhning’s motion to have 25 per cent of the surplus at the end of a year, if there is one, allocated to four line items every year— arterial and collector pavement rehabilitation, residential pavement rehabilitation, sidewalk slab replacement and sidewalks.

“Obviously work wise I’m not one to dictate which of those four lines it should go into. I just believe that those four are where we need some work as well,” said Luhning.


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