Moose Jaw Times-Herald: SMB hearing on city's LIP is well attended

Committee hears city position and affected resident concerns with proposed 2016 program

The Golden Nugget Centre at the Moose Jaw
Exhibition Grounds was filled with residents at the
Dec. 8, 2015 Saskatchewan Municipal Board hearing
for the city's proposed 2016 local improvement
program for cast iron water main replacement.
Lisa Goudy/Times-Herald

By Lisa Goudy

Many residents came out Tuesday night for the Saskatchewan Municipal Board (SMB) hearing on the city's proposed local improvement program (LIP).

"The purpose of the hearing ... is to give taxpayers the opportunity to raise their concerns about the project based on two questions," said Lise Gareau, director of the SMB. "What the committee has to decide then is what is the benefit of the community as a whole versus the properties being assessed and the second question is, 'Are the costs shared equitably between the taxpayers?'" It's basically to determine benefit and equity."

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