Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Council deliberates possibility of new industrial park

Potential investors interested in park between city limits and Wastewater Treatment Plant

Coun. Brian Swanson speaks about the motion regarding
 the initial request for a potential industrial park in the
 lands identified between the city limits and the Wastewater
Treatment Plant at the Jan. 11, 2016 council meeting.
Lisa Goudy/Times-Herald

By Lisa Goudy

A document added to Monday’s council meeting on Friday was the subject of more than 40 minutes of debate.

The motion came from a special in-camera executive committee meeting held on Friday. From that meeting, the committee approved the "initial request, including water and sewer servicing, as identified in the report delivered to council on Dec. 21, 2015 to develop an industrial park in the lands identified between the city limits and the Wastewater Treatment Plant with the source of funding being the Land Development Fund; and further that no infrastructure expenditure be incurred until an anchor tenant has secured an approved agreement for sale."

"I think this motion fails to clearly outline what is happening here and any motion by elected officials in open council, you should at least be able to identify, 'What does that motion do?' and 'How much will it cost?'" said Coun. Brian Swanson.

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