Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Canada Post offers city payment for community mailboxes

Councillors hesitant to sign for the memorandum of payment totalling $16,600

Community mailboxes are seen this summer.
File photo/Times-Herald

By Lisa Goudy

Councillors were presented with a dilemma stemming from a letter from Canada Post regarding community mailboxes on Monday.

At the executive committee meeting, city administration presented a memorandum of payment that they had received from Canada Post offering a payment of $50 per mailbox for 332 sites for a total of $16,600 to recognize the administrative work the city did during the installation of citywide community mailboxes.

"We wanted to bring that to council's attention before we accepted payment or denied payment," said Michelle Sanson, director of planning and development. "We don't want to be showing that we're supporting the community mailbox initiative. They have assured me that that is not the case by doing that."

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