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Volume 134 Issue 07 Friday, April 28, 2017 www.minnedosatribune.com 90 cents plus tax

Town Budget Rotary Donates Zodiac

Proposed At Over
$5 Million To Fire Department
By DARRYL HOLYK

T he Town of Minnedosa has finalized its first

budget/financial plan since the order was made
to pay back a portion of taxes collected from Hus-
ky over the past few years. This scenario created a
major challenge for The Town as it reduced the tax
base. We not only have to contend with the pay-
ment we have to make back (to Husky) but we also
have to contend with the reduced tax money com-
ing in from them (Husky), stated Mayor Ray Orr.
The Towns balanced Financial Plan for 2017
comes in at just over $5 million and a proposed mu-
nicipal tax increase of approximately 1.9 percent.
Town Assistant Chief Administrative Officer, Chris
Yuen explained that had the assessment base and
school taxes stayed the same as last year, the overall
increase would have been just over half of one per-
cent. But, this years increase reflects a lower assess-
ment base and the school tax increase from Rolling
River School Division of close to six percent. The
overall increase, combined (municipal and school
taxes), is a proposed 3.27 percent increase from last
year, stated Yuen.
Just over $1.6 million has been budgeted for Members of Minnedosa Rotary Club
capital expenditures planned for 2017. $466,000 is
present a new Zodiac to members of
budgeted for paving projects along 6th Ave. N.W.
and 4th Street S.W. with $440,000 budgeted for up- the Minnedosa Fire Department.
grades to the sewer lagoon. Some other big ticket
expenditure for this year include $200,000 for re-
placement of the Towns loader, $150,000 for the Photo by Hillary Campbell
expansion of the Fire Hall, $130,000 towards the
Primary Care Centre (new clinic) and $100,000 for By HILLARY CAMPBELL tary Club. The Rotary Club the zodiac, and our emer- tion to viewing the zodiac,
arena repairs. Smaller expenditures coming in at has recently gifted the Fire gency suit, said Fire Chief Jordan also offered to take
less than $100,000 each include such things as re-
mediation of the former Public Works site on Armit-
age Ave, demolition of the white display building
O n Thursday, April
20th, the Minnedosa
Fire Department served
Department with a new
Zodiac.
The scent of pulled
Dean Jordan, we certainly
appreciate the support.
Each of the two items
Rotary members in smaller
groups through the hall to
see the other equipment,
at the former fairgrounds, water main and service a delicious meal for their pork filled the fire hall, that were donated were such as the trucks used in
line replacements and the construction of a coverall friends at the Minnedosa and showed the effort and on display in the fire hall, emergencies.
type sand shed for the Public Works Department. Rotary Club. The reason gratitude of the fire depart- giving Rotary Club mem-
for the generosity was ment. We just wanted to bers the opportunity to Continued on
Continued on Page 3 the generosity they were say thanks to Rotary for see what their fundraising Page 5
shown initially by the Ro- donating money towards efforts achieved. In addi-

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