Tag Archives: City Hall
City outlines impact from staff reductions, permanent layoffs
It was a solemn night at North Battleford City Hall as the city provided more details about plans for staff reductions and permanent layoffs."We continue to look for other efficiencies within the orga...
Apr 23, 2019 North Battleford City Manager Randy Patrick, left, presents a report on staffing reductions and permanent layoffs at council’s meeting Monday. The cutbacks were needed to respond to surmounting financial challenges. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Staff reductions, layoffs hit City Hall
In order to maintain an adequate and acceptable level of service using less available money, the City of North Battleford said in a press release sent out at 5 p.m. that "a very difficult decision was...
Apr 22, 2019 Layoffs are coming to North Battleford City Hall. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Melfort looking for Historic Post Office tenant
With the long-term goal of renting out the Historic Post Office still being in the air, the City of Melfort is ready for short-term options in the meantime.After building improvements, the city is loo...
Apr 21, 2019 The Historic Post Office in Melfort will be able to host a short-term tenant and daily events (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff).
CAA accepting nominations for province's worst roads
Now that the snow is gone, local drivers can take a look at the damage to the roads after a long cold winter.In this spirit CAA Saskatchewan is asking people to nominate what roads they think are the ...
Apr 19, 2019 CAA Saskatchewan is accepting nominations for Saskathcewan's Worst Roads (File Photo/paNOW Staff)
RCMP Town Hall: numbers, elected officials, benches, liaison officers, and stigma
It was a night full of discussion on what the next steps are when it comes to battling crime in the Battlefords.The Battlefords RCMP held a town hall Thursday night at the Don Ross Centre, and with ab...
Apr 19, 2019 Around 40 residents made their concerns known at the Battlefords RCMP's Town Hall (Brady Lang/battlefordsNOW staff)
Report makes cross-party recommendations to get more women into politics
A cross-party committee in Ottawa has put forward a report that includes a number of recommendations on how to turn the page on the ongoing underrepresentation of women in politics.Titled "Elect her: ...
Apr 16, 2019 (Adwo/Dreamstime.com)
CSOs beefing up foot patrols but residents still concerned about safety
The City of North Battleford's Community Safety Officers (CSOs) have been beefing up foot patrols downtown to improve safety, but are still reporting a significantly high number of calls for service, ...
Apr 16, 2019 Community Safety Officer supervisor Ross MacAngus discusses downtown patrols during Monday's City of North Battleford Planning Committee meeting. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
City to compensate aquatic centre member users while services reduced
Member users feeling frustrated by the partial closure of the Battlefords Co-op Aquatic Centre since late last week due to a mechanical failure may be able to receive some compensation while they wait...
Apr 16, 2019 CUplex manager Jodi Hargreaves discusses the mechanical failure impacting the Battlefords Co-op Aquatic Centre during Monday's City of North Battleford Planning Committee meeting. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
City planning work on new cinema parking lot and improved lighting
Film buffs heading to the new Capital Annex shouldn't have to worry about finding a parking spot now that the city is getting started with its plans to develop a new parking lot.Planning and Developme...
Apr 09, 2019 The city has plans to create a new parking lot this summer in this space beside the new Capitol Annex cinema. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
City gathering feedback on idea of property owners holding renters' water utilities accounts
North Battleford city hall is planning to start discussions with landlords on having them manage renters' utility accounts for easier management - particularly when it comes to shutting the water off....
Apr 09, 2019 North Battleford Mayor Ryan Bater seen at a recent council meeting. The city will be meeting with landlords to discuss a proposal to put all renters' water utility accounts onto the property owners' accounts names directly instead. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)