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Council passes 2024 Regina budget in abrupt ending to deliberations
Several hours into the fourth day of budget deliberations, and well past suppertime, talks abruptly ended on Monday with a call for a vote and a narrow passage of Regina's 2024 capital and operating b...
Dec 18, 2023 Regina Mayor Sandra Masters says 'it is what it is' when asked about whether the 2024 operating and capital budget should have passed, seemingly, because people wanted to go home. Dec. 18, 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Lower utility rate increase passed, Regina budget talks continue
Things moved slowly Monday at Regina City Hall during the fourth day of 2024 budget deliberations, but councillors were able to make a few decisions. The utilities budget passed, including an amendmen...
Dec 18, 2023 City councillors in Regina approved the city's utility budget for 2024, including a smaller three per cent increase to the base water rate. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina city council to resume budget talks Monday for a fourth day
For a heretofore unconsidered fourth day on Monday, Regina's city councillors will come together at City Hall to debate the 2024 city budget. On Friday afternoon, the capital and operations budget and...
Dec 18, 2023 Mayor Sandra Masters says the utilities budget likely will be passed Monday, but deliberations on the capital and operations budget may not be completed. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME file photo)
Council pushes final decision on Regina budget to Monday
The budget deliberations Friday at Regina City Hall could have sent viewers into a spin with all the back and forth. Council had multiple votes on whether to try to finish with the budget Friday or go...
Dec 15, 2023 Deliberations for the 2024 city budget will stretch into a fourth day. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Regina council gets heated over accessibility details in discussion on 2024 budget
On Thursday afternoon, Regina's city council began parsing through the details and bringing forward their changes to the 2024 budget - one of which would greatly affect the accessibility elevator at t...
Dec 15, 2023 Regina city councillor Terina Nelson had a frustrated outburst Thursday evening against an amendment which would have postponed the building of an accessibility elevator for the Wascana Pool waterslide at city budget debate. Dec. 14, 2023 (screencapture)
Tim Reid, REAL grilled at Regina budget meeting
Regina's city council started parsing through its budget proper on Thursday afternoon, but wasn't expected to finalize things until Friday. Earlier Thursday, city councillors spent several hours askin...
Dec 14, 2023 Regina councillors spent several hours grilling Regina Exhibition Association Limited leadership Thursday during budget deliberations. REAL
was represented by (left to right) Niki Anderson, Tim Reid and Roberta Engel. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Slightly lower 2024 Regina police budget passed
After about five hours of discussion and deliberation, the Regina Police Service budget for 2024 was passed Wednesday afternoon as presented. This coming year is the second of the first two-year budge...
Dec 13, 2023 Deputy Chief Dean Rae presents the Regina Police Service budget to city council, which passed it after five hours discussion on Dec. 13, 2023. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina city council to start budget deliberations Wednesday
On Wednesday, Regina's city councillors are set to start what could be a three-day discussion on the city's 2024 budget. The administration's recommended budget includes a 2.82 per cent mill rate incr...
Dec 13, 2023 The City of Regina unveiled its 2023 holiday schedule. (City of Regina/ Twitter)
Initial property tax increase in Regina budget talks slightly higher than proposed
City councillors in Regina will be starting from a slightly higher potential property tax increase than was first proposed when they head into 2024 budget deliberations Wednesday. The plan from admini...
Dec 12, 2023 New options on what to do about Regina Exhibition Association Limited’s funding problems have pushed the proposed mill rate increase in Regina up to 2.82 per cent from 2.2. (980 CJME file photo)
Moe concerned about talk of fossil fuel phase-out at COP28
As Saskatchewan's government spends hundreds of thousands of dollars hosting a pavilion at COP28 to tell the world how sustainable the province's industries are, those industries are getting hit with ...
Dec 08, 2023 Premier Scott Moe (980 CJME file photo)
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