Battleford mayor pleased with SUMA convention amidst financial announcements
The mayor of the town of Battleford is enjoying his time at the 2016 Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Assocation (SUMA) convention.
Mayor Derek Mahon is in Regina from Jan. 31 to Feb. 3. During the convention, Premier Brad Wall announcenced his government will run a deficit due to the province’s revenue shortfalls. Mahon said this is the right thing to do, given the circumstances..
“I think it’s probably a good way to do it. There were a number of options that were in front of them and they chose to run the deficit. He did mention that they would address the deficit within, I believe it was, one or two fiscal years.”
Despite the deficit, an increase in municipal revenue sharing was also announced. He says the increase is a result of fiscal dollars from past years.