Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Budget austerity? I think not

It is noteworthy that Council's new spending will be delayed until after the next civic election.

The approved in-house cultural consultant (SP Sept. 13/11) will be far more costly than the $65,000.00 salary. The new hire will need space, equipment, support staff and seed money to sponsor cultural events. And it only cost us $150,000 to figure out how to spend this money.

I'm in support of the development of arts and culture in Saskatoon, but what I would like to know first iis what Council intends to take off the table in order to finance this project.

I won't even touch on the newly created death benefit payable to Councillors who die while in office.

5 comments:

  1. So the service review winds up with raises in fees and cuts to programs which come out to a net 'savings' of a bit more than $50,000. Then they spend $65,000 on this position. This is exactly the type of position that would come up for reconsideration in a future sevice review.

    How did we ever build a city in the first place without this oh so VITAL addition to city hall? And for any Sheldon Cooper's out there, yes that was sarcasm

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  2. This just shows the current Councils inability to do anything productive regarding the City finances. They either don't care or are just oblivious to the facts.

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  3. What? Who's family member needs a job? This council has got to go! Could we have a few volunteers with iq's run for council please!

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  4. I thought they already had a death benefit in place.....What year are we in?

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  5. Anon 9:31 I love the Big Bang reference.

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