Council Support for Curbside Recycling – Councillor Hill
Jun 25th
A great interview by Councillor Darren Hill on NewsTalk 650 radio this morning. Glad to hear such strong support for a city-wide curbside recycling system in Saskatoon coming from one of our City Councillors.
Councillor Hill’s support shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to residents of his Ward (ward 1), as he campaigned openly in 2006 and 2009 for a city-wide curbside recycling program.
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Recycling Consultation – Information Flyer Lacking in Detail
Jun 24th
This weekend the City of Saskatoon will finally begin the first phase of its much discussed, and much delayed, recycling consultation with City residents.
Residents have been waiting since November 2007 for the City to get on with the process of implementing a curbside program after the unanimous adoption of the Waste and Recycling Plan. In that plan, the options for recycling were narrowed down to either a co-mingled or a user-sort city-wide curbside recycling program.
While plans for the next phase of recycling have been ready to go out to the public since the Fall of 2008. However, the move to bring Saskatoon up-to-speed with every other Canadian city (except Regina) the implementation of the Waste and Recycling Plan was delayed and diverted into the secondary consultation process being rolled out this summer. Surprisingly, there was little opposition or discussion by City Council throughout this process.
The Recycling Consultation was originally slated to begin earlier this month with a series of public open houses (June 8 and June 9). Combined with the open houses was a series of informational leaflets and a media blitz to inform and educate residents on the proposed options. However, these were delayed and then canceled after City More >
Committee’s At A Glance – Week of June 21, 2010
Jun 23rd
With a Council meeting scheduled for next week that means the Exec, A&F, and P&O committees meet this week (they have already met).
So let’s take a quick glance at some of the more interesting items that should be making their way to City Council next week:
Executive Committee:
1. Station 20 West Report - The committee will receive a presentation by Station 20 West giving an update on where the project stands. As background information – the City has extended the agreed sale of the Station 20 West site land for $1 on two occasions since provincial funding was pulled from the project in 2007. Station 20 West is currently undertaking a capital fundraising campaign in order to secure enough money to begin construction of their building.
Administration & Finance Committee:
1. Peak Water Usage Rules - The committee will consider a report from Utility Services outlining a proposed system that will be put in place starting this summer to reduce peak water usage by approximately 10%. During periods that the water treatment plant experiences demand above it’s capacity a three staged protocol will be initiated. The stages included I) odd/even watering days; II) one day a week for one hour watering restriction; III) complete ban More >
back in action
Jun 21st
Sorry for the sudden darkness here at Municipal Matters. I’ve been on vacation for the past 6 days but will be back in action on Wednesday.
We Get Press Clippings: Recycling Consultation Flyer
Jun 25th
Posted by Sean Shaw in City Council
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As reported here yesterday the City of Saskatoon will be delivering an informational flyer to City residents this weekend. In the meantime they have launched their “Let’s Talk Recycling and Composting!” website, which provides the leaflet and some additional information on the current recycling program in Saskatoon and on the four options being put before the public for their input. Included on the website is an online opinion survey that through a series of 10 pages asks respondents their views on recycling and on the four options.
The Star Phoenix picked up on the story yesterday afternoon and I had a short interview with their reporter on my initial thoughts of the informational flyer and the impact it will have on the recycling consultation set to get underway this weekend. Here is what I had to say in today’s article:
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“The truth is borne out in this leaflet that the cost of recycling is not as high as was being discussed by city council,” said Sean Shaw, a geology researcher at the University of Saskatchewan who ran against Coun. Myles Heidt in Ward 4 last year. At the time Heidt opposed the adoption of curbside recycling, saying it would cost $20 to $30 More >