Welcome to the City of Moose Jaw’s website – a valuable source of information for residents, businesses and visitors to our Friendly City.
The Friendly city offers a high quality of living, ideal for all stages of life - working, raising a family or retiring. Our community is safe and blessed with an abundance of positive volunteers and affordable activities. With access to numerous recreational, parks, cultural and business opportunities, residents enjoy all the advantages of living in a smaller City, with a diverse yet inclusive population and a strong economic base.
Moose Jaw is a progressive City committed to building promising futures upon strong foundations. The City of Moose Jaw fosters an environment that is prosperous – supporting and attracting people and economic activity, aspiring to be the first choice for new businesses.
Whether you are a resident or a tourist, remember to take time to admire the scenic murals throughout our historic downtown Main Street. Enjoy shopping and restaurants, relax at the spa and take in a show at the Cultural Centre. Crescent Park, YARA Centre and Mosaic Place are also family-oriented recreational destinations.
Whether you are here for a short time or a lifetime, the City of Moose Jaw welcomes you!
Fraser Tolmie
Mayor
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Collection Zone Change for Grace St. Residents Between the 1100-1500 Blocks
Residents on the south side of the 1100-1500 blocks of Grace St. will soon have their waste/recycling collection Zone changed from Zone 1 to Zone 2. Effective Monday, December 16 (waste) and Tuesday, December 24 (recycling), those properties will have their collection occur on the current Zone 2 schedule to align with properties on the north side of Grace St. who are in Zone 2. “We’re making the change to enhance operational efficiency,” explained Darrin Stephanson, Manager of Utilities. “This adjustment, which affects 57 properties, will provide better balance among all of our routes.” Letters are being issued to all affected residents, along with the current collection calendar that shows the respective collection days for all Zones within the City. At all times a collection schedule can be found online by clicking the collection link at the top of the home page of www.MooseJaw.ca.
November 25 City Council Recap – New Customer-Service Technology Approved
Moose Jaw City Council has voted to move forward with new technology aimed at improving City Hall efficiency and enhancing customer service. At the regular meeting of City Council Monday, November 25, City Council voted to award Diamond Municipal Systems with a contract to supply the City with a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System, which is a Financial/Accounting software package. The decision aligns with the City’s Strategic Plan to improve the technological resources of the City. The ERP will improve process and procedures, and offer residents a “Virtual City Hall”, offering options like: E-billing. Online payments. Viewing of property tax and utility bills history. Renew business and pet licenses. Full implementation of the ERP is expected to take two years, but the customer-service features are expected to be ready by the end of 2020. Other items from the November 25 City Council meeting: – Buffalo Pound Water Corporation presented their 2019 Semi-Annual Report. The Corporation is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant, which is jointly owned by the Cities of Moose Jaw and Regina and supplies us with safe drinking water. At the November 25 Executive Committee meeting: – Council gave initial approval for City Administration to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for trades services including: Electrical Plumbing/HVAC Carpentry The decision aligns with the Strategic Plan goals of being forward-thinking and solution-focused, the concept is operate as a pilot project for ten months. If economies of scale, cost savings, a superior level of service and internal efficiencies in purchasing are realized, the City would sign a longer-term contract with the successful bidder. All motions given initial approval at Executive Committee will go for ratification at the next regular meeting of Council, scheduled for Monday, December 9. For full agendas, minutes and video of previous Council meetings, visit the City Council page on the City’s website, www.MooseJaw.ca.City To Live-Stream Budget Meetings
For the first time ever the City of Moose Jaw will live-stream Budget deliberations. “We’re excited to be able to provide online broadcasting of Budget deliberations in light of regular TV coverage being unavailable,” said City Manager Jim Puffalt, adding “our Strategic Plan involves being open and honest with stakeholders and finding innovative solutions.” Beginning tomorrow (November 27), the City will broadcast all 2020 Budget meetings on our YouTube channel. Broadcasts may be watched live, for free, by logging on to www.YouTube.com and searching “CityofMooseJaw”. If you wish you can also subscribe to our channel and receive notifications whenever new content is posted. For information on how to subscribe to a YouTube channel, click this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdM77kVYPeY All Budget meeting videos will also be posted to the City Council page on the City’s website within two days of each Budget meeting. The first live-streamed Budget meeting will be Wednesday, November 27 at 5:30 p.m., with further Budget meetings scheduled for: December 4: 5:30 p.m. December 11 (if necessary): 5:30 p.m. For more information on the 2020 Preliminary Budget, click here.2020 Outdoor Rink Program
The City of Moose Jaw will be implementing a priority-based outdoor rink maintenance schedule for the 2019/2020 Outdoor Rink season. The priority system will ensure that nearly all residents will have access to a skating surface within a 1 km radius of their home. The goal of the Parks and Recreation Department is to have the outdoor rinks ready for the Christmas season (weather permitting). The heated shack hours will be posted online, and lights will be scheduled to turn on from 5:00pm – 10:00pm daily once the outdoor rinks are open. Priority 1 Outdoor Rinks East End Rink: 9th Avenue & Ominica Street East Sunningdale Rink: Daffodil Drive Moose Square Rink: 600 Block Stadacona Street West West End Rink: 10th Avenue & Athabasca Street West Smith Park Rink: 1200 Block Hastings Street Regal Heights Rink: 1400 Block 13th Avenue Northwest Moose Jaw Oval: Wakamow Valley Snow removal, scrape and flood every Monday and Friday. Scrape every Wednesday (if necessary). Priority 2 Outdoor Rinks Kinfield Rink: 100 Block Grandview Street West Clark Gillies Rink: Ross Crescent & Oxford Street East Westheath Rink: Wellington Dr. & Spadina Dr. Wood Lily Rink: 466 Wood Lily Drive Snow removal, scrape and flood every Thursday. Scraped on Monday, Wednesday or Friday after Priority 1 rinks are completed. Priority 3 Outdoor Rinks Henleaze skating pad: 1100 Block Henleaze Ave Elgin Park skating pad 8th Avenue & Hall Street West The skating pads will be cleaned and flooded on a variable schedule based on the completion of maintenance on Priority 1 and 2 rinks. Crokicurl (NEW LOCATION) Kinsmen Sportsplex: 855 MacDonald St W Crokicurl combines two iconic Canadian pastimes, crokinole and curling. For more information or to book times, please call 306 694-4447.Affordability Prioritized With 2020 Parks and Recreation Fee Structure
Increasing facility attendance through continued affordability and accessibility is the priority of the 2020 City of Moose Jaw Parks and Recreation facility rates and fees schedule. Parks and Recreation has experienced a positive increase in attendance at City facilities since membership rate reductions and a new City Recreation Pass were implemented this past spring and would like to continue this positive momentum in 2020. The implementation of more affordable rates for Children, Youth and Seniors has shown that revenues can be increased through increased attendance rather than a rate increase. The fee structure, approved by Moose Jaw City Council at the November 12, 2019 meeting, is designed to maximize revenues by increasing attendance. The new rates will come into effect April 1, 2020. Among the highlights: 0% increase to Youth and Child membership and admission rates. The implementation of the seniors’ rate at the Sportsplex Pool on June 1, 2019 has been very positive. To continue to attract seniors to our facilities, all senior membership and admission rates will have a 0% increase in 2020. The only adjustment will be a $4.00 increase to the seniors walking program monthly membership at Yara Centre. This new rate works out to $1.25 per session if used 20 times per month. 0% increase to all Yara Centre, Aquatic and Outdoor Sports fields rental rates. Adult admission rates will increase by 50 cents (working out to a 7% increase to adult memberships and a 3% increase to family rates). Toddler turf time program family drop-in rate increased from $6.25 to $7.75. Market adjustments were also applied to Arena Ice rates ranging from a 5% increase for minor sport rates and a 2% increase to adult rates. 2% increase to most arena summer sport court rates. Effective date of the new rates will now be April 1 instead of June 1 to avoid rate changes during the indoor arena season and outdoor field season. For more details, call Parks and Recreation at 306-694-4447.Infrastructure Enhancements and Efficiencies Go Alongside Modest Tax Increase in Proposed 2020 City of Moose Jaw Budget
Moose Jaw – Aligned with the City’s Strategic Plan and Financial Guidelines, City of Moose Jaw Administration has presented the proposed 2020 Budget to City Council. A 2.02% property tax increase for 2020 is on the table, broken down as follows:
Even with these modest increases, the average house in Moose Jaw ($258,000 value) would pay $1,593.30 on an annual basis or $132.78 per month in Municipal Property Taxes, one of the lowest rates in Saskatchewan. Explaining the need for the 1% increase to Leisure Services, City Manager Jim Puffalt explained “Our prime focus is the City’s water main replacement program, however we need to ensure funds are available to repair aging City facilities. Not addressing those maintenance realities leaves the potential for large-scale issues in the future.” Along with the proposed Property Tax increase, a 6.00% increase to Water rates and 5% increase to Sewer rates in 2020 have been tabled in order to keep pace with costs associated with maintaining the City’s water security. It’s expected that 2020 will see the efficiencies created through the 2019 Budget that allowed for the creation of an in-house Engineering Design Team from existing budgeted funds and re-allocating those funds to a second construction crew. This second crew will focus on the backlog of repairs to the system and then move to a replacement crew. As well, the City has allocated an additional 50% or $3,300,000 to the Water Main Replacement Program in 2020 and a further $3,300,000 in 2021 from funding provided by the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program. Puffalt added “Along with the Budget we are continuing the process of reviewing core services, making the optimum use of our resources, finding efficiencies and creating opportunities.” To view the 2020 Budget document, click here. City Council will begin Budget deliberations Monday, November 18, 5:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall. Other Budget meetings are scheduled for November 27, December 4 and December 11 (if necessary), also at 5:30 p.m. The public is welcome to attend all Budget sessions.
