Prince Albert Daily Herald
Following a vote of the membership, Municipalities of Saskatchewan will be transitioning back to the name SUMA.
“As a member-focused association, our members will always have the final say on important decisions,” Naicam Mayor Rodger Hayward, the President of Municipalities of Saskatchewan explained in a release.
“We respect the decision that has been reached through an open and transparent membership vote.”
The membership vote was held electronically from June 1 to June 3. As per the association’s bylaws, each municipality was afforded a number of voting delegates based on population, to vote on their municipality’s behalf.
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Following employment opportunities, respondents had written concerns for challenges with aging municipal infrastructure, low population growth, and lack of core retail services. “It’s pretty common things in small towns right now, trying to keep commercial alive and keep the town viable,” said Leah Richardson, Naicam’s community enhancement co-ordinator, adding that once a community starts to lose people, it reduces the number of children, which in turns affects how viable the school is. This will be Naicam s first community plan since 1985. Richardson said their priorities have not remained the same since then. “It was so out of date to the point where I don’t know what kind of community plan that was developed back then,” she said.
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