Eger said City Administration consulted with the Yorkton Business Improvement District (YBID), the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) and the Economic Development Committee, (EDC), in preparing changes. Program changes were then discussed in detail at the February 11, 2021 EDC meeting. A range of options were considered, with members commenting that: There are many business owners who live outside the City and still contribute their time and money to local teams, events and fundraisers, and we should be supportive of their importance and value to the community; The amount of funding to any successful applicant needs to be large enough that there is real benefit and incentive to invest. Given available funding limits, we should not open the Program too much or incentives will be spread too thin to achieve desired results;