Despite the increase, it’s not enough, councillors said. “Certainly any time we can get some money from any level of government to help us with the issues we’ve got in town would be helpful,” said Coun. Les Ellsworth. “I wish they would fund a half a dozen safety officers so we can get a handle on what’s happening or at least get some control. There’s people in our community right now that’s scared to shop downtown.” “This community supports Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries a lot more and this funding should be a lot more,” said Coun. Kathy Valentino, including lottery and video lottery terminal (VLT) revenue in her calculations. As the late Coun. Judy Kolada used to like to point out, grants based on VLT revenue provided to Manitoba municipalities are calculated per capita, without consideration given to how many, if any, VLTs are actually in the community or how much they are used.