They included a wide area mower, two 72-inch mowers, a utility work machine with attachments and an electric turf utility vehicle. The latter two pieces of equipment are new purchases for the Credit Union Spark Centre, while the mowers are for use by the parks department. The tender for the two 72-inch mowers were awarded to Tractorland of Regina at a bid price of $41,254, with a trade-in. The wide area mower and the electric turf utility machine were both awarded to South Country Equipment, in the amounts of $79,075 and $16,855 respectively, and the utility work machine tender was awarded to Bobcat of Regina at the bid price of $88,170. All three of these equipment pieces do not include a trade-in.
The recommendation was to raise the mill rates for agricultural and railway properties, and on residential properties, and to lower the commercial mill rate. The result will be, for a commercial property with an assessment of $300,000, a decrease of $13.70, and for a residential property with an assessment of $300,000, there will be an increase of about 97 cents. Coun. Jeff Richards said he would vote in favour of this move as 2020 was a very difficult year for the business community, and 2021 might be even harder. “A $13.70 decrease isn’t going to make much difference, and it might not, but what’s important is it’s not an increase. The message to the business community is, ‘don’t worry about your taxes going up this year, we’re going to hold fast on that’,” said Coun. Richards, adding the message to the province’s business community is that Weyburn is open for business, and in spite of tough times, they are lowering taxes for businesses.
(Photos: City of Weyburn for turf photo, @treavortuff for exterior photo) The City of Weyburn is on schedule and on budget with the construction of their recreation and culture centre, the Credit. . .