Thunder Bay staff continue to navigate the internal program that will help them keep track of grant funding applications.
Council directed administration in April to review the process, which included discussion and determination on whether there are sufficient resources assigned to the task, whether a decentralized approach continues to be best, what changes ought to be made, and whether opportunities have been missed.
From that point meetings happened in the middle of may which led to the IT specialists to create the database that will make the job easier.
“It’s all about an overarching collaboration amongst the departments that are filling out these applications,” says Treasurer Linda Evans. “The database will also allow us the chance to look back in history and see what have we applied for and how successful were we.”
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Both sides on the multi-use indoor turf facility discussion came out in the lengthy discussion, but some compromise may be on the horizon.
City Manager Norm Gale held decorum in a nearly four hour meeting Thursday, that discussed how to further proceed with the ratified project, after council decided in late March not to award the tender to the Tom Jones Corporation.
Many councillors, including Current River’s Andrew Foulds, felt there should be give and take when it comes to getting shovels into the ground.
“I think we all have to perhaps check our egos at the door,” Foulds stressed to council. “Perhaps we should check our visions of what we were hoping for [for this facility] at the door and see what we can get done that balances the interests and needs of [the user groups in the community].”
Using the skate park at Marina Park is not permitted under the enhanced COVID-19 restrictions (TBNewswatch file)
THUNDER BAY You can still use a City of Thunder Bay recreational trail but you can t use the skate park or sit down at a picnic table.
These are some of the provisions that fall under the province-wide restrictions related to COVID-19.
The City of Thunder Bay on Monday afternoon issued a statement outlining how municipal services including outdoor recreational amenities are affected.
City Manager Norm Gale said the city s approach is to continue to provide services that are not restricted by the province, but it is complying with all government orders as follows:
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