Common Council To Spend $70,000 To Find Out City Priorities

Not everyone on Common Council is in favour of spending 70 thousand dollars on a review of core services that will be part and parcel of the ward meetings that start next week on the west side. 

Councillors Bill Farren, Ray Strowbridge and Susan Fullerton voted against. 

Deputy Mayor Shelley Rinehart says she already knows from campaigning what people want but she wants to find out what Saint Johnners are willing to give up in order to get the three top prioities. 

According to Farren, those top three core issues are safe drinking water, improved streets and better recreation but he warns the city is going to be short of money by January because of the financial obiligations to its pension plan which amount to 4 million dollars.