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By Ben Tompkins

Humboldt Council Matters

Plenty on the go in City of Humboldt

May 31, 2024 | 5:15 PM

The City of Humboldt and its council have plenty on their plate right now as a variety of matters across their departments are taking shape.

One of the more major issues is the municipality’s current debt limit and its want to increase it.

The city has applied to the Saskatchewan Municipal Board to increase the debt limit by $13 million.

Currently, it sits at $15 million, but the hope is to increase that to $28 million.

Their Wastewater Treatment Facility Project, which according to their report, is “progressing well”, needs to have the borrowing capacity increased to facilitate it, as well as any other needs that will likely occur in the near future.

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The project is roughly a $40 million expenditure, $25 million of which is funded through the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program.

Part of the project is upgrades to lift Station 1 and 4, which is ‘required to provide sufficient pumping capacity.’ That contract has been awarded to Con-Tech General Contractors Ltd. for just over $5 million.

Another project that the city is hoping to get off the ground is the possible construction of a second ice surface.

A survey was sent out to the public which received more than 500 responses. Administration will now be engaging non-profits and businesses in their next phase.

Another form of survey was sent out in the form of letters, this time to rural and urban municipalities in the area about the proposed capital funding model for the Humboldt airport.

The city also filled their vacant Finance Manager term position with Connor Piller. He comes to Humboldt from the Town of Wilkie, where he was the Acting Administrator.

One final form of funding the city received was for their museum and gallery.

Over $18k in funding was received for summer students through the Young Canada Works in Heritage Organizations program.

Also, through SK Arts, the gallery will receive $11,000 in both 2024 and 2025 for programming.

According to the director of cultural services, Jennifer Fitzpatrick, all the money is critical.

“We were very pleased to receive the operational funding from Sask Arts for the gallery because it’s really critical to our ability to pay artists fairly and support the work of artists in the region,” she told northeastNOW.

“For the summer season, our organization moves from the museum and gallery and expands to the water tower, where we provide tours, and also to Original Humboldt where we do archeological field schools. At that point, we have four sites running during the summer, so having those summer students available in order to do all that great community programming is really essential to the organization.”

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