Take 5

Rob Carnie - Anything else you'd like to add today? 

Maryse Carmichael - Well, one thing I'd like to mention perhaps is on taxation assessments, there're a lot of questions these days about that.  

We will spend a little bit more time in one of our future episodes on this. But the one important point that I want to make is, yes, Council did make the decision to go ahead for the next agreement for assessment services with SAMA. 

Rob Carnie - This ties right in the city of Moosejaw just releasing ‘Prioritizing Our Future’— a survey for Moose Jaw people. 

Maryse Carmichael - Every year, at this time of the year, as we prepare for budget season at City Hall — which will take place in in December — we survey all our residents, and we send this survey out. 

Rob Carnie - It's time for Take 5 with Carnie and Carmichael! Featuring, of course, Moose Jaw city manager Maurice Carmichael.  

Today we are focusing on the City of Moose Jaw and the City of Moose Jaw Strategic Plan for 2026 through 2029.  

City manager Carmichael, the plan is built around five core pillars starting with Resident Centric Community, can you expand on that? 

Rob Carnie - One more thing, we should mention household hazardous waste day is coming up Saturday, September 6. It's a program that more and more people have been taking advantage of over the course of the past few years, and that's a good thing. 

Rob Carnie - It seems like yesterday we were looking forward to the Phyllis Dewar Outdoor Pool opening. Now we're talking about a closing at the end of August. So summer is winding down and we still got a couple of weeks to enjoy. 

Rob Carnie - We're getting downtown looking sharp for the Midwest Shrine Association, MSA 2025. August 20 through the 23rd there are hundreds and hundreds of Shriners and their partners and their families from a big area of North America coming to Moose Jaw to celebrate being Shriners with a lot of public events all ready to go.  

Rob Carnie - Summer construction. Wow. The City of Moose Jaw just sent out a news release that everybody can access at Moosejaw.ca.  

The city provides summer construction update on most impressive list of work that has been done and most noticeable around the city of Moose Jaw is some great work on our roads, some great patching work on manholes being repaired, crosswalks being painted. The city is looking pretty good. 

Rob Carnie - We continue to look for a spot for the landfill. We know our long time landfill is reaching the end of its life. We got to get out of there and we've got to find a new location and nobody seems to want the landfill in their neighborhood, which is, I suppose, understandable.  

But something's going to happen soon. Can you expand on that? 

Rob Carnie - Time for Take 5 with Carnie and Carmichael, featuring Moose Jaw city manager Maurice Carmichael. City manager, let's start with the SAMA contract. It has been renewed; SAMA standing for the Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency. 

Rob Carney - I know you want to remind our listeners about the hours at Moose Jaw City Hall. 

Maryse Carmichael - City Hall is now open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., for anything that you need. Of course, there's lots online and I know a lot of our residents want to do their business online, which works if you want it.