Historically, there had been separate North Battleford and Battleford Housing Authorities, but those have now consolidated into a single authority with a single board. The combined entity is now the largest standalone housing authority out of 24 in the province, with 629 units on 191 properties, contributing to $1 million in property taxes, according to Lavertu. Their assets are owned by Saskatchewan Housing Corporation, with BHA operating as an agency with its own board. Lavertu also said to accommodate the consolidation of operations, BHA has moved to the new central location on 831-104th Street which will also house their shop and some other operations. It opened to the public Feb. 16.
Fergus Falls trying to figure out what to do with wild coyotes within city limits
It s a problem the city of Fergus Falls can t remember having in recent memory coyotes within city limits. Written By: Matt Henson | 11:52 pm, Feb. 5, 2021
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. Connie Darling couldn t believe her eyes on New Years Day when she spotted what was likely a coyote chasing a rabbit behind her home. I still wasn t sure what I was looking at, she explained as she re-watched the video on her phone.
Darling is not alone in her coyote sighting. For the past six weeks, people have been snapping videos and pictures of coyotes around town. One person even caught it yipping on his trail cam. While it isn t seen on the footage, a coyote can be heard in the audio.
Director of Protective Services/Fire Chief Lindsay Holm had recommended adding the position as part of sweeping changes to the CSO program, one that would see community policing in the city take on a four-tiered approach with the RCMP, the CSOs, bylaw and commissionaires. “This is part and parcel of the whole asset management strategy that we’re trying to implement to optimize the efficiencies of our CSOs, and trying to initiate that downtown core initiative with having our CSOs patrolling down in that area to try and create a better environment,” Holm said at the meeting. The new CSO deputy commander position would assist with downtown stakeholder engagement and operational effectiveness, according to administration.
That is $1.5 million over the original submitted cost of the project of $13.6 million. Of that overage, Bayer said half of it is made up of construction PST, which was a provincial government dictate that came in after the city applied for the project in 2017. Checking with the feds, Bayer said there was nothing that could have been done by city staff about it. Essentially, he said, the timing of the submission is the driver of that cost. Bayer said it was a cost the city would not get back. “You used to get refunded the cost of PST, and no longer is that the case,” said Bayer.