Regina city council passes 2023 budget
“If I have to choose between recreation and shelter I’m going to choose shelter,” Ward 8 Coun. Shanon Zachidniak said.No new amendments regarding funding homelessness were passed into the budget.It is the first multi-year budget for Regina, covering 2023 and 2024.
Budget discussions were sidetracked in the last few weeks by controversy as two city councillors, Stevens and LeBlanc, took city manager Niki Anderson to court, alleging that the city did not include funding to address homelessness in the operational budget. “Instead of working together as council this has been a total, total mess,” Jason Mancinelli, Ward 9 councillor, said.Regina Mayor Sandra Masters said the city is doing “more than ever” to address the issue.
“I resent the fact that there is no acknowledgment from my council colleagues that we are doing an extraordinary amount, more than has ever been done before. To say that we can just throw folks into houses is wrong-headed, erroneous and complete misinformation,” Masters said.
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