This city we call home, simply is not working. Infrastructure is crumbling and the tax base from the resource sector is slowly eroding. There are 160,000 people living in an area the size of Toronto. The solution? "Back to the Future" or partial amalgamation. The city in its current state is not sustainable. There are key services regionally we could share such as
- Fire and Policing
- Ambulance service
- City Land Fills
- Bulk equipment purchases.
What I propose is that the city go back to it former pre-amalgamation state with autonomous councils set up to take care of it's own needs. They would be responsible for
- Road maintenance and snow removal
- Garbage collection
- Establishing mill rates and collection of taxes and user fees.
- Recreation
- Planning and issuing permits.
The current council we have is no better at running the city than the prior one. So whats the problem......? Could it be that the city in it's current form is unmanageable?
What do you think?
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