City may hire lobbyist for event centre money
Having been denied the first time they applied for a federal grant to help pay for a 4,500-seat events centre, the City of Prince Albert may be looking at trying something new.
Council will discuss on Monday whether to pay $95,000 to hire a lobbyist to help them get the money.
Staff are proposing that council hire Douglas Richardson, a long time lawyer in Saskatoon who helped get federal funding for the Light Source Synchotron at the University of Saskatchewan.
He also helped create the Sask. Indian Gaming Authority and was part of the effort to bring the St. Louis Blues to Saskatchewan.