La Ronge council awaiting provincial budget details
With Saskatchewan’s 2019-2020 budget set to be released March 20, La Ronge council members are waiting to find out if there will be any surprises for municipalities.
That’s according to Mayor Ron Woytowich, who stated council has yet to approve a 2019 operating budget for the town in order to take advantage of what, if anything, new will be announced. By waiting to see what the provincial budget holds, he said council can put an emphasis on certain projects to save money in the long-term.
“Quite frankly, the only discussion we had is we don’t really know what the government has in terms of new stuff,” Woytowich said. “Are they going to spring something on communities that we don’t know about? We’re kind of holding back on the [town’s] budget.”