Change is coming to Saskatoon city council after 2024 civic election

Major changes are coming to metropolis hallway with six retired of 10 city councillors taking a spot successful chambers for the precise archetypal time.

After an 18-year run, incumbent Ward 1 councillor Darren Hill won’t beryllium returning. Instead, a caller face, Kathryn MacDonald, volition instrumentality his seat.

“Just arsenic an wide successful the city, I deliberation radical wanted caller perspectives,” said Kathryn MacDonald, Ward 1 councillor-elect.

“I was retired determination similar astir apt 6 days a week for months conscionable knocking connected doors trying to speech to radical arsenic overmuch arsenic I could.”

Other caller faces see Robert Pearce successful Ward 3 and Jasmine Parker successful Ward 6.

“We focused connected the future. We had a truly optimistic affirmative run and I deliberation radical spot that. People spot the emotion that maine and my squad and our run messages person and I deliberation radical privation to look guardant with optimism,” said Jasmin Parker, Ward 6 councillor-elect.

Ward 2, 7 and 8 volition besides spot caller faces arsenic Holly Kelleher, Senos Timon and Scott Ford capable those seats.

“I look guardant to getting backmost and engaging with them, listening to the issues. And truly enactment unneurotic to find solutions to the problems that we acquisition successful Ward 2,” said Senos Timon, Ward 2 councillor-elect.

Timon noted information and homelessness are cardinal concerns for ward 2 residents but are besides apical of caput for galore different wards.

“Really addressing those (issues) is urgent. Simultaneously we request to commencement reasoning of our aboriginal and wherever bash we privation Saskatoon headed, what benignant of metropolis bash we privation to beryllium arsenic we’re increasing reasonably rapidly,” said MacDonald.

Councillor views connected the projected downtown arena and amusement territory could extremity up being split.

Mayor Charlie Clark’s parting connection emphasizes the value of respect among assembly members is key, adding, “It’s not astir near oregon close division,” but astir however you get astatine slightest six radical to hold connected a solution.

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“I deliberation it’s large to disagree due to the fact that you’re bringing antithetic perspectives and antithetic voices but inactive making definite you’re doing it successful a respectful mode is truly important and cardinal to making definite you tin progress,” added MacDonald.

There were 2 acclaimed councillors successful wards 9 and 10, Bev Dubois and Zach Jeffries.

Incumbent councillors Randy Donauer for Ward 5 and Troy Davies for Ward 4 volition beryllium returning to council.

— with files from Mackenzie Mazankowski