News - AMM

Ensuring municipal priorities are front and centre during the upcoming provincial election has dominated the discussion at the RBC Convention Centre this week.

The mayors of Manitoba’s cities met in Winnipeg earlier this week, during the Association of Manitoba Municipalities Annual Convention, to re-establish priorities for the coming year.

Interlake residents, tourist destinations, commuter and commercial traffic will soon have safer roadways and streets as the Manitoba government invests more than $2.5 million in partnership with municipalities to improve or replace local municipal roads and improve flood protection.

Families, businesses and tourists in Manitoba’s eastern communities will soon have a smoother commute as the Manitoba government invests nearly $3 million in partnership with municipalities to improve local municipal roads.

Manitoba’s expanded Partner 4 Growth grant program will provide approximately $260,000 to support 32 regional economic development initiatives.

The Manitoba government continues working with Manitoba municipalities in the southeast by investing more than $2 million in southeastern municipal roads to keep communities linked and ensure safe and smooth driving for local families, commercial travellers and tourists.

On November 26, 2013, delegates at the AMM Annual Convention carried a resolution calling on the AMM to oppose forced amalgamation through legal proceedings, representing those municipalities that do not wish to amalgamate.

Steinbach Mayor Chris Goertzen met with other mayors of Manitoba’s cities in Brandon yesterday and agreed public safety is one of the top priorities facing their communities.

Doug Dobrowolski, President of the Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM), says increasing the Provincial Sales Tax by one per cent as proposed in Bill 20 will not address the over $11 billion municipal infrastructure deficit in Manitoba.

A coalition of Manitoba mayors and the Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) spoke as one, rejecting a provincial budget that fails to provide a dedicated source of funding for municipal infrastructure.