Lloydminster council is headed to Saskatoon to take part in the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) convention.
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Mayor and council will be at the convention from April 13-16 to connect with ministers on key issues.
“There’s two opportunities to reach out to the provincial government’s respective ministers, one are a series of what they call bear pits with the respective ministers of policing, health, mental health and addictions, environment, highways, a few of those,” said Lloydminster Mayor Gerald Aalbers.
He says they try to ensure Lloydminster is represented at each of the various meetings during the convention.
“We try as council to ensure there’s a council member at each meeting to ensure we have the opportunity to raise any issues we have,” said Aalbers.
With the large representation from the provincial government, council tries to ensure they get questions in during the SUMA convention relating directly to Lloydminster.
“The individual meetings with the ministers is a good time to ask about our individual communities,” said Aalbers.
He says the bear pit is typically when they ask more broad questions that relate to all municipalities.
The event starts on April 13 with a variety of events including dialogue with SUMA, excursions around Saskatoon, education sessions and a reception. Sector meetings will be held the following day with an FCM address and addresses by the premier and the leader of the official opposition.
Various chances for connection, education sessions and speakers will continue through to the end of the event with the final day wrapping up with over an hour of bear pit with cabinet.
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