The RM of Dauphin held a special Press release this afternoon, about the Funding of Dauphin Recreation Services.
"It has been stated by the mayor and the City of Dauphin that the RM of Dauphin has not contributed to their share to Dauphin Recreation Services (DRS). I'm here to clarify some misinformation."
According to the release, Put out by Reeve Ernie Sirski, the RM has put forward just under a million dollars of operational funding, and given over 140 thousand dollars in Capital funding, as requested by the DRS.
The problem the RM has is that there is little to no financial return on this investment.
"We don't have a lot of restaurants or hotels in the Rural Municipality. Anytime there's a function, anytime there's a hockey tournament, a curling bonspiel, the rodeo that just happened, the bull riding that just happened, brings in visitors from out of town. Where do they stay? They stay in the city of Dauphin. Where do they eat? In the city of Dauphin. Where do they shop? In the city of Dauphin. The economic benefit accrues to the city, and I think they have to recognize that."
The RM has offered to negotiate an agreement that pulls away from the previous per-capita model, and reach "an agreement that benefits both municipalities if the city so chooses".
If an agreement isn't reached, the RM has chosen to terminate the current agreement at the end of this year.
