David Marit, president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, explains hurdles to timely road and bridge construction. In rural communities across Canada, rebuilding and repairing rural road and bridge infrastructure is a daunting task. The need for more government funding and the need to minimize regulatory impediments are two roadblocks. In land-locked provinces such […] Read more
Stories by David Marit
Changing nature of RM administration
All across Saskatchewan, rural municipalities are bracing for an onslaught of retirements that will change the face of administration in rural Saskatchewan. A recent questionnaire by the Rural Municipal Administrators Association estimates that 46 administrators will retire in less than three years; 60 more will retire in three to five; and an additional 50 will […] Read more
Road plan supports development – Opinion
Marit is president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities. The Clearing the Path (CTP) project was initiated in 2004 by the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities. SARM, with support from the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association, devised a committee made up of municipal reeves, mayors and councillors to determine what municipalities could do to better […] Read more
SARM supports wheat board – Opinion
Marit is president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities. In light of the recent debate regarding marketing choice, the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities wanted to promote a resolution that was carried by the majority of its members at its March 2006 annual convention stating that “SARM lobby the federal government to continue its […] Read more
