The Town of the Pas hosted a Special Service Levy Information Meeting on February 20 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. to help inform the public of how special service levies work and why council is exploring this option. The meeting had approximately 65 people in attendance, but the streaming of the meeting online had 167 views.
Mayor Murphy addressed the meeting stating he did notice a lot of comments on social media and the speculation of a conspiracy theory, which validated the need to have a public meeting to explain special service levies and how it would work. He noted that he doesn’t respond to social media complaints because it can get out of hand. He welcomes people to contact the office and have a diplomatic conversation on the matter. Mayor Murphy also asked people to refrain from attacking staff on social media about matters that aren’t relevant to the issue of the meeting.