New mayor elected for Melfort after tight race

Some of the goals Lang wishes to accomplish during his time as mayor include lowering the city’s residential taxes to be rate more comparable to other cities in the province. He said he feels their taxes are currently higher than most around Saskatchewan.

“The way we’re going to try and accomplish that in my mind is to a look at any additional requests that come to council at budget time. Have a real hard critical look at those and then after taking a good hard look at them, deciding whether they are something that need to be done or not because quite frankly those are things that tend to drive taxes up,” Lang explained.

He also said he wants to help the Northeast Outreach Support Services receive a domestic violence shelter, which mainly focuses on battered women and children.

“One of the top priority focuses I will say is to get that through the provincial budget for the operating money, so that the support centre can go ahead,” he said.

Other goals for Melfort that he is planning for include enhancing their community’s medical services with things like a CT scanner, which he hopes will bring in more doctors and ensuring their plan to deal with internal and external debt stays on track.

Lang will be sworn in as mayor of Melfort on Nov. 5

He said he feels confident. He explained if he hadn’t been on council he’d probably be nervous, but those nine years of experience will make the transition easier.

“I am extremely grateful to the people that supported me … it’s quite an honour to be elected mayor and I plan on living up to their expectations.”

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by Sarah Stone

New mayor elected for Melfort after tight race

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