Councillor- Ward 4 University / 20-21 Acting Deputy Mayor- City of Brandon

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Councillor- City of Brandon
Ward 4 – University.

Acting Deputy Mayor (20-21)

Committee Work

Chair- Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium Board of Governors

Co-Chair- Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee

Board Member- Brandon Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation

Committee Member- Grants Review Committee (Brandon Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation)

Board Member- Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba

Vice Chairperson- Brandon General Museum & Archives Board

Board Member, Secretary- Assiniboine Community College Foundation

Committee Member- Taxi By-Law Appeal Committee

Transit workers’ union warns of route, job cuts- Brandon Sun

Aleem Chaudhary, president of Amalgamated Transit Union, which represents Brandon Transit workers, is pictured on a Winnipeg bus last year. (File)

FROM THE FILES OF THE BRANDON SUN

The union representing transit workers in Brandon is warning of potential route cuts and job losses as members of city council prepare for formal budget talks later this month.

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1505 president Aleem Chaudhary said he has heard from members that upper management at Brandon Transit have considered cutting Routes 16 (South End Link) and 19 (Mall-Downtown Link) — with possibly more next year — along with at least two operators.

Both routes were changed last summer and had their Saturday services cancelled this year.

“People deserve better and I don’t think cutting runs is the way to go,” Chaudhary said.

The city’s director of transportation services, Carla Richardson, said administration presented a number of options to council during an informal meeting Tuesday night.

Richardson said she was not at liberty to say whether routes might be cut, but noted that all final decisions will be made by council.

“There’s a significant shortfall due to the freeze on the operating funding that we received from the provincial government and so due to a number of fixed costs, it gives us very limited options.”

The provincial government has frozen the city’s transit grant for two years and Richardson said there has been no indication that there will be any change.

The city lost $227,000 in funding last year, resulting in a two-hour cut on Sundays and an end to services on six statutory holidays.

Chaudhary put the onus on the provincial government for ending its 50-50 funding commitment, saying Brandon Transit was doing the best it could under the circumstances. He said he hopes to make a presentation to council on Jan. 25.

In a statement, Municipal Relations Minister Jeff Wharton said the provincial government is proud of its strong partnership with the City of Brandon and “continues to support safe, reliable and accessible public transit infrastructure throughout Manitoba.”

“Provincial operating funding for the City of Brandon, including funding for transit, was worth $11.2 million in 2018. We are presently engaged in our budget process for 2019, but Manitoba’s operating funding for municipalities is among the most generous of any province,” he said. “Municipalities can expect that to continue in Budget 2019.”

The union’s concerns come as ridership increased to 1,000,728 in 2018, compared to 963,081 in 2017.

Richardson said the difference can be explained, in part, by the major network change in 2017 — which resulted in lower ridership — more international students at Assiniboine Community College this year, and a greater comfort among passengers with the new Transit system.

Despite this, Richardson said more passengers won’t necessarily offset the provincial funding freeze. She said Transit will continue finding ways to generate more revenue.

Councillors spoke in broad strokes about what was discussed at Tuesday’s informal meeting, saying a number of options were presented but no recommendations were made.

“I wouldn’t say there was one favourable option over another,” Coun. Shaun Cameron (University) said. “It was imperative that council got the information to be able to make informed decisions at budget time, and that’s one of the things that Transit was able to provide us with —a number of options to maintain service but also keep costs effective for taxpayers.”

“To say it was one thing and that’s what we’re looking at, no,” Coun. Shawn Berry (Linden Lanes) said. “Until we get through budget and get through this whole (process), it’s not even fair to comment or say that.”

Coun. Kris Desjarlais (Rosser) said he was optimistic any decision would improve services, arguing that “slashing” Transit would do more harm than good.

“We end up with reductions in revenue, reduced ridership and then costs go up, so it’s a balancing act,” he said.

Speaking briefly, Coun. Jan Chaboyer (Green Acres) said: “I would never support anyone losing their job, but I do believe in redeployment and retraining in an organization that is as large as the City of Brandon if a job and its duties are redundant.”

Although he wasn’t at the informal meeting, Coun. John LoRegio (Meadows-Waverly) was frank in his remarks, saying all options are on the table and not just cuts to services.

“We’re at a point in the city where we have to start making some tough decisions,” he said.

» mlee@brandonsun.com

» Twitter: @mtaylorlee


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