Saskatoon city hall moves to remove political influence from purchases

Big changes could be coming to how city hall awards contracts to avoid the perception of possible political influence.
City council’s finance committee considered a report on Monday that proposes removing city council’s power to approve purchases of goods and services. The new approach could be in place by June 1 under the timelines proposed in the report.
The thrust behind allowing the city administration to make all purchases is avoiding the perception that contracts are being awar