The City of Estevan has known for some time that they were going to be getting some funding from the provincial government as the budget is rolled out and revenue shares become known. That doesn't mean they weren't grateful to see it, however. 

Part of the provincial budget this year is $2.2 million in revenue sharing for the City of Estevan. Those funds are baked into the city's budget every year, and they already have some ideas of what to do with it. 

"Every year, we go over our infrastructure needs," said Estevan Mayor Roy Ludwig. "Some of it will be used in that fashion. We always have demands that we're asked upon from time to time so that will help us do some of the requests we've had to do, whether that's road repair in different areas, infrastructure, which might include water, depending on the area."

Ludwig described most of the projects the money will be earmarked for as being fairly day-to-day. Larger projects, like the work they have planned for late summer and early fall on the water tower, will be paid for through other avenues. 

"The water tower, that's federal gas money that we have set aside," he said. "If we need extra, we may be looking at some of these, but we're fortunate as well the federal gas tax allows us to do some of the needed gas tax. The water tower, the decision on that has already been made." 

Separate from the revenue sharing, the city is also looking at just under a quarter of a million dollars for a Police and Crisis Team or PACT. The money will be used to fund crisis workers who can help police with mental health related calls. 

"That will be going through the police department to the needed help these monies will pay for like a psychologist and the whole team," said Ludwig. "Some of the other funding will be going toward putting that in place."

Ludwig added that recently resigned police chief Paul Ladouceur had a great deal to do with securing the funding for the PACT, and he thanked Ladouceur for his efforts in bringing that to Estevan.