Saskatoon weather: City increases snow and ice budget [Video]

Saskatoon city councillors have added more money to the city’s snow and ice budget.

The total 2025 snow and ice management budget is set at $18.1 million — a $1.6 million increase from the 2024’s budget.

Clae Hack, the city’s chief financial officer, said the increase will account for inflation, rising contract costs for snow removal and a sixth significant snowfall event.

On Monday night, Ward 8 Coun. Scott Ford put forward a motion for the city to increase funding in the event of a sixth significant snowfall.

“The city seems to have been hit a couple times with these additional snow events, and I think it’s time to add it to the budget,” Ford said.

Currently, the city budgets for five snow events — classified as a snowfall of five or more centimetres. Last weekend’s snowfall marked the sixth snow event for 2024.

Funding a sixth snow event would …