2 NEEPAWA BANNER & PRESS APRIL 8, 2022
Town of Neepawa Carberry’s Falk Pharmacy sold reveals its 2022 Super Thrifty Pharmacy purchase and takeover financial plan the operation of local business By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
The Town of Neepawa has released details on its website related to its financial plan for 2022. These are the initial results of deliberations between town administration and the finance committee that had begun back in November. These numbers could still be altered as a result of upcoming discussions with ratepayers, as a public hearing on the plan has been scheduled for Tuesday, Apr. 19. It will take place at the Council Chambers in the Municipal Building and begin at 6:00 p.m. General operating fund As for allocation of the money in the 2022 finacial plan, the general operating fund for this year will be an estimated $16,984,793. That number is up by $2,722,532 from last year’s estimated amount. The actuals for expenditures in general operating in 2021 were $10,863,891. The most signif icant reason for the increase appears in the expenditure for Transportation Services, which goes from a little over $2 million to $6.1 million.
Utility operating fund The estimated amount for the utility operating fund will be just over $4,500,734, a decrease of around $1.6 million compared to the budgeted amount that was set aside last year. The actuals on spending for utility in 2021 was $3,082 million. Still time to have your say Councillor Darryl Gerrard, who also heads the finance committee, noted that these initial numbers are encouraging, as they’re an indication of the growth and prosperity being generated locally. Gerrard also indicated that it is very important for ratepayers to participate in these upcoming discussions. “I always encourage the ratepayer to be involved in the process and see what the priorities are [for municipal spending] and if they don’t agree, to offer suggestions as to what the priorities need to be,” said Gerrard. After the public hearing on Apr. 19, the financial plan for the Town of Neepawa will be reviewed. Final approval on the numbers will not occur until early May.
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By Gladwyn Scott Neepawa Banner & Press Super Thrifty has purchased Falk Pharmacy in Carberry effective April 1. Jason Falk of Macdonald graduated from Portage Collegiate and then in 2000 from the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Manitoba. He began working with pharmacist Dennis McMillan in Carberry and purchased the business in 2007. Nadine Falk, his wife, graduated from Wil liam Morton Collegiate in Gladstone and the 1999 class of the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Manitoba. They have two daughters, Vanessa, in Grade 10 at Vincent Massey Collegiate in Brandon and Natasha, who is in Grade 12 and will graduate from t he Hockey Academy in Kelowna, BC. Their female hockey team was very successful and won the national championship this year. The Falks plan to move to Brandon and will work for Super Thrifty who own several pharmacies in western Manitoba. Alana Bailey, an honours graduate from Carber r y Col leg iate, and graduate of the Faculty of
Pharmacy at James Cook University in Townsville, Queensland in Australia, has been employed by Super Thrifty in Brandon for eight years. She will take over as the manager of the Carberry location.
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Falk Pharmacy has sold to Super Thrifty Pharmacy. Pictured left: The Falk Pharmacy staff that those in the area have come to know. From left to right, back row are Jason Falk, Val Elliot, Leanne Gates, Brandi Stephenson, Becky Bjarnason and Jackie Burton. Middle Row: Ronda Allen. Front: Nadine Falk. Pic tured right: Alana Bailey, who will take over as manager of the new Carberry Super Thrifty Pharmacy location.
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