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City council in a split vote turned down a motion at last nights meeting that called on city staff to look into the merits of leasing the McMeeken Arena to a private operator.
The 4-4 vote defeated the motion which had been brought forward by ward 3 councillor Matthew Shoemaker.
Shoemaker told council he was only looking for a report to be brought back to council.
He says it had the potential to assist the city in addressing budgetary shortfalls.