At their regular meeting of town council on Monday, Battleford council discussed a couple of requests by the owners of the new Oil Can Charlie’s location in Battleford West.
BSR Ventures Ltd. consisting of Jay Bottomley, Keegan Sparrow and Sheldon Rafuse is building a second Oil Can Charlie’s oil change location in the Battleford West commercial area west of Highway 4. The area currently includes a Co-op gas bar, a strip mall with a Sobeys Liquor Store, and Tim Hortons.
A couple of requests were before council related to the development. The first was for approval of a 10-by-20 digital billboard sign to be located on the southeast corner of their property. Council saw no issues with the request and that was carried unanimously.
The second was a request from BSR Ventures Ltd. for a five-year tax abatement for the property. But no decision was made on that request Monday.
Instead, council wanted to know more details about any incentives offered for other commercial builds in that area. The indication was that incentives varied for the other properties nearby.
More information will be gathered on that issue and the decision on a tax abatement has been tabled to the June meeting of council.
