It's been one week since we learned that City Councillors Brian Swanson, Scott McMann, and Crystal Froese were hit with penalties after an investigation into the Downtown Facility and Field House board revealed these three councilors were each with at fault at a varying degree.

Secret meetings, confidential and private folders being brought home and shown to others breached the City's code of ethics, resulting in Mayor Fraser Tolmie and Councillors Dawn Luhning and Chris Warren reprimanding their colleagues.

"Yeah, obviously [the decision was] very tough, but you know I keep saying we make tough decisions, we've done it in the past," Mayor Tolmie said. "We've changed the way that we were going to fund the LIP, we reversed that, we made some tough decisions with intervening on High Street so that we could get the construction done. Yeah, it's a tough decision."

Tolmie said they had to follow the right process, take their emotion out of it and focus on the facts that were brought forward.

It was a "serious personal matter" among employees that was brought to the attention to former General Manager Graham Edge, which he then passed on to the three councilors on the DFFH board, but none of the councilors acted on the issue.

Last week, when the disciplinary action was being announced during the Council meeting, you could tell that it was an emotionally charged evening. Whether this will put a strain on the relationship between City Councillors and the Mayor is yet to be seen, but it was one of the Mayor's campaign promises to have a more cohesive council.

"That was what my vision was, and that's what my commitment was, but I'm not going to be held over by people that are not willing to work together, we're going to start moving forward and it's up to [Councillors Brian Swanson, Scott McMann, and Crystal Froese]. My trust has been broken here, we've gotta move forward."

Even with the investigation into the DFFH over, there is still no General Manager for the facilities. City Manager, Jim Puffalt, currently acts as an interim GM, even acting as Manager on Duty during Warrior games, but even with previous experience in the area, Mayor Tolmie says it's just too much for the City Manager as he also is acting as the Director of the Parks and Rec department.

Puffalt will soon be putting recommendations together for Mayor Tolmie and City Council in regards to what to do with the DFFH.

We could expect more action in regards to finding a GM with the investigation over. One thing that is clear is the Mayor wants to find someone to fill that position, someone that can bring in concerts and outside money to Mosaic Place and Moose Jaw to see it thrive.