Another candidate for mayor announced his intentions to run in the November election Friday.

Cary Tarasoff says his top priority will be to stop what he calls grand schemes that will put the city further into debt. Tarasoff believes Saskatoon needs to have proper leadership and it needs to start having better decisions made. He suggests Saskatoon has huge budgets and huge consultant fees, but things go in circles and the city doesn’t actually get to things that make people’s lives better.

Tarasoff came equipped with a 35 page platform that begins by saying it is time for action and to reflect on the direction that the city of Saskatoon is moving in. Tarasoff says the endless cycle of debate needs to stop and instead there needs to be focus on timely solutions to current problems in Saskatoon.

The platform tackles many issues like planning and public engagement, bus transportation, bike lanes, opiates in Saskatoon, the North Downtown development, police and fire services and the pandemic among others. He says he believes the city can overcome the obstacles of the pandemic and maybe come out better than before, but says the city needs to cautious and have a good plan. Tarasoff says Saskatoon needs decisions rather then mediation and the he thinks he can bring that to city council, and get things driven in a different direction.

When it comes to the topic of de-funding of police, Tarasoff says he does not believe in a blanket de-funding of police, explaining we are in an increasingly violent time that people aren’t totally aware of. Tarasoff believes that a problem exists when mental health situations are off-loaded onto police.

Cary Tarasoff is a self-employed planner and architectural technologist. He said he was not looking for donations for his campaign but instead encouraged people to donate to various animal shelters.