Celebrating Brandon Montour’s Stanley Cup win cost Six Nations a lot more than it bargained for. Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) had set a budget to celebrate the Florida Panthers Stanley Cup win at $54,000, but CEO Nathan Wright told council at the General Finance meeting on August 19, they spent more than three times that. “When it was determined that the numbers coming in far exceeded what the community could handle, that’s when our costs ballooned,” Wright said. The night before the parade, he anticipated the costs were “north of $125,000” and he said he “cautioned council the night before” the parade, but said the costs kept rising due to safety requirements. The total cost ended up coming in at $184,187 for the three-hour event that took place on…
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