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Saskatoon mayoral candidate Don Atchison says he wants city council to take the heat for controversial projects like the Remai Modern art gallery, not volunteer boards.

But one of his challengers for city council’s top job, Charlie Clark, said boards like the Remai Modern’s are not involved in making decisions on funding and construction.

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The Remai Modern has seen delays and problems that have pushed the price of the gallery and parkade to more than $106 million with the opening date still uncertain. The project has been hindered by drawings that needed to be corrected and associated costs and delays.

When first approved in 2009 by a city council that included both Atchison and Clark, the gallery was estimated to cost $58 million and be completed by 2014.

“My belief is that in the future when we’re doing different projects, boards can certainly have some input, but the city needs to be the leader on all of that in the future,” Atchison told reporters Tuesday.