Council Meeting Oct
15,2013
RC Strategies are in town conducting interviews with various
user groups and will be sending surveys out to residents shortly regarding the
Recreation Study
Interviews were conducted last week for the Director of
Protective and Community Services new person will be starting in the position
Nov 4.
Old hospital should be complete this week, with the
contractor commencing on the old nursing home next week.
The new entrance signs are being constructed, with the
tender for the bases to be awarded this week.
Fire Chief Munshaw informed us that Alberta
as no set minimum standards for training levels for fire fighters,
municipalities are allowed to set their own standards.
Councilor Gallant raised the issue with Chief Munshaw that
businesses should be seeing reductions in their Fire Insurance, Mr Munshaw
advised that businesses need to contact their Insurance companies and if they
do not see a reduction then they need to contact:
Fire Chief Munshaw at 562-8833 and he will assist those businesses.
Motion was made and passed by council to accept the
Municipal Inspectors Report
Bylaw 870,2013 Council Procedural Bylaw
Was given second and third reading by council passed by a
vote of 5-1 (Gail opposed)
Then council spent the last fifteen minutes congratulating
each other and administration on the fine job they had done over the last three
years.
That’s it for council meeting during this term of council,
new council’s first meeting will commence @ 5pm on October 29 with a meet and
greet followed by Official Oath of Office @ 6pm, Official Council Photographs @
6:30pm, and lastly the Organizational Meeting of Council @ 7pm (That is where
council divides up which committee’s they would like to sit on)
