[0:11] I'd like to call meeting uh to order for

[0:14] August 24th, 2026, the regular meeting

[0:17] of city council. Um before we proceed, I

[0:21] will just uh read a um land

[0:23] acknowledgement. As we gather here

[0:25] today, we acknowledge that we are on

[0:27] Treaty 6 territory and the homeland of

[0:29] the Matei. We pay our respect to the

[0:32] First Nations and Matei ancestors of

[0:34] this place and reaffirm our relationship

[0:36] with one another.

[0:39] Okay.

[0:41] Item number three is the agenda

[0:43] adoption. Uh I believe we have one

[0:46] addition

[0:48] uh

[0:49] and that would be

[0:52] » We have an item under new business 10.14

[0:55] or 10.4 a recommendation from the

[0:58] director of community and leisure

[1:00] services for the tender roofing awards.

[1:04] » Okay. So that would be 10.4.

[1:09] Any other additions? I'm good to go.

[1:12] Okay. I will look for a motion to adopt

[1:15] the agenda as amended, please. Councelor

[1:17] Jorgensson, councelor Ricardi. Any

[1:20] questions? All in favor?

[1:23] That's carried. Uh of interest, uh any

[1:27] of the items on the agenda this evening

[1:29] conflict? Anybody?

[1:31] Seeing none, we'll move on. Thank you.

[1:34] Uh item number four, public

[1:35] acknowledgement.

[1:39] There are several this maybe we'll start

[1:41] Sarah. I think you might as well start

[1:44] work our way around.

[1:45] » Sure. I have two this evening. So, first

[1:48] I would like to acknowledge the downtown

[1:49] bid, all of the sponsors, volunteers,

[1:52] um, everyone that played a hand in

[1:54] organizing street fest this weekend. Um,

[1:57] it was a wonderful event. Although there

[1:59] wasn't the street dance this year, I

[2:01] think it was just as amazing this year

[2:03] as it was any other year. So, great job

[2:05] to everyone involved and and thank you

[2:07] for putting that on in our community and

[2:09] a big shout out to the downtown

[2:11] businesses uh for all pitching in and

[2:13] having their sales and being involved as

[2:16] well. And then the second one, I just

[2:18] wanted to give a shout out to teachers

[2:20] who are back in their classrooms this

[2:23] week without students, but of course

[2:24] they're they're busy working and

[2:26] preparing. Um and then EA's admin staff

[2:30] and other staff are back, I believe, on

[2:32] the 31st. I think it's next week. Uh, so

[2:34] just wanted to give them all a shout out

[2:36] and wish them all a happy school year.

[2:39] Um, and to the kids and parents as well.

[2:42] I hope everyone has a great school year.

[2:44] Thanks.

[2:45] » Okay. Thank you. Anyone else? Go.

[2:49] Go ahead. Officer Chess can work our way

[2:52] around this way.

[2:53] » So, I just like to acknowledge two local

[2:55] athletes, Samantha Fischer and Ryan

[2:58] Mikl. They competed at the Special

[3:00] Olympics or sorry, Special Olympics

[3:02] Canada Summer Games and Sam captured

[3:06] four medals, gold in 50 meter butterfly,

[3:09] s silver medals in 200 meter backstroke

[3:12] and 100 meter freestyle and bronze in

[3:14] the 200 meter freestyle. And Ryan

[3:17] brought home a gold sorry a bronze in

[3:20] golfing. So congratulations to my

[3:22] friends um Bam and Ryan. Good. Thank you

[3:28] sir Ro I believe

[3:31] » Um further to the teachers I was just

[3:33] getting from the football field so fall

[3:35] sports are also starting I know this a

[3:37] volleyball camp and uh football started

[3:39] up I'm sure soccer will be getting along

[3:40] pretty quickly as well for high school

[3:42] sports uh but my main focus is going to

[3:44] be baseball and uh congratulations to

[3:46] the Mary'sburg Royals who are the men's

[3:48] provincial champions in their division

[3:50] and there were three humble players on

[3:51] that team uh the 13U team from Humbult

[3:54] was mentioned the last time we had a

[3:55] meeting uh last city council meeting uh

[3:58] but they did win provincials on home

[3:59] field home diamonds so that wasn't

[4:01] mentioned that night and then lastly we

[4:04] had the 18A uh winning silver

[4:06] provincials and silver western Canadians

[4:09] and the 18A won silver provincials and

[4:12] both those teams carried humble players

[4:14] on the rosters congratulations to all

[4:16] those players parents and staff thank

[4:19] you

[4:20] » Good thank you

[4:22] anybody else I have a couple to close

[4:24] out then Um, I would like to recognize

[4:28] uh everybody that was involved in the

[4:30] Humble Broncos Memorial Golf Tournament.

[4:32] Uh, that was uh I guess two weeks ago.

[4:36] Um, it was the 9th annual at the Humble

[4:39] Golf Club. I'd like to uh

[4:42] do a shout out to Lori Warford, Brian

[4:44] Muns, and Jared Bedner, the three

[4:46] organizers, and all the other volunteers

[4:49] that helped out that uh that night and

[4:51] that weekend. Um it was a soldout event

[4:54] again this year. Um there are various

[4:57] auctions and silent auctions that raised

[4:59] a lot of money that's going back to our

[5:01] community and some of the surrounding

[5:03] communities and to uh individuals that

[5:05] are requiring assistance.

[5:08] So thank you all all involved and all

[5:10] all the sponsors that were participating

[5:12] in that uh yearly event. So it was the

[5:15] ninth annual so I think uh they're

[5:17] looking at the 10th year next year and I

[5:19] think it'll be bigger and better than

[5:21] other years. So, as I talked to them,

[5:24] they seem to have some surprises for us

[5:26] for next year. So, it's looking like the

[5:28] 10th anniversary is going to be even

[5:31] better. So, um then I would also

[5:34] recognize uh Melanie Mullen, who is the

[5:38] owner of Saskade Collective. They had

[5:40] their grand opening last uh Friday,

[5:42] August 21st on Main Street. Uh I was uh

[5:46] fortunate to be there uh for cutting the

[5:48] ribbon. Um so, congratulations to

[5:50] Melanie. Um Emily Yan uh the CE CEO of

[5:54] Saskmade Products was also there as

[5:56] well. Um so she was uh very impressed

[5:59] with Humbult when I talked to her. Um so

[6:02] it was nice to have them as an

[6:04] additional business downtown in Humbult.

[6:07] Uh so they have Saskmade products uh

[6:09] from food to household items to artwork

[6:12] etc there. So it was uh nice to be uh

[6:15] have that addition to our downtown area.

[6:17] So, congratulations to Melanie and

[6:19] welcome to the humble business

[6:21] community.

[6:22] Okay. Thank you.

[6:25] Okay. We have item number five, nuts to

[6:30] approve. So, I'll be looking for a

[6:32] motion uh to approve the regular meeting

[6:35] of council minutes from July 27th, 2026.

[6:39] So, I'll look for a mover and a seconder

[6:41] to approve those minutes as presented.

[6:43] Please, Councelor Jorgensson, councelor

[6:45] Row, any further discussion, errors or

[6:48] omissions that need to be brought to our

[6:50] attention?

[6:52] Seeing none, all in favor? Opposed is

[6:55] carried. Okay. Then we're looking at

[7:00] um

[7:03] I think that's all we have. So, we're on

[7:06] to item number six, and that's

[7:08] delegation for this evening. So we have

[7:11] uh um Lynette Zacharias is here from

[7:14] Farming the Dell. So uh Lynette, the mic

[7:17] is yours. Uh we've had your presentation

[7:19] circulated ahead of time and I think it

[7:21] will be up on the screen as well when

[7:23] you talk. So if you can just press the

[7:24] button there. Yep. You're good to go. So

[7:27] floor is yours. So thank you for coming.

[7:29] » Thank you. Uh thank you all for having

[7:31] me uh today to present a little bit

[7:33] about farm in the Dell. um some of you

[7:35] know a little bit about it and if you've

[7:36] seen the presentation I apologize the

[7:39] first slide did not have the logo for

[7:40] some reason when I sent it in it didn't

[7:43] download properly so I apologize for

[7:45] that so I know you guys are really busy

[7:47] so I'll try not to take too much of your

[7:49] time but give you a little bit of a kind

[7:51] of what farmadel is and and what we do

[7:55] so our dividend is providing residential

[7:57] and vocational opportunities for adults

[7:59] with developmental intellectual

[8:01] disabilities in Saskatchewan based rural

[8:04] uh farm like study and our mission is

[8:06] that we are a nonprofit that strives to

[8:08] enhance the emotional, physical,

[8:10] spiritual lives of people with

[8:13] disabilities and through different

[8:15] areas. So through residential,

[8:17] vocational, residential uh services but

[8:19] all in a rural environment.

[8:25] So just a little bit of a background uh

[8:28] short long story short uh farmadell uh

[8:31] started as uh kind of at a fishing trip.

[8:34] My parents had a fishing lodge in

[8:35] northern Saskatchewan and this gentleman

[8:37] LOL Bartles always came fishing and he

[8:39] always wanted to know what we did and

[8:41] what do we do for a living in this when

[8:43] I'm not up there in the summer and I

[8:44] told him I was an EA in the school

[8:46] system and in Saskatoon and he said well

[8:49] we had this place called Farmell that we

[8:52] started he had sold all of their

[8:54] McDonald's

[8:56] that they had owned at one point and

[8:58] they started this organization and so he

[9:00] said if you're ever interested you

[9:01] should come check it out you know we'll

[9:03] help you get started. So, uh, 2007 we

[9:06] went down to Indana

[9:10] and we saw it and we're like, "Oh, this

[9:12] would be perfect for Saskatchewan. We

[9:14] don't have anything like this." And uh,

[9:16] so we went from there and we were open

[9:18] in 2010. He had told us it take 10

[9:20] years. So, I was like, great, got lots

[9:22] of time, slowly get into it, but we were

[9:24] open in less than three. So, it was a

[9:29] wild exciting ride. Um, but that's kind

[9:32] of where that all started. We are we're

[9:34] not we're affiliated on their website,

[9:36] but we don't use their policies and

[9:38] procedures. It's more of just like a

[9:39] family relationship with them. Um, so we

[9:43] have our first home opened north of

[9:45] Aberdine. Uh, we have 80 acres of land

[9:48] out there. We have a uh we started with

[9:50] a home of 10 in 2010 and then we grew to

[9:54] another home uh in 2019 on the same

[9:58] land. Um and we have a work program

[10:01] there for 17 people that live there. Uh

[10:04] we have technically we have three group

[10:07] homes in a supportive independent living

[10:09] within two two homes and then we have a

[10:12] vocational day program and in that

[10:14] program is where we do um we do a lot of

[10:17] like um farming so greenhouse gardening.

[10:21] We have a barn full of animals which

[10:23] I'll tell you a little bit more as uh go

[10:25] forward.

[10:30] So we use kind of the care farming is

[10:32] what they're kind of calling it these

[10:33] days the term um for uh people with

[10:36] intellectual disabilities. Um sometimes

[10:38] you see for people on uh who are seniors

[10:42] or youth at risk. Um this is the area

[10:44] that we are are doing at this time. Um

[10:47] we just opened uh we're just getting we

[10:50] just started open in July uh at Bigger.

[10:53] We opened a home on a farm uh bigger

[10:56] which is so exciting. So we have 10

[10:58] people that live there uh in a duplex.

[11:01] So we got five and five and we also have

[11:03] another I think we're getting close to

[11:05] about seven people coming for the day

[11:07] program as well. So that's 17 people

[11:09] that will live in that will work on the

[11:11] farm and 10 that live there. So we're

[11:13] right in the middle of transitions. Very

[11:15] busy time uh but also really exciting.

[11:17] We have about six of the 10 uh that are

[11:20] moved in already. So this is a little

[11:23] picture of our bigger location. As we

[11:26] learned from the original Aberdine

[11:28] location, you figure out, oh, what's a

[11:30] style house we like? So we changed that

[11:32] a bit. We've changed the work building

[11:34] and our barn's going to start in about 3

[11:36] weeks being built so we can get that

[11:38] going so we can get some animals in

[11:40] there.

[11:42] Uh that's the one side of the house.

[11:43] That was the first day that people

[11:45] stayed for the night.

[11:48] Uh, and this is the home at Aberdeene or

[11:50] the homes. Um, so our the barn was built

[11:53] by the progress club. They donated

[11:56] 150,000 over six years and that's how we

[11:58] built the barn. Um, we get we're funded

[12:00] by the ministry of of Saskatchewan

[12:02] through CLSD, the community living

[12:04] division. Uh, same as what Futuristic

[12:07] would be here. And uh, so that's where

[12:09] we get our funding for, but of course

[12:10] you're not funded for the full

[12:12] everything for the barn and the tractor

[12:13] and the vehicles. So that's where a lot

[12:15] of our fundraising goes towards those

[12:17] those items.

[12:19] Uh so I talked a little bit about this

[12:21] already. I did I jumped ahead on my my

[12:24] slide, but that's kind of what I do

[12:25] sometimes when I start talking and I'm

[12:27] excited about something.

[12:29] Uh so our main three objectives are to

[12:31] have a safe and loving home, a

[12:33] meaningful meaningful productive work,

[12:35] and an active social life. And I always

[12:37] joke around that their social life's way

[12:39] better than mine. That is for sure. they

[12:42] are always out and about doing something

[12:44] and having a good time in the community.

[12:45] That's a big thing is being a part of

[12:47] the community of bigger or being a

[12:49] community of Aberdine. Um and Saskatoon

[12:52] has become kind of because Aberdine is a

[12:54] smaller community. Um Saskatoon is also

[12:57] quite quite invested with us.

[13:00] So we do lots of different social

[13:02] skills, life skills, learning together.

[13:04] Uh it's one big family, you know, even

[13:07] between the two the two locations we we

[13:10] share staff. I got staff that go to uh

[13:12] bigger to help work on that process of

[13:15] the transition so that it runs smoothly

[13:18] and effectively as possible.

[13:20] Um residents learn different skills uh

[13:24] each day. Uh so if it's in their garden,

[13:27] I didn't know you could grow gardens on

[13:28] a thing like that. Did you know that? I

[13:30] don't know. That's not my area. But they

[13:33] do great things. They grow these huge

[13:35] pumpkins. Um, and if there's stuff that

[13:37] we can't eat or we don't we've, you

[13:40] know, canned enough pickles to sell to

[13:42] people, we will give back to the food

[13:44] bank to or to like uh Saskatoon to the

[13:47] soup kitchen or that kind of thing in

[13:48] our way to give back to the community

[13:50] that gives to us.

[13:52] Uh, we like to uh do lots of different

[13:54] things. So, you can see one the

[13:55] gentleman there, his name is Noah. We

[13:57] try to get them involved. So, he's

[13:59] greasing the tractor. You know, things

[14:01] that they can all do. There's always

[14:03] something that we could do. Our

[14:04] greenhouse program, I'd say, is our best

[14:06] for that because everybody can do

[14:07] something. They can fill the pots, they

[14:09] can water, they can plant. Um, and it's

[14:12] our our best uh way to get involved in

[14:14] the community as well. We do all the

[14:16] flowers for the town of Aberdine. We're

[14:18] hoping to do some of that with the town

[14:19] of Baker as well.

[14:22] We love our animals. Uh we have kind of

[14:25] like an alpaca.

[14:28] We have a miniature horse, Elvin the

[14:32] sheep. We got like one of each almost

[14:34] like in Noah's arc but not quite. Uh we

[14:36] got some little rabbits, everything like

[14:38] that. So it gives them meaning every day

[14:40] to get up, go to go check on the

[14:42] animals, see how they're doing, you

[14:44] know, pick pick the eggs from the

[14:46] chickens and they get all excited to see

[14:48] how many are there that day. So it's

[14:49] bringing those kind of things. That's

[14:51] what we get up for every day. Everybody

[14:52] needs something to get up for and

[14:54] something to do. And Saskatchewan's a

[14:56] real province, and I think it's a really

[14:57] big part of it. A lot of individuals

[14:59] grow up um you know in a small town or

[15:04] you know they or they need a smaller

[15:06] quiet environment. This provides that

[15:08] for them. We now have people coming from

[15:11] um our our bigger location. I think our

[15:13] furthest away is like 4 hours. The

[15:15] family is just like no this he grew up

[15:16] on a farm. He used to live on a farm.

[15:19] We're not going to be there forever. And

[15:20] they've moved him there because that's

[15:22] what he knows.

[15:25] Again active social life. We're at

[15:27] hockey games, football games, you name

[15:30] it. Uh just experiencing everything that

[15:32] the community has to offer.

[15:35] So we serve uh anybody who has an

[15:37] intellectual disability. Uh we're also

[15:39] seeing a lot of combinations of mental

[15:41] health and disability. Uh that's changed

[15:44] um over time. Uh we have a wide wide

[15:47] range of abilities. Um and uh person-

[15:51] centered supports. That's our big thing

[15:52] is to be person centered. What works

[15:54] best for this individual? that we're

[15:56] supporting

[15:59] um program successes, increased

[16:00] confidence, improved well-being, sense

[16:02] of pride, um you know, health

[16:05] improvements. We've seen people who have

[16:07] lost 100 pounds coming because they were

[16:10] had something to do and they were busy

[16:12] just just going for walks and being

[16:14] active on the farm and gardening. Um

[16:16] we've seen huge huge uh successes and

[16:20] safety for individuals. We have an

[16:22] individual who who if they were in town

[16:24] but say they they they can cover little

[16:26] trips but to live would be very

[16:28] dangerous for them just for the safety

[16:30] of the traffic and things like that. So

[16:31] the farm gives a different aspect of

[16:34] life for them and safety.

[16:36] Um why oh yeah that's that's perfect.

[16:39] Yes.

[16:41] Um so mix like I said with CLSD funding

[16:44] and nonprofit uh we do lots of you know

[16:47] fundraising efforts. um are between our

[16:50] two uh locations, we're at about 3.1

[16:53] million in funding um annually and in

[16:56] our operating um we employ 40 staff at

[17:00] Aberdine currently. I think we're the

[17:02] biggest employer now in Aberdine other

[17:04] than the school. We're pretty close to

[17:06] them and uh bigger right now sitting at

[17:08] about 15 which will increase as as time

[17:11] goes on. So probably be hitting the 20

[17:13] to 25 mark in time. So, we're a good

[17:16] also a good employer in the in the

[17:18] community.

[17:21] Um, you can go to the next one.

[17:24] Um, so somebody has to be a client of

[17:26] CLSD. Uh, they have to have an

[17:29] assessment. Um, if they want to live in

[17:31] a group home, they have to be assessed

[17:32] at a level three. I'm not sure if some

[17:34] of you are familiar with this. So, these

[17:36] are just all the different criteria. So,

[17:38] it's not like, okay, here's a list of,

[17:40] you know, 50 50 people, which is usually

[17:43] what a weight list isn't about. Um, it's

[17:45] not whoever there, it's who's the best

[17:47] fit for that spot or who's the best fit

[17:50] to live together or in this home or is

[17:52] this a female home only or is it a mix?

[17:55] You know, that kind of thing. We're

[17:56] always looking at different different

[17:58] things there.

[18:00] Uh, Crystal Lynn uh she's been with us

[18:03] uh since 2019 and when she came she was

[18:06] being restrained about I would say

[18:08] average of five times a day and now it

[18:11] never happens. She's she is a member

[18:14] productive member of society. She came

[18:16] from the foster care system and I still

[18:18] today cannot believe some days I see the

[18:20] things that she's doing that we would

[18:22] have never imagined. So it's it's really

[18:24] neat to see Jennica there. She she came

[18:27] she was living with grandma raised her

[18:29] and did her best and wonderful way woman

[18:32] but you know she could understand

[18:34] everything that she was saying. Now when

[18:37] she came to us she didn't speak and now

[18:39] she's telling people off. So, it's quite

[18:41] something. She just her whole vocabulary

[18:44] every day. I'm like when I go see her,

[18:46] I'm like, I can't believe you just said

[18:47] that all to me. Clear clear as day

[18:49] sentences. So, they they get to move out

[18:52] like their siblings, right? They get to

[18:54] go and have that life that they're proud

[18:55] of as well.

[18:58] Um, just some quotes from parents. Uh,

[19:00] parents are just so thrilled for having

[19:02] this opportunity for their child, safe

[19:05] place that they they can, you know, know

[19:07] that their child is taken care of.

[19:12] Um, I see the video. Joy, I don't know

[19:14] if the is the video going to work.

[19:18] It didn't download with it, did it? No.

[19:21] Okay. Um, this is uh his name is Adrien

[19:24] Hamillain. He's from the RM and

[19:26] Aberdeene. And he just talks about how

[19:28] excited it was when they had people come

[19:30] to their community uh when Farmell came.

[19:33] He he rents the land from us. He is the

[19:37] fire guy, the the emergency guy

[19:40] otherwise to he does everything and he

[19:43] just talks in this video about uh what

[19:46] farms has brought to the Aberdeenan

[19:48] area. So I'm sorry that yeah I just

[19:50] didn't download when I sent it. So and

[19:53] that might be the next one too. Uh so

[19:55] different job opportunities. Um so each

[19:58] home has a site each location has a site

[20:00] manager then they have uh team leads and

[20:04] then there's a direct support workers

[20:06] all working together to support people

[20:08] um maintenance positions you name it

[20:14] um what makes successful a successful

[20:16] farm in the Dell community support uh

[20:18] government support operational funding

[20:20] and capital so when we built bigger we

[20:23] put also uh the town of bigger put in uh

[20:26] capital funding as well. Um, different

[20:29] partnerships in the community through

[20:31] land donations. Uh, Western sales at

[20:34] Bigger, they just let us use a tractor

[20:36] until somebody comes and buys it. I

[20:38] like, okay, that's great. So, different

[20:40] stuff like that. There's so many

[20:42] different ways uh to to get creative uh

[20:45] working with the community. Uh, we have

[20:47] a dedicated board of directors um you

[20:50] know, anything from accountants,

[20:51] lawyers, anything just to make it run

[20:53] smoothly and make sure I don't get in

[20:55] trouble. Right. I need that. you need

[20:57] you need that help from all areas uh

[20:59] when you're working in in nonprofit.

[21:04] Um how could Barnadel impact the

[21:06] community? Um sorry this should not say

[21:08] bigger because this was from before. Um

[21:10] say humbult is partnership partnerships

[21:14] inclusion building relationships

[21:16] providing jobs um individuals using all

[21:19] the services employment and providing

[21:22] those agricultural experiences for

[21:23] individuals.

[21:27] And I'm guessing this video is not going

[21:30] to work. I can always send it if you

[21:32] guys need it. Just kind of gives you a

[21:34] visual of it. I can I think what I can

[21:37] do is send it as a just that video

[21:39] itself and it might send better

[21:42] » Just a email link and we could look at

[21:44] it.

[21:45] » Perfect. I'll do that. Okay. Thank you.

[21:47] So that is my spiel for you guys on on

[21:52] the farm. Um I know I hope I didn't go

[21:55] over my time. Um and did you guys have

[21:59] questions? Is that something you would

[22:01] do?

[22:01] » Does anybody have questions? Go ahead.

[22:02] Councelor Machesky. Well, actually I

[22:04] have a comment. Um, so there's a young

[22:06] lady originally from Humbled who is

[22:08] moving to Aberdine to live and work. And

[22:11] I had the opportunity to speak with her

[22:13] mother

[22:14] » Who gave me an overview of the program

[22:16] and just the excitement that she came

[22:19] forward with and how pleased they are

[22:22] with the program.

[22:23] » Oh, awesome.

[22:23] » So, I'm really hoping that we can do

[22:26] » Get something going in Humble. So, thank

[22:28] you.

[22:28] » Awesome.

[22:29] » Great. That's great to hear. Yeah. I

[22:31] mean, I think Humbult's a great

[22:33] community for something like this. Um, I

[22:36] I mean, what you guys all do, what I

[22:38] hear about all the time, I just it's uh

[22:41] it'd be a really neat partnership if we

[22:43] could do something in the future.

[22:45] » Okay. Um,

[22:47] I know when we had our original Zoom

[22:49] call that you uh I know with Jarrett uh

[22:53] you had uh said you were going to be

[22:55] talking with the the folks at

[22:57] Futuristic.

[22:58] » I Yes, you brought them on board. I I

[23:01] assume.

[23:02] » Yeah, I had a great great visit there.

[23:04] Yeah.

[23:05] » So, what would be the next steps? Yeah.

[23:08] » Do we do we look is there something we

[23:10] can do from the city's point of view or

[23:12] how do how do we get the ball rolling?

[23:15] » Um what we did I'll just give you an

[23:17] example of how bigger kind of got going.

[23:19] So, um we started it was a family that

[23:23] originally came to it so a little bit

[23:24] different but then we presented to the

[23:27] town like this. um got the RM on board,

[23:31] got the city on board, and when we had

[23:34] that to say, hey, the RM's going to

[23:37] support this, the city's going to

[23:38] support this, other communities of

[23:40] around the area would support this, then

[23:43] we can talk, meet with our board and

[23:46] say, okay, now where are we going to go

[23:47] from here? Because what we can do then

[23:49] is put forward a proposal to the

[23:52] government of Saskatchewan, Ministry of

[23:54] Social Services. They're looking for

[23:56] stuff like this, right? because they

[23:58] want they they want the agricultural

[24:00] part. We're starting to see a lot more

[24:03] um positiveness in that area. Um so we

[24:06] would start kind of with that have a

[24:08] meeting and then go from there to the

[24:10] next steps. But the biggest thing is

[24:11] like showing like hey here's a letter of

[24:13] support from the city here's this then

[24:15] we can do also a town what I've done in

[24:18] other places then we had a a meeting in

[24:20] town and we invited whoever wanted to

[24:22] come to learn about the farm and I do a

[24:24] little bit of a longer a little longer

[24:26] version with a video yeah and have that

[24:29] time for people to ask questions.

[24:31] » We get people's like emails if they're

[24:33] interested in the project you know how

[24:35] would you want to help how would you

[24:36] want to do this? Um talk about what the

[24:39] number is. is the government told me

[24:40] they're going to get back to me on an

[24:41] exact number of capital percentage they

[24:44] want on a project. So this build was 3

[24:46] million for the house and the workplace.

[24:49] The land was donated by the town of

[24:52] Bigger. Um so here's the price. It's 3

[24:55] million. You have to raise, you know,

[24:57] 10% 20% whatever it is. So they're going

[25:00] to get back to me on that and then we

[25:02] know what we would have to do for

[25:04] fundraising.

[25:06] Okay, that sounds so maybe what we'll do

[25:10] is uh I know you're already got have a

[25:13] uh communication channel with Jarrett

[25:15] set up. uh

[25:16] » If you want to maybe work through

[25:18] Jarrett and then we can you know proceed

[25:21] on whatever you think the next steps are

[25:23] and then I think uh like I said if you

[25:26] want to look at doing a more of a public

[25:28] meeting and uh getting involved with

[25:30] more of the community

[25:32] » Um have you reached out to the RM at

[25:34] all? Is that something

[25:38] » Yeah, I have reached out to the RM. Um I

[25:40] know Karen was going to look into some

[25:42] things for us but uh still waiting to

[25:44] hear back. Okay, good. Yeah, it would be

[25:46] I think they would probably need to be

[25:48] on board with it and then

[25:50] » Definitely

[25:50] » The community at large as well. I mean

[25:53] just us in this room if we don't have

[25:56] the support of the community I think is

[25:59] very important as well to get something

[26:01] going. But I it looks like a really

[26:03] marvelous program. I think it's

[26:05] something that uh

[26:06] » And if you want to come tour

[26:08] » Just let me know and I can tour you

[26:10] around. We're not far from you guys from

[26:12] here either. It's about maybe an hour if

[26:14] that. So get staff actually driving

[26:16] there.

[26:17] » Aberdine would probably be the closest

[26:19] and the most logical I think because

[26:21] it's been around a little longer.

[26:23] » Yes. It's a it's the perfect one to come

[26:24] and tour cuz we're really settled there.

[26:26] » I did see your uh your I think it was on

[26:29] CTV news a couple of weeks ago. Was that

[26:31] CBC? Yeah.

[26:33] » Yes.

[26:33] » It was very informative uh news program

[26:36] on it stuff. So it was good.

[26:38] » Perfect.

[26:38] » So great.

[26:40] » Hey, thank you so much.

[26:41] » Any further questions? uh for Lynette

[26:43] before she goes on her way. So, so yeah,

[26:48] thank you for coming and sharing your

[26:50] story with us and uh we'll look forward

[26:52] to uh maybe doing something in the

[26:54] future on this.

[26:55] » Thank you so much.

[26:56] » Okay. Thank you.

[27:01] Okay.

[27:06] Correspondence.

[27:08] » That's the

[27:08] » Oh, a motion to accept. Sure. Can I get

[27:11] a mover in a second to accept her

[27:13] presentation, please? Councelor Scott,

[27:14] Councelor McGinness, all in favor is

[27:17] carried. Thank you.

[27:19] Okay. Correspondence. Anything um there?

[27:23] Nothing.

[27:25] And uh so we're down to uh items

[27:30] received for information only. So we

[27:33] have the central area transportation

[27:35] planning committee. Uh so let's I'll

[27:37] look for a mover in a seconder to adopt

[27:39] the minutes from the regular and special

[27:41] meetings of the central area

[27:43] transportation planning committee held

[27:45] uh April 22nd 26 and the executive

[27:47] committee report dated June 24th 2026.

[27:51] So move her in a second, please.

[27:52] Councelor Cordy, seconded by councelor

[27:54] Row. Any further discussion? Go ahead.

[27:58] » I just have a question about the

[28:01] committee. Um

[28:03] I noticed like there are no like are

[28:06] these elected roles? Um because I I did

[28:09] see in these minutes like they do

[28:11] address highways that kind of attach to

[28:14] the city of Humbult is my understanding.

[28:16] So, I'm just wondering if we ever have

[28:18] any say or any opportunity to

[28:20] participate in these meetings.

[28:24] » You want to take this one?

[28:25] » Do you have answer to this, Peter?

[28:29] » Do you have any answer to this? Both. Um

[28:33] my understanding is um

[28:37] this is um there's a the two um groups

[28:42] were involved to the one that's not

[28:44] really connected to us. So we're in the

[28:48] group regionally that's more I believe

[28:52] north of here from my understanding. Uh

[28:57] yeah, PA and some of those areas where

[29:00] this one is even though it's kind of on

[29:03] the highways that we drive every week,

[29:06] we're not really a part of this group,

[29:08] but we just get the minutes to uh Yeah.

[29:11] So

[29:11] » I believe we buy membership to this.

[29:13] Yeah. But we are actually not a voting

[29:15] member.

[29:15] » We're not a voting member on this

[29:17] committee. So we get the reports. we got

[29:19] to see. I suppose if we really wanted to

[29:21] make suggestions to them that we are a

[29:23] member, we could uh probably send them

[29:26] you know

[29:29] correspondence I guess to if we have

[29:32] really pressing issues say for highway

[29:34] five or that type of thing. So uh

[29:37] council cordy did you have anything? I

[29:39] think you were kind of

[29:43] » Yeah. Yeah.

[29:47] Yeah. So we are associate members. So

[29:51] that's why we get the minutes. So

[29:54] hey, does that answer your question? I

[29:56] know it was a little vague, but it's

[29:58] something that maybe uh we can task our

[30:01] new city manager when

[30:04] they get on board that we can maybe look

[30:06] at uh doing a little more exploring onto

[30:08] that at some point. So

[30:09] » Yeah, just to see if it's worthwhile and

[30:11] maybe it's not being involved, but maybe

[30:13] perhaps it is.

[30:14] » Yeah. And I mean, it's uh when you read

[30:17] the minutes, they're doing some good

[30:18] stuff, it seems. If you have uh concerns

[30:22] about different uh highways and that

[30:24] kind of stuff, it's good to have a

[30:26] voice, I guess. So, okay. So, we have a

[30:30] mover and a seconder in place. All in

[30:32] favor?

[30:34] That's car.

[30:38] Okay. Uh the next item is uh the

[30:42] committee report. So, I will vacate the

[30:45] chair and turn it over to the deputy

[30:47] mayor to lead us through this portion of

[30:48] the meeting.

[30:50] » Thank you. Um, first we have the minutes

[30:53] of the executive committee meeting held

[30:55] August 10th of 2026. So, I'll call for a

[30:58] mover and a seconder to accept them for

[31:00] information and file. Councelor

[31:04] Machesky, councelor McInness. Any

[31:06] errors, omissions, additions?

[31:08] Seeing none, all in favor?

[31:13] the um minutes of the Humble Bronco

[31:16] Memorial Committee meetings held May

[31:18] 27th, 2026 and June 24th, 2026. I'll ask

[31:24] for a motion to receive those um for

[31:27] information and file. Councelor Cordy,

[31:31] Councelor Jorgensson, any errors,

[31:33] permissions, comments? Seeing none, all

[31:35] in favor? Carried. Thank you.

[31:39] Next minutes from the RIA Waste

[31:41] Management District U board meetings

[31:43] held April 28, 2026 and June 30th, 2026.

[31:48] I'll ask for a motion to accept those

[31:51] for information and file. Councelor Row,

[31:54] Mayor Mitch, any comments, questions?

[31:57] Seeing none, all in favor? Carried

[32:02] to the bylaws.

[32:04] We have a recommendation from the market

[32:07] development manager with respect to

[32:09] bylaw 08 of 2026 um wastewood

[32:13] development westwood development phase 2

[32:17] residential and uh please proceed with

[32:20] that.

[32:23] » Um so the recommendation is that this

[32:26] report is accepted for information

[32:27] filed. Um, in the background, the city

[32:30] of Humbled has received an application

[32:31] from Westwood Developments to reszone

[32:33] the portion of lands uh 157885015

[32:37] from future urban development to

[32:39] lowdensity residential uh pursuant to

[32:42] sections 46,76 and 207 of the planning

[32:44] development act. Amendments to the

[32:46] municipality zoning bylaw must be

[32:47] adopted through bylaw amendment and the

[32:50] uh public hearing process. So, our

[32:52] current situation, so in order to create

[32:54] the phase 2 subdivision, we need to

[32:56] allocate the uh proper zoning prior to

[32:58] the subdivision being registered. Um, so

[33:02] what I'm asking for is to uh sorry,

[33:06] that will um essentially continue the uh

[33:09] R1 zoning on the new 23 lot creation in

[33:13] phase two of the Westwood developments.

[33:15] I am requesting that we receive our

[33:17] first uh reading of this bylaw and I can

[33:21] take any questions in it regard

[33:27] and I have a motion to receive that

[33:29] report for information and file. Council

[33:31] Jorgensson

[33:39] are there any questions concerns? Seeing

[33:43] none, all in favor

[33:46] to the um first reading of the bylaw 08

[33:51] of 2026.

[33:57] And so um I ask for a mover and a

[34:00] seconder to read the bylaw for the first

[34:01] time. Mayor Mitch secondary councelor

[34:05] Sir Macheski

[34:10] there's um at this point no uh

[34:12] discussions so I'll ask all in favor

[34:17] thank you

[34:23] next we have a recommendation for the

[34:25] director of corporate services um city

[34:27] clerk uh bylaw regarding the record

[34:30] retention and disposal

[34:32] Please proceed.

[34:33] » Thank you. The city of Humboldt is

[34:35] updating its 2003 records retention

[34:38] bylaw, which no longer reflects the

[34:40] current digital recordkeeping practices,

[34:42] the privacy requirements, or risk

[34:44] management standards. Under the city's

[34:46] act, the city must maintain an official

[34:48] schedule for managing, storing, and

[34:50] destroying municipal records. The

[34:53] proposed bylaw would repeal and replace

[34:55] bylaw number 06203

[34:58] and adopt an updated provincial record

[35:00] and retention disposal schedule from the

[35:02] Ministry of Government Relations. This

[35:05] will give staff a clear direction for

[35:07] managing both paper and digital records,

[35:10] help uh close the compliance gaps, and

[35:12] reduce legal and privacy risks. There's

[35:14] no financial implication at this time,

[35:16] and this report is being presented for

[35:18] information in file.

[35:22] And I have a motion to receive that

[35:23] report for information at all. Councelor

[35:25] Sumacheski,

[35:27] Councelor Cordy. Any questions?

[35:31] So this would Oh, sorry. So this would

[35:34] bring it into line with the approach

[35:36] that the whole province is using on

[35:38] this. Thank you, Council Ro.

[35:42] » Yes. I was trying to scroll through and

[35:44] find the section. Um, as a historian,

[35:47] always concerned about the destruction

[35:48] of records and um

[35:52] I guess in around page 78 I'm wondering

[35:57] how some of that will be regulated and I

[35:59] also had a question about industry

[36:00] standard which you asked Miss Scott so

[36:02] that was asked for me but if I go to

[36:05] page 78 here just give me a second sorry

[36:15] I think it had to do with the length of

[36:18] time and then once that as uh for

[36:22] example I think it was a building that

[36:24] once it's no longer um in use or

[36:27] something to that effect 10 years from

[36:29] that point then the records can be

[36:31] destroyed. So how is that going to be

[36:32] regulated I guess how much time might

[36:34] that consume in from staff I guess is my

[36:37] concern.

[36:38] » Um so I can't say that we're going to be

[36:41] that efficient that after 10 years we're

[36:43] going to destroy that record. We do a a

[36:46] review every like this year we did go

[36:48] and do a complete review and so we did

[36:51] destroy 115 boxes or 120 boxes of

[36:55] documents so it was well overdue and so

[36:58] it's going through all those documents

[37:00] so it's timeconuming

[37:01] » Yeah I did find it was architect's

[37:03] drawings lifetime of facility structure

[37:05] plus 10 years okay fair enough thank you

[37:10] » I guess to that point is there a way

[37:13] that like you were talking about

[37:14] architectural drawings and stuff like

[37:16] that to have some of those records

[37:18] transferred to the museum for permanent

[37:21] uh

[37:23] I guess uh preservation.

[37:26] » We are definitely looking at at a whole

[37:29] working together and even getting a

[37:31] scanner. We've talked or within all of

[37:35] our departments trying to get some type

[37:37] of scanning documents that someone can

[37:40] keep these permanently.

[37:43] » Okay.

[37:44] Good. I think that's a great idea. I

[37:46] mean, First World War service records

[37:48] have been scanned and so that's a great

[37:51] for history guy, a great read, but maybe

[37:54] not for anyone else. But certainly,

[37:55] Jennifer, I think I'm on the same page

[37:57] with you with that and hopefully we can

[37:59] retain some of those things that might

[38:00] have cultural significance.

[38:03] » Okay, any other questions? Seeing none,

[38:05] call a question on car position to do

[38:10] all three things with respect to this

[38:11] bylaw. Um so first I'll ask for a mo and

[38:15] a second here to do the first reading of

[38:17] bylaw number 09 of 2026

[38:21] councelor McKinnus councelor chroen

[38:26] all in favor carried

[38:30] I'll ask a mover in a seconder to read

[38:32] the bylaw a second time

[38:35] mchor

[38:38] cordy

[38:40] any questions

[38:42] two. Seeing none, all in favor carried

[38:49] um

[38:53] so um I'll need um ask for a motion to

[38:57] give all three readings of the bylaw at

[39:01] this time. Can I have a mover to that

[39:02] effect? Councelor Row, second councelor

[39:06] Sicheski.

[39:07] All in favor carried.

[39:12] Lastly,

[39:13] um I ask for a motion uh to do a mover

[39:17] and a secondary to do third and final

[39:19] reading of by number 09 2026

[39:24] cordy. Councelor McInness. All in favor?

[39:28] Carried. Thank you.

[39:32] Next, with respect to the

[39:33] recommendations of marketing and

[39:34] development manager regarding bylaw

[39:37] number 10 of 2026 regarding the 12th

[39:40] Avenue right away and narrowing of

[39:43] narrowing and consolidation. Um, would

[39:45] you please proceed with that report?

[39:48] » Sure. So, our current situation, the

[39:50] plan of proposed subdivision provides

[39:52] for the subdivision of parcel S and the

[39:54] consolidation of a portion of the

[39:56] adjacent 12th Avenue rightway. Um this

[39:58] is outside of the existing rightway for

[40:01] the road. This is another little chunk

[40:03] that was uh allocated on the property

[40:06] line. Um the subdivision creates two

[40:09] parcels identified as parcel AA and BB

[40:12] with areas of approximately 1.1 acres

[40:14] and 0.99 acres respectively. The

[40:17] existing municipal rightaway adjacent to

[40:19] the parcel is currently 7 m in width. Uh

[40:21] the proposal will reduce the width of

[40:22] the rightway to 4.5 meters and

[40:25] consolidate the remaining 2.5 meter wide

[40:27] strip into parcel S. The retained 4.5

[40:30] meter corridor corridor will remain

[40:32] under municipal ownership while surplus

[40:34] lands will be absorbed into the adjacent

[40:36] parcel. Um this will have no impact on

[40:39] the current use in that area and will

[40:42] have very little impact in the future.

[40:45] So I can take any questions on this

[40:48] bylaw if you would like. Okay, we need a

[40:50] mover and a secondary to accept that

[40:52] report for information and file.

[40:54] Councelor Jorgensson, councelor Row, any

[40:57] question?

[41:01] » Um, is there's a walk trail there,

[41:04] right? That's correct. And that it

[41:06] wouldn't be affected. That's correct.

[41:09] Okay. I thought I thought it was farther

[41:11] away from the roadway and up against

[41:13] that border there, but Okay, perfect.

[41:17] Any

[41:18] other questions?

[41:20] All in favor? Carried. So, and I only to

[41:25] do first reading with respect to this.

[41:27] So, I'll ask for a mover and a seconder

[41:29] to read by number 10 of 2026 regarding

[41:33] the 12th Avenue right ofway narrowing

[41:35] and consolidation. Councelor Cordi

[41:38] seconder. Councelor Seracheski. All in

[41:46] » Return the chair.

[41:50] » Thank you. Uh so we're moving on here to

[41:54] new business. So uh item number 10.1.

[42:00] Um, so this is a recommendation from the

[42:03] director of community and leisure

[42:05] services on the uniplex rental and rates

[42:09] policy number

[42:11] uh 10 10,000. So I'll look for a mover

[42:14] and a seconder that the proposed

[42:16] revisions to policy uh 10,000 uniplex

[42:19] rental and rates policy be approved as

[42:22] presented. So move in and a seconder

[42:23] please. Councelor Scott seconded by

[42:26] councelor Row.

[42:28] any discussion on that or go ahead with

[42:31] your report first and then we'll have

[42:32] discussion after.

[42:33] » Thank you. Um so yeah so the reports

[42:35] before you uh we had brought this report

[42:37] or this pilot policy back in June uh and

[42:40] made some larger changes uh including

[42:42] rates for 27 28 and 29. Uh as we went to

[42:45] implement some of the rates into our

[42:47] booking system, uh it became clear that

[42:49] uh due to how PST and GST are um treated

[42:54] across the different drop in versus

[42:56] leisure pass, uh it actually threw our

[42:58] numbers out of whack. Um so we reviewed

[43:01] those. Um the proposed pricing model

[43:04] that we had had originally presented in

[43:06] June um is still intact. The primary

[43:08] objectives are still intact. Uh one was

[43:10] to reduce individual drop-in admission

[43:12] rates to improve affordability,

[43:13] encourage casual participation uh as

[43:15] well as to align our leader passes um

[43:18] with other communities um by

[43:19] transitioning from a previous pricing

[43:21] model uh of five times the equivalent

[43:23] drop in rate to six times the equivalent

[43:25] drop in rate. Uh so we we sought to keep

[43:27] those um priorities intact um with the

[43:31] slight changes that we're proposing here

[43:33] tonight. Uh also through our review, um

[43:36] we decided to change to propose some

[43:38] revisions to the value offered to

[43:40] residents who are making longer

[43:41] commitments in leisure passes. Um so our

[43:44] six-month leisure pass would move from

[43:45] approximately five times five sorry five

[43:48] and a half times the monthly pass rate

[43:50] to five times. So instead of getting

[43:52] half a month for free when you bought a

[43:54] six-month pass, you get you'll get a

[43:55] full month for free. uh as well as the

[43:57] 12-month pass would go from um receiving

[44:00] two months free, the 12-month pass to

[44:02] three months for free of the 12-month

[44:04] pass. So, um essentially trying to

[44:06] ensure that we're not pushing the casual

[44:09] users out um but also not wanting to

[44:11] penalize those who are are committed to

[44:12] to our long-term leisure passes. So, uh

[44:15] we apologize for the error uh in the

[44:17] first um rendition of this report back

[44:19] in June. Um but we hope we've uh we're

[44:22] confident we've corrected the that error

[44:24] this time around. We have any questions?

[44:26] doesn't have to answer.

[44:27] » Okay. Questions for the director.

[44:30] I

[44:30] » Think we had some good disc Oh, go

[44:31] ahead. Yeah.

[44:32] » That was the only change. Was there a

[44:34] change about that? Uh

[44:36] » The uh like if someone wants to run to

[44:38] the Labor Day, what's uh

[44:40] » Right now? Yes. Yeah. Sorry, I I

[44:42] apologize for not highlighting that.

[44:44] » Um yes, we did um we introduced uh the

[44:47] stat statuto

[44:49] statutory holiday uh rental search

[44:51] charge um previously. uh currently or in

[44:54] the past the the aquatic center was

[44:56] charging that time and a half. Um we we

[44:59] sought to bring that across the board.

[45:01] Um again while we were going through

[45:03] some of the actual rental cases uh we

[45:05] realized that in some cases it was

[45:07] extremely um undefensible. Why would we

[45:10] would charge that much more uh for a

[45:13] rental? Um, so we have uh and pro

[45:15] proposed that instead of just going

[45:16] instead of one and a half times uh that

[45:18] the search charge would just be a $50

[45:20] per hour search charge and that would

[45:21] cover all administrative costs and that

[45:22] would be straight across the board. So

[45:24] that worked out better than the time and

[45:25] a half.

[45:27] » So I guess the question was uh thank you

[45:29] for that. um if the life of this policy

[45:33] is quite long, I think the last one was

[45:35] something like 9 years, right? The

[45:37] inflationary costs on labor and so on,

[45:40] right? Uh eventually maybe we're not in

[45:43] cost recovery anymore. So I guess that

[45:44] was just the only concern I might have

[45:46] if maybe we need to do the policy

[45:48] refreshed more often so we don't run

[45:50] into that situation.

[45:51] » Yeah. So what we did we we've set rates

[45:53] for now for 27, 28, and 29. Um we'll

[45:57] look to bring this policy back annually.

[45:59] So then we'll review. So even the rates

[46:00] that were set for 28 and 29, if we find

[46:03] that um inflation, other cost drivers

[46:06] are going to impact that, we'll make

[46:07] sure we bring it back again in 27 so we

[46:09] can review and make sure those are still

[46:10] good and then add the next year and

[46:12] hopefully just continue to snowball that

[46:13] way.

[46:14] » Excellent. Thank you. You're welcome.

[46:15] » Okay, that's good.

[46:18] Okay, so we have a mover and a second.

[46:22] Uh any further questions? All in favor?

[46:27] Opposed? Car. Thank you.

[46:30] » Okay. So then we're on to 10.2

[46:36] uh which is a recommendation from the

[46:38] director of community and leisure

[46:39] services uh on the urban forestry

[46:42] strategy and asset management plan. Uh

[46:45] so the RFP award so I'll look for a

[46:47] mover in a seconder the council award

[46:49] the RFP number 20267

[46:54] cls uh for the urban forestry strategy

[46:57] and asset management plan to green drop

[47:00] tree care for a total consultation fee

[47:03] of

[47:06] 173,120

[47:08] including GST and authorize

[47:10] administration to finalize the

[47:12] professional services agreement and

[47:14] proceed with the project. So move a

[47:17] second or be

[47:19] councelor Cordy seconded by councelor

[47:21] Servicheski. Go ahead.

[47:23] » Thank you very much. Um so the city of

[47:25] Humble is successful in receiving

[47:26] funding through the Federation of

[47:28] Canadian Municipalities Growing Canada's

[47:30] Community Canopies Initiative um under

[47:33] the Green Municipal Fund uh that was

[47:35] received uh several months ago uh and

[47:37] led to this RFP being issued. Uh the RFP

[47:40] was issued on July 15th um with

[47:43] proposals required to be submitted by

[47:44] August 5th. Uh we received five

[47:46] proposals uh for this project. The

[47:49] project will essentially integrate urban

[47:51] forestry planning, asset management,

[47:53] climate resilience, policy development,

[47:55] and community engagement uh into what

[47:57] will be our leading action document

[47:59] moving forward with our urban forestry.

[48:01] Um currently we have an urban forestry

[48:03] bylaw. We have some policies. Um we do

[48:06] some internal work within our urban

[48:08] forestry. We contract a lot of work out,

[48:10] but we really don't have a cohesive

[48:12] action plan to drive that strategy

[48:14] forward. Um, and we've been struggling

[48:16] with trying to do that inhouse over the

[48:17] last couple years. So, when this uh

[48:19] opportunity came up to to apply for

[48:21] funding through um the green municipal

[48:24] fund, uh we took advantage of that

[48:27] um and we're very happy uh that we got

[48:30] were successful with that grant. Uh it's

[48:32] a 90% covered by the grant program. So

[48:35] the other 10% is is our cost and that

[48:38] 10% can be in staffing time. Uh we

[48:40] anticipate there will be some staffing

[48:42] time between myself uh other staff um

[48:45] providing some direction uh as well as

[48:47] our park supervisor. Um so there will be

[48:50] no additional costs to the city. Uh it

[48:52] will just be reallocating some staffing

[48:54] time as needed. Uh the project is over a

[48:57] 2-year period. So it's not that it's not

[49:00] just uh in a short window. It'll

[49:01] actually be spread out over a couple

[49:03] years. um May of 2028 I believe is when

[49:06] the the time frame is. Um back to the

[49:09] RFP, we had five successful um

[49:11] applicants that met the criteria. Uh so

[49:14] those were all evaluated um because it

[49:17] was a set grant funding amount. Um we

[49:20] did not base our um we didn't we didn't

[49:23] base the scoring on the value of the

[49:26] contract cuz the contract was valued um

[49:28] at what it was and each proponent had to

[49:31] basically sell themselves as to why they

[49:33] were the best and could bring the

[49:34] greatest value uh for that fund. Uh in

[49:37] the end green drop tree care um was uh

[49:40] valued at the highest was scored the

[49:42] highest uh and are being asked to award

[49:44] this. We have worked with this company

[49:46] in the past. uh they did our initial

[49:48] pre-inventory uh several years ago. So

[49:50] they are familiar with with Humbult and

[49:52] with our urban or with our inventory and

[49:54] we're able to provide a strong case uh

[49:56] as to why we should look at them. Uh and

[49:58] they are a prairie country or prairie

[50:01] company. So they have uh an off head

[50:03] office in Reginaina. Um so they're

[50:06] they're very familiar with projects

[50:07] around here. Uh they just finished a

[50:09] project in Strasburg and they've done

[50:10] lots of other small small community

[50:12] stuff. So very familiar with our um

[50:16] urban forestry setting in the province.

[50:17] So if there's any questions, I'm happy

[50:19] to answer, but we're excited to ask

[50:22] council to approve this recommendation.

[50:24] » Questions?

[50:26] Yes, just a comment. It's nice when we

[50:28] can obtain grants to do some of these

[50:30] things so that we're uh not asking the

[50:32] taxpayers to fund project. Good example

[50:35] is the trail paving we just did in

[50:37] Centennial Park uh where we were able to

[50:39] obtain a grant to cover the cost of

[50:41] that. So it was uh if anytime staff uh

[50:44] feels free to go out and look for more

[50:47] grants, we're we're probably all over

[50:49] that. So yeah, so thanks for that. So

[50:53] anyway, uh we have a mover and a

[50:54] seconder. All in favor? And that Thank

[50:58] you.

[51:01] » Okay.

[51:13] So we have the next uh report is uh

[51:17] recommendation from the director of

[51:18] public works for the tracked skid steer

[51:21] tender. So I'll look for a mover in a

[51:23] seconder. The council award the tracked

[51:25] skid steer tender to GBE equipment for

[51:28] the supply of a 2026 Kabota SVL753

[51:34] skid steer in the amount of $92,750

[51:39] plus tax. So move in a seconder please.

[51:42] Councelor McGinness seconded by

[51:44] councelor row. Uh go ahead muted.

[51:48] » Thank you. So administration issued a

[51:50] public tender on SAS tenders for the

[51:52] replacement of the existing 2024 case uh

[51:54] TR270 skid steer. Uh we had quite a few

[51:58] quotations received. Uh each one did

[52:01] have uh specific equipment

[52:02] specifications and features on it and so

[52:05] on and so forth. Uh we went through the

[52:09] each individual unit and determined that

[52:12] the Kabota SVL753 the 2026 model uh was

[52:16] the best value to the city. Uh there was

[52:18] a few that were lower price. However,

[52:20] they are older models or slightly older

[52:23] models and uh not the same features as

[52:25] the K Cabota. So we believe that the K

[52:26] Cabota is the uh best value to the city

[52:30] for only a slight amount more. Uh when

[52:34] we reviewed everything as well, uh this

[52:37] happens to be from GP GBC, which is a

[52:40] local vendor, which is great for parts

[52:43] of a availability and repairs. Um, so

[52:47] they have a good dealer support in this

[52:48] area.

[52:50] The actual cost of the replacement skid

[52:52] steer after you add PST will be 98,315,

[52:55] which is about 1,685 below the approved

[52:58] capital budget of 100,000. Um, after

[53:01] this, we'll once we get the new unit,

[53:04] we'll look to sell our old unit uh on

[53:07] the auction system that we use uh uh

[53:10] Richie Brothers if I'm not mistaken. So

[53:13] that and along with some other equipment

[53:14] that we need to uh sell as well. So I'll

[53:17] take any questions. Thank you.

[53:18] » Questions for the director on this. Go

[53:20] ahead, Council McGinness.

[53:21] » Uh it's not necessarily uh unique to to

[53:25] this particular report necessarily. Um

[53:28] and I have brought it up before, but I'm

[53:30] wondering I mean as as the director

[53:32] mentioned uh being local including that

[53:35] as part of the best value evaluation

[53:38] when we're issuing tenders. The Chamber

[53:40] of Commerce even had SAS builds come out

[53:42] and present to the city. I think there

[53:44] was one city councelor and the uh city

[53:47] manager was there and they said yes, you

[53:49] guys can absolutely include local as

[53:51] part of your best value because the

[53:52] city's prior argument was that that was

[53:55] against legislation, but it is in fact

[53:57] not. So, I'm just wondering um and

[53:59] sorry, Peter, more a question for our

[54:01] acting city manager if that's something

[54:03] that could be explored because I think

[54:05] there is value in using local companies

[54:08] whenever possible in terms of sourcing

[54:10] parts and our local companies are

[54:12] dealing with their reputations in their

[54:14] home communities. So, I think that they

[54:16] really do step up to give quality

[54:18] service and

[54:20] goods.

[54:25] Um, I'm kind of caught off guard to that

[54:28] response. Um, definitely we can look at

[54:30] it. Um, and hopefully the new city

[54:33] manager can also assist.

[54:36] » Okay, thank you. Okay, any further

[54:40] comments on that one? Okay, so we have a

[54:42] motion and a seconder. All in favor

[54:47] you. Okay. And then we're up to the new

[54:52] item that was 10.4

[54:57] believe. Yeah, 10.4.

[54:59] Um, so this is a recommendation from the

[55:02] director of community and leisure

[55:03] services on the roofing tender awards.

[55:06] So, I'll look for a mover in a seconder

[55:07] that administration be authorized to

[55:10] negotiate a contract for the replacement

[55:12] of roofs 1, 2, and three at the Humble

[55:14] District Museum

[55:16] at a value of uh $236,180

[55:22] excluding GST in accordance with the

[55:25] submitted tender and project

[55:26] specifications to Atlas Epex Roofing

[55:30] Saskatchewan Incorporated. Um, and

[55:33] further that the administration be

[55:35] authorized to negotiate a contract for

[55:37] the replacement of roofs 45, five, six,

[55:40] and 15 at the Humble Uniplex with a

[55:43] maximum value of 532,830

[55:49] plus applicable taxes in accordance with

[55:52] the submitted tender and project

[55:54] specifications to Atlas Apex Roofing

[55:57] Saskatchewan Incorporated and that

[56:00] administration be authorized to explore

[56:02] a sole source contract with Atlas Apex

[56:05] Roofing. ing uh for a roof replacement

[56:07] project at city hall with the intention

[56:10] of bringing back a decision item to

[56:13] council for review for a future meeting.

[56:15] So move in a second or please councelor

[56:18] Scott seconded by

[56:21] uh counceloreski.

[56:24] Go ahead Michael.

[56:26] » Thank you very much. Uh I'll begin by

[56:27] apologizing the council for the the

[56:29] rushed report. Um, as you're aware, we

[56:33] went to tender on this project uh at the

[56:35] end of July. Um, the tender was extended

[56:38] uh and then due to an error with our uh

[56:40] miscommunication with our consulting

[56:42] company um they extended it longer than

[56:45] what we had agreed to. So, we had

[56:48] instead of getting it last Thursday and

[56:49] having lots of time to get the report in

[56:51] or sorry, last Tuesday and getting the

[56:53] report in the city uh acting city

[56:55] manager's hands earlier, we didn't have

[56:57] that closed until Friday. So, I didn't

[56:59] have the information this morning. So, I

[57:00] apologize for the rush. Um, but it

[57:02] wasn't something we wanted to hold off

[57:04] till the next council meeting because we

[57:06] want to get on this right away. Uh, as

[57:08] part of the 2026 budget, uh, council

[57:10] approved, uh, that administration

[57:11] proceed with tendering of roof

[57:12] replacement work at both the UNILEX uh,

[57:14] and the museum. Uh, Tri-C Pinnacle Group

[57:17] was hired by the city to develop the

[57:19] specifications for the project, consult

[57:21] with respective contract contractors,

[57:23] complete the on-site contractor visit,

[57:24] and review tenor submissions. They'll

[57:26] also work with the city uh to ensure uh

[57:28] completion of the project to ensure

[57:30] compliance and quality assurance of the

[57:32] work being awarded. Um the project

[57:34] generally consists of replacing uh of

[57:36] specific sections uh flat sections on

[57:38] these roofs. Um replacing the existing

[57:41] roofing system on both buildings with a

[57:43] twoly modified vigimous roofing system

[57:46] together with associated carpentry

[57:47] flashing, sheet metal, sealant and

[57:49] related work. Uh prior to the tendering

[57:52] uh we were informed um warned by uh our

[57:56] consultant that due to the significant

[57:59] increase in oil prices since the budget

[58:00] estimate was provided to council in the

[58:02] fall 25 that we should expect to see

[58:04] higher prices submitted from the biders

[58:06] for our roofing tenders. Um as noted the

[58:09] tender was published published for 22

[58:11] days. Uh and we did result uh the result

[58:14] was five contractors bidding on each of

[58:17] the projects. Uh we had them bid

[58:18] separately um so as to be able to award

[58:21] them separately if needed.

[58:23] Um the lowest um tenard price for both

[58:26] projects was the Atlas Apex roofing. Um

[58:29] the submission for the museum came out

[58:31] at 222811 plus PST uh or plus taxes. Um

[58:36] with a start date estimated start date

[58:38] of October 1st and completion November

[58:40] 11th. Um, and then also with the Atlas

[58:44] Apex roofing on the Uniplex roof came in

[58:46] at 52,668

[58:48] plus taxes with a start date uh of

[58:51] October 1st and a completion date of

[58:53] November 30th. Um, that company uh

[58:56] following the review, our consultant uh

[58:59] had no reason to not recommend um that

[59:01] we go with Atlas. Uh they are a national

[59:03] company, so they've got um they're doing

[59:06] projects across the country. They've got

[59:08] major setups in Saskatoon and Regina. So

[59:10] there's confidence that they'll be able

[59:12] to get the job done. Um they provided

[59:14] all of their um sorry provided all of

[59:18] their paperwork when it came to WCB

[59:20] proof of insurance uh including say

[59:23] additional assured uh and they're also a

[59:24] member of Saskatchewan Roofing

[59:26] Contractors Association which was

[59:27] mandatory to be part of this process.

[59:31] Um however when we get to the financial

[59:33] implications uh obviously the costs came

[59:35] in significantly higher than what we had

[59:37] projected. Um our original projections

[59:39] um back in the 20 uh in the fall when we

[59:41] were developing the 2026 budget were

[59:44] based on estimates uh that our

[59:46] consultant the same consultant had done

[59:48] when they did our full roof review of

[59:49] the community um back in the in June of

[59:52] 2025.

[59:54] So we had budget 333,300 for the uniplex

[59:58] sections uh 4, five and 6 as well as the

[1:00:01] museum uh had a budget of 140,000. So,

[1:00:04] combined we had 473,300

[1:00:07] um budgeted for roof replacements.

[1:00:09] Uh as you'll notice in the implications

[1:00:11] chart, um roof 15 of the Uniplex uh did

[1:00:15] not have an approved budget. This was an

[1:00:16] additional roof that we added after the

[1:00:18] fact um due to safety concerns. Uh this

[1:00:21] is the roof on the south entrance of the

[1:00:23] arena. Um we're having we this this roof

[1:00:26] was had some replacement work done back

[1:00:28] uh I would say about 8 years ago. Um but

[1:00:31] what we find what we're finding is that

[1:00:33] there's not enough grip on the roof and

[1:00:34] what we're getting is we're getting snow

[1:00:35] load up there and then as soon as we get

[1:00:37] melt thaw um that snow load's coming off

[1:00:40] uh and we're and it's dropping large

[1:00:42] large chunks of snow in front. Um we

[1:00:44] tried some other um methods to try and

[1:00:46] prevent that and weren't successful. Um

[1:00:49] so we were recommended that we should go

[1:00:50] this route and and provide a different

[1:00:52] roofing system to ensure that the the

[1:00:54] safety of both the workers in the

[1:00:55] compound and those entering the south

[1:00:57] arena um we don't have that issue

[1:00:58] anymore. So um that's why that was added

[1:01:01] in uh as an addition to the previously

[1:01:03] planned project work. Uh in total uh the

[1:01:06] difference including PST uh is a 295,710

[1:01:11] above what was budgeted.

[1:01:13] Um

[1:01:15] the plan for the initial funding

[1:01:17] approved in 2026 was to come out of the

[1:01:19] building refurbishment and replacement

[1:01:21] reserve. Uh the initial plan for 2026

[1:01:25] was uh that the city would contribute

[1:01:28] taxation would contribute $525,000 into

[1:01:30] this reserve uh with the draw 473 which

[1:01:33] would have been a net contribution of

[1:01:35] 53,000 52,000 to the reserve. Uh however

[1:01:38] due to the results of this tender

[1:01:39] administration is now requesting that

[1:01:41] council approve a net draw in 2026 of

[1:01:44] 244,000 from the reserve. Uh this would

[1:01:47] provide a projected update year-end

[1:01:49] balance of the reserve still sitting at

[1:01:52] 2 point or sorry 1.26 million would

[1:01:54] still be in the reserve. So um this

[1:01:56] wouldn't impact the current taxation

[1:01:58] year. It wouldn't impact other projects

[1:02:00] we have going on. It would just mean a

[1:02:01] larger draw from reserves than otherwise

[1:02:04] had been planned for this year. Um the

[1:02:06] city uh through council has approved

[1:02:08] budgets uh contributions to this reserve

[1:02:12] uh of 500,000 each of the last two years

[1:02:14] plus another 525. So um that funding has

[1:02:16] been approved into the budget to

[1:02:18] continue um to do this kind of projects.

[1:02:22] Um furthermore uh as mentioned in the

[1:02:24] third request uh we're asking that we

[1:02:27] had that administration be authorized to

[1:02:29] discuss with this um roofing company to

[1:02:33] look at city hall roof. Uh as we're

[1:02:35] aware that roof has deteriorated

[1:02:36] significantly over the last year since

[1:02:38] our budget was set. Um, and we're going

[1:02:41] to we would like uh permission to just

[1:02:42] go to the to Apex um roofing and and be

[1:02:45] able to negotiate to see what kind of a

[1:02:46] dollar price we can get to get this roof

[1:02:48] done. Um, if we weren't to do it this

[1:02:50] year, it's the highest priority to get

[1:02:52] done next year. Uh, and because it would

[1:02:53] also be funded from the same reserve

[1:02:55] that would fund it next year. If we feel

[1:02:56] that we can get value in having them

[1:02:58] here and get a deal to get this done

[1:03:00] this year, we would highly recommend we

[1:03:02] move forward with this and not risk

[1:03:03] another freeze thaw cycle on this roof.

[1:03:06] Um, so in conclusion, I know that's a

[1:03:09] lot. I apologize, but I want to make

[1:03:10] sure I was thorough. Having not given

[1:03:11] you a lot of time to see the report in

[1:03:13] advance. Um, while the tenor costs

[1:03:15] obviously exceed our 2026 budget, um, we

[1:03:17] recommend moving forward with the

[1:03:18] proposed roof replacements. Uh, the

[1:03:20] existing roof conditions have been

[1:03:22] identified through our previous

[1:03:23] assessments and can and and we're seeing

[1:03:25] some continual deterioration. This past

[1:03:27] winter was extremely hard on our

[1:03:29] facilities as we did have multiple

[1:03:30] freeze thaw cycles. Um, and we also do

[1:03:34] not see any evidence to suggest that the

[1:03:36] price is going to automatically come

[1:03:37] down in the spring. If if we knew that

[1:03:39] there was some factor that automatically

[1:03:41] we were going to see a 30 or 40%

[1:03:42] reduction, maybe we could try and come

[1:03:44] up with a stop gap to get us through to

[1:03:46] next year. Um, not seeing that, um, we

[1:03:49] believe that and with having sufficient

[1:03:51] funds in that reserve right now, um, we

[1:03:54] think it's, um, more prudent of us to

[1:03:56] proceed with these, um, projects this

[1:03:59] year.

[1:04:00] I'm happy to answer any questions at

[1:04:02] this point.

[1:04:02] » Questions?

[1:04:05] I Yes, I have a couple. Um,

[1:04:09] I guess because we didn't have uh a lot

[1:04:12] of uh time ahead of time to do any re

[1:04:15] research on here. I I just had a

[1:04:16] question on the Duply modified bitus

[1:04:19] roofing system. I am assuming that's tar

[1:04:21] and gravel. Is that basically the

[1:04:24] layman's terms on that? Okay. Um, so

[1:04:27] that's going over top. Like I know some

[1:04:30] of the roofs were spray foam. Does that

[1:04:33] go on top of the spray foam? Does the

[1:04:35] spray foam get removed?

[1:04:37] » Correct. It would Yeah. So the plan

[1:04:39] would be to remove the existing roofing

[1:04:41] and build and and replace it.

[1:04:44] » So it wouldn't just be covering over

[1:04:45] what's there. Um, part of the issue with

[1:04:48] the spray foam roofing um has been

[1:04:50] identified. Someone made a lot of money

[1:04:52] going around and recommending that to

[1:04:54] everyone, but what they've found is that

[1:04:56] it once moisture gets in, it traps

[1:04:58] moisture and causes more damage and the

[1:05:00] life of that roofing system is is

[1:05:02] diminished significantly. Okay. Um we

[1:05:04] did note um through the recommendation I

[1:05:07] should know this start um we're asking

[1:05:09] administration to allow us to negotiate

[1:05:11] a contract. So we've got the tender

[1:05:13] results here. Um we have uh informed our

[1:05:16] consultant that we want to make we want

[1:05:17] to have the discussions with the roofer

[1:05:19] to see if there is any room to bring

[1:05:21] that price down if there is any

[1:05:23] modifications to the scope modifications

[1:05:25] to um the products being used have that

[1:05:27] discussion. So um we're hoping that we

[1:05:30] can have a little bit of discussion to

[1:05:31] see if they have any recommendations on

[1:05:33] how to kind of bring the price down too.

[1:05:35] Um but yes it would be removing that

[1:05:38] removing what's there and replacing it.

[1:05:40] » Okay. Now my second question on that is

[1:05:43] what does that do to the R value of the

[1:05:45] roof like for energy loss that type of

[1:05:48] thing. Have we explored any of that? I

[1:05:50] know that

[1:05:51] » One of the selling points of the spray

[1:05:52] foam back in the day was uh increases uh

[1:05:55] your R value of your roof and hopefully

[1:05:58] get you some better uh or less heat

[1:06:01] used. I guess

[1:06:02] » To my to my knowledge and in discussions

[1:06:04] with our consultant this is the

[1:06:06] standard. So this is what people are

[1:06:09] putting on now. this is what should have

[1:06:10] been put on initially uh according to

[1:06:12] them. So I don't I would imagine that it

[1:06:15] probably has similar R value that it

[1:06:17] can't be I can't imagine they'd be going

[1:06:19] the opposite direction of of what is

[1:06:21] there now but I can definitely clarify

[1:06:23] that with the consultant and

[1:06:24] » That' be interesting

[1:06:25] » And pick his brain on that too. Yeah.

[1:06:26] » Okay.

[1:06:27] » Just to clarify.

[1:06:28] » Any other further questions?

[1:06:31] Okay. We have a motion and a seconder.

[1:06:33] So I will call the question. All in

[1:06:35] favor

[1:06:37] that carries. Thank you. Uh, is that a

[1:06:40] this year project then?

[1:06:42] » Yes. Uh, we'll begin negotiations right

[1:06:44] away on getting a contract figured out.

[1:06:46] We hope they'll roll into town on by

[1:06:47] October 1st. Uh, it was their estimated

[1:06:49] start date and they should be done both

[1:06:51] sections of the roof by November 30th.

[1:06:53] » Okay. So, yeah.

[1:06:54] » What about uh winter or setting in? Is

[1:06:56] that going to be an issue?

[1:06:58] » They'll they'll have they've built that

[1:06:59] into their pricing as far as tarping and

[1:07:01] and making sure that whatever they need

[1:07:03] to do on the roofs. Yeah. So,

[1:07:05] » Hoarding and heating or whatever they

[1:07:06] need

[1:07:06] » Whatever they need to do that. You

[1:07:08] betcha. Good. Okay.

[1:07:11] Thank you. Uh we're on to uh item number

[1:07:13] 11, inquiries.

[1:07:15] Uh any inquiries for staff? Go ahead,

[1:07:18] councelor. I'll start over here.

[1:07:19] Councelor McGinness.

[1:07:21] » Um I have an inquiry inquiry about uh

[1:07:25] Bill Bre park. So I have been uh sorry,

[1:07:27] I have been communicating uh with the

[1:07:29] director um about Bill Breck Park as

[1:07:32] well as with the members of the park

[1:07:34] committee and uh the park builder. Um,

[1:07:37] and I think everyone is pleased that

[1:07:38] repairs are going to occur, but it seems

[1:07:41] that there has been vandalism to the

[1:07:43] park and that it is possibly ongoing or

[1:07:47] reoccurring. Um, so members of the

[1:07:50] community and members of the park

[1:07:51] committee have kind of been

[1:07:53] communicating and chatting and are

[1:07:54] coming up with their own solutions to

[1:07:58] security of the park. Um, but I think it

[1:08:01] makes more sense that the city comes up

[1:08:04] with a solution. Um,

[1:08:08] I don't know if a camera at playgrounds

[1:08:10] is appropriate when there's children. I

[1:08:12] don't know what the solution is, but I

[1:08:14] think the community and the neighborhood

[1:08:16] is just looking for for something and I

[1:08:18] would love for the solution to come from

[1:08:20] us. So, I don't know which director it's

[1:08:22] most appropriate to direct that at, but

[1:08:25] yeah, the it's really unfortunate the

[1:08:27] brand new park and all the vandalism

[1:08:30] that's occurred there. So, if um someone

[1:08:33] could get back to me on what options may

[1:08:36] exist and maybe we could go from there.

[1:08:39] Thanks.

[1:08:40] » Just a brief response. Yes, I'll I'll

[1:08:42] start looking into options and and

[1:08:44] explore what other communities are doing

[1:08:46] in similar circumstances. We're quite

[1:08:48] fortunate that we don't have the level

[1:08:49] of vandalism that a lot of communities

[1:08:51] have. So, I'll reach out and see what

[1:08:52] what they're doing to deter it. Um, I do

[1:08:55] also have the same hesitation when it

[1:08:56] comes to cameras in parks. We've got the

[1:08:58] cameras at Wateridge Park facing the

[1:09:00] parking lot. We have some within our

[1:09:01] wreck facilities. So, it's not that it's

[1:09:03] unprecedented that we have cameras up.

[1:09:05] Um, we just haven't necessarily in the

[1:09:07] park system yet. Um, but that doesn't

[1:09:08] mean that that isn't necessarily the

[1:09:10] right solution, especially in this

[1:09:11] isolated case. So, um, we'll definitely

[1:09:13] be in communication with the, um,

[1:09:15] director of public protective services

[1:09:16] and and my courts and we'll come back

[1:09:18] with a some options.

[1:09:20] » Okay. Thank you.

[1:09:22] » Did I see some offices? Go ahead.

[1:09:25] » And my apologies. I have several. Um, so

[1:09:28] the first one I think is Mr. Burquist's.

[1:09:31] So, there is the playground behind um,

[1:09:33] Carl Shen Park.

[1:09:37] Okay. So, and my apologies. I didn't go

[1:09:40] out to take a look, but a resident had

[1:09:41] mentioned that they felt that there

[1:09:42] wasn't enough sand um underneath the

[1:09:45] play structures. Oh, sorry.

[1:09:49] » All right.

[1:09:49] » Just because it has sand and comes in a

[1:09:51] dump truck, it's not necessarily.

[1:09:55] » So, like I said, I haven't gone to take

[1:09:56] a look to see what actually what it

[1:09:59] looks like, but they were concerned

[1:10:00] about kids falling and injuring

[1:10:01] themselves on the hard ground.

[1:10:03] » Can you Sorry, can you confirm which

[1:10:04] playground?

[1:10:05] So Carl Shannon

[1:10:07] » The one behind it. I don't know.

[1:10:09] » Oh, a Kilshire.

[1:10:10] » Oh,

[1:10:10] » A Kilshire on that Canada place. A

[1:10:13] Kilshire.

[1:10:13] » Yeah.

[1:10:14] » No, not that one.

[1:10:17] » Yes.

[1:10:20] » You're talking Carl Park. Oh, sorry.

[1:10:21] Yes, you're talking Carl Park. Um, yeah.

[1:10:23] So, that's not sand. It's uh wood chips

[1:10:26] and we added my understand we added wood

[1:10:28] chips quite recently. Okay. Okay.

[1:10:29] » But I will I'll double check to make

[1:10:31] sure they didn't get compacted and we'll

[1:10:33] see what we need to do there. But yeah,

[1:10:35] I think yeah, they're definitely it's

[1:10:36] definitely not sand. It's it's wood

[1:10:38] chips. Um it's an alternative. Um and we

[1:10:40] I'm sure we added some last year.

[1:10:42] » I will take that into advisement and

[1:10:44] I'll find out.

[1:10:45] » Thank you.

[1:10:47] » Yeah. So, we had had the community

[1:10:50] meeting about water ridge paving

[1:10:52] » And at that meeting um there was a

[1:10:55] suggestion that someone from the city

[1:10:57] would approach the um owners of the four

[1:11:00] businesses in the area to see if they

[1:11:01] would contribute to paving. Any update

[1:11:04] on that?

[1:11:06] » Go ahead, Peter.

[1:11:08] » I have uh spoken with the owner and uh

[1:11:11] owners or owner and not interested in

[1:11:14] paving at this time.

[1:11:17] I'll pass that on. Thank you.

[1:11:21] » Do we have a plan B then?

[1:11:24] » Uh yeah, so I can give a bit of an

[1:11:25] update. So since that meeting that we

[1:11:27] had there, um we've gotten geotechnical

[1:11:31] uh samples from Wateridge Crescent and

[1:11:34] the other roads in that area as well. Um

[1:11:37] we have also met with a supplier of a

[1:11:40] product that was used around uh Fishing

[1:11:42] Lake First Nation. Um and uh one of our

[1:11:45] staff members took a drive out there

[1:11:46] this summer to see how it's performing

[1:11:48] and seeing if it's the right application

[1:11:50] secondary or or alternative to ashvault

[1:11:53] in that area. Um and we're just

[1:11:57] essentially getting some data together

[1:11:58] and some information to bring forward to

[1:12:00] council at a later date here.

[1:12:03] » Okay. Thank you. Go ahead. Third.

[1:12:05] » That's right.

[1:12:06] Um, so we had had a conversation about

[1:12:10] in the past there was a potential

[1:12:12] closure of

[1:12:14] the alley of Fifth Street, um, Viking.

[1:12:18] Okay. And so you had said that you were

[1:12:21] going to take a look to see what had

[1:12:23] happened in the past. So whenever you

[1:12:26] have time, but just an update. No, I'm

[1:12:29] not putting you on the spot.

[1:12:32] » Yes, I haven't had time to look back at

[1:12:34] that, but I will. Thank you.

[1:12:36] Okay. Thank you. Okay. Go ahead. That's

[1:12:39] fine.

[1:12:40] » No, they're all important.

[1:12:41] » So, Waters has two outdoor adult

[1:12:44] playgrounds, which I have I haven't

[1:12:47] heard of. I haven't gone to take a look

[1:12:49] at. And someone had asked if perhaps

[1:12:52] Humbult might be interested in um

[1:12:55] constructing an adult playground beside

[1:12:57] a child's playground so that when

[1:12:59] parents are supervising their kids,

[1:13:01] rather than being on their phone, they

[1:13:03] can be exercising. But I have no clue

[1:13:04] what they look like. So

[1:13:07] » Yeah, we've Yeah, they're actually quite

[1:13:09] popular. Um you can get lots of exercise

[1:13:11] equipment uh either in one playground

[1:13:15] setting or spread along a trail system

[1:13:17] where you have one. Um when I was in

[1:13:20] Winnipeg, I actually saw some fairly

[1:13:22] unique ones compared to what some of the

[1:13:23] ones I've seen around here. So uh we can

[1:13:25] there there are grants that come out

[1:13:26] every once in a while that we've looked

[1:13:28] into. Um, we've never really pushed

[1:13:30] pushed it because there's always been

[1:13:32] other priorities, but it's definitely

[1:13:33] something we can explore again and see

[1:13:34] if if there's if now is the right fit

[1:13:36] and if there's locations that will work.

[1:13:38] Yeah. Yeah, they're definitely becoming

[1:13:39] more popular.

[1:13:40] » They have a really nice one up in Wasoo

[1:13:42] if anybody gets up that way to near the

[1:13:45] tennis courts there. So, yeah.

[1:13:47] » Yeah. So, this really isn't uh an

[1:13:50] inquiry, but um I just noticed on

[1:13:52] Facebook, so uh Humbult is an age

[1:13:54] friendly community and age friendly

[1:13:56] Saskatchewan on Facebook had just

[1:13:59] announced that they have got grants

[1:14:01] available for a variety of programs. So,

[1:14:03] I didn't have the opportunity to really

[1:14:05] take a look to see how much the grants

[1:14:07] were, but I I saw that it closed October

[1:14:09] the 1st, but there were things like

[1:14:11] activities for children, um nutrition,

[1:14:14] um arts and culture reconciliation. So,

[1:14:17] I'm just throwing it out there that

[1:14:19] perhaps if you have community groups,

[1:14:22] let's take a look to see if um uh

[1:14:26] proposals can be made and see if we can

[1:14:28] access and I don't know if it's just for

[1:14:29] nonprofit or if for example we could

[1:14:32] work together on the friendly

[1:14:35] playground. Right. So, just a little bit

[1:14:37] of a heads up.

[1:14:38] » Okay,

[1:14:40] go ahead. Council

[1:14:42] » Councelor Chesky has inspired me to ask

[1:14:44] for updates. I just have one though. Um,

[1:14:47] I'm not giving up on my playground

[1:14:50] zones. As a reminder, I door knocked all

[1:14:52] of the houses in playground radiuses and

[1:14:54] got a resounding yes, please make

[1:14:56] playground zones. So, again, doesn't

[1:14:59] have to be right now, but I'm hoping for

[1:15:01] an update on the our kind of traffic

[1:15:03] study and what if if playground zones

[1:15:06] make sense in our community or not.

[1:15:09] » Um, yeah. So we haven't looked at that

[1:15:12] just yet and we are waiting for the

[1:15:13] whole traffic study to roll out. Uh we

[1:15:17] are building information for the for the

[1:15:19] studies not specifically uh playground

[1:15:22] zones but we have uh finalized traffic

[1:15:25] counts for the larger um uh traffic

[1:15:28] study with the community that we're

[1:15:29] working with the Ministry of Highways

[1:15:31] on. Um but yes, we will the the specific

[1:15:35] topic topic about playground zones will

[1:15:37] be separate from that study that we'll

[1:15:39] likely do internally.

[1:15:42] » Okay. Anybody else? I have one to finish

[1:15:46] off. Um, I was talking to a person

[1:15:50] that's involved with pickle ball in the

[1:15:53] community and they said the usage at the

[1:15:55] ODR or at the sport court is for pickle

[1:15:58] ball has significantly increased because

[1:16:02] of the fabric that was put on uh to keep

[1:16:05] the wind away. So, they said it's very

[1:16:07] busy uh with people playing pickle ball.

[1:16:10] Um, and I was posed a question as to why

[1:16:13] the fabric wasn't put on all of the

[1:16:17] fencing. It was there's a section on the

[1:16:19] I think the east and north corner that's

[1:16:22] not there. So, I went out there and

[1:16:24] looked and this is my second part. Um, I

[1:16:28] don't know if it's from the wind load on

[1:16:30] there, but the poles are all bent over

[1:16:32] like on by the skate park. It looks like

[1:16:34] they're like two to three feet bent on

[1:16:38] the top from I'm assuming from the wind

[1:16:40] load. Is that what that's from or

[1:16:42] » Uh so I'll yeah I'll actually I'll

[1:16:44] answer that one first. Um it's I I think

[1:16:47] it was there before like I'm I think

[1:16:49] there we had some issue with just the

[1:16:51] installation at the beginning. Uh but

[1:16:53] the I'm the wind screens definitely

[1:16:55] didn't help. I think that's that's

[1:16:56] compacted it. Um the corner posts would

[1:16:58] have been anchored really well cuz they

[1:17:00] would have and but I'm guessing the

[1:17:01] middle posts weren't anchored or didn't

[1:17:04] go down as deep or didn't put as much

[1:17:05] concrete in. Um so we're reaching out to

[1:17:07] the company that originally installed it

[1:17:09] to get that situation looked at.

[1:17:11] » Uh as far as why we only did half it was

[1:17:13] just a cost thing that that was all we

[1:17:15] could fit into our budget last year.

[1:17:16] We're going we we have plans to order

[1:17:18] the rest this year. Okay. And the reason

[1:17:20] we started in that corner was because of

[1:17:21] the pickle ball. We wanted to hit the

[1:17:23] two sides where the wind would be

[1:17:25] predominantly in the summer. Uh it's

[1:17:28] made a huge difference. Uh and then once

[1:17:29] we get to where we have the outdoor rink

[1:17:31] set up and going, that's why we're

[1:17:33] looking to finish the rest of it because

[1:17:34] predominantly the winds will come from

[1:17:35] the opposite direction in winter. So um

[1:17:37] but yeah, thank you for bringing both of

[1:17:38] those up. Yeah.

[1:17:39] » Okay. And you jumped into my third part

[1:17:42] was the outdoor uh hockey rink or the

[1:17:45] the ice surface. Um uh how's things

[1:17:48] progressing? I we're I hate to say it,

[1:17:50] but probably only two months away from

[1:17:52] snowfall and uh wanting to start working

[1:17:54] on that. So, have you done anything? I

[1:17:56] know I sent you some information from

[1:17:58] Ontario that uh company that was doing

[1:18:01] similar uh projects and did you find

[1:18:04] anything out there?

[1:18:04] » So, yeah. So, while just speaking with

[1:18:06] our park supervisor, so we are going to

[1:18:07] get the our outdoor rink package. Uh so

[1:18:10] we we're looking at probably October uh

[1:18:13] Thanksgiving weekend uh when we

[1:18:15] transition from the courts, start

[1:18:16] transitioning from the courts, shut down

[1:18:18] those or at least a section anyway to

[1:18:20] start putting our um the outdoor rink

[1:18:22] package up, make sure it's fully ready

[1:18:24] to go. Uh Miles has got a couple piece

[1:18:26] of a couple pieces of equipment that

[1:18:28] he's basically built himself. Um so that

[1:18:31] when we get the first good snowfall,

[1:18:32] then we can compact the snow and build

[1:18:34] on top of that. Um, in addition, the

[1:18:36] outdoor concession, one of the one of

[1:18:38] our hiccups last year is we didn't have

[1:18:41] enough water supply there. Um, so we

[1:18:43] have talked with a local plumber uh and

[1:18:45] and talked to public works um to upsize

[1:18:48] the water supply line that we'll have

[1:18:50] out there. Um, so we'll basically take

[1:18:52] it from just a garden hose up up

[1:18:55] significantly, double triple that size.

[1:18:57] Um, so we'll be able to flood in the

[1:18:58] same manner that we flood St. Okay.

[1:19:01] » So, so that both that

[1:19:04] the prep work uh and the ability to put

[1:19:06] water down faster will help us to avoid

[1:19:08] some of a lot of the issues we had last

[1:19:10] year. Um it'll also where the the matter

[1:19:14] the fabric that we had put down that we

[1:19:17] had hoped would be our solution ended up

[1:19:18] being one of our biggest issues. So,

[1:19:20] we're avoiding that.

[1:19:22] » Yeah.

[1:19:22] » Yeah. So,

[1:19:23] » Are you going to go right on the court

[1:19:24] then?

[1:19:24] » Yeah. So, we're going to that's that's

[1:19:25] why we're going to make sure that we

[1:19:26] have a nice snow compact right off the

[1:19:28] hop before we start to flood. We're not

[1:19:30] just going to put ice right on top of

[1:19:31] it. We're going to make sure there's

[1:19:32] just the a hard compact on top. So, um

[1:19:36] yeah, we're we're a lot more confident

[1:19:37] going in this year than than what we

[1:19:39] were last year, what we came out of last

[1:19:40] year anyway. So,

[1:19:41] » And if it works, then Miles can patent

[1:19:43] it.

[1:19:44] » If it works, Miles can patent it. It's

[1:19:47] quite the contraption, but it'll work.

[1:19:48] I'm excited.

[1:19:49] » Great. Good. Okay. Thank you. Any other

[1:19:52] questions on inquiries?

[1:19:54] Okay. Um, so I will look uh the next

[1:19:58] item is committee of the whole. So I

[1:20:00] look for a motion to uh go into

[1:20:01] committee of the whole please. Councelor

[1:20:04] Scott, seconded by councelor row. All in

[1:20:06] favor

[1:20:07] and that public portion of our meeting.

[1:20:11] So anybody that's uh joining us from

[1:20:13] home uh we will be going into camera for

[1:20:16] the rest of the meeting. So thank you

[1:20:18] for joining us.

City of Humboldt Regular Council Meeting - August 24, 2026

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