1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:05,320 This is the one day you get to vote twice. So, 2 00:00:05,759 --> 00:00:14,400 okay. Should we Can we call the meeting to order? You bet. Okay, we'll do that. 3 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:19,439 Um, anyone needs to be excused from the meeting? 4 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:23,680 We're all here, I think. Okay. There's nothing to do with regard to minutes or 5 00:00:21,279 --> 00:00:29,439 anything like that, right? Oh, I I guess we we are missing uh Councelor Holly 6 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:34,079 Johnson. I misspoke. Right. Could we have a motion to excuse Holly from the 7 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:42,399 meeting? Someone raise their hand. I'll make that motion. 8 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:48,079 Okay, that's Amanda. All in favor, please indicate. 9 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:54,719 Opposed? That's carried. Thank you. Neil, are you in the mix here? 10 00:00:51,920 --> 00:01:00,239 Yes. Yes. Okay, good. I just my screen just doesn't have everybody up. Okay. Uh 11 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:06,439 well with that uh approval for an agenda I guess we need that right the agenda of 12 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:13,119 the agenda single single item on the agenda. Someone make a motion to approve 13 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:18,640 that as circulated. Thank you Adena. All in favor please 14 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:21,920 indicate that's carried. I think this should be fairly direct and 15 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:25,600 straightforward. Matt, you want to just give us some preliminaries and give us 16 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:30,720 some details? Yeah, you bet. Thanks council for the uh 17 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:38,320 quick response after hours last night. I received a text from Chief Lukis around 18 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:43,880 5:30 and uh he notified me that he's been in touch with Tom Harnos, Alberta 19 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:50,880 Emergency Management Agency and they're requesting fire apparatus and staff 20 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:58,560 support. uh they're targeting uh slave lake and eden areas and conditions can 21 00:01:55,840 --> 00:02:04,040 change. So I have purposefully worded the uh recommended motion to be quite 22 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:09,840 flexible and uh worded in such a way that we're 23 00:02:07,439 --> 00:02:16,440 relying and trusting our local chiefs and our regional fire chief by majority 24 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:24,560 recommendation back to administration. uh to deploy resources so long as we 25 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:30,239 don't put the local community at undue risk. Um, with that, I know Stuart's 26 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:36,239 better suited to uh address any questions if council has questions about 27 00:02:32,239 --> 00:02:42,000 details, but I I do believe Stu's kneede in the logistics and has been uh working 28 00:02:38,879 --> 00:02:47,840 with his chiefs to find the apparatus and the folks who will uh be sent up for 29 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:53,599 2 weeks and then the chiefs will re-evaluate the local situation and the 30 00:02:50,599 --> 00:02:57,599 situation up north. Uh but we are recommending that council approved 31 00:02:55,440 --> 00:03:03,040 deployment of resources in support of the provincial request. 32 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:11,360 Okay. Thanks. Thanks Matt. I appreciate the straightforward nature of that RFD 33 00:03:05,599 --> 00:03:15,360 and also uh basically puts the uh the final decision with the operations 34 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:21,760 people which I think is is is well placed. Uh are there any questions 35 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:24,159 though with regard to the request for decision 36 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:38,000 today? Seeing none, is there someone prepared to make a motion? We have a 37 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:50,480 recommendation. Greg, I will go ahead and make it. Sure. Go ahead. Great. I 38 00:03:47,519 --> 00:03:56,080 saw Greg. You want to unmute yourself? Yeah. Yeah, I'll make that motion. 39 00:03:52,720 --> 00:04:01,920 Arnold. Okay. Thank you. Any further discussion or questions? 40 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:08,239 I guess Dina, go ahead. I h I have a question. Um, do we know exactly what 41 00:04:04,319 --> 00:04:12,319 we'll be sending then? Yeah. So, uh, first of all, uh, Reven 42 00:04:10,879 --> 00:04:16,720 Council, thank you very much for meeting this morning. I appreciate it. Um it 43 00:04:14,959 --> 00:04:21,440 definitely is a important and vital matter at this point. Um we were late 44 00:04:19,359 --> 00:04:25,520 into discussions with the fire chief last night. Uh there is concern that you 45 00:04:23,919 --> 00:04:31,400 know things are drying up in the county of Newell. Um in the end we decided we 46 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:37,400 would deploy one type three uh fire engine and uh the that fire engine will 47 00:04:34,639 --> 00:04:42,720 be the one out of Bose city with uh Bzano taking one of their fire engines 48 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:48,960 cuz they have two and uh putting it in both cities. so that they have um water 49 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:54,000 operations and of course the ability to respond to medical uh calls. So with 50 00:04:51,840 --> 00:04:59,199 that with that truck, it only seats two people. So at this time it'll probably 51 00:04:56,320 --> 00:05:04,479 be just two people and that fire engine. Um but I know that Tom really does have 52 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:09,840 a a request for also a rapid response vehicle, but we're not going to go past 53 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:13,600 what we feel comfortable with. And at that at this time, I think that's all 54 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:18,080 we're going to send with the possibility of maybe a rapid response in a little 55 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:24,120 bit here. Okay. Thanks, Stuart. Uh any other 56 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,120 questions? 57 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:34,520 Go ahead, Kelly. Just a comment. Uh we've heard from many speakers here this 58 00:05:31,759 --> 00:05:41,039 week and it's interesting the information has 59 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:47,039 not made it to them yet that Alberta is on fire. Manitoba and Saskatchewan 60 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:51,280 apparently have wildfires. Alberta has not been mentioned yet. 61 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:57,680 Interesting. So, so just to give a little context to 62 00:05:53,600 --> 00:06:04,000 that that comment on the 21st, uh the province of Alberta actually had zero 63 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:11,680 out of control fires with three fires being held. To Thursday, they had 25 out 64 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:16,960 of control fires and uh and a bunch more that were being held. And then as of 65 00:06:14,319 --> 00:06:23,280 yesterday, we're up to 28 now out of control. So the number is 66 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:28,319 exponentially growing in in less than 10 days. So uh that's why uh you know the 67 00:06:26,479 --> 00:06:32,479 the province is really looking to hopefully get on top of it. Um but now 68 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:37,600 that things are really rolling, it's going to be tough to get control of it, 69 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:42,080 but yeah, that's where it's at right now in this province. Probably an 70 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:46,639 indication. Thanks for that. of outstanding dry and windy conditions 71 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:52,639 in large parts of the province, I expect. So 100%. Yeah. Okay. Any further 72 00:06:53,720 --> 00:07:03,520 questions? Seeing none, all in favor of the motion as it's in front of us, raise 73 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,520 your hands. Matt, can you see 74 00:07:04,599 --> 00:07:13,720 everyone? And I can except for Neil. Maybe it went down too 75 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:20,199 fast. There you go. Okay. So, we're in favor of that. That 76 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:24,639 passes opposition. Okay. If there's is there 77 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:28,880 anything else we need to discuss or is that 78 00:07:25,639 --> 00:07:32,639 uh all we need to do this morning? Matt, that's all that's all you uh need to do 79 00:07:31,039 --> 00:07:37,199 this morning. Thank you very much, council. Well, thanks everyone and have 80 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:41,199 a good weekend and we'll see you all Thursday if not before that. Eh, 81 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:45,520 perfect. Okay. Thanks for your time. I appreciate it. Thanks a lot. All the 82 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:48,319 best as you pursue this Stuart. Thanks. Cheers.