[0:01] thank you welcome everyone I'd like to
call the meeting to order at 5 pm
[0:08] before we get started like to
acknowledge that the land in which We
[0:11] Gather is treaty to land traditional
territory of anishinaabe Cree OG kri
[0:16] cineboyne Dakota I'm Danny peoples and
homeland of the metis nation
[0:20] we affirm our commitment to moving
forward in partnership with indigenous
[0:24] communities in a spirit of collaboration
and Reconciliation
[0:31] first motion by counselor sobering
seconded by Deputy Mayor Lachlan be it
[0:35] resolved at the regular council meeting
agenda be amended as follows we have one
[0:39] addition item 10A bylaw 04 223 or 2023
being a biology dolphin to set the 2023
[0:47] tax levy our first reading
questions or comments regarding that can
[0:54] I call for the question and all those in
favor anyone oppose sing none call
[0:58] Carrie thank you
[1:02] and then uh moved by Deputy Mayor
Lachlan seconded by councilor sobering
[1:07] be it resolved that Council accepts the
regular council meeting agenda as
[1:11] amended
assuming that all that also is buried
[1:15] thank you
and then a motion by counselor sobring
[1:20] seconded by counselor Ray be a result
that Council waives the reading and
[1:24] accepts and approves that circulated the
minutes of the following meeting and
[1:28] those are the meeting of our last
council meeting on April 17 2023.
[1:33] questions or comments regarding that
call of question all those in favor
[1:38] opposed none Kerry thank you
[1:43] and move by counselor sobering who's on
a hot streak today seconded by Deputy
[1:48] Mayor Lachlan be a resolved that Council
now adjourns to hear the public hearing
[1:53] as scheduled all those in favor
Carrie
[2:02] thank you and here we as we move into
the public hearing that's for the 2023
[2:07] financial plan Council will not commence
to hear representations from the city of
[2:11] dolphin and any other persons who wish
to make representation for this
[2:15] scheduled public hearing anyone who has
not yet registered but wishes to make a
[2:20] presentation for the public hearing
needs to register or must register with
[2:25] our executive assistant
will now proceed with the public hearing
[2:29] for the 2023 financial plan for the city
of dolphin
[2:33] I'd just like to start by I'm thanking
Council for the delivery of the first
[2:39] budget of the term uh we had significant
thoughts and discussions and purpose
[2:44] went into it and while respecting the
project and processes that were already
[2:48] started by former councils so thanks to
you Council and thanks to staff for
[2:54] helping us prepare this budget
due to the unprecedented inflationary
[3:00] post-pandemic costs and the cost of
items we need to operate as a
[3:04] municipality
we have seen dramatic increases in in
[3:10] the cost to operate over the last 10 or
so years we've tried as a council
[3:17] to maximize our revenues to find grants
to streamline operations and to reduce
[3:22] costs to keep our taxes from increasing
and I want to share credit and give
[3:28] credit to past councils and staff to
comp and complement them on them
[3:33] fulfilling that mandate
however as we're all well aware it
[3:37] became apparent very early in the 2023
deliberation process that we could no
[3:42] longer provide the same level of service
without needing to raise some taxes so
[3:46] therefore for 2023 there will be a 6.3
percent Municipal tax increase or a 3.3
[3:54] percent increase in the mill rate in
order to continue to provide a
[3:58] consistent if not better level of
service to our our residents so those
[4:03] were some decisions and discussions that
we've had to get to this particular
[4:07] point and I think that we've balanced
both a need for
[4:12] generating revenues to support our
operations and also to hold the line as
[4:18] best we can and I'll call it frivolous
or any spending that that is not as
[4:22] absolutely necessary for us as a
community so I'd like to turn it over
[4:25] now to city manager Charlotte Griffis to
give us some more detailed outline of
[4:31] our 2023 budget uh thank you Mr Mayor
um as
[4:38] you've said this is a presentation for
the 2023 financial plan
[4:43] and thanks to council for the direction
this year and thanks to Administration
[4:48] for the work to put the budget together
to follow the rules of the public
[4:52] hearings under the municipal act this
public hearing is open to the public and
[4:55] has been advertised as such
[5:03] so the municipal act requires
municipalities in the province of
[5:06] Manitoba to hold a public hearing prior
to their financial plan and the purpose
[5:10] is for Council to share the city's 2023
financial plan with the public both the
[5:16] general fund and the Utility Fund and I
am presenting on behalf of council
[5:23] uh so this year as the mayor just
indicated there will be a 6.3 percent uh
[5:29] increase in taxes so since 20 2012 uh
taxes decreased five percent in each
[5:34] years of 2012 2013 and 2014 and then in
2019 uh it was increased by 0.5 of a
[5:41] mill or just under five percent uh to
provide for a 50 RCMP officer
[5:47] otherwise since 2011 taxation collection
has remained the same
[5:53] we anticipate a continued level of
spending on Municipal Municipal
[5:58] infrastructure
um which includes roads sidewalks and
[6:02] water distribution we do have a large
drainage project
[6:06] um
that will facilitate the Main Street
[6:09] South twinning and service road project
and then in terms of recreation we're
[6:14] looking at additional active
Transportation routes vehicle equipment
[6:18] upgrades a toddler playground at
Vermillion Park and Vermilion Park
[6:22] walking trail lighting and as well a new
pumper truck for the fire department
[6:28] foreign
[6:35] [Music]
[6:39] so the budget has two components one is
the general fund and one is the Utility
[6:44] Fund and both of those are broken into
both revenue and expenditures so things
[6:49] that are in the general fund include
Public Works Recreation Protective
[6:52] Services Economic Development tourism
and administration and in the Utility
[6:57] Fund that includes Water and Wastewater
so the next few slides I'm just going to
[7:02] walk through
um some exam some explanation of revenue
[7:07] streams
so the general fund has four revenue
[7:11] streams that's provincial School tax or
what they call education support Levy
[7:16] local school tax and for us that is
Mountain View School Division Municipal
[7:20] tax which goes to the city of dolphin
and then other revenues like grants user
[7:24] fees and fines
[7:29] um
so the first one the provincial School
[7:32] tax
uh that is or or the education support
[7:36] living so Residential Properties are not
levied this they're that's just for
[7:41] commercial properties and
um it's a little bit lower than 220 2022
[7:46] and it is set at 8.14 mils
something to note the city collects the
[7:52] provincial School tax on behalf of the
province the city then passes that
[7:56] amount collected onto the province the
city has no control over the amount
[8:01] levied and this tax only pertains again
to commercial property uh so the second
[8:06] um
uh Revenue stream is a local school tax
[8:10] and as I said that's for Mountain View
School Division so the mill rate for
[8:14] that in 2023 is
12.870 Mills
[8:19] um which is um lower than last year and
that raises 4.4 million uh dollars
[8:26] similarly to the previous School tax the
city collects the local school tax on
[8:30] behalf of Mountain View School Division
the city then passes that amount
[8:33] collected onto the School Division and
the city has no control over the amount
[8:37] levied
uh the city does not keep any of those
[8:41] two school taxes
the province of Manitoba is making
[8:45] changes or how has uh I think this is be
the third year of making changes to
[8:49] school taxation for properties that are
principal residences education tax paid
[8:53] on the tax bill will increase due to the
partial removal of the education
[8:57] property tax credit uh just like in 21
and 22 The Province will issue rebate
[9:03] checks in the mail additional
information can be found by inquiring
[9:06] with the province on their General
inquiry phone line
[9:13] the third Revenue stream is the
municipal tax and that is what uh goes
[9:18] to the city of dolphin so this year the
mill rate is
[9:21] 18.937 and that rate will raise uh 6
million eight hundred twenty seven
[9:27] thousand one hundred and twenty six
dollars and as the mayor indicated is
[9:31] 3.6 higher than
um what was raised in 2022
[9:39] and the last Revenue stream is other
Revenue
[9:43] um this year that totals uh just about
6.5 million and some of the highlights
[9:48] of what that is is taxes added which are
our new new um properties with higher
[9:54] assessment this in 2023 business
licenses uh provincial Municipal
[9:59] operating Grant a 1.008 million dollars
and this is a a little bit exciting
[10:05] because that was a first increase since
2016.
[10:08] uh provincial safety Grant um 939
dollars
[10:13] 939 000 uh that goes toward uh Public
Safety uh and RCMP that has been the
[10:21] same uh for many years
we've also got federal grants provincial
[10:26] grants grants and Lou and our
accommodation tax
[10:34] this slide here which the public may or
may not see does talk about the history
[10:39] of the residential mill rate and
specifically Municipal wise the total
[10:45] mill rate for any property uh used to be
about 44.5 44 4.6 mils it's now down to
[10:53] 31.8
[10:56] um
[10:59] the next slide it does talk about the
commercial
[11:04] um
mill rate total used to be a in 2013
[11:08] about 56.5 and now it's just under 40.
[11:16] um one of the biggest uh questions that
we are usually asked is are taxes going
[11:22] up or down what's our taxes going to be
so here is an example of
[11:29] per 100
000 of assessment
[11:33] What will what will what taxes will be
levied so in 2023 uh Municipal Taxes
[11:39] would be 852.17
School Division taxes would be
[11:44] 579.15 for a total of fourteen hundred
and thirty one dollars and 32 cents
[11:50] um per 100 000 of assessment which
equates to
[11:54] 47.92 less than last year so despite the
Municipal Taxes increasing the school
[12:02] taxes decreased this year more than in
the municipal increased and therefore
[12:08] the net is a tax uh people will see
a tax less taxes or let um if their
[12:16] properties are about the same assessment
um on average the assessment in 2023 and
[12:23] often did go up four percent
a similar calculation on the commercial
[12:29] side
um overall for one hundred thousand
[12:33] dollars of assessment there will be
107.86 less taxes levied
[12:40] um again per hundred thousand dollars of
assessment and the same assessment went
[12:45] up four percent end often this year
[12:50] next section talks about general fund
expenditures so these are the things
[12:54] that we are going to be spending
taxation on and all of those other
[12:59] revenues on this year
um the categories I'll be talking about
[13:04] they are mirrored in the provincial
financial plan
[13:08] so the first one is General government
services
[13:11] and these include cost of administration
operation costs for the Civic buildings
[13:15] including sand station
um the lieutenant colonel William Barker
[13:20] VC airport costs shortfalls that's
shared per capita by the RM as well so
[13:27] we're going to see an increase of just
over four percent
[13:31] um right some of the things that
contribute to the increase as regular
[13:34] staff
um uh staff wage increases as well as
[13:38] in-person conferences and training which
is great that we can do that in person
[13:41] again
uh Community grants and Appropriations
[13:44] uh are relatively steady at about fifty
eight thousand dollars and
[13:49] um the as I mentioned the airport
subsidy uh is ninety eight thousand
[13:53] dollars this year
next category is protective services uh
[13:59] 3.754 million dollars spent in this
category and an increase of about six
[14:03] percent uh RCMP saw a six percent
increase
[14:08] um 2022 saw an 18 increase and that was
due to unionization costs
[14:14] um this year is a a lower increase
some of the things that are included in
[14:20] this category is um fire emergency
measures or Emergency Services building
[14:26] inspector Animal Control insect control
and by law enforcement
[14:34] next section is transportation services
and this is our Public Works
[14:39] that includes engineering and Public
Works Administration general maintenance
[14:43] of infrastructure snow and ice removal
Bridge maintenance Street lighting
[14:47] increase of 7.58 percent in this
category
[14:52] um and some of the things that we are
we'll talk about some of the capital
[14:57] things that we're doing later in the in
the presentation
[15:01] next section is environmental health and
um this is uh
[15:07] as I mentioned at the beginning this
these categories mirror the provincial
[15:12] financial plan forms uh but what is
included in environmental health is
[15:17] garbage collection yard waste collection
recycling and maintenance of the waste
[15:22] disposal grounds
[15:25] um
the Diversion Center opened in 21 and
[15:29] allows residents to drop off various
materials such as old electronics like
[15:33] E-Waste used oil and paint compact
fluorescent light bulbs mercury in
[15:39] thermometers and thermostats and it
allows for prop per disposal free of
[15:44] charge mattresses can also be dropped
off for a fee and that helps to recycle
[15:49] them by keeping Recycling yard waste and
other materials out of our landfill it
[15:54] increases the life of our facility
[15:57] foreign
next couple sections one is Public
[16:03] Health and Welfare Services uh there's
uh thirty three thousand seven hundred
[16:07] and forty nine dollars uh there's no
change and hasn't has seen no change for
[16:11] many years and this consists entirely of
uh one-tier social assistance payments
[16:16] to the province of Manitoba
something else that we're anticipating
[16:20] for this category though in the coming
year although there is not anticipated
[16:26] to be any Financial component to it is a
community safety and well-being plan and
[16:32] we're still waiting for assistance from
The Province on that it was announced
[16:36] April 29 2022 that we'll be getting
assistance from them uh we're expecting
[16:41] here soon
next category environmental development
[16:45] services this includes things like
Planning and Zoning winter Life
[16:49] beautification Communities In Bloom weed
control and City events
[16:54] the decrease in in this category
um primarily because uh last year we had
[17:02] included in their money for a
development plan review or which we were
[17:08] calling the city plan so that is um
almost complete and therefore most of
[17:14] the payments have gone through
this year we are continuing on with our
[17:19] Dutch elm disease tree removal the rapid
removal program again
[17:24] as well as a regular program Communities
In Bloom will be having a tree giveaway
[17:28] program again
um we'll be doing weed control and City
[17:32] events like parades Remembrance Day and
after hours requirements
[17:36] and that is for City staff to help out
with that
[17:41] next one is economic development
services
[17:44] um increase of over 30 percent and this
section the it the percent increase or
[17:51] decrease decrease fluctuates depending
on what we've got going on in our
[17:55] community
so this year um
[17:59] in terms of Economic Development
spending we're looking at residential
[18:02] and Commercial incentives some tipping
fees
[18:06] rebates that could be spec home rebates
and dolphin business park so some of the
[18:12] examples of things that we're doing
under this category is utility box wraps
[18:15] housing engagement session
dolphin125 dolphin will be 125 this year
[18:21] so there's a party planned as well as an
immigration program
[18:25] tourism also follows falls under the
economic development department and
[18:31] things like the inventure guide and
place branding program are to their main
[18:35] functions a couple examples of what
they'll be doing this year is Place
[18:39] branding merchandise and displays
updating and populating a website and
[18:45] photography and videography that we can
put into some of the marketing materials
[18:51] another category is the tourism economic
accommodation tax project and um there's
[19:00] an adventure fund
um that is being set up
[19:04] and uh the last item is the vet board
appropriation in this topic
[19:11] Recreation cultural services are the
next set of expenditures uh increase of
[19:17] 7.93 overall this includes facilities
like the Watson Arts Center Fort Dr
[19:22] Museum dolphin rail Museum and the
library
[19:25] uh include support for the community
band and the community jazz band and
[19:30] most of it 86 percent is a appropriation
to the dolphin Rec services for
[19:35] recreation for our community
[19:42] next uh topic is the capital
expenditures
[19:46] and that's under the title fiscal
Services uh that is um looking to be
[19:51] just under 14 million dollars this year
uh about 650 000 more in capital
[19:57] spending and Reserve transfers than 2022
so more overall but the Lion's Share of
[20:03] this large number is will be taken up by
uh 8.15
[20:08] 8.15 million dollars towards a main
street so twinning project and that's
[20:13] the city's component which includes
drainage and that will be money that
[20:18] we're looking to borrow and also looking
for any grants or assistance anywhere
[20:23] that we can find it so we've been
talking with ministers already about
[20:27] that foreign
[20:30] in terms of some of these Capital
expenditures and what what will go into
[20:34] that almost 14 million dollars
um roads were looking at doing some
[20:39] reconstruction Mill and overlay and a
back Lane Construction
[20:45] um looking at doing uh some sidewalks
um pedestrian crossers Crossing across
[20:51] Crossing with flashers on Buchanan
we're going to be doing a lot of work on
[20:56] the buckwald bridge there was some
design work done
[21:00] last year and we're finishing that up
and then there will be some
[21:03] reconstruction and Rehab work uh to the
tune of about eight hundred and fifty
[21:07] thousand dollars
uh environmental this is uh that uh
[21:12] South South Main Street South or the
South and storm uh drainage work
[21:16] so I said 8.15 million
and um I've included other departments
[21:21] as well so twelve thousand dollars to
the IT department for some server work
[21:28] um equipment replacement
uh there's some things that we're
[21:33] working on with our Public Works uh fire
department uh including
[21:38] um a new pumper truck
be ordered I'm not sure that we're going
[21:42] to get it this year but that's we've got
the ball rolling on that and then we've
[21:45] got a couple projects um to do with City
Hall and the city shop
[21:52] um continuing on with culture and arts
we've got some work to the building at
[21:59] the Watson Arts Center including a
window upgrade that is primarily done
[22:04] we're just waiting to make the final
payment on that
[22:08] and then
um Recreation we've got some things
[22:13] going on as I've already mentioned some
more active Transportation
[22:16] um routes uh toddler playground at
Meadowlark Park
[22:21] um some walkway lighting at Vermillion
Park as well as pool boiler and a
[22:27] compressor at Dolphin Rec services
[22:32] that completes the general fund some of
the details about the general fund
[22:38] um Utility Fund it has to do with water
and waste water
[22:42] and looking at the revenue there's
revenue and expenses of that looking at
[22:46] the revenue we're looking at
um pulling in about 2.3 million dollars
[22:50] for water and just about just over half
a million dollars for waste water and
[22:56] that is through utility rates which are
governed by uh Public Utility Board
[23:01] order 103 21.
[23:07] looking at some of the operating
expenditures
[23:12] um again for the water just under two
million dollars and waste water is about
[23:17] four hundred and fifteen thousand
dollars so some of the highlights of um
[23:22] what will be doing this year increase in
staff training specifically this year
[23:26] we've got some new staff and now is the
time to for them to take some training
[23:30] uh we're going to be working on some
pumps the aqueduct booster station and
[23:34] brown Reservoir and
um we also are making sure to fund our
[23:39] lead service connection replacement
incentive program and this talks uh this
[23:44] speaks to some incentive that we give to
homeowners if the city is working on the
[23:49] water main in front of their house and
digging up the street anyways we give an
[23:53] incentive a one thousand dollars per
connection to help offset the costs of
[24:00] replacing the service connection if it
is a lead service connection
[24:08] we're also going to do some doing some
water main relining water main renewal
[24:13] and Wastewater main relining as well
this year
[24:20] um
and wrapping up a few projects that were
[24:23] 50 funded by manageable Water Services
Board our lift station and our UV
[24:29] disinfection we're also looking at
dredging our Lagoon and doing a valve
[24:33] replacement I think that's a
continuation of a project from last year
[24:36] and then Lagoon design and
pre-construction which is the beginning
[24:42] of our investing in Canada
infrastructure or isip
[24:45] um
uh rehabilitation program
[24:52] one of the things that we've talked
about in the last few years and um
[24:57] we know that this will be changing in
the coming year this will look quite
[25:00] different I believe in 2024 but there's
been a big push to reduce debt that the
[25:07] city has so back at the end of the year
in 2020 2009 our general general fund
[25:13] had about three to uh 3.2 million
dollars of debt and the Utility Fund
[25:16] just under a million and while that has
um
[25:20] been steadily decreasing for the general
fund and fluctuating a bit for the
[25:24] Utility Fund right now are in the
general fund we only have 20 just under
[25:29] um twenty six thousand dollars of
borrowing
[25:32] a Utility Fund has uh 731 000 of
borrowing
[25:38] uh the general fund will as I said will
incur some debt regarding that South End
[25:43] drainage project uh we're looking at
having to borrow 8.15 million dollars or
[25:48] have that offseted by grants or other
funding partners
[25:52] the Utility Fund will also be incurring
some debt
[25:55] um we have identified with our UVA
disinfection project
[26:01] um
some a borrowing for that and we're just
[26:04] waiting for the interest rates to be
reduced so that we can take that and
[26:08] then for the Lagoon project our
component of that isip fund we will have
[26:14] to borrow for that so we'll see next
year with that with that what this graph
[26:19] might look like
and last I'll talk a little bit about
[26:23] our Reserve funds or the savings
accounts
[26:26] so our general Reserve at the end of
2023 is proposed to be just under 4
[26:31] million uh specific purpose reserves
um just over 4 million for a total of uh
[26:38] just under 8 million dollars in the
general fund our Utility Fund uh Reserve
[26:43] will have about 321
000 for total Reserve balance of 8.3
[26:48] million
[26:51] it was several years ago that Council of
the day wanted to make sure that they
[26:56] had they had one year's tax take uh in
the bank if you will
[27:02] um and they worked that up
um I think that we had over 10 million
[27:08] dollars at one point but we're making
sure to
[27:11] um
spend where we need to spend and use our
[27:13] savings and uses use these Reserve where
we need to
[27:17] um one year's tax take this year is
about 6.86 million dollars and uh as you
[27:23] can see we have 8.3 so that mandate is
met
[27:27] that completes my report
I don't know if there's any questions or
[27:30] any clarifications or comments
I will stop sharing a screen that may
[27:36] you may have made up may or may not have
seen
[27:40] um thank you Charlotte uh any member of
council have uh any comments regarding
[27:45] Charlotte's summary
[27:56] I'm seeing nothing from any member of
council is there any
[28:01] staff that want to add any specific
details to that presentation
[28:08] seeing none then again thank you very
much Sharla very well done and um I
[28:14] think what Charlotte was saying during
that presentation clearly reflects what
[28:20] we had been discussing as Council and
the the values that we have for our
[28:25] community and the things that we wanted
to see done in this particular tax year
[28:30] and keeping in mind that some of the
projects were past Council decisions
[28:36] that are being fulfilled and carried out
so again hats off to staff for getting
[28:42] us through this process in particular
Scott and Mike and Charlie and the rest
[28:46] that have contributed a significant
amount to that
[28:51] so I'd like to suggest that the
representation for the public hearing
[28:56] for the Dolphins 2023 financial plan are
now complete
[29:01] and
then we move to the motion by councilor
[29:07] Ray seconded by Deputy Mayor Lachlan be
it resolved at the public hearing for
[29:11] the 2023 financial plan is concluded uh
all in favor please indicate anyone
[29:18] opposed seeing none that's carried thank
you
[29:23] and moved by counselor belamire seconded
by councilor daily B resolved that
[29:27] Council now reconvenes to the regular
council meeting
[29:30] all in favor
Kerry
[29:34] all right carrying on with the council
business it's uh the consent agenda
[29:42] um item number five I'd like to suggest
that we have three proclamations and
[29:49] we'll start a proclamation being read by
councilor sobering
[30:00] thanks
thank you Mr Mayor
[30:05] on behalf of the city of dolphin I'd
like to make the following Proclamation
[30:08] whereas fibromyalgia Awareness Day aims
to raise awareness and and the stigma
[30:14] and discrimination that accompany this
chronic illness and whereas the
[30:18] fibromyalgia Association Canada is the
only National Organization in Canada
[30:22] that supports only fibromyalgia and
whereas fibromyalgia affects about five
[30:27] percent of Canada's population what
represents 2 million men women and
[30:31] children of all ages and races in Canada
who are afflicted with this chronic
[30:34] illness fibromyalgia often takes an
average of three to five years to
[30:38] diagnose and whereas there's no known
cause of prevention for or cure of for
[30:44] fibromyalgia fibromyalgia is a complex
illness with symptoms varying widely and
[30:49] generally including debilitating chronic
pain overwhelming fatigue and cognitive
[30:54] impairment and whereas patients with
fibromyalgia often have a number of
[30:58] coexisting conditions which may include
chronic myofascial pain irritable bowel
[31:03] syndrome
temporomandibular joint disorder
[31:06] environmental sensitivities anxiety and
depression and whereas fibromyalgia
[31:11] greatly reduces quality of life and can
lead to social isolation so it is
[31:15] important for sufferers and their
families friends and caregivers to know
[31:19] that they are not alone and whereas
people with fibromyalgia may have a
[31:23] right to be treated with dignity and
have a right to pain relief and whereas
[31:27] together we will find a way to enhance
the quality of lives for people affected
[31:31] by fibromyalgia and together find a cure
now therefore we the Council of city of
[31:38] dolphin Proclaim May the 12 2023 is
Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
[31:46] ah thank you very much councilor sobring
I'd like to now move to the next item uh
[31:54] Proclamation for the National Public
Works week Deputy Mayor Lachlan
[31:58] thank you Mr Mayor whereas Public Works
professionals focus on facilities
[32:03] services and infrastructure that are
vital that are of vital importance to
[32:08] sustainable and resilient communities
and to the public health high quality of
[32:12] life and well-being of the people of
dolphin and whereas these facilities
[32:17] services and infrastructure could not be
provided without the dedicated efforts
[32:22] of Public Works professionals who are
Engineers managers and employees at all
[32:27] levels of government and the private
sector who are responsible for
[32:31] rebuilding improving and protecting our
nation's Transportation water supply
[32:35] water treatment and Solid Waste Systems
public buildings and other structures
[32:41] and Facilities essential for our
citizens and whereas it is in the public
[32:46] interest for Citizens Civic leaders and
children in Dolphin to gain knowledge of
[32:51] and to maintain a progressive interest
in and understanding of the importance
[32:57] of Public Works and Public Works
programs in our community and whereas
[33:02] the year 2023 marks the 63rd annual
National Public Works week sponsored by
[33:08] the American public works Association
and Canadian Public Works Association
[33:12] now therefore we the Council of the city
of dolphin do hereby Proclaim May 21st
[33:18] to the 27th 2023 as National Public
Works week
[33:25] thank you very much Deputy Mayor Lachlan
and I'd like to
[33:29] uh have the third Proclamation red
councilor Daly
[33:35] thank you Mr Mayor
uh whereas May 23rd
[33:40] 2023 marks 150 years since a bill passed
through Parliament and received Royal
[33:46] assent establishing the Northwest Mount
of police which would eventually become
[33:51] the RCMP
and whereas since its Inception the
[33:54] Royal Canadian amount of police has
continued to grow as a police service
[33:58] with jurisdiction in eight provinces and
three territories and through its
[34:03] National Police Service offers resources
and support to other Canadian law
[34:07] enforcement agencies and whereas the
scope of services and operations of the
[34:12] RCMP in Canon today has expanded and
includes enforcement against organized
[34:18] crime terrorism illicit drugs economic
crimes and offenses that threaten the
[34:23] integrative Canada's national borders
and whereas the employees of the RCMP
[34:28] provide a vital service and sacrifice
much for Canadian communities now
[34:33] therefore we the Council of the city of
dolphin do hereby Proclaim May 23 2023
[34:39] as 150th anniversary of the RCMP
[34:45] thank you counselor Daley
I'd like to have all three of those
[34:52] accepted as recommended by city manager
and myself the next item outstanding
[34:57] water counts added to taxes be it
resolved at the following water accounts
[35:01] be added to taxes we have two accounts
rule number zero zero one three two zero
[35:06] zero in the amount of twenty eight
dollars and twenty four cents the owner
[35:10] did not pay the final utility bill
and rule number zero one six five two
[35:16] zero zero in the amount of three hundred
and twenty four dollars and nine cents
[35:20] the owner did not pay the previous bill
and we could not disconnect due to a
[35:24] broken curb stop for a total of
352.33 as recommended by the Director of
[35:30] Finance and the utility Clerk
we have a number of filing items for
[35:35] record the association of Manitoba
municipalities sent out to several
[35:40] pieces of information the provincial
responses to the 200 200 2022 amm
[35:48] resolutions the 2023 district meetings
the News Bulletin from April 28th and
[35:55] their recent news release regarding the
provincial election priorities there are
[36:00] also some member advisories of the 2023
June District resolutions and the filing
[36:06] deadline for the 2023 Municipal plan
there's some information received from
[36:12] the Federation of Canadian
municipalities
[36:15] um including a thank you for being a
member the fcm connect of April 18th
[36:19] 25th and May the 2nd The fcm Voice from
April 24th and May 1st we also received
[36:26] a documentation from the Prairie
Mountain Health in regards to their
[36:31] Health Plus newsletter from May of 2023
the Mountain View School Division News
[36:36] Digest of April the 24th and
informational circular from Joe Massey
[36:42] who was a candidate candidate for the
federal Canadian Federation of Canadian
[36:46] municipalities board of directors former
director of amm here in Manitoba and
[36:51] those are recommended by the city
manager
[36:55] so I'd like to make suggest the motion
by S counselor sobering seconded by
[37:00] Deputy Mayor Lachlan be a result that
all items listed in red under item five
[37:05] the consent agenda be approved and form
part of these minutes questions or
[37:10] comments for many member of council
off the question all those in favor
[37:14] anyone opposed seeing none
the motion is carried
[37:21] moved by counselor so bring seconded by
counselor Belamar be a resolved that
[37:26] Council accepts as information the
following corporate report
[37:30] for the May 8th meeting and that's from
the city manager for April of 2023. as a
[37:37] manager of any additional comments I
think I'll just say that April was a
[37:42] very busy month and we had a few really
um interesting things uh come through uh
[37:49] one of them or that I've been involved
with
[37:52] attending the mayor Reeves and cios
meeting as well as the spring convention
[37:57] Winnipeg and I've highlighted the items
that I participated in or the sessions I
[38:02] participated in
um as I mentioned before during the the
[38:08] um presentation about the budget uh
dolphin will be turning uh 125 this year
[38:14] and there are some party planning going
on
[38:18] in terms of Human Resources I've been
working with the Canadian of for public
[38:22] employees as well as our employee
Relations Committee regarding some
[38:27] um contracts negotiations
and I think highlight for me uh in April
[38:34] was the signing of the municipal
development and services agreement with
[38:37] Pine Creek and ebb and flow First
Nations it was great to have people from
[38:41] both of those communities as well as our
mayor and Council representation and
[38:46] staff come together sign those
agreements
[38:51] as I said we've been working on them
since December 2019 but through sharing
[38:57] at that at that event
those groups have been working on this
[39:03] process for almost 50 or for about 15
years they're not done yet the municipal
[39:08] development and services agreement is
only one step and but we are looking
[39:13] forward to supporting them any way that
we can to get the to get the process
[39:17] completed so that they can realize the
the dreams that they have for that land
[39:22] thank you
thank you Charlotte
[39:27] so uh
motion up question counselor Dell yeah I
[39:33] I see that you included information
about the daycare and there's been an
[39:37] adjustment in the number of seats that
we're anticipating so can you just give
[39:41] us a little update on what's happening
with that daycare yeah certainly so uh
[39:45] originally the the information that came
out it was a
[39:48] 148 space daycare I think it's closer to
just over 100 spaces now
[39:54] um however we are waiting I think for
um
[39:59] confirmation if you will of what the
exact details are in an agreement from
[40:03] the city or from the province we've
heard of other communities that have
[40:08] gotten their agreement already and that
is where things are firm firm uh details
[40:15] in that so we continue to wait thank you
yeah the questions for many members of
[40:21] council
seeing none call for the question then
[40:24] all those in favor of uh Shaw's report
anyone opposed Carrie thank you moved by
[40:30] Deputy Mayor Lachlan seconded by
councilor Daley B resolved the council
[40:33] accepts as information uh the corporate
report for this meeting from the I it
[40:39] manager uh Justin to karchik any
questions or comments regarding the
[40:44] report from the it manager
[40:48] see none call the question all those in
favor anyone oppose none carried
[40:53] moved by counselor Belmar seconded by
counselor sobering be resolved at the
[40:58] finance accounts having been examined by
Council be hereby authorized and
[41:02] approved as follows we had 94 checks in
the previous run totaling nine hundred
[41:08] and twenty seven thousand four hundred
and ninety dollars and five cents
[41:12] we had no voided checks in the range no
voided checks in the past range and five
[41:17] electronic payments totaling 164 282.86
[41:24] questions or comments
all those in favor please indicate
[41:29] anyone opposed seeing none carried
moved by counselor Daley seconded by
[41:34] Deputy Mayor Lachlan be a result of the
council accepts as information these
[41:39] staff engineering report
for May 8th from the building inspector
[41:43] that's for the month of April any
questions or comments regarding the
[41:47] building inspector's report
call for the question then all those in
[41:51] favor anyone opposed
seeing none
[41:57] moved by Deputy Mayor Lachlan seconded
by councilor sobering be it resolved
[42:01] that Council accepts as information the
following Protective Services report for
[42:06] the regular meeting from the bylaw
enforcement officer for the month of
[42:09] April questions or comments regarding
the bylaw Enforcement Officers report
[42:16] see none call for the question all those
in favor anyone opposed Carrie
[42:21] moved by counselor Ray seconded by
counselor belamere or Sorry by counselor
[42:25] Daley be a resolved the council accepts
as information the Protective Services
[42:29] report for the meeting from the Animal
Control Office officer and that's for
[42:34] March and April of this year any
questions or comments regarding that
[42:38] report
call for the question all in favor
[42:41] anyone opposed carried
[42:47] move by counselor Daley seconded by
counselor sobering be resolved the
[42:51] council accepts as information the
minutes from the following committees
[42:54] the dolphin Rec Services regular board
meeting of April 26th and nature
[42:59] Mountain Watershed regular board meeting
of March 16th any counselors that are
[43:04] members of those particular groups have
any information to add to the reports as
[43:08] they're presented
[43:11] seeing no comment I'd ask for the
question and all those in favor anyone
[43:15] opposed Carrie thank you
[43:21] moved by counselor Ray seconded by
Deputy Mayor Lachlan whereas the
[43:25] Manitoba Watershed District Act
established 14 Watershed districts as
[43:29] Partnerships between the Manitoba
government and local municipalities to
[43:33] protect restore and manage Water
Resources through the development of
[43:36] programming to improve Watershed health
and whereas
[43:41] at the planning and priorities committee
meeting of August 22nd 2022 Council
[43:46] reviewed an Intermountain Conservation
District proposal to realign the
[43:50] sub-gistic boundaries of the East Turtle
River the West Turtle River ocher river
[43:55] and Vermilion River sub-districts to
better align with natural Watershed
[43:59] boundaries be a result that Council
accepts as information an amendment to
[44:04] Watershed districts regulation
[44:08] 141-2019 and correspondence dated April
26 2023 from kellyanne Richmond the
[44:15] acting manager Watershed planning and
programs and manager quality wallet
[44:19] water quality management section water
science and watershed management Branch
[44:24] advising that the amendment was
registered on March the 24th 2023
[44:29] thereby replacing the boundaries of the
West Turtle River East Turtle River
[44:35] sub-districts with the new boundaries of
the upper Turtle River and lower Turtle
[44:39] River sub districts
questions or comments
[44:44] call for the question all those in favor
anyone opposed carried
[44:49] moved by counselor Daley second advice
counselor sobring whereas the city of
[44:54] dolphin provides a building incentive
that allows a 50 rebate for tipping fees
[44:59] at the dolphin at the city's waste
disposal site for demolition waste when
[45:04] an existing structure is demolished and
replaced with the new structure of
[45:07] comparable or greater value
be it resolved that Council accepts as
[45:12] information a memo dated May 2nd from
the economic development manager
[45:16] advising that Credence Capital Care of
Jerry Wheeler
[45:20] property owner of 218 Buchanan Avenue is
proposing to construct two Triplex units
[45:26] and is requesting a building incentive
of a 50 rebate on tipping fees at the
[45:31] city's waste disposal site for the
demolition of the existing structure at
[45:35] 218 Buchanan Avenue and recommending
that this request be approved for the
[45:40] beerusal the council agrees with the
economic development manager's
[45:43] recommendation and approves a 50 rebate
on tipping fees at the disposal site
[45:49] for the demolition of said structure any
questions or comments from any member of
[45:54] council regarding this motion
seeing none call for the question all
[45:58] those in favor please indicate anyone
opposed seeing none
[46:03] motion is carried
[46:06] moved by councilor bellamara seconded by
Deputy Mayor Lachlan whereas the city of
[46:10] dolphin included the installation of
computer-controlled lighting for City
[46:14] Hall in 2023 financial plan as a capital
project which would refresh and enhance
[46:19] the building's exterior lighting as part
of an overall Landscaping plan and
[46:24] whereas the city released an RFP
outlining expectations for the supply
[46:28] and installation of the lighting and
received one joint submission from local
[46:33] providers John's electric and Lee's
electrical engineering for a total value
[46:37] of 68 700 plus applicable taxes be it
resolved that Council accepts as
[46:44] information and memo dated May 8th from
the information and Technology manager
[46:49] recommending that the first phase of the
installation which would include
[46:53] installation of the controller and
lighting for the outer walls of City
[46:56] Hall facing Main Street and the flagpole
lighting be approved for 2023 for thirty
[47:02] four thousand seven hundred dollars plus
taxes with the second phase to be
[47:06] considered in the 2024 budget
deliberation
[47:09] for there be a result the council agrees
with the ITC managers recommendation
[47:14] to approve the proposal for the first
phase of this lighting and the amount of
[47:18] thirty four thousand seven hundred plus
taxes to be drawn from the city
[47:22] administration building reserve and
authorizes the contract with John's
[47:26] electric and Lee's electrical
engineering to be signed and sealed by
[47:30] the city manager on behalf of the city
questions or comments
[47:35] seeing none call for the question all is
in favor anyone opposed seeing none
[47:40] motion is carried
[47:44] moved by counselor Ray seconded by
counselor sobering B resolved at bylaw
[47:49] o4-2023 being a bylow the city of
dolphins is set the 2023 tax levy be now
[47:55] read first time
[47:58] all those in favor
[48:02] um
if you'd like to certainly uh just uh I
[48:06] know we we have bylaws coming through
all the time we usually talk at length
[48:10] before they are presented to council for
first reading and I know that this one
[48:13] is something that you might not have
seen before if you haven't been on
[48:17] Council this is a short Bilo that's full
of a lot of information but it does talk
[48:22] about setting the mill rates which is
the the bylaw that we need to set set
[48:27] the mill rate for those collection of
taxes
[48:31] foreign
thank you any further comments or
[48:34] questions
[48:37] seeing that and call for the question
then all those in favor please indicate
[48:40] anyone opposed none carried
[48:46] moved by Deputy Mayor Lachlan seconded
by councilor Daley be resolved that
[48:50] Council accepts his information the
following invitations from the Parkland
[48:54] Chamber of Commerce the state of the
city address May 9th
[48:58] the Manitoba Chamber of Commerce
Parkland Economic Development tour
[49:02] networking reception was also on May 9th
in the evening and the association of
[49:07] Manitoba municipalities the 2023
Parkland district meeting on June the
[49:11] 22nd further be resolved they're all
expenses related to council and Senior
[49:15] Administration attending these events be
borne by the city of dog questions or
[49:19] comments regarding this
seeing none all those in favor please
[49:24] indicate no one anyone opposed none
thank you
[49:31] built by counselor Daley seconded by
counselor sobering be a result of the
[49:35] council accepts as information that
Community event listed below and that's
[49:39] the dolphin public library library
extend exterior art project the concept
[49:43] reveal and presentation which is May 9
2023.
[49:48] does anyone wish to speak to this
counselor belamere yeah so tomorrow at 6
[49:53] 30 and the artist will be there and
he'll have conception designs of what
[49:59] he's going to do so uh it's you know
there are gender reveal parties and this
[50:03] is an art reveal party so uh there is
cake so Publix invited to see what's
[50:08] happening
thank you and that same artist has done
[50:12] some really nice work at the Dr CSS and
the project that the library has is I
[50:21] think very interesting and I think a
really great addition to our community
[50:24] until the library itself so I'm looking
forward to that Ojibwe artist and uh his
[50:29] work is classified as like Woodland art
yeah
[50:33] excellent thank you very much for that
uh councilor bellamere all those in
[50:37] favor please indicate
anyone opposed seeing none Kerry
[50:43] moved by counselor sobering seconded by
Deputy Mayor Locke Columbia resolveda
[50:47] Council accepts his information the
council's reports to the regular meeting
[50:50] of May the 8th
and since counselor sobering has set
[50:55] moved your second every motion today I'm
going to start with you how about you
[51:00] start the report thanks mayor boziak
[51:04] um
[51:12] on um
April the 24th and 25th I attended my
[51:16] very first budget deliberation meetings
uh here at uh council chambers City Hall
[51:22] on the 28th I was at a announcement from
the province of Manitoba the sustainable
[51:29] Canadian Agricultural and I believe it's
the um
[51:34] producers partnership but it's for
specifically announcing funding for the
[51:40] support for sustainable growth of
agricultural and the agri-food sector
[51:44] and it was at Hawk Ridge Farms and it
was actually a nice spring day and they
[51:48] announced uh 221 million dollars of
additional funding to help um the AG
[51:52] industry uh contribute to sustainability
in a variety of measures
[51:57] I also attended a
as a representative of the dolphin and
[52:03] District candy van at the Kinsman
business expo I also attended a
[52:09] subsequent dolphin District handyman
meeting I've also attended last Tuesday
[52:15] a cemetery Riverside Cemetery meeting
and uh just this last Friday I attended
[52:21] the Rock of Ages musical put on by the
theater misc
[52:26] starring none other than Economic
Development officer Martine who did a
[52:31] fantastic job as did all the other cast
members and it was a it was a great
[52:35] evening it was at the Watson Arts Center
and it was just a real treat to see the
[52:39] challenge we have in our community this
ends my report
[52:44] thank you counselor sobring Deputy Mayor
Lachlan thank you Mr Mayor for me uh
[52:49] April 17th the regular council meeting
here at City Hall on the 20th a few days
[52:53] later we had that airport board meeting
regarding the budget uh took place in
[52:57] the afternoon and then as councilor
sobering mentioned April 24th and 25th
[53:03] uh planning and priorities budget
deliberations both those days always an
[53:08] exciting time having those meetings so
we had those those two days uh also uh
[53:13] speaking of exciting uh uh QP
negotiations and bargaining it was
[53:17] fantastic we had a a lot of those
meetings from April 25th to the 27th and
[53:23] we actually had one today uh great to
see everything kind of moving in the
[53:26] right direction in that area
also I just want to mention that that's
[53:32] it for me for my reports but I am
looking forward to tomorrow the state of
[53:36] the city it's happening at the Aspen
Lodge at the Parkland Rec complex starts
[53:39] at 11 45. I think that uh like the the
play this weekend at the Watson Arts
[53:45] Center is sold out so really looking
forward to the act that the mayor puts
[53:50] on there and that that does it for my
report thank you very much thank you
[53:54] Deputy Mayor Lachlan uh councilor
stickailo
[53:58] thank you very much Mr Mayor for myself
April 17th regular council meeting on
[54:04] April 20th I too attended the airport
budget meeting
[54:08] um and then uh subsequently on the 24th
and 25th the uh
[54:13] the budget meetings here at City Hall
and I just want to thank staff for their
[54:17] diligent and and hard work on on the
budget um I know a lot of work goes into
[54:22] that and uh it's a lot of information
gathering a lot of number crunching
[54:26] obviously but it is certainly
appreciated uh when it's all boiled down
[54:32] into uh uh easy to understand format and
um it's long long meetings but uh very
[54:40] well worth it and very appreciated
on April 26th had a dolphin Rec board
[54:46] meeting
and then uh later in the afternoon we
[54:51] had a sports tourism meeting
um and uh as counselor sobering
[54:57] mentioned I attended the uh I also
attended the theater I missed production
[55:01] on Friday night um excellent uh job and
uh just kudos to everybody involved in
[55:07] that and that ends my report
thank you counselors to kylo counselor
[55:12] belamire thank you how a lot of my
meetings have already been mentioned the
[55:16] budget deliberations in April and the
cemetery board meeting and QP I think
[55:21] 18th 25th 26th 27th and today so yes
we're moving right along there um on
[55:27] Friday I met with the director of the
Regional Library in preparation for our
[55:31] next board meeting which is this evening
and also huge congrats to Peter nild
[55:36] only in the cast and crew of Rock and
Roll Heaven that performed over the
[55:39] weekend I think that's the finest
musical theater event that I've ever
[55:43] attended in that building that was truly
awesome also thank you to McDonald's who
[55:47] recently held a fundraiser for Mama we
park and they build it as Mick community
[55:53] so it's not Mick happy it's a new day
and I was speaking with the owner Mahir
[56:01] Patel and he created this new
opportunity at uh our dolphin McDonald's
[56:07] and at the Swan River McDonald's so um
you know just neat to see someone local
[56:12] coming up with a new idea that supports
an initiative in our community and stay
[56:16] tuned because that Toboggan Hill
Construction is going to be beginning
[56:20] this spring in that location that used
to be known as the Brewers Diamond I
[56:25] also like to say uh thank you to our it
manager Justin takarchuk because I've
[56:30] been to sessions on cyber security
they're pretty unnerving and it's just
[56:34] great to see that he's recently done
some more studying on cyber security
[56:38] that he's made some tweaks to our
equipment to further Safeguard them and
[56:42] I just appreciate his diligence and
attention to detail on this very
[56:46] important matter and that concludes my
report
[56:49] thank you counselor belamire counselor
Ray thank you mayor bouziak uh April
[56:55] 17th was our last regular council
meeting on the 18th I attended the act
[56:59] of living and transportation committee
meeting here in council chambers
[57:04] 24th 25th I also was at the budget
meetings held here at City Hall
[57:09] April 25th along with the mayor and
Council daily we met at City Hall with
[57:13] Ray Campbell from the rcmb to discuss
what we wanted to focus on when
[57:18] submitting our application for the
proceeds of crime fund
[57:21] uh on the 26th I attended the rec
committee meeting at the cup the 27th I
[57:27] attended the agency meeting at Aspen
Lodge facilitated facilitated by mayor
[57:32] boziak who did a great job of that
May 3rd I volunteered at Tim Hortons to
[57:39] help out with the smile cookie
fundraiser for the Parkland crisis
[57:42] center and women's shelter
and on the fifth I volunteered with
[57:48] counselor Daley at McDonald's to help
out with the mick Community week raising
[57:53] money for mamawi Park and that concludes
my report
[57:58] thank you counselor Ray counselor Daley
uh thank you I also attended the April
[58:06] 17th regular council meeting
the following day it had a a prep
[58:11] meeting for the agency meeting that we
had later on I had a short update
[58:16] meeting with Dolphin neighborhood
renewal Corporation executive director
[58:22] just to sort of catch up on a few things
I also attended the Kinsmen business
[58:27] expo on both days on the weekend just
taking it in and chatting with lots of
[58:33] folks there
on the 24th I met with the CMHA manager
[58:37] Angie Smith just to talk about some
social issues and and um
[58:42] how they fit into our agency planning
I'm meeting uh for homelessness
[58:49] addiction and those things that we're
working on
[58:52] uh worked with uh justice Chief of Staff
a little bit uh on a project that we had
[58:59] coming up attended the budget
deliberation meetings on 24th 25th and
[59:05] also the proceeds of time meeting with
councilor Ray and mayor boziak following
[59:11] day I furthered that a little bit with
another
[59:13] communication with uh chief of staff for
the justice
[59:18] to
move that proposal forward
[59:22] on April 27th we had the agency meeting
which is hosted by mayor boziak at Aspen
[59:28] Lodge and it was probably the the best
meeting we've had in a very long time as
[59:33] far as getting into an actual to-do list
and task list prepared for us to move
[59:39] forward
um
[59:42] I met with uh on May 1st we met with the
dnrc presentation on pod housing uh that
[59:51] was very interesting
um and we had uh that we had Drayton
[59:56] Valley City of Drayton Valley Alberta
come in on teams uh which unfortunately
[1:00:01] now they've been evacuated from their
community so
[1:00:05] um
which
[1:00:08] um Amanda Novak is advised that she now
understands why she wasn't emailing her
[1:00:12] back she was trying to follow up from
the meeting and couldn't figure it out
[1:00:17] um
then the counselor is Council Ray said
[1:00:21] we spent some time at uh McDonald's uh
working for the moment Park thing and uh
[1:00:27] I also attended the matinee performance
on Sunday for Rock and Roll Heaven it
[1:00:32] was truly fabulous that's ends my report
[1:00:36] um thank you counselor Daley and just uh
I'd just like to again Echo what most of
[1:00:42] the counselors have said about all the
good things that are going on in our
[1:00:45] community I think there's really a lot
of energy and excitement and uh I'm just
[1:00:50] looking forward to Spring and as things
warm up it looks like we've got a great
[1:00:55] spring summer in front of us so with
that I'd like to call for the question
[1:00:58] all those in favor please indicate
anyone opposed none
[1:01:03] carried and uh moved by counselor Ray
seconded by councilor Bellamy review
[1:01:09] resolved a council meeting be recessed
at 604 pm
[1:01:13] all those in favor
Kerry thank you