[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

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[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

City of Dauphin Regular Council Meeting - May 8 2023

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