[0:02] Good afternoon and welcome to the June 9th regular council meeting of the

[0:06] Oldstown Council. I call the meeting to order at 1

[0:10] PM. We'll move down to the added items portion of the agenda and I'll ask

[0:16] council if they have any added items today. Seeing none, um I will then move

[0:24] down to item B, adoption of the agenda, please.

[0:30] and a motion to adopt the agenda or are we going to go consensus? We're going to

[0:34] stay with consensus. That's a good one. We're all good. All right. So, deem

[0:38] excuse me, consensus to adopt the agenda as presented. And moving down to page

[0:44] two of your agenda, the regular council meeting minutes of May 26, 2025. Does

[0:49] council have questions, additions, deletions?

[0:54] Seeing none, I believe we have consensus then also for the regular council

[0:59] meeting minutes of May 26,

[1:04] 2025. Very good. We will now move down to the public hearing portion of our

[1:08] agenda on page five of your agenda.

[1:17] And before I declare it uh the public hearing

[1:23] open, I will read the pecuniary interest for the municipal counselors. Section

[1:29] 1672 of the MGA says that you may not take part in the discussion and decision

[1:34] making of any matter in which you have a pecuniary interest. Legislation attempts

[1:39] to ensure that you are not discriminated. If you are if you have a

[1:43] pecuniary interest, you are to disclose that you

[1:48] have an interest and its nature. You are to abstain from any discussion of the

[1:54] matter and from voting. You are to leave the room until the matter has been dealt

[1:58] with and you should make sure that you abstain. Your abstension is recorded in

[2:03] the minutes and you are not to be discriminated in any way.

[2:09] I now declare the public hearing for bylaw

[2:13] 202511 open at 102. Thank you. And I will direct this

[2:20] now to our municipal planner, Mr. Kyle Sloan.

[2:28] Thank you, Mayor and Council. Um, bylaw 2025-11

[2:35] uh proposes to accomplish two things. The first is to reszone uh two parcels

[2:40] of land um located at 6102 and 640248th Avenue

[2:47] um from DC7 direct control district uh that's specific to uh cannabis

[2:53] production to I1 which is our uh general light industrial district. Um the second

[3:00] thing uh that's proposed in this bylaw is to introduce a new definition uh that

[3:06] is not currently in the bylaw and that's for um a data center. Um the proposed

[3:12] meaning would be that that is a building used to store computer systems and

[3:15] associated components for the storage or processing of data and may require

[3:20] constant climate control. Um the uh that uh definition would then

[3:28] be added as a permitted use to the I1 district. Uh not specific to this parcel

[3:33] at all. Um but throughout town, we have had a number of inquiries recently about

[3:38] this and our bylaw being from a time when data centers didn't exist does not

[3:43] have this defined. So we're just uh adding that as a listed use. Thank you.

[3:50] Thank you very

[3:53] much. Before I move forward with this, I'm just scanning through um the gallery

[4:00] and I'm one do not see anybody here that is speaking for or against this

[4:07] bylaw. Very good. And we have no one online. Very good. So then I will move

[4:12] right down and ask my council if they have any comments.

[4:22] Keeping in mind, of course, I do understand there was no written

[4:25] correspondence received at all for this proposed bylaw as well. Is that correct,

[4:29] Mr. Sloan? That's correct. Very good. I will Do you have any closing comments

[4:36] you'd like to share? Very good. Then I declare the public hearing closed at

[4:41] 10:04 p.m. and ask you to refer back to page 5, please for the bylaw and ask for

[4:47] second reading. Councelor Wilson. Thank you, Mayor Doll. I make the motion

[4:52] that bylaw 2025-11 be given second reading as

[4:56] presented. Very good. Thank you, Councelor Wilson. Those in

[5:02] favor? That is carry. Third and final reading, please. Councelor Blatz. Deputy

[5:08] Mayor Blatz. Thank you, Mayor Doll. I move that bylaw 2025-11 be given third

[5:13] reading as presented. Very good. Uh, Deputy Mayor,

[5:17] those in favor, that is carried. And thank you, Mr. Sloan, for your time

[5:22] today. We will move forward now down to

[5:28] page nine, which is 4A of your agenda. And this is our RCMP quarterly report.

[5:36] and I'll have uh our CEO introduce our our RCMP member.

[5:42] Thank you, Mayor D. Today I'm standing in for acting staff sergeant Jamie Day

[5:46] is uh Mr. Life Spencson. So, life, welcome. Thank you, CEO Williams. Uh

[5:53] good afternoon, Mayor D counselors. Um as uh mentioned, uh Staff Sergeant or

[5:58] acting staff, Sergeant Jamie Day sends his regards uh here in his place. My

[6:01] apologies for not being in uniform. I tweaked uh a part of my body playing

[6:05] hockey a couple weeks ago, so I'm on modified duties for the week, but um I'm

[6:08] here nonetheless. Uh I did send the uh the report the the stats to uh Director

[6:15] Andrew in May. I'm obviously obviously it must have made it way to you for

[6:20] review. Um I'll just ask if there's any comments or questions with respect to

[6:25] any of the uh information that you see in front of you.

[6:32] We'll start with councelor Ryan. Uh thank you Mayor Doll and through you

[6:37] to uh was it constible officer sergeant uh corporal corporal. Thank you. I

[6:43] didn't hear what uh what your title was. Thank you. Uh Corporal Spencer, I don't

[6:47] know if you can answer this question I have or not, but it was on page uh two

[6:51] of your report with regards to on page uh 11 in the agenda package on the crime

[6:58] stats. Um just had a quick question on the

[7:03] um other provincial stats which is under the um total I guess total four the

[7:10] provincial stats we have um there's number 58 there and it's quite a bit of

[7:15] an increase and I'm just wondering if you had any idea of what these

[7:20] particular stats include and what if you had any idea of trends or anything for

[7:26] the reason for the jump. I'm not sure if you can answer that question. Uh I can't

[7:32] I can't answer it specifically. Um three of the major ones if you see above

[7:36] Licorac cannons act mental health act. Those are three of the uh major

[7:40] provincial statutes that we deal with. Uh noncriminal in nature. Um it's it's a

[7:45] wide variety of items. uh they're all proincially based though uh based on

[7:49] statutes and laws that um it could be uh I mean as you see everything's tied in

[7:54] municipal bylaws in terms of traffic um tickets um different offenses under the

[8:00] say traffic safety act rules of the road regulations things like that so um it's

[8:05] it's they're not criminal in nature they're not in my opinion uh in my

[8:09] experience not as significant as what you see in the rest of the document

[8:12] especially on page one so I I have no specific information based on that

[8:15] because the the wide variety of uh events that occur within that um

[8:21] particular portion of the document. So thank you very uh so this would just

[8:25] basically deal with the the traffic safety component pro probably with

[8:30] regards to any kind of enforcement traffic stops uh going through stop

[8:34] signs and things like that. Is that right? Yeah, it's very possible. Um the

[8:40] numbers as you see total provincial traffic uh in the third shaded or the

[8:45] first shaded uh row uh near the uh the bottom of the document

[8:50] 262. Um again that's everything traffic related and other provincial statistics

[8:58] uh could very well fall within that as well.

[9:02] Yeah. I have a couple questions myself. Um for for your report with regards to

[9:08] mischief mischief other um the stats have really jumped here to 22 from last

[9:14] year of 10. Is there a common area that you're seeing the trend for the stats?

[9:20] It's on page 10 in the agenda. Yes, I I see that. I noticed that as well during

[9:24] my review of the stats. So mischief again is a uh a very broad offense

[9:30] within the criminal code. Mischief. I mean, there's a definition within, I

[9:34] believe, the dictionary. I mean, probably up to no good, if you will. Uh,

[9:37] but mischief, um, it can include noise complaints. It can inuh include u

[9:43] neighbors disturbing other neighbors for a variety of reasons. It's a very, uh,

[9:47] lowrisk, um, component of what we do in the criminal code. Uh, again, a wide

[9:53] variety of occurrences can be reported within that mischief uh, complaint or

[9:57] event type. I have no concern with it at all based on my knowledge of the code

[10:02] and um the things that I've reviewed over my time in OS here and everywhere

[10:07] else I've been. And the other one I had was to do with the common police

[10:13] activities for false alarms and I'm thinking it might have something to do

[10:17] also with the fire department. So either yourself or director Andrew could answer

[10:21] that. I can speak to it first off. Um typically it was a significant increase

[10:26] uh over the last uh quarter of the last fiscal year. I mean it is 10 more

[10:31] occurrences uh up from 16 to 26. Uh a lot of this is uh to do with equipment

[10:38] malfunction, employee error when they're say keying in their uh code at the uh

[10:43] workplace when they first come to work or if they uh arm it or say attempt to

[10:48] arm it when they leave and they don't do it properly. then we get a call to go to

[10:53] uh say a bank or another workplace. Uh I hope that answers your question.

[10:59] Certainly it does. Are there any other questions? Councelor Cummings and then

[11:03] uh Councelor Wilson. Uh thank you Madame Mayor. If I can draw your attention to

[11:08] page I think it's the second page of the stats anyways where offensive weapons

[11:12] are listed. Um we're up to three in the

[11:16] first quarter of this year. Um, and I know that most recently there was an

[11:20] announcement by the RCMP that another weapons weapon was seized during a drug

[11:25] raid in ins. It seems that those numbers are

[11:29] always increasing. We hear about a lot in the news. We see it a lot in our

[11:32] local detachment getting these weapons off the street. So, I'm kind of happy

[11:36] that we're getting weapons off the street. Kind of sad that there's that

[11:40] many weapons on the street in Olds that are involved, I'm assuming, involved in

[11:44] other crimes. And I'm going to talk about two I think that aren't even

[11:48] included in this three. The one that was just recently announced where the

[11:51] gentleman had a firearm in his RV and then the drug raid that was done in

[11:55] north the north end of town that also yielded a firearm. In your experience,

[12:00] are you is it normal for us to have this because the stats don't seem to be it

[12:04] out this many firearm related offenses or this many firearms seized during

[12:10] other raids? And is it something that the community should be very worried

[12:15] about or not? I I don't think it's something the community should be

[12:19] worried about at all. If you look at the overall percentage, this is 200% jump

[12:23] from the previous quarter. Um most definitely looks significant, but the

[12:28] actual numbers three versus one from the prior. So we have two more occurrences.

[12:32] um the uh information that you uh mentioned here, the details you

[12:36] mentioned regarding the previous search warrants that's not included in this

[12:39] quarter of course seeing as the fiscal year ended in March 31st. However, um

[12:44] these things do happen. Uh I I can speak of one from this quarter I believe was

[12:49] an individual who had a collapsible baton in his in his custody or his care

[12:53] when he was taken into custody for another matter. Um it was for uh his

[12:57] words personal protection. Um, it's not a prohibited device to own a class of

[13:01] baton, such as what I carry when I'm on duty in my uniform. Um, we we take these

[13:06] weapons from individuals when there's offenses, say related to uh why they're

[13:10] in custody. If um they consent to them being uh relinquished, then we'll take

[13:15] them off their hands as well, obviously, for public safety reasons. But um based

[13:19] on the number over three months, uh offensive weapons, I mean it's it it

[13:24] appears to be quite serious the way it's described offensive weapons, but it

[13:29] could be a pocketk knife. It could be a baton as I mentioned um in the most

[13:33] recent search uh with um our crime uh reduction unit that uh supported um the

[13:41] investigation that you referred to earlier. Uh firearms are very rarely

[13:45] seized here. Uh uh a year and a half ago, we did have a a public safety

[13:51] search warrant for firearms in the community. Um no charges were laid as a

[13:56] result of public safety warrant. That's a weapon as a mechanism to get them off

[13:59] the street. Um in that case though, uh we did see a number of uh

[14:04] non-restrictive firearms, hunting rifles, shotguns, and such. But um but

[14:09] this type of occurrence, as you can see from the numbers, it's not happening

[14:13] very often at all. Well, three and a quarter isn't significant to me. I've

[14:17] worked in places that uh where many more weapons were seized um even on a a

[14:23] weekly basis. So, uh it's all relative to the community and place that I've

[14:28] worked in Olds is in my opinion very safe place to be and I I I don't think

[14:32] that that number and that percentage should cause any concern to the citizens

[14:35] of the community in my opinion. Thank you for answering that. And we'll

[14:40] go to councelor Wilson. Thank you, Mayor Doll. and through you

[14:44] to the corporal. Just um a question. I'm going to take us down a little slightly

[14:47] little different path around traffic enforcement tied in maybe perhaps a

[14:51] little bit page 11 around um alcohol suppression and um and so on. But so

[14:57] we're into the summer season now. Traffic patterns are changing. We got

[15:01] more activity on the roads, events, hydration becomes an issue. Can you talk

[15:06] a little bit about traffic enforcement within the town, less so around

[15:11] speeding? Speeding always is a hot button topic for our citizens. Um, not

[15:15] so much. When we had our our recent coffee with council session, there were

[15:19] one or two inquiries, but could you talk a little bit about just general traffic

[15:23] enforcement in town to the extent you can without giving away any secrets, how

[15:27] that looks, what does that look like through the summer, and how do we blend

[15:32] in w with mandatory alcohol screening, which came in many years ago, 2018.

[15:38] What's the process there relative to policies within the detachment within

[15:43] guidelines within individual officer discretion and your spidey senses? How

[15:48] does that m uh mandatory alcohol screening work in a lawful traffic stop?

[15:54] Thanks. No problem. Uh that's a good question, a good couple questions. I'll

[15:57] speak to the mandatory alcohol screening first uh if you don't mind. So mandatory

[16:01] alcohol screening, as you just mentioned, has been in place. It's been

[16:04] a law in Canada since 2018. Um, basically it gives any peace officer or

[16:10] police officer the uh authorization to uh demand a breast sample from any

[16:15] operator of any motor vehicle regardless of the circumstances. There doesn't have

[16:18] to be suspicion uh or um any belief that the operator of the vehicle or motor

[16:24] vehicle has been is impaired or has been consuming alcohol. So it's uses a

[16:28] preventative measure to deter impaired driving. Basically, if people know that

[16:32] they're going to be uh blowing into approved screening device, an ASD as we

[16:36] call it, uh every time they're pulled over, then hopefully people will realize

[16:41] that you don't have to just have uh 10 drinks with a tremendous uh amount of

[16:47] liquor on your breath or um all the other symptoms, you know, uh glossy

[16:51] eyes, um flushed cheeks, slurred speech and whatnot to be uh I guess issued a

[16:58] breath demand. So, it's to be proactive rather than reactive. Back in the day

[17:03] before 2018, we were discouraged from using ASDs, approved screening devices

[17:07] to test for alcohol or liquor on board when a person's pulled over because we

[17:12] were told to use our uh I guess our investigative abilities to determine if

[17:16] a driver is impaired. For example, driving behavior um against third

[17:21] speech, their appearance. If I ask for a motor vehicle, a driver to give me their

[17:26] driver's license, registration, insurance card, their their behavior,

[17:29] their fumbling, say, of their wallet, and then if we're absolutely uh not 100%

[17:34] sure that they've been consuming alcohol and that their ability to operate a

[17:37] vehicle is impaired, then we would use the SD. Now, it's the first thing we'll

[17:42] do. We'll advise them as to why the person stopped. It has to be a lawful

[17:46] detention, of course, a uh failed to signal or blown stop sign. Then they'll

[17:50] present the approved screening device, explain the mandatory alcohol screen

[17:55] demand to the driver of the vehicle, and then usually the person uh driving the

[18:00] vehicle will comply and blow because the punishment for failing or refusing to

[18:04] provide a sample is the same as being impaired if you're over 08. So, um it's

[18:11] it's regular practice. It doesn't matter time of day, the uh the uh the driving

[18:17] behavior, the uh I mean we're not discriminatory when it comes to who we

[18:23] stop, why we stop them, and then why we asked them to blow. It's law. So, uh

[18:27] it's the members um option to again administer the the mandatory alcohol

[18:33] screen demand and then to administer the ASD device to the driver. There's no um

[18:39] I mean a lot of drivers ask us, why am I doing this? It's 10:30 in the morning.

[18:43] I'm with my kids. I'm going to the mall. I haven't been drinking. It doesn't

[18:47] matter. And we explain it on scene. And this is bigger than the town of Olds. I

[18:50] mean, it's uh it's law within the country of Canada. And then obviously

[18:55] the government of Alberta has its own provisions when it comes to meter

[18:57] roadside sanctions and the punishment associated to drive impaired. So I don't

[19:01] know if that answers your question with respect to mandatory alcohol. Thanks.

[19:05] Yeah, no problem. And and now to answer the question with respect to traffic

[19:08] enforcement, you're absolutely right. more vehicles on the road, people with

[19:12] their campers going to say campgrounds or Crownland, um people cruising their

[19:17] convertible, uh say if the sun's out and the tops down. Um we had can road safety

[19:22] week a couple weeks ago. We set up uh deliberate check stops at um particular

[19:27] intersections and locations to obviously pull people over and let them know why

[19:31] we're doing it. um if we're looking for impaireds or seat belts for example just

[19:36] to educate people first of all because I know I was I participate in a few of

[19:39] those and I found no infraction this is a good thing um but we are going to be

[19:44] stepping up traffic enforcement here and there um time of day weekend say uh

[19:49] school zones but what we really want though are people to come forward and to

[19:53] uh bring up concerns say uh in a school zone if they're dropping their children

[19:58] off in a school zone hey I see or I believe people are speeding through this

[20:01] area when I'm dropping my kids off, I have a concern for the safety of the

[20:04] children and everybody else in the in the location and we will go and we'll

[20:08] conduct traffic enforcement in that area. If it's a a a problem location

[20:12] according to the citizens in the community, right? But um I mean uh our

[20:17] our members are out and about. They'll pull people over as they see fit based

[20:21] on driving behavior. Um it might be time of day if say bar out at the uh bulldogs

[20:27] is on and we see someone who needs to be pulled over based on uh their behaviors

[20:31] or their driving behavior or their pattern then we'll do it. Uh it always

[20:35] increases in the summertime based on volume um and what not the obvious

[20:39] factors Christmas time you know with uh check stops because of the season but um

[20:44] summertime we will be increasing traffic enforcement and we have a number of

[20:48] members who are really eager to do so just to keep the roads safe in our

[20:51] community for our citizens for the obvious reasons.

[20:56] Thank you very much. That was very thorough and well explained and I like

[21:01] the eager to do so part. Uh looks like we have no further

[21:06] questions at this time. So uh once again, thank you for coming to our

[21:11] council today, Corpal Swinson. And have a good rest of the day. Thank you, Mayor

[21:17] Doll. Uh thank you to everyone in the room. All right. Have a wonderful day.

[21:20] So yes, take care. I'd entertain a motion,

[21:24] please. Councilor Ryan. Thank you, Mayor Doll. I move the council accepts the

[21:28] Royal Canadian Mounted Police Quarterly Report as presented.

[21:33] Very good. Thank you. I will now call for the vote. Those in

[21:37] favor? That is carried. Moving down to page 22, please now for in in 4B

[21:45] infrastructure services quarterly report CAO Williams.

[21:51] Thank you, Mayor Dal. And Dr. Pedro's with us here to walk us through his

[21:54] report. Adrian.

[22:02] Good afternoon, council. I'd be happy to guide us through the Q2 report for

[22:07] infrastructure services. Moving on

[22:11] to Okay, our first page here, we are just

[22:18] uh reporting on the utilities key performance indicators. So what we've

[22:22] done in both utilities and public works as part of our business plan uh draft we

[22:27] have established what our high level KPIs are going to be. Um these are those

[22:33] four utilities and as you can see we have

[22:36] been quite busy. On a quick glance I do notice that pressure testing there

[22:41] should be 396 in Q2. So we've been quite busy with that investigation this year.

[22:51] Moving on to the utilities work order summary. So through citywide our work

[22:55] order platform we are able to break down the type of work that the crews are

[23:00] doing. Um so in utilities you can see primarily lab work and sampling have by

[23:06] far the most work orders. However, I would note that something like leak

[23:10] detection in the bottom left of that pie chart um there's only 23 work orders for

[23:18] that. However, it does often take the most time. So the the pie chart is not

[23:24] necessarily representative of time, just the amount that we're

[23:29] doing. Moving on to water loss and INI. Um this this is just a quick sum summary

[23:35] on what we've done in Q2. So we have repaired seven service leaks on the

[23:40] water side. We do have a number of outstanding locations that we are aware

[23:44] of. Um it's just we're having issues trying to find them. So unfortunately

[23:50] this year um leaks have been quite elusive. So we're having to spend a lot

[23:53] more time trying to find where they are and employing different technology to

[23:58] try and do so. And on the wastewater side we have been busy finding

[24:03] infiltration. So May was quite helpful with all of the precipitation that we

[24:07] did see to try and track down certain locations.

[24:11] A couple of those locations are the Cornerstone Village, which we are

[24:15] dealing with the developer on that, and then Smitty's Plaza is also a a recent

[24:21] one that we discovered. And at both locations, essentially what we're seeing

[24:25] is that um grading adjacent to sanitary manholes is tying any sort of storm

[24:33] water into those manholes. So, it is a quite a problem in town. And these are

[24:38] only two of the few locations that we found so far. And we have um received

[24:44] quite a bit of the thorough footage for the sanitary

[24:48] sewer. And in the southwest quadrant north is how we break down the sections.

[24:53] We do have 12 areas of infiltration found. And so that's requiring us to go

[24:58] out and do investigation to find where that water is coming from. And that

[25:01] could be anything from groundwater to an actual water leak. So whether it's on a

[25:06] service or water mane itself so that is keeping us quite

[25:13] busy and getting into the percentages. Um I I kid you not this is my least

[25:19] favorite time of the month when I get these

[25:21] percentages. Um but what we are seeing is there was an uptick in April. Um it's

[25:27] rather unfortunate. However, when we do compare the 2024 averages

[25:33] percentage-wise, we are lower, which I think is a good sign. In a few slides

[25:39] here, I will um explain where I think a lot of the discrepancy and the

[25:43] percentages is coming from. So, I'm happy to answer any questions on that

[25:51] shortly. Annual water distribution volumes. So tying into the last slide,

[25:57] what I'd like to show council is that we're comparing the

[26:02] distribution i.e. the outflow from the reservoirs

[26:06] year-over-year. And so what we are seeing in 2025, there is a notable

[26:12] decrease. And a lot of that would be attributable to a lot of the repairs

[26:16] that we're doing. And so you can even see in May is a great example of this.

[26:21] So back in 2022, it's quite high. Um and then it's decrease in

[26:26] 2023, further decrease in 2024, and then a notable decrease in

[26:32] 2025. So I think it just speaks to all of the repairs that we are doing are

[26:37] having an effect. They're not necessarily being reflected in the

[26:40] percentages. However, um there there is a reason for that in our

[26:46] estimation. So I think overall in the water distribution volumes, this is a

[26:50] good sign as well.

[26:55] and breaking down a little bit more detail on the wastewater volume side. So

[26:59] these are the volumes that get sent to the SRD lift

[27:03] station. What's interesting about this data comparing it the last four years is

[27:08] that what we are seeing that the effect of precipitation each month is becoming

[27:14] less and less. So I'll jump back to May as my example here. You can see that the

[27:20] 2024 rainfall volume was quite high. I believe numerically this was

[27:25] around 127 millimeters and that resulted in quite a

[27:31] high SRD volume. Um I think it was 144,000 to be exact cubic meters. And

[27:38] then in May, what we're seeing is that even though this red line here denotes,

[27:44] uh, this was 98 millimeters of rainfall this May. Uh, we did have a

[27:48] substantially less volume that went to the SRD lift station. So what this tells

[27:54] me and previous months show similar trend. What this tells me is that the

[27:59] repairs and work that we are doing is again having results. So, we all know

[28:05] historically that rain rainfall is an issue in town and it does get into the

[28:10] system and so I think we're making progress in that regard as

[28:17] well. And moving on to our water meters. So, we are proceeding with phase one and

[28:23] if council recalls phase one was 640 meters that were being replaced with

[28:28] campstrip meters. Uh these numbers are slightly outdated. Um, however, they are

[28:34] from last week. However, we are making progress on getting those installations

[28:38] completed. There are a number of outstanding locations. Um, we're working

[28:43] through those with the contractor. Um, anything ranging from, you know,

[28:47] residents not getting back to them or having certain issues with the program

[28:51] itself. So, we'll work with the residents to move that

[28:57] those do hope to get this wrapped up by this summer.

[29:02] And I think we're fairly confident we can get there. And for reference, the

[29:07] 640 locations are highlighted in yellow on the map. So, we did decide to focus

[29:13] on the southwest quadrant of town as it's historically been giving us a lot

[29:17] of issues for water leaks on surfaces

[29:24] specifically. And moving on to water meters phase two.

[29:29] So this is sort of a a big pivot for us this year. Um so when I'm considering

[29:36] the percentages that we see on the table a few slides ago, um what we're quite

[29:43] confident with at this point is that we're suffering from a very high

[29:48] percentage of apparent loss. So what that means is that we're not we're

[29:52] underregistering on our water meters currently. So, the issue is that of our

[29:58] 4,000 meters, 3,000 of those meters approximately are 15 years or older. The

[30:05] problem with mechanical meters is that once they reach that 15-year mark, they

[30:09] degrade quite substantially and so you're not getting an accurate read on

[30:13] those meters. So, essentially, we're under billing is what we're figuring

[30:17] out. Now the the data from the Camstrip pilot program that we did uh starting in

[30:24] 2023 is showing us that of those 94 locations there's a net increase of 223

[30:32] cubic meters per month for those 94 locations. So in doing a fairly

[30:38] straightforward calculation on what that net increase would look like over the

[30:42] remaining inventory um you can see here that it would equate

[30:47] to about 9500 cubic meters a month which when you calculate that into a

[30:53] percentage loss that reduces our percentage water loss by about about 10%

[30:59] over the month. So this this is one of those

[31:04] things that we want to attack quite quickly here which is why

[31:08] we're proposing to expand the replacement program this year by about 7

[31:12] to 800 meters and we now the issue with doing that is it is going to take away

[31:19] from doing other initiatives. So for example on the sanitary main reling side

[31:24] we're are already identifying that that program may not get the attention that

[31:28] we initially thought it was this year. Um, however, when you look at the data,

[31:33] this is of a higher urgency at this point. So, any questions on that before

[31:40] I move forward? Yes. Deputy Mayor Blaz. Uh, thank you, Mayor Doll, and through

[31:44] you to Director Pedro. Um, I know for a fact having firsthand experience with a

[31:50] company that's coming to do meters, they're very

[31:54] um, compatible and that they're very helpful with you in trying to set up a

[31:59] time that works. And I found that I had three phone calls back to to try and set

[32:05] up a time and they were very reasonable and and I think that maybe if if some of

[32:10] our residents realize that the program is a benefit to them to have people come

[32:15] into their home that this is a very legitimate company and uh I believe that

[32:22] you know maybe we could do a little bit more promoting of them so that people

[32:27] are reassured because I've had a couple of questions from well, why are we doing

[32:30] this and you know, can these guys come into my home sort of situation. So, I

[32:36] think that um our experience has been very favorable and I think that that

[32:40] type of information needs to be shared with residents that might increase some

[32:43] of the uptake and response from those that haven't responded. Thank you. Thank

[32:49] you, Councelor Daly. And then councelor Cummings. Thank you, Mayor Doll through

[32:53] you to uh director of operations. um with phase 2 roll out uh mentioning the

[33:00] 15-year kind of being the benchmark that you want to um start replacing or making

[33:07] sure that we got those meters out of our system with phase 2 roll out. Will that

[33:12] capture that those meters of 15 years and above or are we looking further down

[33:17] the road even uh yet to because this is substantial. This is this is huge,

[33:23] right? So, thanks Aiden. Yeah, great question. So, phase two

[33:29] would look at continuing on on the progress of our approximately 4,000

[33:35] meters in our inventory. I believe the number is

[33:38] 3,048 are 15 years or older. So, we would have to continue this year over

[33:43] year to address that deficiency. Thank you, Councelor Cummings. Thank

[33:51] you, Madam Mayor. Um, I'm not too sure how it's the questioning has been coming

[33:55] from the citizenry about our meter replacement. I know I've got fielded a

[33:59] number of questions about smart meter technology and a lot of misinformation

[34:04] that's out there on the internet about smart

[34:06] meters. Correct me if I'm mistaken. I remember replacing water meters when I

[34:11] used to work in utilities department. There's smart meters already installed

[34:15] in people's houses and that they transmit all the time. We just don't

[34:18] pick them up all the time. and we're just replacing them with

[34:22] smarter smart meters. Are we getting any feedback uh

[34:27] at the administrative level that I'm seeing on the political level for the

[34:31] whole smart meter concept?

[34:37] Um couple points. Um you're correct in the sense that a lot of the existing

[34:42] meters are technically smart. They have readers called MXUs attached to them

[34:47] which is how we pick up our signal during our monthly reads.

[34:51] Um some of the issues that people are concerned with for the smart meters is

[34:57] just um you know we've heard some radiation

[35:00] concerns. However, we do have data to educate people on that. Um we are

[35:06] hearing that people don't want to necessarily be tracked. Um but I I think

[35:10] you hit the nail on the head. we do already track their consumption for

[35:13] billing purposes. So this is really no different. Uh one of the messages we are

[35:18] trying to get to those who are more concerned about the meters in general is

[35:23] that this would actually help them. Um it's going to be a bit more accurate on

[35:29] their end as evidenced with the pilot program and then it will also let us

[35:35] know if there's any issue in their internal plumbing. So, a recurring issue

[35:38] that people don't often see because it's from a minor leak in their house,

[35:43] whether it's from a faucet, toilet, those types of plumbing. Um, quite

[35:48] common. They won't necessarily see that leak. But these meters, because they're

[35:53] monitoring all the time, will actually assess what the trends are. So, they

[35:57] will identify that, for example, there's a spike overnight and this suggests that

[36:02] there is a leak internally. So at the end of the day, we would that would get

[36:07] flagged in the system and then we would contact that land owner to give them

[36:10] that information. So there are benefits to to their side as well.

[36:16] Yep. Thank you for sharing that, Councelor Ryan.

[36:19] Thank you very much, Mayor Dol through you to director Pedro. Um with regard

[36:23] just a clarification for me then you you're asking to um to increase the

[36:30] number of meters or proposing to increase the number of meters that we're

[36:33] putting in uh this year. Um and you mentioned about the sanitary sewer

[36:40] relining program. Are you looking at doing one or the other or does it just

[36:45] mean that the senator soon relinigning would be done

[36:50] um later on or what what's your what's your

[36:53] actual because I'm not quite clear what you were asking or saying?

[36:58] Yeah, for for sure. Uh happy to clarify. So, because we are working with a set uh

[37:04] budget, we preemptively at the beginning of the year allocated certain amounts

[37:09] towards each initiative. Um, we did allocate quite a bit to sanitary main

[37:14] rellining. So, we would essentially internally reallocate to doing phase two

[37:18] of the meters. And so, sanitary main relining likely wouldn't be completed

[37:24] until next year at the earliest. Now, that being said, we're making that

[37:29] decision based on the fact that we're not quite comfortable making a decision

[37:33] on which sanitary means to do at this time. So, a lot of that is based on the

[37:38] investigation from the camera work that we're

[37:41] doing. Excuse me. And because we don't have all those all of that data and all

[37:45] that footage, I don't think it'd be a com we wouldn't be comfortable making a

[37:51] decision on which sanitary means to do at this point.

[37:59] Okay. Supplemental then and perhaps through to the CEO.

[38:03] Um what what would be the problem in coming forward with uh you know budget

[38:09] adjustment if we decide to do both things if you know we pin down our

[38:14] priorities later in the summertime with regards to the relining and then

[38:18] continue on to add on to these additional meters that uh director Pedro

[38:23] was suggesting. would we be looking at a budget adjustment and what kind of um

[38:28] you know is the 700 800 meters the same amount as the sanitary seing because I

[38:34] don't have the budget in front of me obviously.

[38:39] Yeah. Um Adrian can comment on the exact specifics or differentials in in the

[38:43] cost but I imagine will just be replacing what's available in the

[38:46] relining budget with and adding that to the meter budget. It's totally possible

[38:51] to do a budget amendment in the realm of um what would this be? $400,000ish.

[38:57] Uh this would be about 650 650. It's just our reserves can't handle it.

[39:02] That's what where the money would be coming from. So I of course council can

[39:06] tell me to do what they wish, but um I wouldn't be comfortable bringing that

[39:09] forward based on our current already currently budgeted draw from reserves.

[39:14] So it's I would say it's one or the other. Okay, fair enough. Uh yeah, I

[39:18] wasn't exactly sure what kind of money we're talking about. So if we're talking

[39:20] about a $650,000 hit to the budget, that is ouch factor to me. Um so thank you.

[39:28] Uh certainly, you know, I'll leave it in your capable hands to decide which which

[39:33] way is to go and u if you do see a priority of of a sewer lining that is

[39:40] really like it totally needs to be done now, um I would imagine that you'll

[39:45] balance that all out. So thank you.

[39:52] Perfect. Go ahead. Thank you.

[39:57] So now jumping over to our public works group. Uh so similar to our utilities

[40:02] department, we are breaking out the key performance indicators as per our

[40:07] business plan. Um it is quite detailed for public

[40:12] works. Um but we are working on all of these initiatives currently.

[40:21] and a similar work order summary. Um, as you can see, there's a lot tied into

[40:27] other work orders or miscellaneous. That is a general catch

[40:31] all category. We are looking to break that down better in the future. Um, but

[40:35] they have been quite active so far in Q2.

[40:43] Moving on to planning and infrastructure. So a number of

[40:46] initiatives going going on currently. Um asset

[40:50] management Lynn and the team has been working quite diligently on this

[40:54] initiative. Um unfortunately there's a lot of data to go through so it takes

[40:59] quite a bit of time but the team as a whole is working well together. So we

[41:04] are going to get there. Um the nice thing about asset management is we are

[41:08] starting to do field data collection. So we do have the engineering summer

[41:12] student um assisting with a lot of that. So it's nice to see that get started so

[41:17] we can feed that back into the asset management

[41:20] system. E-mitting is progressing quite well. Um we are on schedule to have this

[41:28] live to the public later this year. Uh we are going to go live internally in

[41:33] June, later this June. uh for us to start using on our own and then once we

[41:38] work out all the kinks, we'll roll that out to the public later this year. On

[41:42] the engineering side, we are quite busy. Uh there's a few larger developments

[41:47] that are taking up some time to review, but however, it's good progress for the

[41:51] town. Director Pedro, we have a question.

[41:54] Councelor Dailyy, thank you. Mayor Doll through you to uh

[41:58] Director Pedro. Going back to your pie chart, could you give us a bit of a

[42:02] definition of what other and miscellaneous is and what it consists

[42:05] of? It uh seems to be quite general there. So,

[42:10] yeah. So, the system right now will report on the work order types that

[42:15] we've broken down. So, if there's anything that falls outside of that, it

[42:18] would automatically kick itself to the other or the miscellaneous. Um

[42:23] miscellaneous could be something as simple as

[42:27] um you know they're starting to track ordering supplies for example that would

[42:32] be under miscellaneous. Um so there it's not any significant work orders I guess

[42:40] is the best way to describe it but we do honestly it's it's a good point. We do

[42:45] want to get away from those miscellaneous categories. So that's

[42:48] going to result in us creating more work order types to better report on that

[42:53] data. But

[42:57] other is similar. So if it the system is a little strange at this point, if it

[43:02] doesn't fit under miscellaneous, it'll just kick it automatically to other. So

[43:05] we do need to clean that up as well.

[43:10] Councelor Wilson. Thank you. M through to the director. Just a quick question.

[43:13] Page 32 when you talk about the ashalt repairs. I see some zeros there. I know

[43:17] we have I believe we have some bright new shiny equipment. This is just timing

[43:22] or are there other factors that up until June we hadn't been able to get to any

[43:26] of those repairs and when I expect to see then July, August, September like

[43:30] things taking off like a rocket ship or like you?

[43:34] Uh great question and absolutely. So in May we were sidetracked with a few other

[43:41] initiatives um and the rain didn't necessarily help. So what the team's

[43:45] been focused on essentially up until this point is trying to deal with

[43:50] alleys. So they've been obviously as council have seen um lots of reporter

[43:55] problems on that. So trying to address those issues and then we have uh part of

[44:00] the team occupied with essentially doing some expansion to the parking lot at the

[44:05] operation center. Um now that being said, we do expect uh actually later

[44:10] this week to start on the Asheva repairs. So, we're going to mark those

[44:14] out, dig those out, and start doing those internally. As far as the

[44:19] contracted ashall repairs, we are finalizing those locations currently,

[44:24] and we plan to get those to the contractor by the end of the week, and

[44:28] then at that point, it's based on their schedule. However, we do have a a

[44:32] deadline for them by September 30th, I believe. So, yeah, I I no concerns with

[44:39] it actually being completed.

[44:45] Perfect. Okay, moving

[44:49] on. Getting into our planning and development approval timelines. Um, as

[44:54] council will see valuation wise, we are um a lot higher than last year. There's

[45:01] some larger projects that are factoring into that. Uh from a processing approval

[45:07] timeline, I think we're looking fairly good at five and three days

[45:12] respectively. Nothing has come to council in Q2 and hence the

[45:20] zero. And getting into building permit statistics, so we are on track to have a

[45:27] higher valuation in 2025 than 2024. Um housing starts are are also if

[45:34] mathematically slightly down than 2024. However, I expect that this will be

[45:40] higher by towards the end of the

[45:46] year. And development permits uh similar commentary. So we did have one large or

[45:53] sorry two large permits that have increased the DP values there. So it is

[45:58] quite a high number compared to 2024. Um however I think both from a

[46:04] building per perspective and development per perspective it is a good sign that

[46:08] there is growth in the community and we're seeing the effects of

[46:15] that. And just giving council an update on the spring cleanup initiatives. So we

[46:20] did have our popup transfer station and branch

[46:24] dump and grass clippings for the month of May. Um, the interesting thing we're

[46:28] seeing for the pop-up transfer station is that there was less use this year.

[46:33] Um, so we don't have the tonnages yet for the household waste or the hazardous

[46:40] waste yet. Um, but numerically it was down quite a bit. So 119 last year

[46:47] versus 88 this year. Um, so what I think we'll do later this year is we'll really

[46:52] assess the effectiveness of the program and if there's changes and if it does

[46:56] make sense for us to continue in this capacity. But all in all, the people

[47:01] that did use it, I think we're quite appreciative of

[47:08] it. And on the health and safety side, we've only had two incidents in Q2. Uh,

[47:15] both were relatively minor.

[47:20] looking forward. So, we are going to be continuing a lot of what we're already

[47:25] doing. Um, public works, as councelor Wilson alluded to, ashvalt and concrete

[47:30] repair programs are going to be ongoing and internal hot mix repairs will also

[47:36] be on starting soon. On the planning and infrastructure side, we are going to

[47:42] continue with our root patrol. So that's what I mentioned earlier that we're

[47:45] using on the asset management side to go out identify infrastructure and identify

[47:50] deficiencies on that infrastructure. So excited

[47:55] there and we I'm at the end. Happy to take any questions. Yes, you are at the

[48:00] end. You're we're looking ahead. No further questions from

[48:05] council. I see. Yes, councelor Wilson. Thank you, Mol. And perhaps through you

[48:09] to the CEO. One of the things I'm passionate about is uh third party

[48:13] utility rate analysis. We know amongst a few things these days uh water water

[48:19] rates are a hot button topic with our residents. Um I've made the reference

[48:24] going back a couple years when I was on the water commission that water is fast

[48:28] becoming like gold. We know those rates are just going to go up. You have an

[48:31] aging plant in Inisville, etc., etc.

[48:35] We've got some good information here, uh, balanced with some information that

[48:39] says we still have a little bit more work to do, i.e. with meter replacement

[48:42] and everything else. Essentially, my question is, are we close? At what point

[48:46] does the CEO think we'll be in a position to do a excuse me,

[48:52] comprehensive third party uh, utility rate analysis, which I think would be

[48:57] very beneficial for our residents, help answer maybe some questions, and

[49:00] probably help us going forward with our budgets. Thanks.

[49:06] Good question. It's something that Dr. Pedro and I have spoken of fairly

[49:10] recently. So perhaps Adrian, I'll let you take a stab at this and I if it's a

[49:14] really good idea, I'll agree with you and then uh not we'll we'll move on. For

[49:20] sure. Um I think in in principle uh rate reviews are a good idea. Uh typically we

[49:27] would like to see them done every 3 to 5 years and as I'm I'm sure you're aware

[49:32] they're quite involved. So we do look at everything from you know fixed rate

[49:36] versus variable rates. What are what are our costs? Um we do try and fund

[49:43] utilities to utility rates to pay for the utility costs themselves as well as

[49:48] maintaining those utilities. Um and I don't believe one has a comprehensive

[49:53] review has been done in the town recently. So I think it's likely due.

[49:58] Um, however, it is a bit of a it's a timeconsuming undertaking. So, depending

[50:04] on timing, I suppose we could start it at some point this year. Um, it does

[50:09] take some time. That being said, I I would be curious to determine what what

[50:15] the goal is, I guess, based on kind of your your comment earlier. So, are we

[50:20] looking to see whether we're too low or too high or just some feedback there?

[50:27] I I think yeah, as to whether we're too low or too high, I'm not sure. I do know

[50:33] a lot of questions from residents around our rates. And so I

[50:37] guess to that point, maybe that is the answer. Residents feel our rates are

[50:40] high. Um and yeah, it'd be interesting to see like you referenced the fixed

[50:46] versus variable analysis and split there. I think it would just go a long

[50:50] way to helping our residents u understand the rates that we have. um

[50:56] perhaps justify them um and maybe we find that there's dare I say our rates

[51:03] should be higher. I don't know. Don't put that in the paper. But

[51:07] um you know it would be a justification I think and a good analysis around a v

[51:11] variety of areas to help uh satisfy residents around where are our rates are

[51:18] we comparable and why are they set at the rate they are.

[51:25] you. We have uh Deputy Mayor Blatz and then Councelor Cummings. Uh thank you,

[51:31] Mayor Dolan, through you to either Se Williams or Director Pedro. Going a

[51:36] little further along with what councelor Wilson has has asked for during this

[51:40] analysis or during this third party review, would they be able to to

[51:44] determine whether all other utility companies are 100% cost recovery as we

[51:50] are or would it determine if some of those other

[51:54] um towns or municipalities are supplementing with the tax with their

[51:59] taxes? So would that study incorporate that or is that a question we can ask of

[52:06] the the study? Yep, absolutely. That could be included

[52:11] in in the scope. Normally they would look at comparators on a high level, but

[52:15] to get into that detail is certainly pertinent. Well, I think that would be

[52:19] more valuable because I know it's very hard for us to justify because we're

[52:23] 100% cost recovery whereas I can't tell you whether or not Inisville or you know

[52:29] Bowden or or Lome supplement the utility use with their taxes.

[52:36] Absolutely. Yeah. And I'll I'll add to that as well. Um, not not that I have

[52:43] done one personally, but the ones I've read, I've never seen a rate reduction

[52:47] recommended. Whether it's the city of Calgary last summer and the water main

[52:51] break that was um, Shawn there or what we're dealing with here or anywhere I

[52:57] think in Canada, dare you say, local governments are dealing with decades of

[53:01] infrastructure deficits pushed to the current day where you have critical

[53:05] systems failing. So even cost recovery, I believe we're we're close to cost

[53:08] recovery on the operating of a utility system. We are woefully underfunding the

[53:13] capital replacement. So um when you ask a consultant, the

[53:18] consultant will do what you want the consultant to do in such a report. If

[53:21] council wants to recommendation on let's say cost recovery in terms of capital

[53:27] renewal expenses, that is a precipitous increase in in rates. But for the

[53:33] operating, I think that's a very valuable exercise just to ensure that

[53:37] our own budget matches with our own rate model in terms of operating the system

[53:42] and council can decide based on your larger conversation around a reserve

[53:46] strategy and taxation and other revenue uh what the comfort level is. So,

[53:53] councelor Cummings. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Just a couple of

[53:58] questions on the development permit building permit process because I'm

[54:01] often interested more in the timeline of how

[54:05] that process works. If we look at the 2024 development stats, there's a large

[54:11] dwelling, multiple unit dwelling that was approved in May, which I believe is

[54:15] the apartment building that's going behind A&W. And then we look almost a

[54:19] year later at the building permits. Um, sorry, later that year in August,

[54:24] another large building permit was issued, which I can only assume was that

[54:30] building. And correct me if I'm not mistaken, building permits have a

[54:34] one-year expiry rate. So when we issue a building permit, they have one year to

[54:39] complete or is it one year to start? I'm not too sure how that works. And how

[54:45] there obviously if it was issued in August of last year and hasn't started

[54:49] construction yet, it's not going to get done by August of this year. how hard or

[54:55] how difficult it would it be for the developers to get extensions on those

[54:58] timelines to ensure that there's no real delay in the process of constructing the

[55:02] building once it's started. Yeah. Uh fair question.

[55:08] Um so for the development permit and building permit there's a year. So

[55:13] there's a timeline attached to both. That being said, we do issue extensions

[55:17] all the time. So it's not hard. Generally you try to limit the amount of

[55:22] extensions. Um, but it is common practice.

[55:29] Thank you very much. Oh, is it supplemental? Go ahead.

[55:34] We'll go with council companies and then back to councelor Wilson. I'm learning

[55:38] supplementaries from councelor Wilson. So, uh, can you just explain what a

[55:43] negative one building permit means because I've never seen a negative in

[55:46] the building permits before and that kind of threw me for a loop.

[55:55] That's a great question. I was hoping someone would catch that. Um, so

[55:59] essentially what happened, there's one property that went from a dup being a

[56:02] duplex to a single family home. So, hence the negative one.

[56:10] Ahead, councelor Wilson. Thank you, Mayor Don. Threw you to the CEO. Just a

[56:13] short snap question here. Uh, supplemental to the utility rate

[56:17] analysis. Just want to make sure I understand. So um one of the things I

[56:22] was conscious of relative to a rate analysis we want to achieve some level

[56:25] of stability in our operation and and we are having progress uh which is great

[56:31] but so I just want to make sure I understand. So there there would be

[56:34] nothing to stop us from proceeding with the utility rate analysis perhaps in the

[56:39] second half of this year other than maybe some budgeted funds to which I

[56:44] could initiate a GoFundMe page I guess to try and pay for that.

[56:50] I have a 20 actually I I'll be the first one. Um technically you're correct but

[56:56] as we discussed on this topic before um our

[56:59] current utility rates they do factor in the water loss and INI costs which I

[57:05] have ballparked in the past between 20 and 25% of the overall rates we charge.

[57:10] Um it's I just see that as as skewing whatever analysis is done until that's

[57:16] more under control. But if council's comfortable, let's I would say budget

[57:20] 2026 is the is the best time instead of right now um with the progress being

[57:26] achieved then sure I would I would totally support that. The other thing

[57:31] that adds to it um olds is one of the you know growing list but still not in

[57:37] the majority. We're on service commissions at both end of water and

[57:41] wastewater. Both of those commissions have some substantial challenges. um

[57:46] water with the water commission with obviously uh decaying infrastructure and

[57:50] the the significant rate increases we've seen the last at least in this year and

[57:55] SRD the wastewater commission with you know what has been in the paper and

[57:59] they're trying to figure out their $250 million capital liability. Um so we

[58:07] don't have a clear picture of anything outside of our fence. So that that's

[58:11] another thing council to be aware of that though we're very we're at the

[58:13] whims of those the health of those commissions unlike you know missalis to

[58:19] our immediate south that have lagoon systems where I ini is not that big of

[58:23] an issue for them because they discharge into a pond whereas we send ours to

[58:27] redear it's and their capital obligations are very different than

[58:31] ours. So, probably a bit longwinded, but what

[58:36] is up to council to determine when to pull that

[58:40] trigger and I think we're getting close to that point. Sure.

[58:46] Councelor Ryan. Thank you, Mal through you to uh

[58:51] director Peter. Um I was just wondering uh this is just a comment, not a

[58:55] question really, but on the water loss at Ali, you've got 2025. I was wondering

[59:01] could we um could we get that stat done for 2024 as a comparison because that

[59:07] would really show us you know I know you're showing the charts later on but

[59:11] not the dollar value. So, it'd be really interesting to see if you have the stats

[59:15] available to see a 2024 comparison for January, February, March, April, because

[59:20] then you would really get a really clear picture of how we're doing and all the

[59:25] processes that we're what what we're doing in our utilities area um and in

[59:31] addressing this issue because it is a costly issue for our community and it

[59:36] would be really interested to see the the stats in comparison if that's

[59:40] possible. Just a comment. Yeah. Uh for for sure we do track all of that

[59:45] information. Uh just for clarity, so are we seeing on this chart to provide 2024

[59:54] and 2025 for cubic meters and percentage and

[59:58] dollar value? Well, I'd like to see all three things that you're tracking here.

[1:00:02] Your your meters squared and your percentage and or it's not squared, but

[1:00:06] three uh and your dollar value. if all of that can be duplicated to show the

[1:00:11] 2024 what we had in those months, you know, so that your next report would

[1:00:16] include your May, June, July, maybe August, depending on when you're doing

[1:00:19] your report. We would be able to see in comparison to

[1:00:24] 2024, what was it in those areas? Because that way we would get a true

[1:00:29] picture of how our what we're doing is mitigating this uh this issue.

[1:00:37] For sure. Yeah, we can show it that way. That's a good suggestion. Yeah. Any

[1:00:42] mayor? No, he director Pedro basically answered

[1:00:47] what I was going to suggest that if even if we didn't do it month by month, if we

[1:00:52] had the entire year that showed each month on the bottom, such as we do with

[1:00:56] the bu the development and the building permits, that might be useful to

[1:00:59] council, too, if you can't break it out month by month.

[1:01:05] Sorry. whatever way is is workable. I mean, I don't know what your stats are

[1:01:09] available if you could just pull them up or not, but it would be really good

[1:01:13] compar to see a comparison. Very good. I think everyone's had their

[1:01:19] round of questions with you. Did you have a closing comment at all, Director

[1:01:24] Pedo Prager? Very good. Thank you very much for your time and I'd entertain a

[1:01:28] motion. Councelor Dailyaly. Thank you, Mayor D. I move that council accepts the

[1:01:33] infrastructure services quarterly report as presented for information.

[1:01:39] Thank you. I will then call for the vote. Those in favor? That is

[1:01:44] carried. Once again, thanks. We'll move right along now to

[1:01:51] item 5A, please. Page 41 of your agenda, Mountain View Seniors Housing

[1:01:55] Sponsorship Request. It's in your package. You've read it. And so I will

[1:02:01] go straight to the motion. Yes, I'll go with Deputy Mayor.

[1:02:06] Thank you, Mayor Doll. I move that council approve a one-time sponsorship

[1:02:09] in the amount of $2,000 for the 2025 15th annual Golf Classic in support of

[1:02:14] Mountain View Seniors

[1:02:18] Housing. Thank you, Deputy Mayor Blat. Does council have any questions with

[1:02:22] regards to the

[1:02:26] motion? Seeing none, then I'll call the vote. Those in favor that is

[1:02:34] carried. The information sharing was wonderful. So, and it's a good cause.

[1:02:39] And we're moving down to page 52 now of the

[1:02:43] agenda. 6A correspondence and information. We have one correspondence

[1:02:50] and we information. This is the Canadian Association of M Municipal

[1:02:55] Administrators and our very own CEO, Mr. Brent Williams, got a long service

[1:03:03] recognition award and I would ask if all council could meet and we are going to

[1:03:08] get a photo with CO Williams and I believe Shila's asked

[1:03:15] for communications to come in. So, if we could just where would you like us to

[1:03:19] stand? In front of the flags or at the back? Madame Mayor, would it be better

[1:03:25] to do that at the end of the meeting? We can just plow through the last couple of

[1:03:28] items and then do the photo together after the meeting. Thank we can

[1:03:32] certainly do that. All right. Does anybody have any questions then to the

[1:03:38] correspondence? I'd like a motion, please. Councelor Wilson. Thank you,

[1:03:44] Mayor Doll. I make the motion that the correspondence and information report

[1:03:47] ending June 9th, 2025 be received for information.

[1:03:52] Thank you. I will now call for the motion or for the votes. Sorry. Those in

[1:03:58] favor? That's carried. We'll move down to page

[1:04:05] 54. And this is our CEO Williams chief administrative officer report.

[1:04:13] Thank you, Mayor Dal. Two items in the report and just one brief verbal update.

[1:04:18] So, report a problem data from the last 30 days is highlighted here. Um, as you

[1:04:27] can see, parks has become the highest one largely due to the naturalization

[1:04:33] concerns shown by residents. And to parse that out a bit more, we went

[1:04:37] through the um well 39 total parks complaints. I believe um 207 or 28 of

[1:04:45] those were naturalization related from 21

[1:04:50] individuals concerned about naturalization and then what you heard

[1:04:53] from people at your coffee with council session last week. Outside of that, back

[1:04:58] alleys are also um coming up there. this time of year we have um we have a

[1:05:04] deficiency there in terms of a lot of the drainage concerns and certainly

[1:05:08] gravel cover. So our grading crew which consists of a grader and a loader are

[1:05:13] working on that the last few weeks and even so

[1:05:17] today. Um outside of that general road issues and sidewalk issues which

[1:05:21] hopefully be helped be mitigated with the 2025 respective programs. On the

[1:05:26] action items list the only two items on there are the outstanding notice of

[1:05:29] motions. the one for the animal shelter due at the end of this month and then

[1:05:33] the policy on ASP and ARP reviews which will should be due July community the

[1:05:39] whole no issues forthcoming there and just a brief verbal update regarding the

[1:05:44] olds fire department. You may have seen on Facebook or from the updates I sent

[1:05:47] you that we have been a part of now three deployments. The most recent

[1:05:52] one happening over the weekend where we sent one of our um chiefs up to the

[1:05:57] Grand Prairie area. And kudos to the fire department for always helping out

[1:06:02] in these times of need across the province. But to tie it back into

[1:06:06] council advocacy perhaps um fire in

[1:06:11] general, I think it's been almost 10 years, nine years since the Fort

[1:06:15] McMurray wildfire, which kicked off, I think, nine consecutive years of

[1:06:19] significant wildfire issues in Alberta. The province is still relying heavily on

[1:06:23] municipalities to provide these services, oftentimes very far from their

[1:06:29] home municipality, stretching their own coverage. Um, and obviously we're happy

[1:06:34] to help, but the lack of investment in wildfire and firefighting capacity of

[1:06:39] the province is is somewhat concerning that uh it's stretching municipal

[1:06:43] resources or relying so heavily on there. At the same time, the province is

[1:06:49] cutting our capital funding, which we use to buy things like firet trucks and

[1:06:53] fire suppression equipment. At the same time is asking us to do more. And at the

[1:06:58] same time, they actually reduced the the reimbursement rate they pay for fire

[1:07:02] trucks about three years ago to go help from uh what we call the Alberta

[1:07:06] transportation rate. They established a new uh wildfire uh mutual aid or

[1:07:12] deployment rate, which is roughly 50% of what it once was.

[1:07:16] Um then the secondary issue which is not related to that is the ongoing EMS

[1:07:22] ambulance issues where our fire department is responding to fortunately

[1:07:26] not a significant increase but a growing consistent increase in medical responses

[1:07:31] again something that they're trained to do and we're happy to do it but it's not

[1:07:35] municipality's job to deliver health care services and that's becoming more

[1:07:39] and more commonplace in old and certainly across the province.

[1:07:45] without any reimbursement whatsoever. So that's on property tax dollars because

[1:07:50] of ambulance shortages. So it's something to for council to be aware of

[1:07:53] and perhaps should you see fit to discuss how it fits into advocacy

[1:07:58] priorities with the upcoming uh corporate plan review and what have you.

[1:08:02] And with that my report is complete. Thank you. Deputy mayor question. Yes.

[1:08:07] It's sort of a question comment combined. Um, going back to our reporter

[1:08:11] problem and with the naturalization, I was wondering if it would be um with

[1:08:16] council's approval perhaps that this naturalization comes back to our June

[1:08:21] 23rd council meeting for a full discussion on it that the public can be

[1:08:25] aware of the decisions and how and how they were how they came about. You all

[1:08:30] know my feelings on naturalization as I'm one of the areas affected, but I do

[1:08:35] believe that we should have had a better, more wholesome discussion with

[1:08:39] our residents and in hindsight 50/50 and council that that aligns with council's

[1:08:44] strategic plan where we promise to communicate and engage with our citizens

[1:08:49] and I believe we could have done a much better job as council. So therefore, I

[1:08:53] ask that maybe council would agree to having this come back to our June 23rd

[1:08:59] meeting. Deputy mayor, I'll open the floor for

[1:09:04] any comments from council. Councelor Wilson. Thank you,

[1:09:09] Mayor D. Yeah, I just I certainly support the initiative. I think we owe

[1:09:13] it to our residents. We certainly heard loud and clear at the June 5th um coffee

[1:09:18] with council. It was one of the better attended sessions we've had and a very

[1:09:23] passionate topic. So I think we owe it to our residents um if in fact we do

[1:09:28] have a discussion towards the end of June some get something out to the

[1:09:33] residents uh as to the plan going forward staying the course if it's going

[1:09:38] to change what does that change look like? So I certainly support the u the

[1:09:42] request for a meeting sooner than later. Excuse me.

[1:09:48] Thank you, councelor Daly. Thank you, Mayor Doll. And I I agree

[1:09:52] that um we should have a more wholesome discussion on the naturalization, but I

[1:09:57] I also am wondering when and where would we do like an openhouse information

[1:10:03] session with the public because I heard that loud and clear the other night as

[1:10:07] well is that they they want this information and they would like to have

[1:10:12] their input on this information as well. So, I'm just thinking aloud here where

[1:10:17] where, how, and why all this is going to fit together.

[1:10:21] Well, I believe councelor Daly that if we had this discussion on June 23rd,

[1:10:25] then we could determine that and that would give administration time to bring

[1:10:29] this back to us with some information and then therefore we can put it out and

[1:10:34] determine from there because I know we are going to discuss it again at our

[1:10:37] July service level review. I think that we need to get something out sooner than

[1:10:41] later to our residents, particularly those that are affected directly by the

[1:10:46] naturalization and to make other residents aware of of what the plan is

[1:10:51] and how we are going to roll this plan out.

[1:10:55] Well, yeah, and I agree 100% with you, but also what I heard at the coffee with

[1:11:00] council was they want input. And so I don't think that us discussing this

[1:11:06] without their input first is going to resolve the problem. I think we need to

[1:11:12] um you know build a plan with their input as well. No, I understand what

[1:11:17] you're saying, but I'm saying we could get the information to come back to us.

[1:11:21] Hopefully the media could pick up on some of this as well. Make it aware that

[1:11:26] we have listened to our residents that we are cons hearing their concerns and

[1:11:30] comments and that we are going to plan something for them to be involved with

[1:11:35] is what I want you to be the initial step.

[1:11:38] Thank you councelor Cummies. Thank you. Thank you madame mayor. Uh, I'd be happy

[1:11:43] to have a conversation about all of this as well because it it makes sense coming

[1:11:48] up to a service level review to adjust our service levels as necessary because

[1:11:53] when we talk service levels, we also talk cost. And what I've responded to a

[1:11:57] lot of citizens who complain about the dandelions is very simple. Because we've

[1:12:01] neglected other things for decades, we're now neglecting dandelions to fix

[1:12:06] our water and sewer and other more important things than dandelions. And if

[1:12:11] we have a wholesome discussion about this like everybody's asking the

[1:12:14] realities have to be placed out as well as how many percentage points of

[1:12:19] increase in tax rate will have to occur to challenge the dandelion infestation

[1:12:25] in our community and this natural nationalization thing. A process has to

[1:12:31] be developed first though before we could just do one thing or the other.

[1:12:35] That's when administration comes back at the next regular council meeting with a

[1:12:38] proposal on what process they would recommend for us to follow to get

[1:12:42] everybody's input that's needed so we can have a correct conversation during

[1:12:47] service level and we can make budget adjustments as necessary. Unfortunately,

[1:12:51] we can't increase our tax rate until next year, right? So the where's the

[1:12:56] money going to come from has to be a major topic at any sort of discussions

[1:13:00] we have and what other programs we're going to stop spending money on in order

[1:13:05] to tackle the dandelions. That that that is the

[1:13:09] reality of a discussion like that. That's why we made that decision in the

[1:13:12] first place to do naturalization because we had that discussion at this council

[1:13:17] table and we agreed in the budget to change the service level to include

[1:13:22] naturalization because of the budget constraints that we're having and the

[1:13:26] conversation I heard around this table is we can't raise a tax rate any higher

[1:13:30] than we did. So we had to cut services and dandelions were one of those

[1:13:34] services. So just a reminder to everybody, we've had this conversation.

[1:13:38] Regardless of how many people complain about that conversation, they have to

[1:13:42] fully understand the opposite side of the conversation. And again, I don't

[1:13:46] want to start stark a debate here. I just want to make sure administration

[1:13:50] knows all of the topics that will have to come back at the next meeting so that

[1:13:53] we can have the proper discussion moving forward. I don't want to have a debate

[1:13:57] here. This back and forth, I've had my say.

[1:14:02] Thank you. Well, I feel

[1:14:06] um I enjoy the conversations we just had around the con the table. We're all a

[1:14:10] well um other than yourself that was at uh on vacation in a way physically and

[1:14:17] verbally live what everybody had to say at the uh at the I'm going to say

[1:14:25] table, however we were standing up and and having a good engagement. Um, so I I

[1:14:32] see and hear what you're saying, councelor Cummings, about the idea of

[1:14:38] handing this to to our CEO and having them come up with something for the next

[1:14:42] meeting. But I do understand that um what uh Deputy Mayor Blatz is saying. Um

[1:14:49] we all received information. I am sure because typically I don't really receive

[1:14:56] a lot of information and feedback um from a lot of these types of issues.

[1:15:01] However, I received several and some pretty deep ones where people actually

[1:15:07] did mathematical figures on the use of dandelines and um I shared it with our

[1:15:14] CEO and we have incoming information coming all the time. So I really feel

[1:15:20] that if we're if we're asking everybody to forward it to report a problem as our

[1:15:27] CEO just shared with us that he's got so many reports that I've received already.

[1:15:32] I've added probably about three more today. Um and if we continue that our

[1:15:38] CEO will have something to work with for us to talk about at at a meeting in

[1:15:43] June. Um that's just my thoughts. Um it's ongoing. It seems to be everywhere.

[1:15:48] If you're riding your bike or walking, we're still getting it. And then we'll

[1:15:52] be well prepared. I believe it was councelor Ryan and then back to

[1:15:56] councelor Wilson. Oh, thank you very much, Mayor Dolan. I uh I I do find that

[1:16:01] there's a need for this to come back certainly for further discussion.

[1:16:06] Um, you know, some of the questions that I had received at Coffee with Council

[1:16:12] included comments about dandelions, noxious weeds, um, u mosquitoes, believe

[1:16:18] it or not, uh, being being more in the in the

[1:16:22] taller taller grasses. Um, I think more a clearer picture of the process of how

[1:16:30] uh naturalization occurs is probably what the community really needs. Um,

[1:16:36] certainly when you take a look at um I've I've been doing a lot of reading on

[1:16:41] this lately. I I before coffee with council I was I was obviously in in

[1:16:46] Ottawa and I missed a lot of Facebook postings and didn't get any phone calls

[1:16:50] about it. But um I did do a lot of reading about this so far and it does

[1:16:55] take a year or two for naturalization to actually take a hold and actually look

[1:17:00] good. And they do say the first couple years it's going to not look good. And

[1:17:05] certainly uh director Le Point when he presented this uh also said to us that

[1:17:10] that very thing. So sometimes a lot of this will have to be you know

[1:17:15] communication with our public. I I think really what we what we lacked was the

[1:17:20] was going out and saying, you know, what the process is going to be and certainly

[1:17:25] telling our public that yeah, it's not going to look nice in the first couple

[1:17:29] years, but it's going to look great later on. And um that's how I feel like

[1:17:34] one from what I've read that's that's what I've learned. Um and maybe we

[1:17:39] jumped in this really quickly uh with too many properties. uh may have should

[1:17:44] have been a smaller pilot project um to begin with, but I mean it's certainly

[1:17:49] something we can debate and and have a conversation with um in June 23rd at our

[1:17:54] next meeting. So, I'm in favor of bringing this back.

[1:17:58] Yes, Councelor Wilson. Thank you, M. Yeah, just my brief comments I and I

[1:18:01] agree with Councelor Cummings. I don't think this is the time and the place for

[1:18:04] the debate other than state some opinions. And my last words before we

[1:18:09] get into the uh the debate and discussion down the road is one I think

[1:18:15] we owe it to ourselves and our certainly our citizens to take their feedback. Uh

[1:18:20] CEO referenced I'm not sure 27 or 28 raps on naturalization from 21

[1:18:26] individuals. Clearly the people are speaking. Um there's a passion there's

[1:18:29] an emotion out there. We owe it to them to give them to acknowledge that

[1:18:33] feedback. And what are we going to do? Whether it's as councelor Cummings said,

[1:18:37] we all had this discussion and we stay the course or are we going to adjust?

[1:18:42] There's nothing wrong with taking the feedback and adjusting the plan and its

[1:18:46] execution. And uh again, I'm not going to debate it, but I always hear well,

[1:18:51] you know, if we're going to respond to it, there's more tax increase. Well,

[1:18:54] there is another discussion. We all know uh we're up against the wall physically,

[1:19:00] and I use the, you know, physically as an Fiscal Ly. uh as far as our

[1:19:04] resources, but what can we trade off? Is that even an option? So before we start

[1:19:10] talking about incremental tax, let's also talk about what the trade-offs and

[1:19:13] the rep prioritizations are knowing that there isn't much wiggle room that we

[1:19:18] have. So, and also there's the passionate side of

[1:19:21] the people and there were some very very passionate people at the coffee with

[1:19:26] council session at the farmers market and and I do understand

[1:19:33] um the biggest question that the most passionate people had is how did you

[1:19:39] determine the sites and that is something that I really couldn't answer.

[1:19:45] So, it is it does need a further discussion. And I'll take one more

[1:19:48] question. Councelor Ryan, I have a comment um that is not related

[1:19:53] to that um with regards to the CEO's um verbal report on the firefighters uh

[1:20:01] situation. So um but before we move on, I was going to ask Deputy Mayor Blast if

[1:20:07] she wanted to make a motion for that to come back to the council meeting for

[1:20:10] June 23rd as a separate motion. Would you? Um so we can put that a park that

[1:20:17] aside but um I just have a comment with regards to the wildfires if that's okay.

[1:20:22] Um this is a this is a I agree totally with what uh what C Williams had

[1:20:28] mentioned with regards to uh the lack of investment um in the wildfires and I

[1:20:35] think the province is moving towards uh looking at this because there has been a

[1:20:40] report from RMA did a report uh in conjunction with the Alberta

[1:20:45] municipalities and they had a lot of input there's been um a group of but it

[1:20:51] was established has been established with firefighters uh from different

[1:20:56] communities uh to to to further investigate the wildfire situation and

[1:21:01] create a man sort of a management board of some kind. Um so I'm not sure whether

[1:21:06] or not that and I've read that report but I it was a couple of months ago and

[1:21:11] uh it certainly came to our infrastructure committee at the Alberta

[1:21:15] Muny's um um level I suppose you want to say. Um,

[1:21:20] so I think that there is some movement towards that. But I I do agree with what

[1:21:25] you've said there, um, CEO Williams, with regards to, you know, the the

[1:21:29] cutting back, the reducing of the capital funding to our communities at a

[1:21:34] time when we are fighting wildfires. Um, and we do need equipment. Uh, this is

[1:21:39] the time to invest in our communities as opposed to cutting back. And certainly,

[1:21:43] I also agree with you with regards to the EMS responses as well. And I think

[1:21:49] um both of those have had resolutions that have gone at Alberta Munis and

[1:21:53] certainly um you know if we those are always things that I can bring back to

[1:21:58] the Alberta municipalities infrastructure committee at our next

[1:22:01] meeting to uh we we follow and we track all the resolutions that have been made

[1:22:06] and um those and we look at what our outcomes have been. So it's a it's

[1:22:11] really well tracked and so something that I can also bring up at our next

[1:22:16] board meeting. Thanks. You're welcome. Uh, Deputy Mayor Blatz.

[1:22:21] Thank you, Mayor Dolan. My comment is also relates to um sending our

[1:22:25] firefighters to remote areas. I think one thing that many of our residents

[1:22:29] don't understand or realize that when these individuals volunteer to go ahead,

[1:22:33] they're usually taking their own time or vacation time from their job. And I

[1:22:37] think that that is um something that our residents need to be aware and realize

[1:22:42] that you know they make a big commitment not only to our own fire department but

[1:22:47] to another community. And I think that uh you know thanks to those individuals

[1:22:51] who have gone so far um this year and we'll probably be going more and more

[1:22:56] often.

[1:23:00] Yes. And to councelor Ryan's comment, the um RMA did release the wildfire

[1:23:05] working group report in January of this year. It was an RMA led initiative. It

[1:23:10] did have some input from provincial representatives and um largely a lot of

[1:23:16] the key recommendations came down to you know funding more providing more

[1:23:19] resources for training for personnel and for equipment and uh I think the

[1:23:24] certainly did a great job of framing the issue. It's just whether the province

[1:23:27] acts on it because obviously when when 360 municipalities are there

[1:23:34] or a percentage of that is able to provide a backs stop it it's probably a

[1:23:37] cheaper option but we're feeling the crunch with the cost of our fire

[1:23:41] apparatus which have doubled in the last 5 years and running a fire department

[1:23:46] without even responding to a call is a very expensive proposition that I think

[1:23:51] the province took a holistic view of how we fund fire services and these

[1:23:55] deployments it would help everyone out.

[1:24:00] Okay. Is there any further questions to this uh item we're speaking to?

[1:24:08] Councelor Wilson. Thank you, Mal. I I have a question, but not specific to

[1:24:12] naturalization or anything. So, if I allow a little bit of latitude and at

[1:24:15] the appropriate time, I would like to ask a question of the CEO. This is the

[1:24:18] CEO report. Please do. Thank you. So, as I said, it doesn't

[1:24:23] relate directly to the CRO report, but I would like to based on some feedback

[1:24:27] I've received in the community, not related to naturalization. The CEO could

[1:24:31] just comment. So, I think in May we went down a path of enforcing the temporary

[1:24:35] sign bylaw. Um, which is fine. We have the bylaw, we enforce it. Um, I'm just

[1:24:42] wondering kind of two questions. Was there anything in particular that drove

[1:24:47] that enforcement, that decision to to enforce the bylaw that's there? And

[1:24:52] equally, if not more important, what can businesses, individuals in town do?

[1:24:57] What's the best way to convey their um their thoughts, their feelings, the

[1:25:00] impact this would have on their business with the temporary sign bylaw? Is that

[1:25:06] the LUB engagement that land use bylaw engagement that's going to be coming up

[1:25:09] or something else? Thank you. Right. Uh, so some background if you're

[1:25:15] unsure what council Wilson speaking of, some letters were issued earlier this

[1:25:18] spring to um businesses mainly along um highway 27 that had temporary signs in

[1:25:25] place. If you're aware of schedule D of the land use bylaw deals with temporary

[1:25:30] signage and it's I believe there's a period of let's say 90 days if I had to

[1:25:34] pick something that you may have a temporary sign erected a commercial

[1:25:38] property. So, what drove that outside of us just enforcing council's bylaw, the

[1:25:42] rules you give us, we tend to enforce them as best we can. Um, when people

[1:25:47] apply for temporary signage, uh, we've been, um, temporary beyond the 90 days.

[1:25:53] We've been denying them that because they were applied more for permanent

[1:25:57] signage, which goes against council's um, land use bylaw. But then they

[1:26:01] brought up correctly. So, well, why does so and so business and this business and

[1:26:05] that business have these signs here that have been there for, you know, many

[1:26:07] years? And we said, "Good point." So we started investigating and found that,

[1:26:12] you know, a lot of these signs that are movable in nature, temporary billboards

[1:26:17] are the best example, in fact went against council's land use bylaw. But

[1:26:21] there was so there has been um a lot of feedback given. What we have decided to

[1:26:27] do administratively is to hold off on enforcement actions until December 1st

[1:26:32] is our current tentative date in this which case bylaw review which is going

[1:26:37] to kick off officially with council on June 23rd and then um initially in early

[1:26:44] July in time for your your second coffee with council session on July 10th and

[1:26:49] throughout the summer led by the consultant. Um that will be an

[1:26:53] opportunity for the entire land use bylaw to be engaged upon of which

[1:26:58] schedule D temporary signage is part of that to review. Um so is there anything

[1:27:04] um and so those those people those complaintants have been told December

[1:27:07] 1st is is now kind of our our date until we push things after the review. um and

[1:27:13] council can decide at at the time when the land use bylaw is coming to you for

[1:27:17] um first, second, and finally third reading whether that schedule meets its

[1:27:22] intent. And I'm assuming it's a balance act. You don't want Highway 27 that look

[1:27:25] like a cheap Las Vegas um billboard club, but also you want to make sure

[1:27:30] businesses are, you know, we we're understanding that a lot of businesses

[1:27:34] that are financial strain and can't afford maybe um expensive signs or

[1:27:37] permanent signage and what that balance looks like. But right now, we are

[1:27:41] enforcing the rules that council has in the bylaw, but the bylaw is 25 years old

[1:27:45] and hasn't been reviewed since that time. So, I think it's opportunity if

[1:27:49] nothing else. Go ahead, councelor Wilson. Thank you.

[1:27:53] I'll be very brief. I I thank administration for that concession, that

[1:27:57] pause, because I did I haven't had a lot of businesses, but I have had three

[1:28:00] businesses in the last month talk to me about the implications of enforcing that

[1:28:04] bylaw and what it does to them because the existing temporary sign is very

[1:28:08] coste effective for the businesses to advertise. So, I I appreciate the

[1:28:12] leniency there and for sure we'll look forward to the le discussion. Thanks.

[1:28:18] Very good. Is there any more questions towards the CAO report?

[1:28:24] I'd ask for a motion, please. Deputy Mayor

[1:28:29] Blatz. Thank you, Mayor Doll. I move that the seat chief administrative

[1:28:33] officer report be accepted for information. Thank you, Deputy Mayor. I

[1:28:39] will now call for the vote. Those in favor that is

[1:28:44] carried. We have Deputy Mayor Blast would, I believe, like to make another

[1:28:50] motion here. Thank you, Mayor Doll. I would like to move that council direct

[1:28:55] our our CEO to bring back to the June 23rd, 2025 council meeting a discussion

[1:29:03] on the naturalization processes and how we will move forward tentatively in the

[1:29:09] future with this process.

[1:29:14] Thank you. Can you please provide that motion to the recording clerk? Yes, I

[1:29:19] will. Thank you. Are there any questions towards the

[1:29:23] motion? I will call for the vote. Those in

[1:29:26] favor that is carried. Thank you. And Shila, she'll prov uh deputy mayor will

[1:29:32] provide you that motion. Very good. And our last item of the day, page

[1:29:40] 57, is a notice of motion from councelor Cummings on a proposed bylaw regulating

[1:29:46] the affixing of signs to town property. We do not need a motion for this.

[1:29:52] However, I would give the opportunity to councelor Cummings if he wishes to speak

[1:29:56] to this. Well, thank you, Madam Mayor. I don't

[1:29:59] think I need to speak on it. It's the document I provided in the agenda does

[1:30:03] cover the gist of everything. I do have a presentation prepared for next agend

[1:30:07] or next council meeting that this will be presented at hopefully uh that goes

[1:30:11] into more details and even has some sample signage that has been located

[1:30:15] throughout town over the last few months.

[1:30:19] Very good. Thank you, Councelor Cummings. Does anyone have

[1:30:23] questions? Yes, Deputy Mayor Blatz. Thank you, Mayor Dolan. Through you,

[1:30:28] too, CO Williams, would this be incorporated already with the land use

[1:30:31] bylaw review that we're doing?

[1:30:35] Uh short answer is yes. Schedule D does touch on all temporary signage. Um but I

[1:30:43] believe as part of um some information and I'll talk to councelor Cummings

[1:30:48] later this week. Uh we'll prepare kind of what um exists already and perhaps a

[1:30:56] little response on on how to word it if the proposed bylaw or motion should

[1:31:01] council go to proceed. Long answer, shorter. Yes. We believe the lenses

[1:31:07] bylaw already deals with this matter in some form.

[1:31:12] Go ahead. Go ahead, Deputy Mayor Blast. Well, this is not really supplemental,

[1:31:16] so maybe I will open it up to other council first if someone else has a

[1:31:20] comment, but if I could be put in the queue. Thanks. Okay, we'll move over to

[1:31:24] councelor Wilson. Thank you, Mayor Doll. Yeah. And just very briefly, I think

[1:31:28] councelor Cummings alluded to he has some evidence pictures I guess because

[1:31:33] that was the one question I had. Are we trying to

[1:31:37] um solve a problem that doesn't exist or are we being proactive um in terms of

[1:31:43] addressing point of order? Yes. Thanks. So I understand this is a notice of

[1:31:48] motion and is not debatable. So the conversation like you're having right

[1:31:52] now would be at the next meeting where we'd have this sort of conversation

[1:31:56] about the motion and stuff like that. But a notice of motion is not something

[1:32:00] that can be debated or discussed just presented and then next meeting it's on

[1:32:06] the agenda. That's when conversations are but we're not allowed to debate or

[1:32:10] discuss this at this time. For catching that I was just going to note that

[1:32:14] unfortunately that he is correct. Um the full debate will be done at the next

[1:32:19] regular council meeting. All right. Thank you for your um comment. And did

[1:32:24] you have something Deputy Mayor Blatz? You said you would want to be Well, I

[1:32:29] was going to ask one Well, I was going to ask one more question of CA Williams,

[1:32:32] but no, I I'll take note of of Councelor Cummings remarks and I'll wait till if

[1:32:38] this gets passed till the next debate. Correct. There's no motion and no debate

[1:32:42] on a notice of motion. So, hearing that, I'd like to remind council to please

[1:32:47] stay back and we will have a photo. And I want to thank everybody in the gallery

[1:32:51] and all our viewers for spending time with us this afternoon. I adjourn the

[1:32:57] meeting at 2:33

Regular Town Council Meeting, Monday - June 9, 2025 1:00pm

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