[0:04] Check. Good. [chair scraping]
[0:06] Alright, welcome everyone to
tonight's meeting.
[0:09] It's Monday, August the 17th.
[0:11] I'll call this meeting to order.
[0:13] [gavel strike]
[0:15] Alright, approval of the agenda. Any
changes to the agenda at all?
[0:19] Just uh your worship you may want to
put Monday August 17th.
[0:22] I'm not too sure.
[0:23] Thank you.
[0:24] I'll make that correction. [chair
scraping]
[0:27] [paper rustling]
[0:28] [door]
[0:31] Oh, and here walks Councillor Hunter.
[door closes]
[0:35] [clatter]
[0:38] We just pause for a second.
[0:40] [light conversation] Good day. Good
day. Welcome.
[0:44] We just called the meeting to order.
[0:46] You need up another two to get here?
[0:48] Okay.
[0:48] [paper rustling]
[0:50] Approval of the agenda. I need a
motion.
[0:52] Councillor Keler, all those in favor?
[0:54] That is carried. Thank you.
[0:57] Does any member have a conflict of
interest on tonight's agenda?
[1:00] [light conversation] None, none.
[1:02] I should uh step out for new
business, actually, until close.
[1:07] Okay, thank you.
[1:09] [paper rustling]
[1:12] Next, onto the minutes from the
regular meeting from August the 4th.
[1:18] Any errors or omissions, anyone
noted?
[1:22] [paper rustling]
[1:24] [paper rustling]
[1:26] [paper rustling]
[1:29] Okay.
[1:30] I have a motion for approval of the
minutes.
[1:33] Councillor Cap uh Crossing, sorry.
[1:35] All those in favor?
[1:36] That is carried.
[1:38] Uh public meeting, there's none.
[1:40] Public forum and delegations, there's
none.
[1:43] Onto communications.
[1:45] First we have the RCMP monthly
report.
[1:50] [paper rustling]
[1:51] Anything anyone noted? Any questions,
comments about the report?
[1:58] Look pretty normal, up to usual
numbers.
[2:01] May I ask what summary conviction
report is, Dave?
[2:04] Uh, where do you see it? Uh, bottom
group, uh violation group.
[2:10] 7300150.
[2:13] What page is it?
[2:14] Um, [paper rustling]
[2:18] first page.
[2:19] Okay.
[2:20] Just my curiosity.
[2:22] Summary conviction?
[2:24] Yeah.
[2:25] About.
[2:26] didn't know that was.
[2:27] Summary Conviction Act is um the
Liquor Act. Uh it's it's
[2:32] it's acts in which there you can get
a ticket for.
[2:35] Oh, I got you.
[2:37] Uh like traffic court is a summary
offense, uh liquor
[2:40] liquor act. The the um you know, that
kind of stuff.
[2:43] Yeah, it's everything except traffic.
[2:45] So non-criminal.
[2:46] Okay.
[2:48] Good explanation.
[2:49] Yep.
[2:50] Any other questions about the RCMP
report?
[2:54] [paper rustling]
[2:56] Looks like quite a few checks
stopped, uh 27 or so, I believe.
[2:59] Uh 27 checks stopped, so that's good.
[3:02] They're checking on people. Make sure
our roads are safe,
[3:04] and they do a great job for us here
in the community.
[3:09] No other questions?
[3:11] I'm just wondering what the current
sergeant have a visit us,
[3:16] visit every six months or is it once
a year?
[3:19] We were doing every six months.
[3:20] Six months.
[3:21] Six months, okay. Okay.
[3:25] I think I have a motion on acceptance
from.
[3:27] Well, I guess we don't discuss course
box, right?
[3:29] We'll wait till the end and uh accept
all the course box my lump sum.
[3:33] Next, we have a letter from the Prime
Minister's office. Response
[3:36] to our letter about the Snowbirds.
[3:40] So they get an opportunity to read
that.
[3:42] Yeah.
[3:43] It's nice to acknowledge that they've
received our letter about
[3:46] the Snowbirds and our support towards
that.
[3:50] And they've noted it and passed it on
to the Ministry of National
[3:54] Defense.
[3:55] So that's good. We hear back from
them.
[3:56] I thought that was a fairly quick
response personally.
[3:59] It was, yep.
[4:00] Yeah. [light laughter]
[4:03] Any other comments on that?
[4:04] Possibly have been in his computer
already. [laughter]
[4:07] Mass email was sent out, yeah.
[laughter]
[4:09] Any other comments on that?
[4:12] Okay, move on to the next one.
[4:13] Letter from Minister of Health and
Addictions, an invitation.
[4:18] [paper rustling]
[4:25] Interesting.
[4:29] Page 13.
[4:34] Oh, sorry, page 23, sorry.
[4:36] Alright.
[4:38] So they've invited me to attend a
meeting at the Westound District
[4:44] Primary Care Center to talk about
team-based care initiatives.
[4:47] There's supposed to be a special
announcement made there by Minister
Carr.
[4:50] So I have a conflict here because I'm
to be at the Dunes Casino for
[4:56] that recruitment day with the
doctors.
[4:58] So
[4:59] being invited to this.
[5:01] I probably should attend this one
being that Minister's going to be in
such.
[5:05] I guess is there any member of
council would like to attend that
[5:07] uh Dunes Casino booth the uh
recruitment for doctors.
[5:11] We uh What's the date on that one?
[5:13] September 10th.
[5:14] Oh.
[5:15] Same day.
[5:16] I didn't see the date.
[5:21] I'm away then.
[5:23] I could swing on here.
[5:26] Unless somebody else wants to.
[5:29] I I don't.
[5:30] Doesn't matter to me.
[5:32] Maybe we could go together.
[5:34] We could go together.
[5:35] Yeah, you sure could.
[5:37] You want to assemble a team
[5:39] to lure in these young doctors to
come to Rosetown.
[5:42] Lure is such a
[5:43] [laughter]
[5:44] Okay, persuade?
[5:46] [laughter]
[5:47] Persuade.
[5:49] And the way you said it too.
[5:51] I'm pretty sure I can make this one
too.
[5:53] Okay.
[5:56] And we're going to collaborate with
uh SA that a couple of members
[6:00] and maybe get Kelly some of that
booth to like the booth stuff for
information.
[6:05] Yeah.
[6:06] take this time.
[6:07] take the time.
[6:07] I'm in your window, your car, Greg.
[6:11] That big sign.
[6:12] So who's going to that then?
Counselor Carlson and Arport?
[6:15] Okay.
[6:16] So I'll just communicate with you
then and make plans.
[6:18] So,
[6:19] I got to put some lights around the
flash.
[6:21] Sure.
[6:22] Do we need a motion?
[6:24] Flashing red.
[6:25] And maybe he said ding ding.
[6:27] Jan probably still has 50 some pins
to give out, so.
[6:30] [laughter]
[6:32] I believe there's a motion there.
[6:34] Any other comments on that?
[6:37] Okay, we'll move on the next one.
[6:39] A letter from the hospital,
Behavioral Health therapist.
[6:43] So receive correspondence saying that
they're going to have a behavioral
health consultant
[6:49] who'll be available at the Rosetown
District Primary Care Center
[6:52] every Monday and Wednesday starting
August the 10th.
[6:56] So they will uh support a variety of
mental health and wellness concerns
[6:59] and can assist individuals in
assessing appropriate resources and
care.
[7:04] So, this is going to be just a
welcome asset here to our uh our
hospital
[7:10] to have this service there.
[7:11] and I think it's uh much needed.
[7:13] There is some a lot of different
issues from, you know, to do with
[7:16] mental wellness and
[7:19] I mean, I got a list down here if I
go, right from anxiety, depression,
[7:22] uh insomnia, stress.
[7:26] Postpartum concerns.
[7:28] Parenting challenges.
[7:29] Lifestyle and behavioral changes.
[7:32] Health eating and weight related
behaviors.
[7:36] And uh smoking cessation and
substance abuse.
[7:39] So it's very much needed. I think
this is going to be a great asset
[7:42] to our community.
[7:43] So I'm really glad that they're
starting with this.
[7:47] Have another level of care there to
look after people.
[7:52] Any other comments on that?
[7:53] Will that be something that's on our
website or could be put on our
website?
[7:56] We did share this poster on our
website.
[8:00] Yeah, and Facebook.
[8:02] Good.
[8:06] I know a lot of people that have to
drive into the city to get some of
that.
[8:09] And so
[8:10] Absolutely.
[8:11] like it's really great to add on to
[8:12] more benefits here in our town and to
to be based out of here.
[8:17] We I think we have the staff to to
help with this as well
[8:20] to assist, so it's really great.
[8:28] And next will be on later on under
new business at Lete's Haven,
[8:31] a request for road closure.
[8:34] So we'll have that later on under new
business.
[8:37] Have a motion to accept the
correspondence.
[8:39] So moved, Mary.
[8:40] Council Garrett.
[8:41] All those in favor?
[8:42] That was carried.
[8:48] That does go. Next.
[8:49] Financial reports, Bank
reconciliation.
[8:53] So we have an adjusted bank balance
of $4,192,016.23.
[9:01] I can point out for Council,
[9:03] so last year same time period, we had
5.8 million, 2024, we had 4.2
million,
[9:07] and 2023, we had 5 million even,
[9:09] so over a three-year average,
[9:11] that's 4.7 million in our bank
account at this time of the year.
[9:13] So we're about 12% below the
three-year average, but keeping in
mind,
[9:17] we had a large paving project this
year
[9:19] around $800,000 or just short of
$800,000,
[9:22] as well as UFA expenses to date,
[9:24] and those have all been budgeted out
of operations,
[9:26] or hasn't been any transfers from
reserves yet.
[9:27] Okay.
[9:30] Any other questions about the bank
reconciliation?
[9:34] No.
[9:36] Have a motion for approval.
[9:38] Counselor Ospore.
[9:39] All those in favor?
[9:40] That was carried.
[9:45] Next, we have detailed financial
statements.
[9:50] Anything you want to highlight on Dan
at all?
[9:52] Yep. So, uh, I didn't see anything in
revenues that I need to point out,
[9:57] but uh, I'll go down to the expenses,
[9:58] and if you look at the screen, it
might be
[10:10] Uh, so it's I've got it here though
anyways. I've got a backup.
[10:13] Uh, so under expenditures General
Government 510 290
[10:17] and we're not going to have it on the
screen because
[10:18] I can't read and do it at the same
time.
[10:20] Uh 510 290 lease and agreements,
that's $414
[10:23] for Clover and Munisoft agreements.
[10:25] I didn't know what the words, I had
to look them up.
[10:27] Uh and most of these are questions
that I have myself.
[10:30] So I'm just to you.
[10:32] Under general government 510 600
office equipment.
[10:34] We had $4,420 for two new computers
for the CAO
[10:37] as well as Angela, that was approved.
[10:40] Under 510 900 under miscellaneous
expenses, that's
[10:43] $550 for green line consulting,
[10:45] the HR firm that we reach out to when
we need them.
[10:49] Only one under protective services
that caught my attention
[10:52] was 520 430 under bylaw enforcement
supplies,
[10:54] $1,749 for a new computer.
[10:58] So, uh when we were transitioning to
a new bylaw officer,
[11:02] we identified that the computer is
very old
[11:04] and we would choose for an upgrade.
[11:06] That puts us over the budget in that
particular GL account.
[11:09] However, the salary for the bylaw
officer is going to be
[11:12] way under because they don't have a
bylaw officer.
[11:15] Uh so overall that the protective
services funding group I expect
[11:19] will be somewhat flush, so.
[11:21] Okay.
[11:23] Under transportation 53250 under
transportation maintenance
[11:26] training and travel, we had $1,293
for manlift
[11:29] training. That's what that was for.
[11:33] 53260 for transportation workshop
repair contracts
[11:36] for $6,243 was the security system at
Public Works building.
[11:42] 53260 transportation street
maintenance contracts,
[11:45] $127,200 for Southwest patch peving,
[11:49] that was just patch peving around
town.
[11:53] Yep.
[11:54] Uh 530 450 transportation main
drainage, $10,514
[11:57] for manhole cover and drainage parts.
[12:02] 530460 transportation street
maintenance and materials,
[12:06] $8,060 that was hot mix and traffic
paint.
[12:10] 53600 transportation capital paving,
$646,422
[12:14] again for paving projects for 2026.
[12:19] 53600 transportation planning and
subdivision contracts,
[12:23] $19,788 for the UFA related surveying
and engineering.
[12:29] Under environment health services, I
had nothing that stood out.
[12:31] Public health and welfare, nothing
that stood out to comment.
[12:35] Under recreation 57210, recreation
rink contracts,
[12:39] $1,157 that was for the kitchen
exhaust fan
[12:43] inspection and hockey board cleaning.
[12:47] Under recreation 57220, it's
recreation training,
[12:50] travel and meals, $646 for lifeguard
training
[12:54] plus times two as well as someone on
manlift training.
[12:59] 57420 recreation equipment and
maintenance,
[13:02] $1,905 for vehicle maintenance as
well as a set of tires,
[13:05] which was the main expenditure there.
[13:08] 57420 recreation parks and
Boulevards, $5,168
[13:12] for tiller repairs and weed spray.
[13:16] And then the last one is utilities,
58430 under
[13:19] utilities, water maintenance and
supplies,
[13:21] $12,590 for hydrant supplies.
[13:24] That resulted in an overall monthly
deficit of $427.90
[13:28] $427,824 for the month, so.
[13:34] This is probably for another meeting.
[13:35] But could we go back to that one
about the paving?
[13:38] There was 100 and some thousand for
Southwest coming.
[13:41] for patching.
[13:42] Patching, yeah.
[13:42] I wonder if we should bring that up
at the budget and look at some
[13:46] more patching that ease the burden on
public works.
[13:49] Oh, so that's that's to do like the
dig jobs
[13:51] when they have to dig water leaks,
that's a big huge.
[13:53] Everything just get just get them to
come in and maybe
[13:55] help them out, you know?
[13:56] In case there are shortages in the
summer holidays,
[14:00] have them here longer and
[14:02] they can, you know, if we want to
walk the streets
[14:05] or whoever wants to walk the streets
and they can fix it.
[14:07] Maybe get a few more streets done and
and
[14:10] like I say, takes some pressure off
our our staff.
[14:12] You've seen around town where they've
done some of these like
[14:16] where King Street, they just stripped
on the center of King
[14:18] Street and then lots of these other
ones we've done sections of it.
[14:20] But I think there's some more that,
you know, we can probably
[14:22] do a lot more.
[14:23] Yeah. So maybe you know, if we wanted
maybe do more of that,
[14:26] Yeah, like at our budget meeting that
maybe gets by
[14:29] so we can get around to.
[14:32] If we're not going to do the streets
anyways and
[14:35] spend some money on patching and
[14:38] like I say, give the public works
time to get some other
[14:41] stuff done and not get too over, you
know, overwhelmed with
[14:44] the projects, right, that come up,
so.
[14:46] I'm sure we've done more.
[14:48] I'm sure if we've done more concert
councils, there'd be
[14:50] more people happy with the things the
way things are going.
[14:52] Well, and and also it just shows a
little more um we're paying
[14:55] attention to it as well as diligence
not following.
[14:59] behind every year so far and
[15:02] yes, there's major projects that need
to be done.
[15:04] But in the interim time maybe
[15:06] we could have them come in and do
more work.
[15:08] you know, during the next public
works meeting we can
[15:10] discuss this and I'm sure
[15:12] about recommendation what it is that
probably could be done.
[15:14] Yeah. Yeah, but it's a good point.
[15:17] I'm not sure whatever anybody else's
thoughts are
[15:19] on that or if it's just
[15:20] I thought they're really great. There
is if they had
[15:22] was early nice addition and get us
through if somebody's really
[15:27] Exactly. Yeah.
[15:29] I agree with you.
[15:33] Okay, any other questions about the
financial statement?
[15:38] Moving none. Motion for approval.
[15:40] Counselor Kath. All those in favor.
Pass carried.
[15:45] Item two, approval of accounts.
[15:47] We have online payments from 2026-095
to 2026-010.
[15:53] In amount of $66,599 and 59 cents.
[15:58] Any questions about the online
payments?
[16:15] Moving none. Got a motion for
approval.
[16:18] Counselor Carlson, all those in
favor. That's carried.
[16:22] Next we have pay period number 16.
[16:26] In amount of $49,373 and 12 cents.
[16:34] Any questions about pay period number
16?
[16:43] Moving none. Motion for approval.
[16:46] Counselor Kath. All those in favor.
That's carried.
[16:50] Oh, I see. Got you.
[16:54] Okay, moving on to department head
reports.
[16:56] First off, we have the administration
report.
[17:06] I I really have nothing outside of my
report, your worship,
[17:08] unless there's any questions at all,
so
[17:14] Looks like uh 80.8% of taxes have
been collected as of June 30th.
[17:19] So that's a good number. That that's
usually about where we're at.
[17:32] Any comments or questions on the
administration?
[17:35] No, I don't.
[17:40] Okay, next we have the recreation
director report.
[17:48] Public Works has been continuing to
work at the cemetery finishing
[17:51] up that Columbarium area that we're
developing,
[17:54] the family Columbarium area.
[17:56] Uh, we've been doing some spraying
and roto tilling again along the
trail
[18:00] and in the park, spraying.
[18:07] Stuff at the ball diamonds is
wrapping up.
[18:08] There's still some slow pitch, but
other than that,
[18:11] everything's kind of wrapped up in
the ball diamonds.
[18:16] Everything's been pretty busy with
the Tourism Center and the
[18:19] Fun Squad program. So
[18:20] our kids, most of them are done at
the end of this week.
[18:25] Uh, cuz the kids go back to school
soon.
[18:29] They're back on like the 2nd of
September, so it's seems early.
[18:32] But we usually, we usually give not
[18:35] It's early for nowadays.
[18:37] Yeah.
[18:38] Yeah. So um we usually give them the
last week off
[18:40] cuz a lot of our university kids are
on the move
[18:42] going wherever they're going.
[18:45] So
[18:46] So we'll be done. The pool closes
Monday.
[18:49] So in a week.
[18:50] We started early though.
[18:52] Yeah.
[18:52] But you started early, which is good.
[18:54] So you got a few weeks in this year.
[18:55] Yeah.
[18:56] Yeah.
[18:57] So, but we lose
[18:59] Yeah, we lose
[19:03] like six or seven lifeguards going to
university.
[19:06] So we just don't have staff to keep
it open.
[19:09] I know.
[19:10] It it's gone really fast, so.
[19:12] And legally we need so many on staff
to operate, correct?
[19:15] Mhm.
[19:16] Okay.
[19:18] So,
[19:19] A comment on the walking trail which
a walker on the walking
[19:21] trail said the trail is in the best
shape
[19:24] it has been for years.
[19:26] Yes, they've been doing lots of work
out there.
[19:28] Spraying and roto tilling again.
[19:30] Yeah.
[19:31] And dragging it.
[19:32] He said he's really impressed.
[19:33] We dragged it with our uh we have a
rascal groomer, so that we use
[19:36] like on the ball diamonds and they
usually use that on the trail as
well.
[19:39] And we got new little tines for it,
which is really helped out.
[19:43] So.
[19:44] Yeah.
[19:45] So it's great.
[19:47] more attended to and it gets groomed
like that.
[19:49] Yes, yeah.
[19:50] It's great.
[19:51] Mhm.
[19:52] One correction, you've got it down
the sprinkle repairs at
[19:54] Lights of Columbus. I think you mean
the Kinsman if you've been.
[19:58] Oh yes, that is correct. Yeah.
[19:59] Um so we're
[20:00] there's they're supposed to be a
Wednesday.
[20:02] [laughter]
[20:03] we've kind of it's kind of been like
a
[20:06] They're coming up Wednesday, so we
will help them all.
[20:08] [laughter]
[20:09] So,
[20:12] So, we had the urban camp workers
came out from the city to help out.
[20:15] They painted a lot of bleachers.
[20:17] They painted, they washed walls at
the Elks Hall. They, um, picked
garbage.
[20:23] Picked garbage at the landfill and
along Marshall.
[20:26] Excellent.
[20:27] Um, they helped paint some of the
dugouts and the ball diamonds, so,
[20:30] That's great.
[20:31] Yeah, so it was they got a lot of
work done in the week that they're
here, so.
[20:34] It's.
[20:35] It's an excellent we can uh have them
come out and do that for us
[20:36] and that, so,
[20:38] nice to keep them busy for themselves
to do something and as well as us to
[20:41] clean everything up. That was
awesome.
[20:44] Mhm.
[20:48] And the Bluetooth timers are just to
be more remote to set up the timers.
[20:51] Yeah, and then you can actually set
them, they'll um, you can actually
set
[20:54] the sprinklers to the water through
the sprinklers to the water through
the night instead of having to be
there to
[20:57] turn them on and off all the time.
[20:59] Oh, yeah, right.
[21:00] So.
[21:04] any other questions for our
recreation director?
[21:07] Mhm.
[21:10] Hey, thanks, Kelly.
[21:13] Next, we have Mayor and Council
Forum.
[21:15] Any counselor that anything you want
to speak on?
[21:18] Oh.
[21:19] [laughter]
[21:21] Well, I went to council school last
week and I got schooled.
[21:25] [laughter]
[21:27] Um, I did a really fantastic session
with uh Gordon Macintosh, um,
[21:32] collaborating for results.
[21:37] Um, so what I liked about it was it
was very interactive.
[21:41] Um, and he asked a lot of questions
and called on people that weren't
[21:45] necessarily like going to speak.
[21:48] So it felt very natural and very, um,
like, you know, just off the cuff.
[21:53] Improv. Yeah.
[21:54] Yeah.
[21:55] Um, and so he basically talked about
how to identify areas that you can
[22:01] collaborate, I mean, with either
other communities or maybe groups
within your
[22:05] communities.
[22:09] Um, ways to identify how you should
collaborate, um, and then how to kind
[22:14] of create an action plan from that.
[22:18] Um, so I thought that was really,
really great. That was like a whole
morning
[22:22] that we spent on that, which I really
enjoyed.
[22:25] Did it give any examples, sir, uh, of
the sport, any examples of the
[22:27] collaboration?
[22:32] Um, I mean, I'll talk about it all.
[22:34] Yes, however, I think the issue is is
that because I don't know very many
[22:38] of the community names.
[22:40] Okay.
[22:41] But just an example of what they were
collaborating about.
[22:44] Oh, um, like lots of different
things. Some share equipment.
[22:47] Okay.
[22:48] Or, um, one of the examples was they
created a bridge.
[22:52] Um. Yeah, like lots of
[22:55] Oh.
[22:56] Kind of like that uh Canada USA
bridge, the Gordy Hall bridge.
[23:00] Yeah.
[23:02] Or not like that bridge.
[23:04] Not like that, yeah.
[23:05] Um, I don't know. If the community
needed a bridge, so they collaborated
[23:09] like with the RMs to try to figure
out how to fund it.
[23:12] Okay.
[23:12] Good.
[23:13] Um, we talked about lots of um, like
pros and maybe some challenges that
[23:18] you would have for collaborating with
other communities and other groups.
[23:23] Um, so yeah, I thought it was really,
really interesting and fun.
[23:30] Um, and then the ombudsman,
obviously, they did a really good
presentation on
[23:34] fairness, civility, and council
success.
[23:38] Um, that one was on like the first
day, so,
[23:43] not remembering as much about that,
but I got a big pamphlet, so we can
uh
[23:47] once I have time to do another
review, I will update you if there
was anything,
[23:52] um, that really stood out to me.
[23:54] One thing I really liked about
Omismon, they almost take a neutral
position.
[23:59] They're kind of there to help council
as well as residents and the public
[24:02] and stuff, collaborate together. I
really like that. They kind of take a
[24:07] non-biased opinion on things and so
whenever there's something that goes
on,
[24:11] they try and you know, mediate that,
right? So, help steer people, right?
So.
[24:15] Yeah, they are a good organization
and I think uh, obviously a great
[24:20] resource, um, for anybody.
[24:23] Because you can just call them up and
chat, chat with them anytime you
like.
[24:28] That's excellent.
[24:30] Okay, anyone else?
[24:32] any member of council anything to
comment on?
[24:34] Uh, and I know I texted Damon about
this, but today I was like, I'll
[24:37] actually catch it.
[24:39] So on the at first and second, kind
of by the by the PCC had been
building,
[24:44] that intersection occasionally has a
rank rank odor. It smells like wet,
[24:49] rotten garbage.
[24:51] Okay.
[24:52] So I had several members talked to me
about it like from So I I let Damon
[24:56] know and um, but I hadn't smelled it
myself.
[24:59] Today I did. It's when it's up, it's
not good.
[25:02] It was.
[25:04] Yeah.
[25:05] Yeah.
[25:06] Where is it at again?
[25:07] Uh, the it's the intersection of
First Street and Second Avenue US.
[25:10] So by the admin building? By the
admin?
[25:12] Yeah, like the Percy center, like the
Percy center, like the Percy center
mid building, the the you know, the
clinic and everything like that
intersection.
[25:17] Mhm.
[25:18] It kind of moves around a little bit.
[25:20] Okay.
[25:21] So usually it's either from the from
what people tell me,
[25:24] it's either the coming from the storm
drain
[25:26] kind of on the corner by the credit
union building or from
[25:29] the storm drain by the condo.
[25:32] Okay.
[25:33] So it seems to move like there but
I've had people who were parking and
stuff and just mentioned that
[25:38] there was an issue with the building
or whatever and we're like
[25:44] So,
[25:45] I I said I don't disbelieve you or
whatever I've got out three times and
I can't smell it today.
[25:50] They're like, come down here.
[25:51] I'm like, okay, and then I yeah, as
soon as I stepped outside, I was
like, oh, that's that's right. That's
pretty strong.
[25:58] Not like green strong, but not far
off either.
[26:00] Yeah, particularly when it's like a
catch basin in there.
[26:03] Mhm.
[26:04] Well, that's yeah, I talked with a
couple of the guys from public works
were there,
[26:09] and they were just clearing branches
and they were just clearing branches
and stuff, and I happened to catch
them.
[26:13] That's what they figured just
something in the, you know, when it
rains, it kind of stirs up, so
[26:17] they figured if, you know, next time
Bob's got the truck up to just either
flush it or whatever,
[26:21] it's probably got something sitting
in the basin that just won't get up
out of it.
[26:26] They flushed it Friday morning.
[26:28] Oh, did they?
[26:28] I'd seen them there, yeah. Thursday,
Friday morning, but yeah.
[26:32] [inaudible]
[26:33] This was today.
[26:34] It was there today. It was the first
time I smelled it.
[26:36] Mhm.
[26:38] So,
[26:38] Yeah.
[26:40] I don't know how or why, but it's
definitely real. They're not
imagining.
[26:45] And I did say I'd bring it up.
[26:47] Perfect.
[26:49] Okay.
[26:50] Any Anything else from anyone?
[26:54] Thank you.
[26:56] Moving on to unfinished business.
Arena Digital Billboard.
[27:02] I'll let Kelly maybe speak to that.
[27:05] Um, we had looked back as we had
talked to Munisoft.
[27:10] Yeah, Munisoft about the VPN.
[27:12] And they said like, we can't direct
into the sign. We'd have to direct to
the computer
[27:18] which runs the sign at the rink, um,
due to the age of the software they
said
[27:23] to get it to work from here would be
really slow.
[27:26] So we'll just have to train our guys
to be able to change things on there,
[27:32] um, to get games and stuff out there.
[27:34] There is the schedule online as well
as well as the schedule that's on the
TV in the ring.
[27:38] So if anybody's wanting to take
pictures if they miss it on the
digital sign, they can always stop in
the rank and
[27:44] see the schedule up on the two TVs
that are in there.
[27:47] So Kelly, you figured there's
something that we're able to to do
then?
[27:50] Like the staff that'd be able to post
on game.
[27:52] Yeah, I mean, you know, it's gonna
take time away from
[27:56] other things, but we can definitely
do it.
[27:58] You know, I mean, it's always a give
and take if we want to do it
[28:01] and it's going to take away from
something else that they could have
[28:03] been doing.
[28:05] So, it's just balancing everything.
[28:09] So I I think what the public wants is
for example, let's say Thursday at 5,
[28:14] U13 Elrose versus Macy Rose down.
[28:18] Mhm.
[28:19] That's all they want.
[28:20] They don't want the practices or
anything.
[28:22] Yeah, even it's just even then like
just even then like just weekly and
then having to update,
[28:26] it's just staff time.
[28:27] So you'd probably do it daily, like
[28:29] Yeah, it they they change it, yeah.
[28:32] It'll have to be just something, you
know, that we do every certain day of
the week.
[28:37] And then when it needs updating,
they'll have to update it.
[28:40] So like you said,
[28:41] games are probably only Thursday to
Sunday, are they or?
[28:44] Uh, typically only Friday to Sunday.
[28:46] Okay.
[28:46] So sometimes there's some during the
week depending,
[28:50] lots of times like if Rosetown will
play Rosetown on a Tuesday if they
have back-to-back ice times and
stuff,
[28:54] it just is hit and miss.
[28:55] Yeah.
[28:56] And you do the one on the website?
[28:58] Yeah.
[29:05] Any questions about that?
[29:10] I think that's great if they get
something on the board and try and
figure out something
[29:13] that we currently have for, you know,
operation standards to to facilitate
this
[29:18] games to see how that works. I think
we want to give it a try. It could be
great.
[29:24] Any other questions or discussion?
[29:29] There's probably no motion that needs
to be made or it's just operational,
is it not?
[29:33] Okay, let's move on.
[29:35] Next, we have a decision document
Seda West Coast Economic report.
[29:42] So we had this on uh last council
meeting and counselor Coffee Olson
wanted it brought back to answer the
challenge.
[29:47] So that's why it's here.
[29:48] I do have a recommendation if you
want to hear it unless you have
anything else.
[29:51] It's central.
[29:52] West Coast is kind of throwing me.
[29:54] Oh, yeah, yeah, sorry. Yeah. Yeah,
yeah.
[29:58] I think it could be the West Coast.
[30:00] I'm looking to see if I'm
[30:02] Just waiting for the big one to
happen.
[30:05] [laughter] they're all doing it.
[30:06] We're going to be punched, right?
[30:07] [laughter]
[30:08] I said it and I didn't even catch it.
Okay.
[30:13] What's your recommendation?
[30:15] Uh, so I think council may wish to
respond to the challenge by
[30:18] identifying housing development as
the primary action priorities.
[30:22] Recognizing that housing ability is
our availability is directly linked
to
[30:27] workforce attraction, business growth
and long-term community
sustainability.
[30:32] Because we're a key regional service
hub and actively pursuing ch funding
right now
[30:36] to support new residential
development, it'll create additional
housing opportunities
[30:40] and position town for future growth.
[30:43] So the measurable actions that are
already underway include pursuing ch
[30:46] funding for the servicing of a new
residential subdivision.
[30:50] Maintaining a supply of development
ready residential lots and then
discontinuing
[30:56] discussions with employers and
developers regarding housing demand.
[30:59] So success can be measured through
infrastructure funding secured,
[31:03] the number of service lots created,
[31:05] residential building permits issued
and new housing units developed.
[31:08] So, so to sum all that up, my
recommendation would be right now to
hold fast,
[31:12] wait and see if we get the ch funding
that we've put in for.
[31:15] I'm hopeful that we will.
[31:17] And then perhaps we can host a Ro
Town business meeting or a community
meeting
[31:21] to assure local businesses that
additional housing is forthcoming and
they can
[31:24] maybe start planning on that.
[31:25] So.
[31:27] Good job.
[31:28] Yeah.
[31:28] I'm fixing housing is definitely it.
[31:31] Um, they talked about start here and
start here and start with
conversations with a neighboring
[31:37] community, maybe our RMs or maybe one
of the communities close by.
[31:41] Um, to see if they'd like to partner
in somehow.
[31:44] Obviously it's to their advantage
too.
[31:47] And or they might want to work with
whatever developer we eventually find
[31:52] um to put some out there in their
areas too.
[31:57] Just gives a developer more options.
[32:00] The other thing they suggest in here
is um the other conversation that we
start
[32:06] should be with um local partner or
employers.
[32:12] Which is I wonder if maybe at our
coffee coffee with council?
[32:16] Mm.
[32:17] That could be the theme to say like
[32:23] maybe you want to spark something,
right?
[32:24] Yeah. Bring people in. And eventually
[32:27] like if we get this chiff visit.
[32:29] Chiff. Chiff. Chiff.
[32:32] funding, um, then
[32:35] we should be in line then to be able
to set up a committee of some kind
[32:39] that can work on the details that are
needed.
[32:44] Um, so I don't we don't want to build
houses, but we want to make sure it's
possible.
[32:51] That's my sense. Yeah.
[32:52] So yeah, housing is the one I think
we should be on.
[32:54] Yeah. Absolutely.
[32:55] It's almost the word not to be taken
too likely is almost a housing
crisis.
[33:01] With only nine houses for sale in
town and hardly any very limited
rental areas,
[33:06] space, we are in very big need of
that. So. Oh.
[33:10] Some of our major businesses have
taken it on to to find housing for
their workers.
[33:15] Yeah.
[33:17] But our smaller places also need our
small businesses need housing for
their workers.
[33:23] Agreed. We have uh school division
office here, we have.
[33:26] SA. The banks, like it.
[33:29] Banks, we have a lot of places that
are have people that are looking for
housing.
[33:34] I a whole assortment of it whether
it's rental,
[33:37] um, short-term, long-term or even to
buy.
[33:41] And we have opportunity with our
current upgraded services like the
Lagoon and
[33:45] our water that we're looking at also
that, uh, we won't be restricted to
that.
[33:50] That because that's what some
communities are they're handcuffed.
[33:53] That's the thought of the time to,
Counselor Carlson, at the time we
did,
[33:58] we wanted to make sure we unlocked
this potential in the future and not
be held up by anything.
[34:02] So now we're starting to open up now.
So.
[34:04] Mm.
[34:05] The future looks bright. So.
[34:06] Hopefully we can be proactive and due
diligence will get us a long ways.
[34:10] Yeah.
[34:11] Yeah, like I don't just want to wait
for grant funding,
[34:15] I want us to start thinking about it
[34:18] and getting that word out there so
people are thinking about it.
[34:20] That's why I suggested maybe the
coffee with the.
[34:22] Because we do have available space
right now, right? To do any
development.
[34:25] So we have available spaces which is
a luxury for us to have that
opportunity
[34:29] so we exactly yes, we can talk about
development.
[34:33] And then talk about what it is we
want.
[34:36] Yeah.
[34:36] Whether it be multi-unit housing or
apartments or rural housing or
whatever.
[34:43] Even too if to get out to public
opportunities to maybe enhance your
own house.
[34:48] And they've done this in Sasco and
cities for many years, develop your
basement
[34:52] into suites, rental suites, increase
your own uh revenue generated out
[34:56] your own home by opening up space and
turning that into a legal suite.
[35:01] I know in the cities that happens.
[35:04] people always taking that opportunity
to do that.
[35:07] And we actually had that in Rosetown
about five years ago an application
for a permit to change a basement
into a legal suite.
[35:13] We allowed it and we signed the
permit and it was changed.
[35:16] So they have a post in town for legal
suite in the basement.
[35:18] And those become really important
when we have like construction crews
or pipelines coming through.
[35:23] Oh, absolutely.
[35:24] And then there's just a huge demand
just for, yeah, a short-term rental
[35:28] maybe just a room even.
[35:30] Yeah.
[35:31] Can we healthcare workers too?
[35:33] It could be.
[35:34] Yeah.
[35:35] Oh, I know we've got.
[35:36] Substitute teachers right into town.
[35:38] That we used to. Yeah. Right.
[35:40] And with the cost of fuel, the more
places we can have here.
[35:44] And it even sounds kind of like some
of like some of the realtors in town
collect that data for information
sharing for places for rent.
[35:50] So I know there's a a couple of
realtors for sure that.
[35:54] If we can maybe lock that in, so have
some sort of correlation between even
our office people ask about that, we
can rely onto the realtor, maybe have
a resource of places for rent.
[36:03] Yeah.
[36:05] people to go to. So all of a sudden
they decide let's let's rent this
place up we have everything, have a
place to go to and talk to and.
[36:11] It's more central that they wouldn't
kind of lock it into one place
instead of just having up in the
universe to try and figure out, so.
[36:19] So it just seemed to me that like
their their framework would be to one
announce that this is what we're
interested in developing.
[36:27] Um, or looking into.
[36:29] Um, two is to seek partners,
neighboring partners, outside
Rosetown partners, inside Rosetown.
[36:36] Um.
[36:37] And three to even start seeking a
developer to lure.
[36:44] [laughter]
[36:46] But to invite somebody that we trust,
we trust
[36:48] they have a good record, they do a
quality product.
[36:51] So we don't just get all the fly by
nights come in.
[36:54] Yeah. When there's free money.
[36:56] Yeah. You need to be aware of that
too, right? Because that can happen.
[36:58] Always does when there's free money.
Yes, it does. Yeah.
[37:01] Um, so yeah, who do we want to
invite?
[37:04] And we should be doing some looking.
[37:06] Definitely someone that's been
knowledge from another
[37:09] community that has it done, right?
[37:11] Like development been done by someone
that has references, right?
[37:14] Yeah. So it's important.
[37:17] Yeah, that could be as simple as
there's developers out there
[37:19] looking for places like this.
[37:21] I mean, they just don't know this is
maybe by doing things like this,
[37:24] getting it out into the universe that
we're doing this kind of thing
[37:27] and we have a big need for this.
[37:29] Maybe people looking, we need a
strong community behind that
[37:31] request and that support, right?
Yeah.
[37:35] Like that's how we got all those um
seniors condos all those years.
[37:39] Because there was a strong community
behind they were
[37:41] able to sell all those suites
basically before they put
[37:43] shovels in the ground. Yeah.
[37:46] And that's usually what they try to
do when they announce that they're
[37:50] coming. They like to presell
[37:51] about 50% at least I think before
they break ground.
[37:53] And we may not be able to do that
with everything, but
[37:57] over a an under an umbrella of a
whole lot of things.
[38:01] Yeah. They might be able.
[38:04] And everyone that's under the same
kind of uh the same need
[38:10] understanding of that and support
that.
[38:12] When you have a community that
understands, I think you get
[38:14] a lot of buy when everyone's talking
about it.
[38:17] We need the housing and supportive
about it and uh.
[38:20] We have builders and stuff around
town and suppliers
[38:23] and trades people, so.
[38:25] Yes, we do. It's very one of those
things that's.
[38:29] Just needing kind of a developer who
can kind of
[38:31] developer investor.
[38:33] Absolutely.
[38:39] We should probably get a motion then
to make a formal announcement
[38:42] that we'll be prioritizing that the
town can make an announcement
[38:44] that we're prioritizing housing
related infrastructure.
[38:50] Does that sound good, Deborah? Yes.
Yes.
[38:52] Okay. I have a motion.
[38:54] Councillors for all those in favor.
[38:56] That's carried.
[39:05] So we'll get an announcement out for
coffee with the council,
[39:07] with council, I should say.
[39:11] Um, do you want to have maybe a
corner set up for um
[39:14] I think we have do we have a design
concept for the new subdivision?
[39:20] So perhaps we can get a a design
concept up in the corner there just
[39:23] to let people know there's what we're
thinking, what the plan is.
[39:28] Actually get it, you know, in front
of people that are there so they know
[39:31] what, you know, what we're looking at
and what the plan is.
[39:34] And then maybe some more with.
[39:36] Right there with.
[39:37] I don't know, newspaper or something,
sticky notes so people can just
[39:40] make a note or
[39:43] respond that way or orally.
[39:50] Yep.
[40:02] Good.
[40:07] [paper rustling]
[40:11] [paper rustling]
[40:19] [clears throat]
[40:24] Okay, next up decision document for
Miller Cemetery headstone.
[40:29] [paper rustling]
[40:33] So Council received concurrence from
Mr. Tom Miller regarding
[40:36] a damaged headstone of his parents
located in Rose Town Cemetery.
[40:41] And Mr. Miller alleged that the
town's mowing operations damaged
[40:44] the monument, removed the bronze name
plate from the marker.
[40:49] He had an estimated uh cost from
Shander replacing it and to repair
[40:54] it for $1570.5.
[40:57] And he's asking for us to to do that
for him.
[41:02] So we have uh by-laws in place,
talking about responsibility and
[41:06] damages maybe incurred.
[41:12] So we had uh instructed
administration to do a little uh
[41:16] investigation into anything that's
happened in the past while.
[41:22] Do you want to speak a little bit
about that?
[41:25] Uh, the review, yep. So, um,
[41:28] Uh, so when I put this together for
council, I I I honestly,
[41:31] I still don't know, you know, which
way to go for sure, um,
[41:35] because there's a compassion part of
this, but there's also a, a, a
[41:38] uh, a bylaw and policies and
[41:40] procedures, regulations part of this.
So,
[41:44] Um, which is what I lean more heavily
on. So,
[41:47] Um, our own bylaw states uh that the
town is removed from any kind
[41:51] of damage as a result of regular
maintenance.
[41:52] And I think it has to be like that
because
[41:55] when we have 600 monuments out there,
500 monuments out there,
[42:00] and we're doing regular maintenance,
you know, cutting grass and and
[42:04] weed eating, um, you know, damage is
probably going to happen.
[42:08] Like we're doing our best, but at the
end of the day there's there's
[42:12] going to be some, you know, some
damage as a result of regular
[42:15] maintenance because we have to do
regular maintenance.
[42:17] I'll also to that Dan, I'd comment
too that is a public open space.
[42:19] So anyone could go in there at any
time.
[42:22] So we unbeknown is also there. It's
not secured, gates closed
[42:25] at 5 o'clock, only open during
certain times.
[42:28] It's open to anyone at any time, so
things could happen with all
[42:30] our knowledge.
[42:31] That's right.
[42:32] Like sometimes tombstones get tipped
or whatever, or some vandalism
[42:35] happens. So that's there's that side
too of possibilities.
[42:39] Mhm.
[42:40] So our bylaw already has that in
place where it removes the town
[42:44] from any kind of responsibility or
financial um liability
[42:48] having to do with regular
maintenance.
[42:50] And and I didn't really, you know,
start leaning that way until I was
[42:53] able to review other similar by-laws.
[42:55] So for example, the ones I was able
to come across online are
[42:58] Saskatoon, Rostern and Outlook.
[43:00] All of which have um a little bit
different wording,
[43:02] but in the end it's the same.
[43:04] It's uh the towns are not or the
cities are not responsible for
[43:08] the for for the monuments as a result
of regular maintenance
[43:12] because they can't be.
[43:13] Because again, when we're talking
about Saskatoon or Regina, you know,
[43:17] there are thousands of monuments.
They have to do maintenance and,
[43:19] you know, some damage, albeit they do
their best to avoid it is
[43:23] going to happen. They can't be
responsible for every monument in
[43:25] the in the cemetery.
[43:28] Um, and then I guess and the mayor
pointed out as well, so in this
[43:31] particular circumstance, the entire
bronze uh name plate is missing.
[43:36] Um, Kelly talked to her staff, no one
remembers hitting it.
[43:39] You would remember hitting a bronze
face plate with a lawnmower.
[43:44] Uh, no one remembers hitting it. I
think there would even probably
[43:47] be some damage to the lawnmower, at
least to the blades with hitting
[43:50] a bronze face plate like that.
[43:51] So while I think it's probably likely
that we did damage it with
[43:54] a lawnmower, I can't say definitively
so.
[43:57] It could have been stolen. I don't
know.
[44:00] Um, there is no proof that, you know,
I can't say definitively
[44:03] that the town of Rose Town is
responsible for that
[44:05] because I don't know for sure.
[44:08] Uh, so with all that in mind, the
recommendation that came from
[44:12] administration was uh that we don't
um cover the costs of the of the
[44:16] repairs to this monument, um, and
that doing so could set a
[44:20] precedent for all the other monuments
that are out there. So,
[44:25] Well, the other thing is you got to
remember Rose Town soil moves.
[44:30] Like, for example, the mounted doors
on Main Street that have
[44:34] to be adjusted two to three times a
year
[44:39] is ridiculous. Because they move up
and then they move down.
[44:42] It depends. And that's just the way
even in your house.
[44:47] That that's the way Rose Town is,
unfortunately.
[44:48] I've been around to many different
cemeteries, Yep. and uh some are
[44:52] better than others, and ours is
pretty decent.
[44:54] We've had people that come here
before and said that it looks
[44:57] fantastic and we'd like to copy it.
[44:58] I've been to bigger a few times,
looked at.
[45:01] The thing that
[45:02] that is definitely better that we've
done here
[45:05] is put those runners to keep them
safe from
[45:07] away from the moers and such.
[45:09] Also their soil there is more sandy.
[45:12] Exactly.
[45:13] they're less apt to shifting like
ours is
[45:15] the heavier plates to shift
[45:17] and sort of that.
[45:18] So we have quite a bit more
[45:20] keeping un- un- how would you say.
[45:22] the dirt's, you know, particularly
flat or
[45:25] tombstones are kind of tipped. But uh
[45:29] I wonder how many of these requests
will we have
[45:32] in 10 years, you think?
[45:34] Would you say?
[45:36] When Kelly no more, we've dealt with
a few on my
[45:39] 10 years so far.
[45:41] Yeah, I'd say I can think a half a
dozen probably.
[45:44] I don't think we've covered it.
[45:46] So not whole much. No.
[45:49] I wonder if we could do just a little
bit in kind and say
[45:52] you know, this this is the bylaw but
[45:55] maybe helped them a little bit, but
[45:57] See, was he wanting the whole thing
redone, was he not?
[46:01] Yeah, but I mean personally so I want
to do it but
[46:03] he was mostly asking us for the money
to help with
[46:06] I wouldn't personally. I know him
this family all my life,
[46:09] 60 plus years and
[46:10] I'm kind of a little bit torn.
[46:12] I that's getting involved in which I
shouldn't be.
[46:15] But what I wouldn't have a problem
just replacing
[46:17] the main plate.
[46:19] And if he wants to replace the rest,
that's fine.
[46:21] I think that's all he's asking for.
So he's looking,
[46:23] I think what he's looking for is to
replace it. So
[46:26] We shouldn't pay $1,500 for the main.
[46:29] Yeah, that's what I saw, it's a
thousand bucks.
[46:31] It has to be the whole scroll, not
just the little plate.
[46:34] You can replace just the plate.
[46:36] No, the plate should be replaced or
screwed on.
[46:38] Mhm. That's right.
[46:39] But that's what it is, the little
scroll.
[46:41] That is the plate.
[46:42] That's the 3x9 bronze scroll and then
installing it,
[46:45] $90. So.
[46:46] That's what he's looking for us to
replace.
[46:48] a couple hundred.
[46:51] So what if we said 500 bucks?
[46:54] Yeah, it's going against the we can't
make that decision
[46:56] as a council.
[46:58] I'm going to step back from any more
comments.
[47:01] Yeah. I would just say, I think we
need to have compassion
[47:03] and sympathy for Mr. Miller.
[47:05] It's definitely unfortunate.
[47:07] that this has happened.
[47:09] But from them it's a we've collected,
I can't definitively
[47:12] say that it was us that caused it.
[47:15] If it was, if there was a report to
say we did do it,
[47:17] I would have
[47:18] the opinion that yes, we probably
shouldn't replace
[47:20] that name because
[47:22] it it states that it was us.
[47:26] When there isn't that, I don't know
if we should accept
[47:28] responsibility for doing something
that we aren't
[47:30] totally 100% sure that we did.
[47:35] So that would be my my question to
council.
[47:39] I guess I'm I'm thinking like great
big compassion,
[47:43] even if we somehow matched him like
[47:49] My worry there though is like how
many people have
[47:52] damaged out there that are going to
[47:54] right, I mean if I heard about it and
I had
[47:56] my dad's marker was damaged,
[47:58] and I found out the town would pay me
five, you know,
[48:01] pay part of it, I'm okay, now I've
got to go get that
[48:03] fixed, now, right?
[48:04] Is that going to break the town
though?
[48:05] I don't think so.
[48:06] No, but I'd be more here's what I'd
be more interest
[48:08] personally,
[48:09] like I I'm a procedure guy like our
bylaw says
[48:12] we don't do, we don't do it.
[48:14] But I also if that was my mom or dad,
[48:16] I wouldn't be happy.
[48:19] I like to bend the rules a little
bit.
[48:21] Well, we get we get fees to put you
know, to to
[48:24] if I want a grave, it's not like I
can just go dig a hole
[48:27] in the Rosetown cemetery. I've got to
pay for it.
[48:31] If we had some sort of like a fund to
help with,
[48:34] you know, in cases of
[48:37] vandalism where even with vandalism
and we said, hey,
[48:40] look, the fund will give you
[48:43] 200 bucks to help fix it because
we're taking the we
[48:46] know, we take the fees we're bringing
in and
[48:48] we'll hold that.
[48:51] Like I'd be more interested in going
down that road if
[48:53] we're looking to help people.
[48:55] We do have a cemetery deletion fund.
[48:58] Mhm. So I I'd be more interested in
that route
[49:00] myself just because the bylaw's
written that way
[49:03] because it makes sense to write it
that way and I,
[49:06] you know, I mean if we're not going
to follow it then
[49:08] why do we have it?
[49:11] But by the same token, I don't want
to, you know,
[49:14] I I I mean he was here. I
[49:16] that was my parents, I'd be upset,
right?
[49:19] Um, I'd want to get it fixed.
[49:21] So that that's where my head's at.
[49:24] I guess someone of mine was when I
looked at it, um
[49:26] thought and I read through the bylaw
and everything,
[49:29] I'm like, oh.
[49:32] I don't think I want a headstone up
there.
[49:36] I wouldn't want one flush to the
ground.
[49:38] And it's basically
[49:39] whatever changes and things change.
Like this
[49:42] this was a good idea to solve a
problem at a time. It just
[49:45] it's not a foolproof idea.
[49:49] None of them are.
[49:50] They could have a flush tombstone.
[49:52] Yeah, that was a that was the trend,
yeah.
[49:55] We never did find the plate, did we?
[49:57] No. I even asked my guys and like
they said like.
[50:00] Yeah, so if it was just spit off.
[50:02] it probably would have been laying
nearby.
[50:03] That's what we're again,
[50:05] that's why I'm saying we're not I
can't definitively say it was us
[50:09] Like if we chewed it off, it would be
there.
[50:11] And when they're doing cleaning and
maintenance every day,
[50:14] they would have come across the name
plate.
[50:16] It's gone.
[50:19] I'd be curious.
[50:20] Like you say, having compassion and
sympathy as well.
[50:23] But to get, is it possible to get
just that name plate
[50:26] and have it put back on?
[50:30] for a normal cost.
[50:31] because I I'm sure that that number
is for the whole bronze,
[50:34] I thought.
[50:35] For the whole piece. I'm pretty sure
that's what he was told.
[50:37] [chuckle]
[50:38] That would be just for that little
plate.
[50:41] Yeah, three by nine.
[50:42] Three inches by nine inches.
[50:44] that's what he said, yeah. Okay.
[50:45] Well, maybe they have to remove it
and it's bolted from the backside
[50:49] No, it'd be it's bolted from the top.
[50:50] Like it's.
[50:52] Is it bolted or like it's a glue.
[50:54] It's like no, it's there like you if
you look in the picture
[50:56] you can see on the other one, you can
kind of see the little screw
[50:58] on the end of this.
[51:00] Okay, got you. Yeah.
[51:01] Yeah, so it's a 3x9 bronze scroll,
that's the name plate for
[51:04] $965 then to install it.
[51:06] to screw it onto the monument.
[51:09] See, it's a very tough call
[51:10] because if you make a rule.
[51:13] [paper rustling]
[51:14] started.
[51:15] are you going to break it?
[51:18] That's in anything.
[51:19] I don't care whether it's a sport.
[51:21] or it's a discipline thing or
whatever.
[51:24] So then, you start stretching, how
far do you stretch?
[51:31] And like.
[51:32] There's compassion here because if
that like everyone says,
[51:35] if that was your parents, you'd be in
the same situation.
[51:40] and you want something done.
[51:41] Well,
[51:45] It's a tough call.
[51:46] That's kind of where the bylaws kind
of sleep too.
[51:49] It is an open public space that's
susceptible to vandalism or anything.
[51:55] It's susceptible to a lot of things.
[51:57] Like I think to be truthful, if I was
lawn mowing.
[52:01] up there.
[52:03] I got ear muffs on, right?
[52:06] You. Right? You wear.
[52:07] Ear protection. Yeah, ear protection.
[52:09] Some of them were them, yeah.
[52:10] Some of them were, yeah.
[52:11] Or else they got a radio.
[52:14] The one that cuts at the cemetery
doesn't.
[52:16] Doesn't.
[52:16] Okay.
[52:17] But you know what I'm saying?
[52:18] Yeah.
[52:19] That's always a possibility.
[52:21] You might not hear anything.
[52:23] You'd feel a bronze marker go
through.
[52:25] You should feel it, you'd take the
lawn more.
[52:27] But.
[52:28] Remember how old these guys are?
[52:30] 30.
[52:33] If he's a 30-year-old,
[52:34] I stayed there with an 18 or
20-year-old guy that.
[52:37] It's never the.
[52:38] the summer students.
[52:39] No.
[52:41] Okay.
[52:42] So.
[52:44] And I've like I've put a rock through
one of our mowers.
[52:46] Like I'd.
[52:47] good sight.
[52:48] And I mean you feel they go through.
[52:50] You wouldn't hit a bronze plaque and
put it through the mower
[52:52] and not feel it.
[52:54] Like it's.
[52:54] You should feel it.
[52:55] Like it would probably almost stop
your mower.
[52:58] So.
[53:03] So we're kind of beating the horse.
[53:06] Any other comments about it?
[53:10] Views?
[53:11] Solutions?
[53:14] [paper rustling]
[53:25] How much is how much is in that extra
fund?
[53:28] Anyone know?
[53:29] perpetual care. It's perpetual.
[53:32] You can't actually touch the
perpetual care fund until
[53:34] that section of the cemetery is
closed.
[53:37] Okay, is there another fund?
[53:38] there's donations made to the
cemetery.
[53:41] Those go to.
[53:43] the donations that are intended for
repairs
[53:45] their personal monuments.
[53:46] Yeah.
[53:47] Because they don't the monuments
don't belong to the town.
[53:50] Like.
[53:51] So the money that comes in, we have
to use on something
[53:53] for the town.
[53:55] Any donation made or else it's.
[53:57] We get that Roy and Delma Elliott
that we've put to a cemetery
[53:59] and I believe part of that's going to
the new area that they're
[54:02] working on right now.
[54:04] I don't see anything under donations
made so far.
[54:10] cemetery, just the Roy and Delma
Elliot.
[54:16] on the uh the donor's choice yeah,
that's it.
[54:18] Give your money.
[54:20] Yeah.
[54:21] [paper rustling]
[54:26] I suppose on the donation for there's
never been money collected
[54:28] for on preservation or correction of
tombstones or anything like that.
[54:34] Probably not specific enough.
[54:35] No.
[54:36] And I know like was it Shannador or
one of the companies one year
[54:39] they come in and they did leveling of
headstones for the families
[54:42] if you reached out to them and I
don't think they charged, but that
[54:45] was for the families to go through
and do.
[54:50] You can actually put your loved one's
monument on your
[54:52] insurance too.
[54:53] Yeah.
[54:54] So that is a thing you can do.
[54:56] I know there's a few people that have
done that.
[54:59] when you spend.
[55:00] eight or ten thousand dollars on a
monument.
[55:03] They're not cheap.
[55:04] [affirmative]
[55:14] Anybody gonna motion?
[55:16] [laughter]
[55:21] So what does Council think's her
solution?
[55:27] I make motion you put $500 against it
[55:30] to recover some of the cost in kind.
[55:35] good faith.
[55:36] Can I just ask that your motion also
will state that the town's
[55:39] not accepting any responsibility or
liability?
[55:42] Correct.
[55:43] Yeah, thank you. Yeah.
[55:46] Okay.
[55:47] We have a motion on Councillor Cross.
All those in favor?
[55:53] One, two, three, four.
[55:55] I was, I'll abstain.
[55:58] So we have a pass motion.
[56:01] Four to three.
[56:08] [rustling]
[56:21] Okay, next document.
[56:23] Decision document 1014 Main Street
tree removal.
[56:32] [paper rustling]
[56:36] [sigh]
[56:38] Yep, so this, this was um, this was
brought over from our last meeting.
Council wanted a
[56:42] little bit better pictures and a
little bit more um, review of this.
[56:46] So
[56:47] Um, so did. I, I went and took a
little bit better pictures,
[56:50] um, you know, of the house in
question, so
[56:53] If you're looking at my screen at
all, on your left there is
[56:55] 1214. This is the the person
[56:58] that's uh um raising the complaint.
[57:04] Uh, and and their tree over to the
left there
[57:06] in front of the red truck.
[57:08] And then uh uh uh 1012,
[57:12] pardon me, is the blue house on the
right,
[57:15] and the uh, the owner of 1014 also
would like their tree
[57:19] removed that's in front of their
house.
[57:21] So they're saying that these two
trees are are causing their the
[57:24] heaves in their in their driveway.
[57:27] Um, I did go and measure as well,
just to kind of get a base
[57:30] measurement of how far these trees
are, um, of concern.
[57:33] So the neighbor's tree, um, 1012 is
actually the closest one at 15 feet
[57:36] from where the the the driveway um is
starting to heave.
[57:42] Uh, whereas the owner of 104 owner of
1014
[57:44] is over 30 feet away.
[57:45] Is it not poppers?
[57:47] No.
[57:48] Uh, no, this is uh likely elm trees.
Elm trees.
[57:51] Yeah.
[57:52] [muttering] That's surprising.
[57:55] Uh, I was able also to find a picture
from 2013,
[57:57] so this is the same property from
2013 you can see
[58:00] the driveway's almost in very new
condition.
[58:04] Um, the same trees are there and you
can see that there's
[58:06] also a uh what I believe to be a
spruce tree,
[58:10] uh which is very close to the
driveway as well.
[58:12] Um, and that's not there anymore, so
it was removed
[58:14] obviously.
[58:16] It's not to say though that the root
system wouldn't still be there.
[58:19] I would suspect it.
[58:21] Um,
[58:24] So I, you know, when I looked at this
situation,
[58:26] I took some more pictures, um, I'm
I'm still,
[58:28] I'm still not 100% convinced as the
trees.
[58:30] And the reason I'm not is it's a very
straight, linear line,
[58:34] um, that the driveway's heaving from
the sidewalk to the house.
[58:38] Um, there's no, there's no impacts to
the driveway
[58:41] from the tree to that line, from
either of the trees.
[58:45] Um, it's just it's a straight line
from the drive uh, from
[58:47] the sidewalk to the house, uh
[58:49] and and that's the and that's the
general impact of the uh
[58:52] of of the driveway.
[58:54] So I don't know for sure that it's
the root system.
[58:56] Uh, I did throw it to the owners to,
to feel free to provide an
[58:59] engineering report, you know, give us
something that says
[59:02] it's the roots.
[59:04] Um, and then and they came back and
said they weren't going to
[59:07] do that because they're not looking
for financial
[59:09] compensation, they just want the
trees removed.
[59:12] Um, I'm just going to add on, I just
got actually an additional
[59:14] email from them today, which I just
want to bring to
[59:17] Council's attention.
[59:20] Um, so again, she sent a couple more
pictures just today actually
[59:23] before the meeting, um, just again
saying that they believe
[59:26] that the tree roots are impacting
their driveway that they've got
[59:28] shoots growing up from these holes.
[59:34] And they're asking if they can
chemically treat this root
[59:36] system to stop it from growing into
their driveway.
[59:39] She'd be able to identify the tree.
[59:41] Off that. Mhm. That looks like a
poplar.
[59:43] Yeah, so it's very likely that seeds
have blown very likely
[59:46] that seeds have blown into the cracks
and are now growing
[59:49] through the cracks, so
[59:51] Again, there's nothing to say that
it's the tree roots from
[59:54] these elm trees that are causing
those cracks or that these are
[59:56] shoots from those elm trees, so.
[59:58] Elms are usually not that bad.
[1:00:02] after it's completely straight.
[1:00:05] Yeah.
[1:00:06] They got
[1:00:07] For me it is a fact that the the runs
straight up and down the driveway
like it's
[1:00:11] perpendicular to them.
[1:00:12] And normally we don't have issues
with as much of elm trees.
[1:00:18] The council
[1:00:19] unless there's one that's falling out
of the tree sick or it's dying or
it's causing
[1:00:25] you know, egregious down. It's
usually
[1:00:27] pushing up poplar tree, pushing up
sidewalks and driveways tremendously.
[1:00:31] And uh
[1:00:33] I don't see that for these trees.
[1:00:35] The line of those
[1:00:36] If you looked at it
[1:00:38] that little one there in the picture,
that's a poplar.
[1:00:41] So it's coming from somewhere else.
[1:00:43] It may be on our.
[1:00:44] And I think that the
[1:00:47] the deterioration of their pavement
on the driveway is a factor as well.
[1:00:50] We had a really hot summer with a lot
of rain, so it's
[1:00:53] I think it's affected that as well.
[1:00:55] Moisture getting through penetrating
through that to create this.
[1:00:58] So I think we're having some sort of
shoots coming up.
[1:01:00] I don't believe that that's an elm.
[1:01:03] like where it is the where's the
sewer meter or the
[1:01:06] Not at that location.
[1:01:08] that at all?
[1:01:08] No.
[1:01:09] What about the hookups for the
houses?
[1:01:12] The service connections? Yeah, they
[1:01:13] typically in the middle.
[1:01:15] No, they're running
[1:01:16] I mean if it was that to me, that
would be what's causing.
[1:01:18] I thought that too, so I did run that
by Bob and he said the service
service connections are going in on
the grass.
[1:01:23] which is horrible.
[1:01:24] Okay, cuz yeah, they did say they had
to give it.
[1:01:27] Yeah.
[1:01:28] But it is weird to me that it just
runs straight up the driveway.
[1:01:31] Yeah, that that that feels like a
it's more of a structural issue that.
[1:01:35] Or perhaps when they poured the
driveway they poured it in two pieces
and that's just a weak point.
[1:01:39] they could have taken the part of the
driveway out probably.
[1:01:44] They've switched to the neighbors get
taken it out.
[1:01:48] But they they've gotten rid of the
garage there.
[1:01:51] They've just converted it, I think.
[1:01:53] Yep.
[1:01:54] in their garage.
[1:01:55] Yeah.
[1:01:56] Okay.
[1:01:57] Well, and so there's a good question
too, right? What you know, they had
to bring in wood and
[1:02:03] if they end up putting a flat bed up
the driveway when it was hot up
there,
[1:02:08] right? I mean, you put a lot of
weight on it.
[1:02:10] That could have been part of the
problem too, but I don't think it's
true. I really don't.
[1:02:14] Yeah, I don't find it's for us to
determine what it is.
[1:02:18] It's whether it is the trees is what
they're trying to determine. So
[1:02:22] with that in line, with that straight
line, with that straight line, I
don't think it is either one of them
[1:02:27] trees, so I don't think we should
remove either one of them.
[1:02:29] due to the evidence that we have
before us.
[1:02:32] I think you'd see an angle going
across on a diagonal towards that if
it was either one.
[1:02:37] So, yeah, coming straight out there,
I just don't think that's possible.
[1:02:40] I think the the push would be on them
through
[1:02:45] go straight.
[1:02:50] I think they just have trees in front
and they're just thinking of the they
might be those, but obviously I don't
think it is.
[1:02:58] You know, the trees
[1:03:02] Oh. Yeah.
[1:03:03] Yeah, it would be a right in the
asphalt.
[1:03:06] Take a picture take a picture with
your iPhone and it'll tell you what
kind of tree it is that's coming out
of the driveway.
[1:03:12] take your a picture because it still
works.
[1:03:15] No, I mean like you have to go from
the driveway.
[1:03:17] Yeah.
[1:03:18] Yeah.
[1:03:19] I'm pretty sure that's a poplar.
[1:03:22] They're pretty cool.
[1:03:24] plants.
[1:03:26] Yeah.
[1:03:27] So any one on council would consider
removing either one of those trees?
[1:03:33] They're beautiful trees and I don't
see what they could always just tell
them to not
[1:03:38] Yeah.
[1:03:41] Can you motion that we you know, the
trees
[1:03:47] Cuz that what it is when you it's a
negative motion.
[1:03:49] We should because it should be
documented that was heard, so.
[1:03:54] So it's the motion is to not not do
it just respond that we won't.
[1:04:01] Yeah.
[1:04:02] through your inquiry and
investigation we find that these
trees are not the cause of that
particular issue.
[1:04:09] I think we'd be open to throwing in
there if they can prove it.
[1:04:13] Then we could revisit that, but they
want to pay for somebody to come out
there and go yeah, or I mean, they'd
have to dig up part of the driveway
to know.
[1:04:22] Right, but
[1:04:24] That's not our responsibility.
[1:04:32] Okay, as far as motion, all those in
favor.
[1:04:34] That was carried.
[1:04:39] Now can I add something?
[1:04:41] Just seems to me again looking at the
bylaw for our urban forestry.
[1:04:45] Um, I wonder if our our bylaw there
is a bit out of date.
[1:04:50] Um, we hire engineers for our
infrastructure to build the sewer and
everything.
[1:04:55] Maybe we need to be looking at in our
budgets, um, to hire a professional
in urban forestry to assess and help
[1:05:04] us to make a a plan related to its
aging and our desires to have trees.
[1:05:10] I just think maybe it's time. We got
a lot of trees that are about the
same age.
[1:05:16] We do get our current tree,
[1:05:18] like our the company that comes in to
do tree trimming,
[1:05:20] he actually does drive the town and
look to make
[1:05:24] like see what kind of shape if
something's in danger.
[1:05:26] a real report like an engineer's type
report.
[1:05:30] I think he does give us a report.
[1:05:32] You think he does?
[1:05:33] I'm pretty sure he's no arborest, and
I'm pretty sure he's no arborest, and
I'm pretty sure he gives us a report
on the trees already.
[1:05:38] But I'll look into it for sure.
[1:05:40] Yeah, we got that specific thing to
have a
[1:05:42] Mhm.
[1:05:43] the tree and talk about the
revilizing the trees like
[1:05:45] Well, I wanted to look at our pilot
too and make sure that it's viable.
[1:05:50] I think it's great for when we had
young trees.
[1:05:53] Now we have some really aging trees.
[1:05:56] We seem to be dealing with the other
end.
[1:05:58] Yeah.
[1:05:59] For sure.
[1:06:01] Thank you.
[1:06:03] On to new business.
[1:06:03] First off, we have Orange Memories
minutes from August the 12th.
[1:06:10] Jason.
[1:06:13] He's getting there.
[1:06:16] We are evil.
[1:06:17] Don't you even start.
[1:06:19] Or if I may there.
[1:06:21] Yes.
[1:06:21] Um, did that or tax payer also wanted
to know about killing some of them
weeds or trees in the driveway using
a spray?
[1:06:28] Yeah, I just got that message today
so I haven't run it by Bob yet, so
I'll ford that to him to deal with
it.
[1:06:33] Okay.
[1:06:34] Sorry.
[1:06:36] be. Counselor Hunter, you chaired the
meeting, so
[1:06:39] I got lucky because
[1:06:40] [laughter]
somebody failed.
[1:06:43] Okay.
[1:06:46] Uh, it was a good meeting.
[1:06:47] Um, it wasn't very long. Uh,
everything was pretty much
straightforward.
[1:06:52] Um, things are going well. Uh,
occupancy is full. They've got a very
long waiting list.
[1:06:59] to the point where some people who
are inquiring or just moving on
because they don't see an opportunity
to get in there.
[1:07:03] I think they're like 30.
[1:07:05] 34.
[1:07:06] 34, 36.
[1:07:07] 34 on the waiting list, the pay on
the list. Like it's
[1:07:11] So, um,
[1:07:13] I mean, good for them. They've
obviously built a reputation there.
[1:07:16] People want to come. we had 21 sweets
we could fill them.
[1:07:21] But we don't.
[1:07:23] till John builds the ranch.
[1:07:26] Oh yeah, it's right.
[1:07:27] Maybe it's a good time to sell.
[1:07:29] Yeah.
[1:07:30] Could be.
[1:07:31] It's a great marketing time.
[1:07:33] Yeah, great marketing time.
[1:07:35] I wonder.
[1:07:37] Yeah, uh, other than that, nothing,
um, as far as I recall, nothing
unusual.
[1:07:43] No.
[1:07:44] Things are moving along this, they're
moving along.
[1:07:46] uh, residents are active.
[1:07:48] Uh, they've been getting out a little
bit more like away from the uh, the
facility itself,
[1:07:53] and they seem to be enjoying that, so
they're going to continue that.
[1:07:57] We're doing a museum tour, so they
said.
[1:08:00] Yes.
[1:08:01] they hit the tea house and just they
hit the tea house and just they hit
it when there was a birthday party
going on.
[1:08:06] And all the people volunteering there
had a come to Jesus type of moment,
so it was busy.
[1:08:10] [laughter]
[1:08:12] They they were not expecting that
kind of volume, but it was great.
[1:08:16] Great party there and great tea,
coffee and tea.
[1:08:18] And they went to Necles.
[1:08:20] Yes.
[1:08:21] And they went to uh the Perry barn.
[1:08:23] I've never been to bigger.
[1:08:24] They really getti-
[1:08:25] ng.
[1:08:26] not just around town.
[1:08:27] No, they were at Harris Museum.
[1:08:29] Oh, okay.
[1:08:30] They did a barbecue there.
[1:08:33] She say they were there for about six
hours.
[1:08:35] Oh, Jesus Christ.
[1:08:38] How do they travel, man?
[1:08:40] Um, individuals.
[1:08:41] Okay.
[1:08:42] families. like family caravans, kind
of thing. families taking.
[1:08:47] as a rule.
[1:08:48] Yeah, it's been I know they haven't
done a lot of that as much in the
past, but a lot of it this last month
and it's been very popular, so
[1:08:55] I expect they'll be continuing that.
[1:08:57] And they're looking for an outside
person to come on the board.
[1:09:01] Yes, we still do have the member at
large vacancy. So
[1:09:07] Um, one of the things we thought is
if council could try and just amplify
[1:09:11] the the voice out there.
[1:09:13] They're going to talk more to um like
the family of the residents
[1:09:16] to see if they can get one of them
[1:09:19] because that would be ideal, right?
[1:09:21] Somebody who's got a parent in the
facility.
[1:09:23] Um, but if not, then we're they're
going to have to kind of look around.
[1:09:28] A good a good thing for coffee with
counselor again to add to your list
to talk to people.
[1:09:32] I think that would be a great idea.
[1:09:34] Yeah.
[1:09:34] We'll put it on I think Morgan was
going to reach out to the family
first.
[1:09:37] and then after that, um, put on
Facebook for outside.
[1:09:42] Yeah.
[1:09:43] um support as well.
[1:09:46] Yeah, I think we should just, you
know, make sure we're supporting that
effort.
[1:09:49] because it I mean, we've had quorum,
but it wouldn't take too much, you
know, a couple of people get sick, we
don't have quorum.
[1:09:56] It's it's not a particularly deep uh
board.
[1:10:02] Any other questions?
[1:10:04] Nope.
[1:10:05] letter report.
[1:10:08] Counselor, I move the report.
[1:10:10] All those in favor? That is carried.
Thank you.
[1:10:16] Next, we have fire services
agreement.
[1:10:22] So this is when I met with the arms
and talked with the fire services
agreement.
[1:10:27] Um, I think we're still going to do a
little bit more work on the seriona,
then, we'll fine tuning to what's all
on there and such before.
[1:10:33] Uh, yeah, I think and maybe discuss
again maybe with the arms and have
another
[1:10:37] Yeah, there was a couple of other
small changes that they wanted, but
um,
[1:10:40] I guess one concern I have about the
agreement is that's relying on SOPs
from 1995.
[1:10:46] Okay. Um, I don't know if that's
accurate. If it is, they need to be
updated.
[1:10:51] But uh, so that's part that's that's
something the agreement again that
we're going to have to look at.
[1:10:55] It's always good to whenever you're
doing something like this to update
those things, such as you mentioned.
[1:11:00] So it it gives us a great opportunity
to do that. So
[1:11:03] that's why I always wanted to make
sure you have another review of it
while we
[1:11:08] when we discuss with the arms as well
if they're happy with it and what
changes need to be made and such, so
[1:11:14] What is an SOP?
[1:11:15] Uh, standard operating procedures.
[1:11:18] So, uh, I just in discussion with the
mayor, um, just certainly dig into
little the fire department just a
little bit
[1:11:25] to kind of see what they're doing and
how they're doing it and, you know,
if it's working or if there's maybe
some recommendations that need to be
made.
[1:11:31] So I have a meeting with the Fire
Chief, um, scheduled for Thursday,
um, this Thursday.
[1:11:37] And I've also requested all the fire
um SOPs and and billing structures
[1:11:43] and governance structures from our
partner communities, I'm going to
call them.
[1:11:48] So the same ones I kind of reach out
to before, Outlook unity, um,
Kinderley and Bigger.
[1:11:53] And uh just to see you kind of how
they're running their fire
departments and, you know, their best
practices
[1:11:58] to make sure that we're doing the
best that we can for our fire
department as well as the residents,
so.
[1:12:03] Great job. It's what you wanted,
right? Great job, Jim.
[1:12:06] I don't think we're find ready to
finalize on it yet.
[1:12:09] So we'll just table it and uh for
more more.
[1:12:13] Sounds good. Any comments from
counselor, questions?
[1:12:17] Great job. It's good to get a lot of
work.
[1:12:18] It's uh it's a that's again another I
want to say barrel of monkeys, but
that's not the right word I'm looking
for, but a can of worms. We'll say.
[1:12:25] That's a pretty big can of worms to
unpack I think, so it's going to take
a while to to review it properly and
do it right, so.
[1:12:32] I think the support was really there
in the meeting with the RM's.
[1:12:36] M. Yeah. It was very positive, yeah.
[1:12:39] Yeah, I think it was, we're on the
same page, I think we all can concur
that our fire department is very
valuable to our
[1:12:46] ourselves and our district.
[1:12:47] And uh I think the RM's agreed as
well that we need to work together
to, you know, to uh
[1:12:53] Make sure this can happen and
[1:12:54] Yeah.
[1:12:55] to to work as partners and uh to
navigate this uh our fire department
to into the future.
[1:13:02] And uh working together like we see
and hear about other communities
having some issues with that.
[1:13:08] So we want to make sure we
collaborate and work together as best
as we can.
[1:13:11] So I think we have that, we heard
that from both all sides around the
table here. So
[1:13:15] I think that's a great start to this,
and as we continue on and move into
the future,
[1:13:19] I think it's great to have RM's with
us as partners and supporters.
[1:13:23] of uh, the town here. So that's
great.
[1:13:26] Yeah, I I've found that they were
very like almost aggressively
agreeable.
[1:13:30] They really I think they really
appreciate the the ability to pool
those resources
[1:13:35] in Roose Town for them and uh,
[1:13:38] you know, they're committed to making
sure it works. So
[1:13:42] I think I think we're going to find a
good agreement out of this. I don't
think we're going to have any
problems.
[1:13:45] It's going to be said, the the the
guys of the actual they're on scene.
[1:13:52] They, you know, nobody's got any
complaints. They do their job, they
do it well.
[1:13:58] Um, you know, so let's just make sure
we get it all sorted out so we
[1:14:02] And all, and as always, counselor,
very appreciative of the work that
they do, our fire department for the
town.
[1:14:06] So it's they do a great job for us
and we always want to appreciate that
work that they do. Sure.
[1:14:11] Okay, so I guess that can just be
tabled. Yeah.
[1:14:15] Next, we have
[1:14:18] Athlete Haven Road closure request.
[1:14:23] I just want to read this. It's a
great one, so I'd like to read it.
[1:14:28] Sure, I just need the time that she
left here.
[1:14:30] 14. B 14.
[1:14:32] Okay, we have a letter from Athlete
Haven request.
[1:14:35] saying, On behalf of Athlete Haven, I
am writing a request permission to
temporary close the 200 block of Main
Street in Roose Town on Sunday,
[1:14:41] September the 20th, 2026.
[1:14:44] as part of our 45th anniversary
celebration.
[1:14:48] Athlete Haven has been proud to be
part of Rosetown business community
since 1981.
[1:14:53] And this year marks an exciting
milestone for us, 45 years in
business, as well as five years since
we took ownership of the store.
[1:15:01] We would love to celebrate these
milestones by creating a special
community event.
[1:15:05] and the heart of downtown Roetown.
[1:15:07] Our vision is to make the day much
more than an in-store celebration.
[1:15:11] We hope to create a fun
family-friendly atmosphere on Main
Street
[1:15:15] that encourages people to come
downtown,
[1:15:17] spend time together, and celebrate
our community.
[1:15:21] A street closure would allow us to
safely incorporate activities such as
[1:15:25] outdoor sporting goods
demonstrations,
[1:15:29] barbecue fundraising lunch,
[1:15:31] and family or family-friendly games
and activities.
[1:15:35] As the event will take place on
Sunday,
[1:15:38] we hope the closure will create
minimal disruption,
[1:15:40] the requested road closure times for
that day would be from 8:00 AM to
5:00 PM.
[1:15:46] We would be happy to work closely
with the town regarding barricades,
[1:15:49] emergency access, cleanup,
[1:15:52] or any other conditions Council feels
are necessary
[1:15:56] to ensure this event is safe and well
organized.
[1:15:59] Thank you for considering our
request.
[1:16:01] We would be happy to provide any
additional information required
[1:16:04] and look forward to working with the
town to make the event a success.
[1:16:08] Signed, Jenna Moore.
[1:16:11] So first from behalf of Council,
[1:16:12] congratulations to Athletes Haven and
45 years in business.
[1:16:15] They're a definitely a a staple in
our community of a business that's
[1:16:19] been successful for so many years.
[1:16:23] And it's wonderful that they're doing
this.
[1:16:26] I think it'd be great if we can block
off that, uh,
[1:16:30] block on Sunday from the 200 block.
[1:16:33] Do you need a motion for that?
[1:16:34] Or the street, just make sure there's
no concerns
[1:16:37] from public works or administration.
[1:16:39] I I haven't I should run this through
Bob, but I don't anticipate any
concerns.
[1:16:43] Any concerns, Kelly or?
[1:16:44] Yeah, on the Sunday it should be fine
to do that.
[1:16:46] I just wondered if they have if they
really have enough to do
[1:16:49] from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
[1:16:52] I think that's just the time they're
requesting, it'll it'll probably only
run from here to here,
[1:16:56] just gives them time for setup and
take down and everything.
[1:16:58] I just kind that was my one concern.
[1:17:02] Actually, I had the other one that
the other one that the seniors and
the church people run to the Moz for
lunch on Sunday.
[1:17:08] Are they still going to be able to
park somewhere reasonably close?
[1:17:12] I think if it's just that block, they
should be okay.
[1:17:14] I think that's at the end of the
block.
[1:17:16] Yeah, the side street should be fine.
Yeah, the other end.
[1:17:18] So a half block either side probably.
[1:17:22] And it's not too much of a compromise
for an event like this, 45 years of
celebrating.
[1:17:28] We're lucky to have this closure, I
think that's a not through road
repair, it's for an event.
[1:17:34] I think they're doing the dunk tank
too, so.
[1:17:36] [laughter]
Oh, another dunk tank!
[1:17:39] You look so excited, Trevor.
[1:17:41] [laughter]
[1:17:44] That's a great idea.
[1:17:47] Okay, I'll make that motion.
[1:17:49] All those in favor? Motion is
carried.
[1:17:54] I guess we can have counselor
Aldusberg come back in.
[1:17:56] I can grab her.
[1:17:58] Eden's got it. Oh, there we are.
[1:18:01] Just make sure they know barricades
to stop them to pick up.
[1:18:06] I was like, if everybody disagrees
with me, then I'll just leave just in
case.
[1:18:11] Well, we just volunteered you to do
all the work, Trevor.
[1:18:15] barricades at volunteering you to
pick the barricades up.
[1:18:20] And Trevor thought he'd look good in
the dunk tank.
[1:18:22] [laughter] Yeah. No. No dunk tank.
[1:18:26] No, I don't do dunk tanks.
[1:18:29] Okay, moving on.
[1:18:30] Our bylaws, we have none.
[1:18:32] And in camera there's none from in
camera.
[1:18:35] So there's only one thing left.
[1:18:36] I would do that there, right?
[1:18:37] [laughter]
Council, here.
[1:18:39] All those in favor? Motion to
adjourn. Motion is carried.