[0:04] Good evening everybody. I'll call this
regular meeting to order for July the
[0:07] 21st, 2026.
[0:12] Be it resolved the agenda for the July
21st, 2026 regular meeting of council be
[0:18] adopted. Moved by Councillor Dwayne
White, seconded by Councillor Powell.
[0:27] All in favor?
It's carried.
[0:31] Uh
Deputy Mayor Memorial is attending by
[0:33] video. Same with CFO Geneda and
uh Director Harvey and uh Councillor
[0:40] McKenzie is away from the
There's not able to attend this present
[0:44] time.
[0:53] I don't have
a
[1:01] Be it resolved the minutes for the June
16th, 2026 regular meeting of council be
[1:06] approved. Moved by Councillor Bobby,
seconded by
[1:11] Councillor Ainslie-White. Discussion,
any errors or omissions?
[1:19] All in favor?
It's carried.
[1:25] 3.2
Be it resolved the minutes for the July
[1:30] 3rd, 2026 special meeting of council be
approved.
[1:35] Moved by
Councillor
[1:38] Powell, seconded by
Councillor Bobby. Any discussion?
[1:45] All in favor?
Opposed? It's carried.
[1:52] 3.3
Be it resolved the minutes for the July
[1:56] 14th, 2026 special meeting comes to be
approved. Moved by
[2:02] Councilor Ainslie White, seconded by
Councilor Dwayne White. Discussion.
[2:08] All in favor.
Opposed. It's carried.
[2:14] 4.1
[2:18] Be it resolved that this regular meeting
be adjourned and the public hearing for
[2:21] variance order 2 2026 be opened. Moved
by
[2:27] Councilor Bobik, seconded by
Councilor Ainslie White.
[2:33] All in favor.
[2:36] It's carried.
[2:39] I call the hearing to order to hear
variance order number application number
[2:44] 2 2026.
The purpose of the hearing is to hear
[2:49] representation for or against the
following variance order for the
[2:53] installation of a detached ground level
deck to be 1 ft inside the property line
[2:58] instead of the normally required 2 ft
setback.
[3:04] » Your worship, I can confirm requirements
of section 169 of the planning act have
[3:08] been adhered to.
[3:12] » I I request that anyone any person
making representation to the hearing
[3:16] state their name and civic address. Do
we have anybody that wants to make any
[3:20] representation?
Go ahead. Come forward.
[3:26] Just state your name and your civic
address, please. You can sit. You don't
[3:29] have to stand.
>> David Beaton, 2 301 Parkview Drive.
[3:33] » Okay. Thank you.
>> Um
[3:36] Just I'm wondering if you had received
the the pictures and the
[3:40] the signatures from
>> We have.
[3:43] » Okay.
>> The council has all that.
[3:44] » Okay.
>> Okay. Is there anything that you want to
[3:47] add to that at all?
>> Um all I I to say, I guess, from the
[3:52] is that there was never any undue
thoughts when this thing happened of
[3:58] trying to get away with something or not
doing the right thing.
[4:01] I actually phoned the town office before
we moved here to get the property lines
[4:08] where they were.
So, they sent me the drawing and then I
[4:14] called the before you dig and had them
come out and mark everything and before
[4:19] I started putting
the chain and wood fence up, I had all
[4:23] the documents and
never dreamed I would need a permit for
[4:28] a ground-level deck. I don't know if
you've seen the pictures, but really
[4:31] right on the ground and it's a foot
within the property.
[4:35] There was nothing untoward about it, but
then I found out there is a this kind of
[4:40] a setback and I hope you'll
understand that.
[4:44] Okay.
>> All right. Council has all the
[4:46] information that you provided in your uh
your
[4:50] application, so we will thank you for
that.
[4:53] Okay. We'll be making a decision on that
once we close the the hearing unless any
[4:57] members of council have any questions.
Okay.
[5:00] So,
what do I do now? You can take a chair
[5:03] and listen if the council has a
question.
[5:06] Okay. Doesn't appear to be. Thank you
very much.
[5:14] Be it resolved that this public hearing
be closed at 7:05 p.m. and the regular
[5:19] meeting be
moved by Councilor Clayton White,
[5:23] seconded by
Councilor Powell.
[5:26] All in favor.
It's carried.
[5:30] 4 1 2
Be it resolved that the variance order
[5:34] application 2 2026 for 301 Parkview
Drive be approved. Moved by Councilor
[5:41] Bobik, seconded by Councilor Powell. Any
discussion?
[5:48] All in favor?
Opposed? It's carried. It's been
[5:52] approved.
[5:57] Thank you all very much.
>> It's mutual.
[5:59] » Thank you. Let me just say one thing.
With all that you have going on, with
[6:02] all the flooding and that, kudos to all
of you because I know it's a lot going
[6:07] on that you're responsible for.
All of that. So, thank you very
[6:11] » Thank you, Dave.
>> Thank you.
[6:13] » It's
Okay.
[6:15] » Be it resolved this regular meeting be
adjourned public hearing on variance
[6:19] order 3 2026
open. Move by
[6:24] Councillor Bob, second by Councillor
Powell.
[6:27] All in favor?
It's carried.
[6:33] I call the hearing to order. Re variance
order application number 3 2026.
[6:39] The purpose of the hearing is to hear
represent representation for or against
[6:44] the following variance order.
The applicants are requesting a variance
[6:49] to allow an existing
uh accessory building or shed to remain
[6:53] in its current location. The structure
has been constructed with its west side
[6:58] propped direct directly on the property
line. The zoning bylaw requires a
[7:03] minimum side yard setback of 2 ft.
>> Your worship, I can confirm that the
[7:09] requirements of section 169 of the
Planning Act have been adhered to.
[7:13] » I request that any person wants to make
representation to the hearing state
[7:17] their name and civic address.
>> Is there anything that you want to
[7:20] » No.
>> No.
[7:24] » Come on both of you.
>> Patrice Sylvester, [clears throat]
[7:26] 6
>> Okay.
[7:28] » 6 Silverwood Drive.
>> Sheldon Sylvester, 6 Silverwood Drive.
[7:32] » All right, welcome.
We have your information as well. Is
[7:35] there anything that you want to add to
uh the hearing at all?
[7:39] » Well, again, like Dave said, we didn't
even know that because the shed that was
[7:44] there before that we had replaced that
was infested with
[7:48] rodents and skunks,
we just put this one right on the same
[7:51] line, so
>> Replaced it next exactly.
[7:55] » in the same spot, but yeah, we went
bigger into our yard and
[8:00] So,
yeah, we didn't know we
[8:02] » Our apologies for
>> Yeah, we didn't know we were
[8:05] on that line cuz that's where the other
one was, but
[8:08] you've seen
neighbors on that line.
[8:12] So, yeah, we're just asking that we can
leave it there,
[8:16] preferably, but if there's uh there is a
space of spruce trees,
[8:21] and then there's a
Westman MTS line that goes down there,
[8:26] so that space will never be used unless
they're ripping up the MTS lines, but
[8:34] I'm very aware. I used to live there.
>> [laughter]
[8:37] » Old neighbor.
>> Yes.
[8:38] » Old neighbor.
>> We probably put that shed there.
[8:42] » [laughter]
>> All right. Does council have any
[8:44] questions?
>> [clears throat]
[8:46] » Councilor White.
>> So, have you spoke to your neighbors
[8:49] about this then?
>> Yes, they actually
[8:52] We already got them to sign an easement
with the lawyer, and then we got made
[8:58] aware that we had to come here first to
get the variance approved.
[9:02] » Okay.
>> So, they already have signed first one,
[9:05] but now we got them to sign second one.
>> Okay, very good.
[9:08] » Yeah.
>> All right, thank you very much. Now,
[9:10] we'll just adjourn the hearing.
421 resolved the public hearing be
[9:15] closed at 7:09 p.m. With the regular
meeting be reopened. Moved by
[9:21] Councilor Wayne White, seconded by
Councilor Powell. All in favor.
[9:26] That's carried.
422
[9:31] Be it resolved the variance of order
application 3 2026 for 6 Silverwood
[9:35] Drive be approved. Moved by Councillor
Powell, seconded by Councillor Dwayne
[9:40] White.
Any discussion?
[9:44] All in favor?
It's carried. It's been approved.
[9:49] » Thank you.
[9:52] » Like I said, you're more than welcome to
stay.
[9:54] » Yeah, nice to see you.
>> So, let's vote. We're so busy on
[9:57] Wednesday.
[10:00] » Thank you, guys.
[10:09] » Okay, moving on to 6.1.
[10:13] Be it resolved that the email dated June
the 22nd, 2026 from CN regarding Rail
[10:19] Safety Week 2026 be received.
Moved by
[10:24] Councillor Bobik, seconded by
Councillor Powell. Any discussion?
[10:30] All in favor?
It's carried.
[10:34] 6.2
[10:37] Be it resolved that the email and
attachments dated June the 22nd, 2026
[10:41] from the RCMP and CMC Secretariat
regarding the 2026 Census of Population
[10:47] Contract Policing Implications for the
Emerging and De-merging Municipalities
[10:52] be received. Moved by
Councillor Powell, seconded by
[10:58] Councillor Dwayne White.
Any discussion?
[11:04] All in favor?
It's carried.
[11:09] 6.3
Be it resolved that the letter and
[11:12] advertisement dated June the 24th, 2026
from Prairie Mountain Health regarding
[11:17] volunteer recruitment be received. Moved
by
[11:22] Councillor Dwayne White, seconded by
Councillor Powell. Any discussion?
[11:28] Councillor Dwayne White.
>> I'm I'm curious how we're supposed to
[11:31] supposed to support this or how we have
historically.
[11:36] Like when they say that they're asking
assistance in helping them recruit
[11:40] volunteers.
Like is that providing them space to do
[11:43] it? Is that actually
>> They're looking for advertising on our
[11:46] social media platform and newspaper. I
think that's what I understand. Is that
[11:49] correct?
>> That's correct. We did both. We They
[11:52] asked us to advertise on our platforms.
It's been on Facebook. And the fact that
[11:56] we're having it received in public right
now is what they want us to
[11:59] » Okay.
So they're going to be managing the
[12:01] actual tours of them.
Okay.
[12:05] No more downloading.
[12:08] » Any other further discussion?
All in favor?
[12:12] It's carried.
6-4.
[12:17] Be it resolved the letter dated July
6th, 2026 from the Minister of Emergency
[12:21] Management and Community Resilience
regarding the verbal assistance be
[12:25] received.
Moved by
[12:28] Councillor Wayne White. Seconded by
Councillor Ainslie White. Discussion.
[12:36] All in favor?
It's carried.
[12:42] This is the one Minister I'll mention
that Minister Onyschuk is the one that I
[12:45] spent some time during the flooding time
to get help to our community and she was
[12:51] her office was very helpful.
Uh 6.5.
[12:56] Be it resolved the email dated June the
25th, 2026 from MMSM regarding the
[13:02] recycling paper cups be received. Moved
by Councillor Robichaud. Seconded by
[13:07] Councillor Paillé. Discussion.
All in favor?
[13:13] It's carried.
6.6.
[13:18] Be it resolved the email dated June July
7th, 2026
[13:22] from the Fire Chief regarding the fire
mark key be received. Moved by
[13:28] Councillor Wayne White. Seconded by
Councilor Plain White. Any discussion?
[13:36] All in favor?
It's carried.
[13:42] 6.7
Be it resolved that the letter dated
[13:46] July the 8th, 2026 from Municipal and
Northern Relations regarding financial
[13:51] information be received, moved by
Councilor Powell, seconded by
[13:57] Councilor Plain White.
Any discussion?
[14:03] All in favor?
It's carried.
[14:08] 6.8
Be it resolved that the supplementary
[14:13] report dated July 15th, 2026 from Linda
Cole Chartered Professional Accountants
[14:18] Incorporated relating to their audit of
Town of Swan River consolidated
[14:22] financial statements for the year ended
December 31st, 2023 be received,
[14:28] moved by
Councilor Powell, seconded by Councilor
[14:32] Plain White. Discussion?
>> Councilor Plain Just a quick note for
[14:37] the staff who are contributing to the
report.
[14:41] I keep thinking we should get a discount
because it appears that much of the work
[14:44] that they need to do is already done by
Jerry and his team.
[14:48] That doesn't seem to fly.
>> This is the agreement that we have with
[14:53] the auditors and and through through the
uh
[14:57] audit or the
RFP process. So, I
[15:00] imagine that's how it is. But, but thank
you. I think that's
[15:03] uh interesting, but yeah, it's
it's definitely earned for sure. They
[15:08] work for our team at CFO PM.
[15:13] Uh
[15:18] Opposed?
It's carried.
[15:28] 6.9. There's so many on here I don't
know.
[15:34] Be it resolved that the bulletin dated
July 16th, 2026 from
[15:38] Ministry of Northern Relations regarding
accommodation tax legislation or
[15:42] legislative legislative changes being
received. Moved by
[15:48] Councilor Robichaud, seconded by
Councilor Powell. Any discussion?
[15:54] All in favor?
It's carried.
[16:02] 6.10
Be it resolved that building permit
[16:06] 16-26
through 25-26
[16:09] with a total estimated value of
1.8,
[16:13] sorry, 1,864,399
[16:17] dollars be received.
Moved by
[16:22] Councilor Powell, seconded by Councilor
Robichaud. Any discussion?
[16:27] All in favor?
Opposed? It's carried.
[16:34] Moving down to reports.
7.1
[16:39] Be it resolved that the Chief
Administrative Officer's report be
[16:42] received. Moved by Councilor Robichaud,
seconded by
[16:48] Councilor Ainsworth.
Discussion?
[16:53] Councilor Robichaud
>> Excuse me. [clears throat]
[16:56] Uh just uh reading here when it says we
hired multiple contractors, just
[17:00] wondering if uh
all their
[17:04] workers' comps were up to date or if we
do check workers' compensation
[17:09] on the contractors.
>> Uh Mr. Harvey, our CAO, do you connect
[17:14] to that? Mr. Harvey, be easy. anything?
Best choice? Sure, we'll start with
[17:19] Director Harvey, please.
[17:24] Mr. Harvey?
[17:28] Sorry, just switching screens.
Uh yeah, we've taken a look at their
[17:33] WCB.
[17:38] So, that's a yes?
Yes.
[17:41] Is that it, Counselor?
Well, I have a random thought. Yeah,
[17:45] Counselor, or sorry, Deputy Mayor
Morrell.
[17:49] Well, please Yeah, so looking through
the report and
[17:53] seeing that
CEO Tunney is going to be going on some
[17:57] leave here
shortly, and I'm just curious as to
[18:02] administration's capacity
to completely
[18:07] do a full documentation
and
[18:11] filling out the DFA grant or that grant
uh
[18:15] the DFA assistance claim,
what the office capacity has for that,
[18:20] and
maybe we should be looking at
[18:24] engaging a third party to help assist
with the compilation of the information
[18:29] and completion of that grant or that
grant application form
[18:34] so that it's sent in in a timely
fashion.
[18:39] So.
Yeah, good question. Something that
[18:41] we've had with the office with going and
seeing how Tunney is. Yeah, we're uh
[18:46] well on top of the claim process. We
actually have a long time to do it, but
[18:49] we started uh immediately with the first
flood, Deputy Mayor Morrell. Uh we're
[18:53] also engaging Well, I shouldn't say
engaging. We're examining which uh
[18:58] consultant to hire, which will be
covered by the DFA claim itself uh
[19:03] because we do want to get it right, so
that is all a work in progress, and that
[19:07] has no bearing on my absence for a week.
Okay.
[19:12] Uh so, hearing what you said that you
are looking at that,
[19:15] I'm fully prepared to present a motion
here tonight to authorize administration
[19:20] to
indeed seek that third party.
[19:27] » Okay, I don't know if you can make a
motion or a resolution because we don't
[19:31] have that could have been changed during
the
[19:36] beginning of the meeting. So, maybe
that's something that maybe can be
[19:39] brought up at a future meeting. Does
that sound like what you're saying?
[19:45] » Uh
[19:47] I guess whatever I know it's if it's a
motion as a result of our discussion.
[19:52] I know it's not on the agenda as a
specific item, but it's a a motion as a
[19:56] result of this discussion from this
CEO report resolution.
[20:00] » Is that can we not
>> I'm just questioning if we actually need
[20:04] a resolution or if it'd be an
administrative decision or do we need to
[20:07] have council approval for that?
>> Okay, so did you hear that?
[20:12] » Uh yeah, I heard it. So, if we don't
need it, great, but I sent you a draft
[20:16] there, CEO Tunyan,
should you need it in the future.
[20:22] » Okay.
Anything further?
[20:26] » Nope, I'm good.
>> Okay, thank you. Councilor Dwayne
[20:29] McEachern.
>> I don't know much about generators and I
[20:32] heard Mr. Flaherty mention this one.
Within the high school back end by the
[20:37] forestry, there's a huge motor like a
truck engine motor.
[20:41] And I was led to believe that was a
backup generator device to keep the
[20:45] school running if the power was down.
It's huge.
[20:49] So, I read that McAdam doesn't know
about it.
[20:52] I hope
I think they're mistaken. I could be, of
[20:55] course.
>> What is your question?
[20:57] » Well, it says that they don't have a
According to Reuben McAdam, there's a
[21:00] high school no evidence of secondary
power generator for the facility. And I
[21:04] think that's wrong. But, I think the
facility
[21:06] has a giant generator device that does
the same job.
[21:10] » That that probably would be something
that the school division would probably
[21:13] have to answer, but I don't know if Mr.
Harvey knows that at all.
[21:17] » The next sentence is regardless of the
lack of a generator, the statement of
[21:21] fact
no evidence of that statement of fact
[21:24] was ever contradicted.
>> Mr. Harvey, any comments on that or
[21:30] maybe Mr. G and the SEAL?
>> Yeah, I'm not I'm not sure you're
[21:34] questioning our MEC's determination
there was no generator there. Is that
[21:38] what you're saying?
I can follow up to see if he's mistaken,
[21:41] but I wouldn't have put that down if I
didn't believe that he was correct.
[21:45] » Well, wait.
[21:47] I'm not sure if I was supposed to be
thinking this language was accurate
[21:50] which is
there's no evidence for having one
[21:53] there.
I guess I mean they think there was one
[21:55] and then it says there is one in the
next sentence.
[21:58] So, I'd ask you to check that out
because if they have one, that's
[22:01] information that should be
available.
[22:05] » So,
our CEO will look into that
[22:08] and actually see if that was accurate
and
[22:11] any other further discussion on this and
the flood line.
[22:15] I'll speak to the flood line.
>> Um
[22:19] So, are we
[22:24] Like when are we talking about the flood
and everything that happened and when
[22:27] are we debriefing on that slash
>> That would be in one of our town
[22:31] meetings in
the next
[22:33] What are we
>> Like when is that September?
[22:36] » No, and I that's there's no call for
that whatsoever.
[22:39] » I have asked
the directors to work with me so we can
[22:43] have a third week of August one of the
town
[22:45] meeting at home meeting.
>> Oh, okay. I didn't mean that. And I
[22:49] I meant like is that not till September
cuz there's no regular meeting till
[22:53] August. I'm thinking
Go ahead.
[22:55] » Yeah, I didn't I didn't take it that
way. I just hadn't advertised it that I
[22:58] just as a matter of fact the staff
committee said, "Hey folks, let's try to
[23:02] get it for the 11th.
It was too soon this week and we have a
[23:05] stacked agenda. Probably too soon for
our next week, too late for our next
[23:09] regular meeting, so
we can put it on the agenda for our next
[23:13] committee of the whole, which is what we
did last time as well.
[23:16] So, August 11th is what we're shooting
for.
[23:19] » Okay.
Um and then
[23:21] the Manitoba Housing discussion.
[23:27] What does that involve and what
>> They actually even They actually
[23:30] requested to have me in a meeting.
Uh let's see, between you
[23:35] and so we can give us the details on
that. So, that's something that is
[23:39] » All right.
>> somewhere there. I don't know. It'll be
[23:42] something that I will have to report to
council once I hear from them what they
[23:45] want to talk about.
>> Okay.
[23:54] » Well, that's just about the end of the
meeting notes.
[23:57] » Oh, the financial audit.
Are we normally this
[24:01] Are we normally late to get this
completed in 2023?
[24:05] » So
>> there what what am I missing and why
[24:07] would it be so delayed?
>> So, CFO Gade went over that I think in
[24:10] one of the questions that we had
>> [cough]
[24:12] » during that meeting that we had that
presentation. Um
[24:16] we have committees that uh that receive
money, municipal money, from the Town of
[24:21] Swan River and by law
we need to make sure that each of those
[24:27] committees are providing their financial
documents
[24:31] uh to the Town of Swan River.
Uh audited financial statements usually
[24:36] is the case in order for us to complete
our own audit. It's required.
[24:43] And that's what holds it up.
Now, if CFO Gade wants to expand on that
[24:47] a little bit, I'm not
I'll invite him to uh to respond to that
[24:51] as well.
CFO Gade.
[24:58] » Uh just with lot of staff turnover and
new inexperienced
[25:02] managers, things have fallen behind. So,
I'm working as hard as I can to catch
[25:07] up.
>> Yeah, that I wasn't in any way meaning
[25:10] that in a condescending
manner or asking. I was just curious.
[25:14] Like you thought there must
[clears throat] have been something.
[25:17] Cuz then I wonder if we've got uh
committees that haven't provided their
[25:22] statements
for 2024 yet.
[25:26] Like
is that on us to ensure that before
[25:31] we're continuing to fund, and I know
that puts the that's in an awkward
[25:34] position. I can't imagine being on the
phone with somebody that says, "Well, we
[25:37] really need the money." And I'm like,
"Yeah, but you got to have your
[25:40] statements in because we have to have
our stuff done with it." Is that Does
[25:43] that
>> Well, that's that's part of it, not the
[25:45] whole thing. Like you would like to see
if we would need to send with the
[25:48] staffing and all that. A lot of times
those come in, but they do come in late.
[25:52] Like just recently, um members of
council and committees received notice
[25:57] saying, "Hey, we need to see what these
financial documents look like so that we
[26:02] can continue on with either paying the
funds to those entities or continue on
[26:10] with our own audit as well."
Thanks. CFO Greeda.
[26:16] » Uh yeah, as I reported when I presented
the 2023 financial statements, the
[26:21] auditors have the 2024 records. So,
they're working on it. Soon as they'll
[26:26] have their audit done, then it'll be
coming to council for approval. And then
[26:31] I as I mentioned, the 2025
cannot be completed yet cuz still
[26:36] waiting for financial statements from
some entities. Although,
[26:40] just received the library's
a few minutes ago,
[26:44] but haven't heard anything at all about
the planning district
[26:49] or eyes.
>> Awesome. Thank
[26:51] » you.
>> Okay, very good. CEO Timlin, did you
[26:54] have something?
>> I was just going to put some context for
[26:56] Councillor White. White with an I.
Councillor Daisy White. Um
[27:01] just so you know, too, last year the
province had the auditor general do do
[27:05] an an audit across the province. And as
a result, the province has
[27:10] I would say strengthened their stance on
the deadlines for financial audits. So,
[27:14] what may have been forgiven before uh
their like the letter that we just
[27:19] received says, "If you don't provide it,
you will have your funding
[27:24] uh frozen."
And the reason why they're doing that is
[27:27] because they're saying, "We're going to
hold you accountable."
[27:30] I would suggest it wasn't such strict
guidelines before.
[27:34] So,
we're doing a great job catching up, so
[27:37] we're kind of saying
>> Okay, thank you.
[27:40] Councillor White, what do you
>> Uh Mr. Granata, I'm led to believe you
[27:44] got everything you needed from medical
services just recently, also.
[27:51] » Uh yes, just within last few days, so we
got the statement from the
[27:56] uh
fund for recruitment of and retention of
[27:59] medical professionals.
>> And they did.
[28:02] » Okay, so any other discussion? Go
>> Um I I would just like to also say it's
[28:07] not like these committees are not asking
for the financial statements they have
[28:11] done. You know what I mean? Like we are
and I know we've had a lot of our stuff
[28:15] with them. They're accounting for quite
some time, but um
[28:18] things happen. There's just so You know
what I mean? Like tax donations and
[28:22] stuff like that. So, but yes, we are
like seriously we're like, "Okay." Cuz
[28:27] our funding completely
completely runs on if we can get that.
[28:31] Like when we get our grant from the
town, but we we did get from my but our
[28:36] North Valley Public Library Public
Library
[28:39] won't give us funding itself. So, right
now we're just left with we're in a good
[28:44] financial spot anyway. We're barely able
to hold ourselves right now because most
[28:49] communities can't. You know where is our
money going? It's not going
[28:54] to that.
[28:57] » Just after
see if we could eat a steak. I think you
[29:01] little nudge last week that and you
listed the groups
[29:06] and I I heard the straight all of them
that you nudged very politely have
[29:11] replied we have to do that more often.
>> Okay, any other discussion?
[29:18] Okay, all in favor.
[29:21] Opposed.
>> It's carried. Somebody has their cell
[29:24] phone on so can you please put your cell
your phone on silent so we can hear
[29:28] what's going on.
Somebody
[29:31] to my left.
I don't know where it's coming from.
[29:34] » Okay, you're up.
>> I think
[29:38] » Yeah, I heard it.
>> I think it might be my cell phone like a
[29:40] notification noise or something.
Just put your phone on silent.
[29:44] » I'm not.
>> Okay, moving on.
[29:49] We have resolved the
director of public works report be
[29:52] received. Moved by Councilor Ainslie
White, seconded by
[29:58] Councilor Robin.
Discussion.
[30:02] Councilor Blainey.
>> Well, not just to public works but to
[30:07] Councillor Tucci and his team and his
public works etc. etc.
[30:11] Uh
certainly went really really well
[30:14] through the first two years of the
council and prepared for
[30:17] all being thrown at us but our team
talented team and the people that helped
[30:21] with
certainly did exactly what we hoped they
[30:23] would do.
[30:26] » Any other discussion?
Councilor Ainslie White.
[30:32] » Um I was curious if we were
participating I can't I can't remember
[30:37] who suggested it but it was for the
valley to do an assessment. Um
[30:44] I can't remember where I read it, but it
was proposed that we wouldn't do just
[30:48] our area. We would as a collective do a
water a flood plan going forward based
[30:54] upon the events that happened.
>> I think that was kind of thrown out
[30:57] because we're going to do our own
briefing just like any other
[30:59] municipality. We'll be doing that, but I
think that there have been some talk
[31:03] about having a full discussion having a
Chief Harvey or something like that. And
[31:08] that was coming out of the first flood,
I believe, is where that came up.
[31:12] » Because we were talking here where that
um or Director Harvey had said that
[31:17] inquired with the MO on the 1 and 200
flood mapping that we don't have flood
[31:20] mapping.
And then
[31:24] » Sorry.
>> No, no, no. It was somehow proven like
[31:27] because we haven't had a flood in so
long, we can't even use and things have
[31:31] changed so much that we can't even
really use this irrelevant and so that
[31:35] Anyway, yes, please.
>> Director Harvey.
[31:38] » Sorry, the 1 and 200 flood mapping for
Tamarack. So, we do have 1 and 200 for
[31:43] the Swan River,
but not for Tamarack Creek.
[31:47] » And it's a like
>> So, that's what we're requesting if they
[31:49] can generate the 1 and 200 for Tamarack.
[31:54] » Thanks.
>> Any further discussion on the Director
[31:58] Gordon Broom's report?
[32:01] All in favor?
[32:04] It's carried.
7.3
[32:08] Be it resolved the Director Gordon
Broom's report be received.
[32:12] Moved by
Councillor Dwayne White, seconded by
[32:18] Councillor Ainslie White.
Discussion?
[32:25] Discu- uh
Deputy Mayor Morigeau.
[32:31] » Yeah, I'm just uh
inquiring uh Director Gordon Broom, um
[32:35] what's the status or plan and staffing
capacity to uh
[32:42] get the both Legion and Rotary Parks
cleaned up and open to the public in a
[32:47] safe fashion.
Do you have the staff for that or do we
[32:51] need to look at outside contractors to
help uh
[32:54] mitigate some of that damage and uh
debris that's in there?
[33:00] » We have already have a number of
pool staff that were wanting more hours
[33:07] doing some things in recreation. So,
they've gone through and they've cleaned
[33:11] up all of the garbage.
They've been cleaning off the stage
[33:15] towards it hosing down benches and and
repainting and doing some of those
[33:18] things.
Our recreations actual recreation staff
[33:23] have already
gutted out the concession that got flood
[33:28] damage and the bathrooms, but we will
have contractors come in to redo those.
[33:34] We just don't want to take away from
houses that needed more than
[33:39] our facilities at the park right now.
So, we'll wait on that.
[33:43] And then we do have we have called in a
a contractor to go through and look at
[33:49] all of the trees in the park because a
number of them did fall down and need
[33:54] clean up. And we want to make sure by
professionals that what is still
[33:58] standing is safe.
So,
[34:02] they were they just updated me today
that they're about 75% done reviewing
[34:06] that and we'll go from there.
So, our goal is to hopefully have it
[34:10] reopened at the beginning of August and
to continue with the programming that we
[34:14] were going to be doing down there this
summer.
[34:18] » Okay.
Reason why I asked is that
[34:21] those are two gems, especially the
Legion Park and the sooner we can get
[34:25] those facilities parks ready for the
public would be better, but we have to
[34:30] make it safe. So,
um we can maximize the use of
[34:33] contractors and then put those costs on
our DFA application um should they be
[34:38] eligible,
um
[34:40] we should be looking at that direction.
And
[34:43] also uh do we have a timeline of when
the the sweeper, if it's able to or is
[34:48] it possible for them to go on the
passing region park to sweep up the
[34:51] cement? Um and I forgot to ask uh Mr.
Harvey too about uh a first pass on the
[34:56] streets.
>> Yeah, Director Harvey and I were
[34:58] actually speaking about this today about
uh you know,
[35:02] what we were we'll have to do to look at
to get uh some of the the areas on his
[35:07] streets cleaned as well as the the pass
of the park, so maybe he wants to speak
[35:10] more on that.
>> Okay, Mr. Harvey.
[35:15] » Uh so we have done passes in some areas,
but like 7th Ave North, there's still a
[35:22] fair amount of mud there, so I had the
contractor
[35:25] uh that was collecting the flood debris
from materials trying
[35:30] scrape [snorts] the asphalt a little bit
just so that our sweeper could be more
[35:34] effective when it goes. Um so we're
going to go there this week,
[35:39] but we might have to do a second pass
cuz they're still hauling a bunch of
[35:42] material over there.
>> Yeah, I wouldn't expect it to be all
[35:46] cleaned up on the first pass, but at
least get the bulk of it out of there so
[35:49] it's not so muddy and dusty for
residents there and in the park, so um
[35:53] but I guess my point is that if um
if you need a resolution to authorize
[35:58] contractors, um
to the full extent, uh I'm willing to
[36:02] bring that forward, but if you guys
still need that and are actually going
[36:05] down that path, great.
>> Yeah, I I think we are in both
[36:10] departments uh very much going down that
path.
[36:14] » Okay.
Very good. Excellent questions uh by the
[36:17] way
uh Counselor Ainsworth.
[36:21] » How did the inspection go today?
>> The inspection went really well.
[36:27] Yeah, that's great. They they did have
to
[36:31] recoat all of the pipe hangers, all of
the cuts they made on the pipe hanger on
[36:36] the actual hangers after they
put them up. So, they did do two coats,
[36:42] but the inspector would like to see a
couple more especially in some spots.
[36:46] So,
it's tonight. Yeah, tonight they are
[36:50] doing
That's what they're doing tonight is
[36:53] going through and putting the thin coat
of finish touches on that epoxy on the
[36:57] end of the hangers and then they'll just
have to come and do some pipe wrap at
[37:02] some point, but it's pretty much done.
Yeah, so it went really well.
[37:07] » That is really a discussion.
[37:11] » Okay.
>> All in favor?
[37:14] Opposed?
>> It's carried.
[37:17] » 74
741
[37:22] Be it resolved that the report dated
June 23rd, 2026 from the Chief
[37:28] Chief Administrative Officer regarding a
correction to the Public Reserve
[37:32] Shoreline Vegetation Management Bylaw be
received. Moved by
[37:39] Councillor Bowles, seconded by
Councillor Winston White. Discussion?
[37:48] All in favor?
[37:51] Opposed? It's carried.
742
[37:56] Be it resolved that the Municipal
Emergency Coordinator report, the
[38:00] Director of Public Works Flood After
Action Analysis report, the Flood Map,
[38:05] and CEO After Action report
that were reviewed by Council during the
[38:10] 2000 Sorry,
during the June 24th, 2026 Committee of
[38:15] the Whole meeting be received. Moved by
Councillor Bowles, seconded by
[38:22] Councilman Ainslie White.
Discussion.
[38:27] All in favor?
Opposed? It's carried.
[38:33] 743
Be it resolved that the report dated
[38:37] June the 9th, 2026 from the Director of
Public Works regarding a water leak at
[38:42] the Starlight Trailer Court be received.
Moved by
[38:46] Councilman Ainslie White, seconded by
Councilman Babic.
[38:52] Discussion.
[38:55] Councilman Babic.
>> So, how did we come up with the figure
[38:58] of
[39:01] What figure are we talking about there?
>> Okay, I think we went over that. Go
[39:06] ahead.
>> Yeah, I was just going to say we went
[39:07] over that at the uh the council meeting,
Councilman Babic. It was uh an average
[39:12] Well, actually, I would like Director
Army explain the same thing that I
[39:15] explained before, if you wouldn't mind,
Director Army.
[39:20] » Uh yes, so it's the last two quarters
but of the same quarter cuz people have
[39:27] different consumptions throughout the
year
[39:29] and average those
and then subtracted that from
[39:35] their last bill.
[39:39] So, basically, what their normal
uh bill would have been.
[39:46] » Do you want
>> We use the last two quarters
[39:49] or the last two quarters of that same
time period.
[39:54] And average it and subtract that from
the bill when the leak happened.
[40:00] » Any other discussion?
Councilman Babic.
[40:04] » Yeah, I just kind of
find it that you went exactly the same
[40:08] as what you would have paid normally.
Like, there's no repercussions for
[40:11] having the leak there with the after the
thing. So, what
[40:14] I'm I'm not saying that that was the
fault of anybody's, but at the same time
[40:18] that doesn't mean
that you can go ahead and
[40:22] I don't want to forget everything today.
Caution. Council this type of person
[40:27] that
So,
[40:29] this guy president that
if you had a leak or something
[40:32] if you saw the town with no hot water,
if I had a leak, I can't come to you and
[40:37] say, "Well, this is my normal way of Why
would I get
[40:42] goodness?"
[40:45] » Is there any any other discussion with
Council Dwight White?
[40:49] » I think the numbers are a suggestion or
a suggestion that we have to live by and
[40:53] not
those numbers are based in data that the
[40:55] town has arrived
with the records.
[40:59] So, maybe these things can be gathered
and sent to
[41:02] the government for the future of what's
happening.
[41:05] If you charge what you are, which is no
more, no less.
[41:09] » I I
I I I totally understand that, but I
[41:12] guess my what I'm saying is you're
setting a precedent.
[41:15] So, the next guy does exactly the same
thing down the street, so you're going
[41:19] to do that.
[41:22] » Council Dwight
>> Um
[41:24] we discussed this already.
>> Yes, exactly. We did. Yes, and it's just
[41:28] the agreement.
>> So, I mean
[41:32] we have a compromise.
[41:35] Okay.
>> Any other discussion?
[41:40] All in favor?
[41:42] Opposed?
It's carried.
[41:46] 7 for 4.
The result report dated July 8th, 2026
[41:53] from the Chief Administrative Officer
regarding the water agreement with the
[41:56] municipal authority with the
municipality of Swan Valley West to be
[42:00] received. Moved by
[42:04] Councilor Dwight White, seconded by
[42:08] Councilor Ainsworth White. Discussion?
[42:15] Councilor Lombardi?
>> I I just I don't know what to say here.
[42:18] I I This has been going on for years
back and forth back and forth. So, I
[42:23] I really don't think our staff putting
any more effort into it than they do to
[42:27] deal with this long time.
[42:31] Councilor McKenzie and I were both
involved in that years ago and this is
[42:34] These deals have been made and
dissolved that I don't know how many
[42:37] times because
the council has changed or somebody
[42:41] decides it's not good. I think
I would love to see Yarmouth grow a lot.
[42:47] That's what we do for our neighbors, but
at the same time
[42:51] I don't think it matters what we put in
there. There's going to be a change. So,
[42:54] I don't know why the Municipality of
Yarmouth doesn't give us a proposal.
[42:58] Let that be the proposal and let
us look at it.
[43:03] Same to you.
>> I just want to clarify for council's
[43:06] benefit and for expediency, these things
are just to receive what we've already
[43:10] received and discussed at the community
hall.
[43:12] It's a resolution later on to vote on
and that's where we would debate it, but
[43:16] this is just to receive the documents
for
[43:19] the official receipt of voting because
I've had a community poll where they've
[43:22] received it in public like they would do
now.
[43:26] » Thank you. Saves some time probably.
>> Any other discussion? All in favor?
[43:31] Councilor Dwayne Mike?
>> Uh I think that was a
[43:37] » Okay, so
all in favor?
[43:41] Opposed?
It's carried.
[43:45] 745
Be it resolved that June 2026 Squandered
[43:50] or Handed Transit Van Report be
received. Moved by
[43:54] Councilor Ansley White, seconded by
Councilor Powell. Discussion?
[44:01] All in favor?
It's carried.
[44:06] 746
[44:09] Be it resolved that the report dated
July the 8th, 2026 from the Chief
[44:14] Administrative Officer regarding the
role of Council during an emergency be
[44:18] received. Moved by Council Dwayne White,
seconded by Council Robich.
[44:23] Any discussion?
[44:30] All in favor?
[44:33] Opposed?
That's carried.
[44:37] 7 747 Be it resolved that the report
dated July the 10th, 2026 from the Chief
[44:44] Administrative Officer regarding
the accommodation tax bylaw be received.
[44:50] Moved by
[44:54] Council Robich, seconded by
Council Dwayne White. Discussion?
[45:01] All in favor?
That's carried.
[45:05] 748
[45:09] Be it resolved that the report dated
July the 16th, 2026 from the Chief
[45:13] Administrative Officer regarding
amending the emergency plan be received.
[45:19] Moved by
[45:22] Council Powell, seconded by
[45:26] Council Dwayne White.
Discussion?
[45:30] All in favor?
Opposed? That's carried.
[45:37] 749
Be it resolved that the report dated
[45:42] July the 21st, 2026 from the Director of
Public Works regarding building permits
[45:47] for flood-related repairs be received.
Moved by
[45:52] Council Robich, seconded by
Council Dwayne White. Discussion?
[45:58] All in favor?
It's carried.
[46:03] 75
reports Councillor
[46:08] Blaine White.
[46:12] » Uh
regular regular things happen all the
[46:14] time. June the 23rd we had our council
meeting and uh
[46:18] I wish we had a little bit of fun with
council but nobody would but didn't
[46:21] discuss that at the time but we talked
about things and financing. On July the
[46:25] 3rd we had a special meeting of council
to talk about
[46:29] status of the roads seeing but declaring
a state of emergency which fortunately
[46:32] we did do
because in the I think for us you know
[46:35] the two million investment seemed to
work out much easier.
[46:39] On July the 21st I met with Reed Berman
and we're talking about financing for
[46:44] medical services and those monies we put
in for
[46:48] recruiting and retention
we put into a fund managed by Val
[46:53] McDonald.
So I think that four came and I have
[46:57] been communicating not well with my but
with the PMH
[47:03] the medical service team letting them
know that if we can help them with the
[47:06] dolphin situation for example please
contact us and we'll certainly try to
[47:10] help you too.
So I'm waiting to hear back from them.
[47:13] Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[47:16] Uh
Councillor Boland.
[47:18] » Thank you worship. Uh
much similar to
[47:22] Councillor White.
[47:24] Uh same thing council meetings. I would
like to let you know that I just would
[47:28] like to mention that
water service is still doing the
[47:32] testing.
That's all I have.
[47:36] That's all I have. Okay.
>> Uh Deputy Mayor Moriarity.
[47:40] » Uh for myself not a whole lot. I've been
away most of the time. Um so but I
[47:45] participated in the last few of the
whole meeting
[47:48] um and then while I was away up here in
the north with the fires uh the uh
[47:53] kept in touch with the
with the worship and that uh where I
[47:57] could assist her possibly remotely uh
during the last flood,
[48:01] um but also kept in close contact with
our chief um with Swan Valley Fire
[48:05] Department um for their operations and
discussions and liaising with the office
[48:11] of the fire commissioner on uh some
issues and future planning for the
[48:15] department.
>> Okay, thank you.
[48:19] Councillor Mosley, I
[48:22] » Um I don't have any reports. Um will I
have time later to ask some things or is
[48:29] that on my time?
Uh in your um in your privilege. Okay,
[48:33] then no, I have nothing else to report.
>> Okay.
[48:37] Um Councillor Bob
>> Mhm, okay. Um
[48:41] I think we've all made you aware of the
town and everything that we attended at.
[48:45] We did have a library meet AGM last
night and uh it went very well.
[48:53] My report is here. Definitely very
various and a brief one at
[48:57] Um okay.
I guess I guess everything's everything
[49:02] is going very well in the library right
now. We're just um
[49:04] there's so many things happening. Um our
librarian is um very very
[49:10] out there, active, winding and having
kids in and
[49:13] everywhere. Um summer reading services
has things. So
[49:17] it's been really really good. Uh thank
you.
[49:20] The Nido library, I believe they're
looking for someone at the Nido library
[49:23] right now. Someone retired. Invite
everyone there.
[49:26] I think yeah, they're just um they're
all very very busy.
[49:30] And somebody got so many summer things
going on. So they're able to get up
[49:33] there. I know we
at the meeting last night there was um
[49:37] There's there's it it was said there
there was over 3,000 3,000 books in the
[49:42] month in the month of September taken
out, which is a lot of books, right? If
[49:46] you think about it. So
Yeah, um
[49:50] And so that was last night and um you
know, I my apologies we I we won't have
[49:55] a rise
you know we had a rise meeting was
[49:57] called on
I believe it was the 6th
[50:01] 6th of this month but I didn't know
about it so
[50:04] I don't know where we'll we'll be able
to get those financials or to pass that
[50:08] budget.
>> Okay thank you.
[50:12] I thank you for the personal invitation
to attend the meeting last night and I
[50:18] did attend it and saw
the library board do a good job and the
[50:22] staff there is like
gradually
[50:25] gradually you guys have all that.
For myself Swan River Health Facilities
[50:29] Foundation is moving along with similar
administrative changes so we now have
[50:35] some new people in place we're just
trying to meet up during the summer
[50:39] months which is kind of sometimes a hard
thing to do but we still have some other
[50:42] things that we're dealing with. We I did
speak with CAO
[50:48] CEO Tracey Smith about some of the
issues with the hospital and have
[50:52] provided space in our
foundation house if we need to have
[50:58] nurses stay there and whatever support
staff they need for any additional
[51:03] services or procedures that need to be
provided in our hospital from the
[51:08] Dauphin area so that's something that is
ongoing but we had some communications
[51:12] last week
through our foundation.
[51:16] Also the vet board
we are working on
[51:21] doing our building repairs I believe
that started yesterday so hopefully we
[51:25] can mitigate some of the issues with uh
some water leaking into the building
[51:30] that we've been dealing with over the
winter months for the last two years so
[51:33] that's ongoing
and that's
[51:36] it for me for my
committees.
[51:41] So we move on to 8 8.1.
Whereas Rail Safety Week
[51:47] is to be held across Canada from
September 21st to 27th, 2026.
[51:53] Whereas 252 rail crossings and
trespassing incidents occurred in Canada
[51:58] in 2025, resulting in
69 avoidable fatalities and 60 avoidable
[52:05] serious injuries.
Whereas educating and informing the
[52:08] public about rail safety, reminding the
public that railway railways are private
[52:13] property, and raising awareness
of the dangers associated with highway
[52:18] rail grade crossings, ensuring
pedestrians and motorists are looking
[52:22] and listening while near railways, and
obeying and obeying established traffic
[52:27] laws will reduce the number of avoidable
fatalities and injuries caused by
[52:33] incidents involving trains and citizens.
Whereas Operation Lifesaver is a
[52:37] public-private partnership whose aim is
to work with the public, rail industry,
[52:43] governments, police services,
media, and others to raise rail safety
[52:48] awareness. And whereas CN and Operation
Lifesaver has requested city council
[52:53] adopt this resolution in support of its
ongoing efforts to high to raise
[52:59] awareness, save lives, and prevent
injuries in communities, including our
[53:03] municipality. Be it resolved that
National Rail Safety Week be declared
[53:07] from September 21st to 27th, 2026.
Moved by
[53:15] Councillor Streeter, seconded by
Councillor Bob Any discussion?
[53:21] All in favor?
It's carried.
[53:26] 8.2
Whereas at the June 23rd, 2026
[53:33] Committee of the Whole, Council directed
that the drafting of revised procedures
[53:37] be considered.
Be it resolved that the administration
[53:41] be directed to include on the August
11th, 2026 Committee of the Whole agenda
[53:46] the matter of revised procedure bylaw.
And we further resolve that Council
[53:51] commence to provide any proposed
amendments to the Chief Administrative
[53:55] Officer before the cutoff date of August
the 7th, 2026
[54:00] for the next Committee of the Whole.
Moved by
[54:04] Mr. Hanson White, seconded by Councillor
Powell. Any discussion?
[54:11] Go ahead, Councillor White.
>> I just I agree with everything there
[54:14] except that it has to be all Council
members.
[54:18] Anyone absent
one or more members could have that
[54:22] Council meeting.
>> Say that again.
[54:24] » It says right here that all members have
to be present
[54:28] to make a change whatever it is.
[54:34] » Oh, so that's to change the bylaw. Let's
change
[54:37] » to change it.
>> So we we could still go through the
[54:38] head.
>> We're not changing
[54:40] » all that night. We're going through the
process of changing it. So that's
[54:43] what the CAO is asking for is what it is
a Council would like to see that would
[54:48] start the ball rolling as far as
changing the bylaw.
[54:52] » I agree with everything you read there
except it has to be 100%.
[54:56] » Go ahead.
>> Just for clarity, um
[55:00] there is no sounding disrespectful. This
has been on the agenda a number of times
[55:04] and
I've requested Council tell me what
[55:08] changes they want incorporated. So
that's something we can do by putting it
[55:11] into an official resolution with a date
that we can have some movement so we can
[55:15] get this thing going
at our next Council meeting. So I would
[55:18] encourage you, Councillor White, if you
have specific changes you want to see,
[55:22] if you can bring them to my attention so
we can put them into the draft.
[55:26] Okay?
>> Any further discussion? Uh Deputy Mayor
[55:29] Mourial?
>> Uh
[55:32] yeah, looking at this, um since we're in
the waning 3 months of uh
[55:37] our term, uh I think it's uh uh
I don't know, to me it is basically
[55:43] not to uh be
to only rule it out, but a waste of
[55:47] time. Uh if there's changes, I would say
let the uh new council that's going to
[55:51] have to live with these changes make
those changes after the election.
[55:55] Um right now we could be by the time
this bylaw's passed and then we go
[55:59] through the third reading, it's going to
be October anyway and it's wasting our
[56:03] time.
[56:06] » Okay.
Let council decide that. That's
[56:10] Any further discussion?
All in favor?
[56:14] Opposed?
This motion carried.
[56:18] Um
August 7th is the deadline.
[56:26] 8.3
Whereas a leak in the Starlight Mobile
[56:33] Home Park water distribution system
discharged
[56:37] directly into the sewer system and was
not detectable during normal
[56:40] maintenance. Whereas the leak resulted
in an abnormally high utility bill of
[56:45] $30,491.44,
[56:49] and whereas the property owner had been
advised of the water leak
[56:52] credits are granted only once per
property and any future leak-related
[56:57] charges will be the owner's
responsibility.
[57:00] Be it resolved that administration is
authorized to issue credit of $21,916.44
[57:08] to Starlight Mobile Home Park,
representing the difference between the
[57:12] billed amount and the average utility
cost for the same quarter of both of the
[57:17] last two previous years.
Moved by
[57:22] Councilor White.
Seconded by
[57:25] Councilor Beasley White.
Any discussion?
[57:28] Councilor White.
>> Well, I'm just saying that when you look
[57:31] at StarLink trailer court I don't follow
them all on their user. So at the same
[57:35] time we have a municipality of 1.8. Same
time we're setting pressing into your
[57:41] body.
Let's say there is a agreement made
[57:44] between municipalities they have a leak.
[57:50] Except the person.
>> I think that administration will look at
[57:54] that and they case-by-case situation. I
have
[57:57] to consider and think about it so maybe
you can bring that to us.
[58:02] I don't know Mr. Harvey want to and have
any response to that or or
[58:13] It's nothing.
Oh, Mr. Harvey I did call you.
[58:19] » Sorry, I didn't have my mic on.
Um yeah, we look at it case-by-case. In
[58:24] this case it was going underground into
the sewer system so it wasn't visible
[58:28] from the surface.
[58:31] » Okay. Any further discussion?
All in favor?
[58:36] Opposed?
It's carried.
[58:41] Okay.
8.4
[58:44] Whereas the town of Swan River has an
ongoing agreement with the province of
[58:48] Manitoba as a service provider for the
Swan Valley Employment and Training
[58:52] Project. Whereas the province of
Manitoba is requesting renewal of the
[58:56] agreement and amendments to the previous
agreement to accommodate year-end
[59:00] closure requirements. And whereas the
CAO has reviewed the updated agreement
[59:05] with the province of Manitoba project
officer responsible for this matter and
[59:09] supports the minor revisions contained
therein.
[59:12] And resolved that the renewed agreement
and the associated amendments be
[59:15] received and approved. Moved by
Councillor Powell, seconded by
[59:24] Councillor Bobick. Discussion?
[59:30] Any comments there on C 02 2020
>> I have no comments at all on that truth
[59:34] with the fresh manager and no concerns
for any changes and no disputes between
[59:39] us and the previous years.
>> All in favor?
[59:43] Opposed? Let's carry.
8.5 The result that Darren Harvey,
[59:49] director of public works, is appointed
to act in the capacity of chief
[59:54] administrative officer from
Friday, July 24th, 2026 to Friday, July
[59:59] 31st, 2026 inclusive and shall assume
all responsibilities and authorities of
[1:00:05] the position during that period.
Moved by
[1:00:11] Mr. Powell, seconded by
Mr. Hansen White.
[1:00:16] Any discussion?
All in favor?
[1:00:20] Opposed? Let's carry.
8.6
[1:00:26] The result of the Town's 1 of 2026
emergency plan be amended to add section
[1:00:32] 2.1 and appendix C a duty for the mayor
that they may order an evacuation and to
[1:00:40] section 2.1 and appendix C a duty for
the municipal emergency coordinator that
[1:00:46] they may order an evacuation. Add to
appendix C the local authority
[1:00:51] administrator, chief administrative
officer, CEO may order an evacuation.
[1:00:56] And add to appendix E sections 1.1,
third paragraph, the assigned incident
[1:01:03] commander may order an evacuation.
Moved by
[1:01:11] Mr. Dwayne White, seconded by
[1:01:15] Mr. Powell.
Discussion?
[1:01:20] Mr. Dwayne White
I
[1:01:24] » understand um
there might be feeling like
[1:01:29] we don't
Like I understand that there's
[1:01:32] circumstances that arise, but
[1:01:37] I just think that's something that I
think is important for council to
[1:01:40] participate with. I don't think that one
person should have that
[1:01:47] that
authority.
[1:01:53] » Um CL CAO two minute comments on it.
>> Uh just that um
[1:01:58] » referring to the EOC? Is that what it is
or is that just
[1:02:03] Are we talking like anytime? Like I
guess that's just basically when we're
[1:02:06] in emergency
EOC situation.
[1:02:09] » Do we have the emergency operations
center open? That's basically tasked
[1:02:12] with making operational decisions.
Uh as council were going to mention,
[1:02:17] counselor Dwayne Warken mentioned that
the last council
[1:02:21] meeting said
they're the experts who can make the
[1:02:23] decision, something like that. So I
Uh that's why I put this resolution
[1:02:27] forward because there are situations
where we don't have time
[1:02:31] to uh have a special meeting with
council to get together and convince you
[1:02:35] folks of what
needs to be done from our perspective.
[1:02:39] » [clears throat]
>> But that's why the resolution is here
[1:02:42] for us all to discuss and consider for
the plan.
[1:02:46] » Um any
>> And and just I just want to add one more
[1:02:48] thing too. This doesn't take away
council's ability to do that. It's just
[1:02:52] adds to that ability. Council always has
the ability to make the evacuation
[1:02:56] order, but there are going to be
circumstances where
[1:03:00] exigent circumstances where it's not
practical to uh to get council together.
[1:03:04] So in those situations um
we are recommending the authority be
[1:03:10] delegated accordingly to your
operational team.
[1:03:14] » Okay. Go ahead.
>> And I don't feel that um 2026 emergency
[1:03:19] plan should be completely finalized
until we receive the full debriefing and
[1:03:23] identify whether there's any further
gaps or recommendations that would need
[1:03:27] to be added to that plan.
Um because we haven't even had that yet.
[1:03:32] And although I understand that council
would still have the opportunity to make
[1:03:37] that decision, I think that final
decision
[1:03:40] if if if possible to retain a quorum
I would hope we would never be in a
[1:03:47] in a situation where we would not have
time to have a conversation, be it on
[1:03:51] the phone. There could be parameters put
in place to make it
[1:03:55] not everybody has to be in the office
sitting here to make the decision, but I
[1:03:59] feel that as representatives of council
that that is important.
[1:04:05] And that's where we always and it's been
said, you know, that we are the
[1:04:08] governance, that we take the information
from the people that have the
[1:04:13] information to formulate a decision that
best supports the town.
[1:04:18] So, I wouldn't feel comfortable handing
that to one individual, whether a CAO or
[1:04:22] the acting emergency personnel or
whoever is the commander of that
[1:04:26] situation.
[1:04:29] » Okay.
Any other discussion? Councillor Proud?
[1:04:34] » I
I do have Yeah, I I am in agreement with
[1:04:38] that because I just I feel that
we need to know. Like we need to
[1:04:42] And I know that it was it was difficult
to get us together.
[1:04:47] But I I guess I guess it's I think I
want to review it a little bit more, a
[1:04:50] little bit more look into like what
exactly like you're
[1:04:54] basically
saying that
[1:04:58] you know, you're you're saying
you're able to
[1:05:02] do this without us knowing, basically?
Is that what you're
[1:05:08] » So, I'm hearing council that also part
two members of council I've been here
[1:05:12] for everybody, but
if you feel that this needs to be
[1:05:15] amended or needs to be uh
What's the word I'm looking for?
[1:05:19] Uh tabled, then maybe that's something
that you can take
[1:05:22] to a
council meeting for further discussion
[1:05:26] cuz I think there is also some
misunderstanding I think also at the
[1:05:29] same time, so I think that needs to be
uh clarified. So, if council doesn't
[1:05:33] feel that they have all the information
right now, then the act of uh or the
[1:05:38] request to have it tabled would be
appropriate.
[1:05:41] » Yeah, I don't have a second
here.
[1:05:42] » Okay. So, council powers asking to be
tabled until when?
[1:05:47] » Uh
what's the next council meeting?
[1:05:50] » Yeah.
>> Okay.
[1:05:54] Uh
7:00
[1:05:57] 7:00.
What's the next one?
[1:06:00] » The 11th 11th.
>> Okay. So, the next council
[1:06:03] uh for the 11th.
Uh do I have a second there to have it
[1:06:06] tabled?
Council Ainslie White. All in favor of
[1:06:10] having it tabled?
[1:06:13] It's tabled.
Okay, and so
[1:06:17] » Excuse me.
Who is the seconder?
[1:06:21] » Uh Council Ainslie White.
>> Thank you.
[1:06:30] » The 8.7 Whereas three flooding events in
the town of Smooth Rock Falls has caused
[1:06:36] significant damage to private
properties, and whereas property owners
[1:06:39] are
required to obtain a building permit for
[1:06:42] repairs or renovations resulting from
flood damage, be it resolved that any
[1:06:46] building permits fees associated with
flood-related repairs or renovations
[1:06:52] shall be paid by the town of Smooth Rock
Falls, and be it further resolved that
[1:06:55] the town of Smooth Rock Falls submits
claims to the
[1:06:57] Disaster Disaster Financial Assistance
or DFA where eligible to recover the
[1:07:02] costs incurred for funding for these
flood-related permits. Moved by
[1:07:08] Councilwoman Dickerson,
seconded by Councilwoman White.
[1:07:12] Discussion?
Councilwoman White.
[1:07:16] » So, it's not that the
homeowner doesn't need a permit.
[1:07:22] » Say that again.
>> It doesn't mean that the homeowner
[1:07:25] doesn't need a permit.
>> It means that he doesn't have to pay.
[1:07:28] » Correct.
>> I did.
[1:07:30] » Uh Councilwoman White.
>> Uh yeah, I may be getting up in age, but
[1:07:36] uh resolution says three. Uh when was
the first
[1:07:40] flood?
[1:07:44] » I'll be going back.
Two.
[1:07:46] » I think it may be a parent thing.
Uh I had
[1:07:49] Mr. Harvey up there then he disappeared
and now he's back again, so I'll let him
[1:07:53] go.
[1:07:56] » Uh yeah, so the three flooding events
are the Tamarack in June, the Tamarack
[1:08:02] right at the end of June, and then the
Swan River.
[1:08:07] So, the second and third one happened
within a day of each other.
[1:08:11] » That's right. That makes sense.
Okay, see uh see how you get a question.
[1:08:16] » Yeah, I was just going to state
exactly that.
[1:08:19] » Any other discussion?
Councilwoman White.
[1:08:23] » I don't know if this is it's to do with
this, but um
[1:08:27] um
we will need to spread some awareness on
[1:08:30] the permitting
mandate and what needs a permit and what
[1:08:35] folks how they apply for the permit and
how we support that.
[1:08:39] And to let them know that there's not a
cost cost associated, but that that
[1:08:42] action needs to take place to avoid
further um
[1:08:47] delegations like we have this time.
[1:08:51] » Yeah,
I you know, I think that the
[1:08:53] administration will work on how they
want to promote that or or advertise
[1:08:57] that. I think that they've done a really
good job of bringing the
[1:09:00] flood as well as all of the updates and
all that, but
[1:09:03] um
most people would know that they need to
[1:09:05] take permits out when they're doing
their basements or building something.
[1:09:10] Maybe sometimes they think that they're
replacing something that they don't need
[1:09:13] one, but most times when you're
building, you need to have a permit. So,
[1:09:18] anyway, I would trust that the
administration is going to be working on
[1:09:20] some kind of an
uh promotion
[1:09:24] educational
advertising that would help people to
[1:09:28] understand what this really means. Is
that fair?
[1:09:32] » It's very fair, your worship.
>> Any further discussion?
[1:09:37] All in favor?
[1:09:40] Opposed?
It's carried.
[1:09:46] Okay, 8.8.
Be it resolved the letter to the
[1:09:51] municipality of Long Valley West
regarding its request for information
[1:09:56] about water utility rates and water
agreement. Approve and authorize
[1:10:01] for delivery to
the Bill Gates.
[1:10:05] Should that not just be to the
municipality?
[1:10:08] Um
moved by
[1:10:10] Councilor Ballman, seconded by
[1:10:15] Deputy Mayor Royal.
Any discussion?
[1:10:19] Councilor Dwayne White.
[1:10:22] » I think it's appropriate to let all
members of the municipality of Long
[1:10:27] Valley West
get that letter also.
[1:10:32] Just in case someone
needed it and it disappeared, you could
[1:10:36] send it to their email address.
I'd like to see I'd like to like to see
[1:10:40] it go to
all members of council.
[1:10:47] » Go ahead.
>> It's just a matter of procedure.
[1:10:49] Everything that goes to the mayor and
council goes to the mayor, and the
[1:10:51] administration has it received by
council. I can't tell the RM how to
[1:10:56] administer things, but it would go back
to the person who
[1:11:00] authored the letter which in this case
is the
[1:11:05] » Any other discussion?
All in favor?
[1:11:10] Opposed?
It's carried.
[1:11:13] 10
10.1.1
[1:11:18] Excuse me, [clears throat] but whereas
on December 1st, 2025, the Swan Valley
[1:11:22] Health Facilities Foundation passed a
resolution to transfer all medical
[1:11:26] recruitment funds to the Town of Swan
River in trust with the Medical
[1:11:30] Recruitment Committee. And whereas the
Town of Swan River Council resolved at
[1:11:34] its meeting held December the 16th,
2025,
[1:11:38] that the Chief Financial Officer of the
Town of Swan River is hereby authorized
[1:11:43] to establish the necessary trust account
to facilitate the transfer of medical
[1:11:47] recruitment funds as requested. And
whereas the trust account was set up but
[1:11:51] no medical recruitment funds were
transferred to it.
[1:11:55] into it. Be it resolved that the account
set up by the Town of Swan River in
[1:12:00] trust with the Medical Recruitment
Committee funds
[1:12:04] be hereby closed.
Moved by
[1:12:08] Councillor Wayne White, seconded by
Councillor Anderson White. Discussion?
[1:12:18] Primarily the reason for this is because
the Medical Recruitment
[1:12:22] operation committee does have their own
bank account. All they have to do is
[1:12:27] just change the signing officers and
they already have the account. So, this
[1:12:30] is what's actually in the in the in the
mix right now. This is what's been
[1:12:34] happening.
[1:12:37] All in favor?
Opposed?
[1:12:40] It's carried.
10.2
[1:12:45] Be it resolved that the financial
statements for the 12 months ending
[1:12:48] December 31st, 2024 be adopted as
received.
[1:12:53] Moved by
[1:12:57] Councilor Pal seconded by Councillor
Memorial.
[1:13:00] Discussion.
All in favor.
[1:13:05] Opposed. It's carried.
[1:13:09] 10 3
Whereas the town has wanted to reuse
[1:13:12] municipal equipment, materials, and
labor to carry out private works on
[1:13:16] private property under the Municipal Act
clause 252 E has set the fees charges
[1:13:22] for works under clause 252 1A of the
Act. And whereas sufficient time has
[1:13:28] allowed for payment of such outstanding
amounts as listed on the attached
[1:13:31] schedule A totaling $3,179.32.
[1:13:36] Be it resolved that each of the unpaid
amounts listed on schedule A be added to
[1:13:40] the corresponding property tax roll and
collected in that manner. And be it
[1:13:45] further resolved that notice be sent to
each property owner detailing the
[1:13:49] amounts that they added to the taxes and
advising that the interest will accrue
[1:13:54] on the said amounts in the same manner
as for unpaid property taxes effective
[1:13:59] August 1st, 2026.
Moved by
[1:14:06] Councilor Laneway seconded by Councillor
Memorial.
[1:14:09] Any discussion?
All in favor.
[1:14:15] Opposed. It's carried.
[1:14:25] 10.4
Whereas section 326 of the Municipal Act
[1:14:30] provides that a municipality may impose
supplementary taxes and subsections 306
[1:14:36] and 306.1
provide that a municipality may cancel
[1:14:40] or reduce taxes upon receipt of
assessment alterations Manitoba
[1:14:44] Assessment Services. Be it resolved that
the assessment alterations provided by
[1:14:48] Manitous Assessment Services on July 16,
2026 be made to the property tax roll,
[1:14:54] business tax rolls with the resulting
increases totaling 1,733
[1:14:59] and 2 cents and the resulting decreases
totaling 580 and 23 cents.
[1:15:07] Moved by
Councilor Robichaud. Seconded by
[1:15:15] Councilor Wayne White.
Any discussion?
[1:15:19] All in favor?
[1:15:24] » I I guess I guess I'm not I'm not
understanding this. 558 Speck Road.
[1:15:30] » Revised
>> a question?
[1:15:32] » Yes.
>> Okay, what's the question?
[1:15:36] » The question is
for 558 Speck Road
[1:15:41] about the revised 493,100.
The change is 493,100.
[1:15:46] I guess I'm not understanding this
right. Whereas 112 the host previous was
[1:15:50] 33, then we changed them minus 33. Like
the other numbers seem to add up.
[1:15:57] Can I can you somebody explain the
change of 558 Speck?
[1:16:01] » Go ahead.
>> I can explain it. That's my house that
[1:16:03] was zero value property until it was
built and when the assessment services
[1:16:07] came, assessed the house, then they give
the town a value so they can assign a
[1:16:11] tax.
>> Okay, thank you.
[1:16:13] » Perfect. Thanks.
>> Okay, any other discussion?
[1:16:19] All in favor?
[1:16:22] Opposed? That's carried.
[1:16:26] Um 10.5.
Be it resolved fully accounts being
[1:16:33] received payroll accounts checks number
P 5640 to P 5642
[1:16:39] and direct deposit payments totaling
129,794
[1:16:43] and 71 cents is passed. on schedule A.
Payroll accounts checks number P5643
[1:16:49] to P5645
and direct deposit payments totally
[1:16:53] $144,858.39
[1:16:56] is listed on schedule B. General
accounts checks number 34015
[1:17:01] in the amount of $14,756
is listed on schedule C. And then
[1:17:07] payroll accounts checks number P5 5646
to number P5648
[1:17:14] and direct deposit payments totally
$133,093.39
[1:17:18] is listed on schedule D. Direct deposit
payments totally $64,961.71
[1:17:26] is listed on schedule E.
Move by
[1:17:31] Councilman Robin, seconded by Councilman
Dwayne White. Discussion.
[1:17:38] All in favor.
[1:17:41] It's carried.
[1:17:48] That the result from following accounts
be approved for payment. General
[1:17:53] General accounts checks number 33974
to number 34014
[1:17:59] totally $77,741.12
[1:18:03] is listed on schedule A. General
accounts checks number 34016 to number
[1:18:08] 34060
totally $107,592.06
[1:18:14] as listed on schedule B. Direct deposit
payments totally $860 is listed on
[1:18:19] schedule C. Direct deposit payments
totally $44,160.86
[1:18:26] as listed on schedule D.
Move by
[1:18:33] Councilman Powell, seconded by
Councilman Wayne White.
[1:18:39] Discussion.
[1:18:42] All in favor.
Opposed. It's carried.
[1:18:48] 11 to 1 lost.
11.1
[1:18:53] Be it resolved that bylaw number eight,
2026, being a bylaw of the town of
[1:18:57] Saunder, to regulate development
activities and clearing of vegetation on
[1:19:03] public service along the river
shorelines in Grand Bay for the first
[1:19:07] time.
Moved by Councilman Wayne White,
[1:19:11] seconded by
Councilman Ainsley White. Discussion.
[1:19:19] » I think this is this is a
very important bylaw we're considering.
[1:19:23] Uh part of the issue with the flooding,
obviously, was changes in grade.
[1:19:27] I mean, we could but
if all of us, landowners, farmers,
[1:19:32] industry, business people,
leave a little more vegetation here and
[1:19:35] there, that would certainly reduce the
the opportunity for some of the issues
[1:19:39] we face.
[1:19:43] » Any other discussion?
All in favor.
[1:19:48] Did you have something?
>> No.
[1:19:50] » Okay. All in favor.
Opposed.
[1:19:54] It's carried.
[1:19:59] 11 to be it resolved that bylaw number
six, 2026, being a bylaw of the town of
[1:20:04] Saunder, Saunder, to control traffic and
parking of vehicles in Grand Bay for the
[1:20:09] second time.
Moved by
[1:20:12] Councilman Wayne White, seconded by
Councilman Rodden.
[1:20:18] Discussion.
[1:20:21] Councilman Ainsley White.
>> Have we had car accidents because of
[1:20:27] U-turns?
[1:20:32] » I ain't got a report on that from the
police.
[1:20:34] Anybody know that answer for
>> [cough]
[1:20:37] » No idea.
>> I was just curious why
[1:20:41] we have no person shall make a U-turn at
any location between street
[1:20:45] intersections specifically. I just
wondered what was driving that.
[1:20:52] » I can tell you it's a provincial law.
So, whoever made the bylaw back then
[1:20:55] probably said, "Well, we may as well put
in two more people. You can't do U-turns
[1:20:59] between intersections anyway.
That has a lot of traffic in it." So,
[1:21:03] when we were making bylaw, we just
wanted to repeat it.
[1:21:06] » Makes sense.
>> Any other further discussion?
[1:21:11] All in favor?
Opposed?
[1:21:16] It's carried.
[1:21:20] 11-3, being as all the bylaw number 9,
2026, being a bylaw of the town of Swan
[1:21:25] River to impose a short-term
accommodation tax on any short-term
[1:21:30] accommodations, granted first time.
Moved by
[1:21:34] Councilor Powell, seconded by Councilor
Powell.
[1:21:37] Discussion?
[1:21:41] All in favor?
[1:21:45] Opposed?
It's carried.
[1:21:49] It's now in order of the motion. We'll
do members remarks motion.
[1:21:54] I'll start with
uh Deputy Mayor Moriaux.
[1:22:01] » Uh yes,
uh I just want to express my
[1:22:04] appreciation to
members of council and administration
[1:22:07] and
basically everybody in the Swan Valley
[1:22:12] that that came together and helped out
each other and did what was required to
[1:22:16] do and is still doing what's required to
do to
[1:22:20] survive and mitigate the the flood
response that we've had
[1:22:25] that we've never seen
I guess in the valley ever, from what
[1:22:29] people are saying.
I also want to
[1:22:33] I guess mention that as we tweak our
tweak emergency plan, this is one of the
[1:22:38] first
times that an EOC was opened up within
[1:22:42] the town of Slave Lake, and that wasn't
really managed and operated by council
[1:22:46] as a whole as we had agreed to
previously that
[1:22:50] councilors are there to liaise on with
different departments, but not actually
[1:22:54] be doers of actually uh
parts of the EOC unless it's just a
[1:22:59] specific role, but not as council as a
whole. So, while there's still probably
[1:23:03] some tweaking to do on that, it was
great to see that
[1:23:07] for the first time that it was put in
action that it actually worked as well
[1:23:10] as it did.
>> Okay, thank you.
[1:23:14] Uh
councilor
[1:23:16] Thank you, your worship. Um
just a reminder again, I'll just speak
[1:23:20] on a bit on water testing and water
shed. Anybody who's had any overland
[1:23:24] flooding,
there is uh
[1:23:27] people on the south side of Slave Lake
that have their own wells, and the
[1:23:29] testing is free for now. See if they can
get
[1:23:32] get them tested.
So, also just
[1:23:36] uh
in light of the flooding,
[1:23:39] uh it's
always grateful for LP being helpful
[1:23:45] whenever there's a a disaster. So, this
is twice now that they've been involved
[1:23:48] that they
uh
[1:23:50] lend us a great big pump for the lift
station. I would suggest that maybe we
[1:23:55] look into
making an application so we can just
[1:23:58] plug in to what we have there instead of
stripping the wires going into
[1:24:04] our panels there and doing that a lot of
work. So, it seems to be that they have
[1:24:08] three of these panels, and it's
something that they're going to have all
[1:24:10] the time. I'm sure that they will let us
use it. Save a lot of electricity.
[1:24:15] Uh
look into maybe what the cost is and
[1:24:18] just so we can take the pump out, plug
the thing in, and away we go.
[1:24:22] Just to
go back to the staff and you know what?
[1:24:26] We have to congratulate our staff on
what they've done.
[1:24:29] I think you see
compliments all the way down.
[1:24:32] Uh not only are they doing great with
the flood, you have to remember they're
[1:24:36] doing their day-to-day operations at the
same time.
[1:24:39] So, everything above what their
day-to-day operations are is being done
[1:24:43] also. So, kudos to them.
And that goes for administration too and
[1:24:48] all the
departments. So, again, good reports
[1:24:52] everything.
[1:24:54] I have a lot of compliments.
I also like to compliment our mayor.
[1:24:58] He's done a great job. He
listens and he's been out there every
[1:25:02] day and a leader.
Home never quits raining so I mean that
[1:25:07] is
people you touch base with is really
[1:25:11] helpful helping
the people to understand that
[1:25:14] the connections that you have made have
made things happen.
[1:25:19] I mean
personally, thank you.
[1:25:22] Thank you.
>> That's it.
[1:25:23] Okay.
>> Councilor 21
[1:25:27] Oh, it's sports.
Exactly what uh Councilor Royal said and
[1:25:31] exactly what Councilor Bob said is 15
and team function based on their
[1:25:36] leadership which you did a great job of.
Uh job staff like
[1:25:41] 2015.
It's American people who would call the
[1:25:44] fire department the ambulance.
I needed to do what I just did because
[1:25:48] there's so many more.
And and the lay people who went over to
[1:25:52] the neighbors house and knocked on the
door kind of shoveled some
[1:25:55] places for you so
what a wonderful community we have.
[1:25:58] Valley community where we all work
together. So, good news is we
[1:26:02] we work together and we enjoy that
wonderful place we have to live in and
[1:26:05] the aftermath of the flood apparently.
But another uh secondary issue is that
[1:26:11] I I just uh so much respect for his team
and his typing skills.
[1:26:14] I I difficulty believing that any man
can type all this stuff so quick and
[1:26:18] write it down. I was sitting with two
high-end businesses because hundreds,
[1:26:23] maybe thousands of added revenue would
come.
[1:26:26] He uses Otter AI. It records everything
that says Dwayne says, it says Don says,
[1:26:31] it says it's all recorded and then they
can sit and start thinking about it as
[1:26:35] opposed to recording and and it will
send out a printout key concepts
[1:26:40] discussed, issues to be addressed.
And it's relatively and I don't know
[1:26:44] what the cost is, but apparently it's
relatively inexpensive. But these guys
[1:26:48] running big multinational multi-Canadian
corporations, multi-million-dollar
[1:26:53] businesses. They run on Otter AI.
So I would encourage our CEO to have a
[1:26:59] look at it and
free up a few times for him to talk to
[1:27:02] some of the techy guys.
It's used often in our little town hall
[1:27:06] meetings.
Thank you for that.
[1:27:09] » Okay, thank you.
Uh Councillor Ainsworth,
[1:27:13] » There's actually an AI built into Teams.
There's a facilitator that will do
[1:27:19] exactly what you just described and
bank notes and tasks and and all those
[1:27:24] things. So pretty cool.
Um
[1:27:29] I would like to formally request that we
have something
[1:27:33] formal that we're providing residents
with the building permit thing. I feel
[1:27:37] pretty strongly that that's going to be
completely overlooked and as a flood
[1:27:42] affected person,
what an insult to injury
[1:27:46] if I were to not know that.
Um
[1:27:50] » I think that administration said they
agree with that.
[1:27:53] » I agree. I'm going to be sending
something out there.
[1:27:56] » Oh great. I just wanted to put it in the
notes and have it formal. Yeah, so that
[1:27:59] it was on the record.
Um I like the free water testing. When
[1:28:04] did you say that winter?
Or do we know yet? Maybe not.
[1:28:08] » I think I said yesterday another month.
>> Oh, okay. That's a long time still.
[1:28:12] » Yeah, but it only happens every Tuesday.
>> Yes, and they're by noon, right?
[1:28:17] » Yes.
>> They had backed it up one day, but I
[1:28:19] think that was just circumstantial. It
had to be 11:30. That was only one day.
[1:28:23] Yeah, okay.
Um
[1:28:26] can we clarify
just quickly what's happening at our
[1:28:30] next council meeting? So, we're having
the full debrief
[1:28:34] of the emergency
and all of our regular
[1:28:40] topics that we would normally review and
what would be on the agenda. Like,
[1:28:44] that's all happening at our next
meeting?
[1:28:47] » In our next council meeting.
You have most of that some of that
[1:28:51] agenda already completed at your home.
>> Yeah, how
[1:28:55] works is council reaches out to me
up to the Friday before and tells me
[1:29:00] what they want to add it on the agenda.
Otherwise, I build the agenda and the
[1:29:03] major part of the agenda will be
the flood discussion that we had the
[1:29:06] last after the last flood.
>> And we don't tape that meeting.
[1:29:12] Yeah, so it would be cool if we had the
flood discussion
[1:29:16] in during a regular meeting with our I
guess I assumed that's what was going to
[1:29:20] happen initially. I was
[1:29:24] I I guess that's what I thought was
going to happen initially. I think that
[1:29:28] that would be great to hear from
leadership on the record of and hear the
[1:29:31] debrief and have the discussion and
[1:29:36] Um
and
[1:29:41] uh as far as activities that we had to
reschedule for Canada Day, I guess this
[1:29:47] is to Director Golden Grove.
Not that this would even be on your
[1:29:51] radar yet, but I'm just wondering like
surely there must have been some talk at
[1:29:55] the water cooler and is it like we're
thinking like
[1:29:59] uh October thing or how because like
there's a lot that has to be done before
[1:30:05] we can think about rescheduling that.
Um director Michael Furey or yeah, any
[1:30:11] of those who were in the discussion that
I had with the Ag Society,
[1:30:16] but to answer that question, there is a
group right now formally trying to plan
[1:30:20] something and work with the town.
Um
[1:30:23] they have not set a date for a planning
date on that yet. And so, once that
[1:30:27] happens, I can give you more information
on what that is, but they are looking at
[1:30:31] a date that they can work together. I
know the firework kind of thing has to
[1:30:34] be done I think like September 7th.
>> Yeah.
[1:30:37] » And all that, we know we're aware of
that, but as far as that planning date,
[1:30:41] they have not nailed it down yet, but
they are kind of tentatively throwing
[1:30:45] some some dates around again at the end
of August. And so, then once they have
[1:30:50] that planning meeting, which is supposed
to be I think this at the beginning of
[1:30:55] next week, um then we'll have more
information on that, but there is there
[1:30:59] is some
thinking and planning of what we can do
[1:31:03] with the Ag Society and maybe with some
of the stuff, you know, with the best
[1:31:06] such as the fireworks on a on a date
where everybody can have something to to
[1:31:11] grab onto.
>> And just on that note, I
[1:31:14] understandably they were given like a
period of time, here's the grant money,
[1:31:18] you have to use it by then. Would they
do that?
[1:31:20] » They're
>> I would think maybe now that I'm saying
[1:31:23] it not surely, but there could be a
variance requested for because of the
[1:31:27] flood and stuff.
>> This is that.
[1:31:29] » Oh. Uh-huh. Okay.
Okay, cool. That's it for me.
[1:31:33] » Okay.
>> Thank you.
[1:31:35] » I think
I think this should be a report.
[1:31:37] » It is.
>> Okay.
[1:31:40] » Yes, that.
>> Okay, so concert hall.
[1:31:44] » Um
I think basically reiterate reiterate
[1:31:47] what everybody else has said here and
you know, give thank you to everybody.
[1:31:52] We've gone through some, you know, some
really
[1:31:54] some times that we weren't expecting and
um I think you know,
[1:31:58] I think we all learned from
we all learned from everything that went
[1:32:02] on, um
I mean, you can only grow
[1:32:06] um
to make sure if this were to happen
[1:32:09] another time that we would have been,
you know, ready for it. But, um
[1:32:14] like I said, everybody Everybody
did did their job and everybody stepped
[1:32:19] up to the plate in so many ways. I mean,
there's so many people that, you know,
[1:32:22] stepped in. So, yeah. Um just thank you
to Jack
[1:32:27] and to thank you everybody for that. Uh
I know I appreciate it which, you know,
[1:32:32] I think everybody Everybody in town
appreciated um
[1:32:35] the welcoming and, you know, just just
uh the support. So.
[1:32:40] Yeah. Um other than that, there is a
barbecue at um Scales Drug Store
[1:32:46] tomorrow tomorrow afternoon, right?
>> Thursday.
[1:32:48] » Thursday.
[1:32:51] Thursday. They're They're having a
barbecue at Scales and um I I would
[1:32:55] encourage everybody to attend. I think
that's
[1:32:57] And I I do believe they are planning to
have another barbecue for
[1:33:02] There is a plan for another
barbecue for blood bank victims and
[1:33:06] that's at the end of the month.
But, um
[1:33:10] that's coming up.
Um
[1:33:12] I would just also like to send, you
know, um as as she was a counselor of
[1:33:16] the town of Swan River, I send my
condolences out to Tracy Bouchard's
[1:33:20] family as um you know, her her
her
[1:33:23] her mom has passed away. So, I just like
to say a great great thank you.
[1:33:29] Thank you.
[1:33:33] So, obviously, you know, like we
community has seen like and not not only
[1:33:36] the Swan River, but the whole valley has
seen
[1:33:40] uh some devastating losses here in in
the last month and it's just been
[1:33:44] heartbreaking, but the Parkland area and
our in our briefing that we had with um
[1:33:50] the Parkland municipalities yesterday,
there is over 1,000
[1:33:56] events that will be more than 1,000. I'm
guessing it might be even closer to
[1:34:00] 1,500 or maybe 2,000 events that are
going to be documented uh throughout the
[1:34:05] whole Parkland region
uh towards DFA and damages to those
[1:34:10] municipalities. So, it's it's it's quite
uh alarming. And so, the municipalities
[1:34:15] got together and
uh over the last, you know, few weeks to
[1:34:18] talk about how we as a as a district,
the Parkland district, can work together
[1:34:23] on
advocating for what we need in this
[1:34:28] region and making sure that we have uh
what it takes. But, let's say if it's
[1:34:32] DFA claims or if it's, you know,
anything to help while residents, of
[1:34:37] course, do DFA, but also with our
municipalities to get the money that
[1:34:42] they need. If you have a municipality
that has, say, $3 million
[1:34:46] in in damages, and they have to go and
say they may have an up up-front money
[1:34:51] from the province of, say, 1/2 million
or 1 million, where does where does the
[1:34:55] $2 million come from? So, these
municipalities are quite concerned about
[1:34:59] this right now. And so, this is the goal
of this here um
[1:35:04] uh
with this
[1:35:06] group or whatever getting together on
this flood situation.
[1:35:11] We talked about um
advocating the province. The province
[1:35:14] really needs the to
um start on this um flood review for
[1:35:21] 2026. And they need to lead that. They
can't leave that leave that to the
[1:35:26] municipalities. I think it needs to be a
regional Parkland flood 2026 review. And
[1:35:32] something that I sent that to the
premier yesterday on that. And I'm
[1:35:36] certainly hoping that we can see some
traction on that. I've advocated several
[1:35:40] different times to different ministers
about, you know, up-front money to
[1:35:44] municipalities and and also to
residents. You know, I was told by a
[1:35:48] read from down south in 1997, the
municipalities or uh residents of the
[1:35:53] municipalities down there in '97
received upfront $5,000.
[1:35:58] And uh
and I was kind of taken back by that.
[1:36:02] And I went, "Wow, you know, so I kind of
spoke to the the minister yesterday and
[1:36:06] said, you know, like you know, we
we've done it once before. And there's a
[1:36:09] lot of people that need need the money,
you know, sure they might have some you
[1:36:13] know, they may have
insurance that might come, but some
[1:36:16] won't have that and they need to put a
new cattle in their house, they might
[1:36:19] need a new
sock or a new hot water tank or they
[1:36:23] might need, you know, a new furnace and
certainly $500 is a nice touch, but
[1:36:28] definitely is it's not going to be
enough and this is going to be this is
[1:36:31] going to be really tough. So, these are
a lot of things that the the
[1:36:35] municipalities were talking about
yesterday including the mention of the
[1:36:39] the Dauphin hospital. And in my
conversation with CEO Slate, I said that
[1:36:45] our hospital has two great operating
operating rooms and we have OR recovery
[1:36:51] rooms and all that that we can handle,
which we have already been doing some
[1:36:55] procedures and more surgeries. Those
surgeons those doctors need to have a
[1:36:58] place to conduct their business and
they're going to need something soon.
[1:37:02] So, this is so an avenue where we can
actually provide some of those services
[1:37:07] now that we have a CT scanner in Swan
River. There's a lot of services that we
[1:37:11] can provide in the town of Swan River
because of our facility. And and CEO
[1:37:17] Slate had, you know, reaffirmed and said
that absolutely we have probably an
[1:37:22] amazing
facility that we can we can do that, but
[1:37:25] there obviously steps the province has
to take um with uh
[1:37:31] uh getting those things in place.
Uh I don't really We've talked a lot
[1:37:37] about the flood stuff, you know, and I
you know,
[1:37:39] the the volunteers and and and and
just amazing to see, you know, all the
[1:37:44] people that have come together and
we'll talk about this for a long time
[1:37:49] and I'm sure that in this
you know this day is I don't want to
[1:37:53] call it a celebration but this day of us
getting together
[1:37:56] will be able to express more gratitude
towards a lot of the people that really
[1:38:00] came and stepped up to plate. Um I thank
uh
[1:38:07] uh Counselor Malik for his words
earlier. But you know what? I don't do
[1:38:12] all that just because or you know
I have the time or what I I I I have the
[1:38:18] support of council and and a lot of you
have phoned me and and gave me your
[1:38:24] uh support. Administration, I've had
other mayors and reeves
[1:38:29] uh call me and and do exactly the same
thing. So it just makes it a lot easier
[1:38:33] to do your job when you have people that
are reaching out and and uh giving the
[1:38:38] the most assistance that they possibly
can. You know, including several
[1:38:42] ministers I had the opportunity to to
talk to over the last month and uh and I
[1:38:48] continue to uh to talk to them on on
many things I'd like to advocate for.
[1:38:53] I think today I was speaking to I don't
want to go too long but I do want to
[1:38:57] make sure we give thanks to our
administration especially with them
[1:39:00] taking on their jobs and their roles
everyday roles of running our
[1:39:04] municipality but also to going and
running an EOC on top of all that and
[1:39:09] the and the stress that came with it and
the time that they had to spend
[1:39:14] uh outside from their families and their
jobs to to get the job done. I had some
[1:39:18] people tell me today or actually the
last little while that the updates that
[1:39:23] um our administration and mainly
Director Gordon Broom who had done a
[1:39:28] great job in providing those, they said,
you know, they really liked the fact
[1:39:32] that you numbered them and I know that
we learned that a long time ago and so I
[1:39:36] I like that we continued on with that
and and uh you did a a great job and and
[1:39:41] the rest of the team too.
As well as you know we don't have
[1:39:45] Mr. Dennis here but
there's a lot of stuff that he really
[1:39:49] kind of got his feet wet got his feet
so to speak and
[1:39:54] maybe it's a bad choice of words but but
you know what he he really did step up
[1:39:59] and and was under a lot of pressure for
a long time there so
[1:40:03] it's nice to see that team Rubicon come
to the community and and taking on some
[1:40:07] of those those roles in the emergency
center for us as well as Red Cross and
[1:40:13] and all that but there's a lot of other
people that we've been talking to in the
[1:40:17] last month and and actually in the last
week on supports that we can get from
[1:40:22] people and
I just I thank them and and we've opened
[1:40:27] up a lot of doors for a lot of support
not only for administration but also for
[1:40:31] our community
as well. So we'll hear a lot more about
[1:40:34] that in the days and weeks ahead to
come.
[1:40:38] Now I will give it to Director Gordon
Brom.
[1:40:42] » Usually I save myself for the last but
I'm sorry.
[1:40:46] » I can't believe you're going to forget
about us. That's all right.
[1:40:48] » No, never.
>> Darn.
[1:40:51] Um no, I I think you know like kind of
on the the theme of everyone here I I
[1:40:57] said it many times in in my flood
reports to council
[1:41:00] um but I think I owe a a huge public
thank you to to my staff for their work
[1:41:06] um
in the flood event
[1:41:08] and under the task of
logistics and to the incredible
[1:41:13] community volunteers and dinner who
helped us.
[1:41:17] Um I need to you know specifically
acknowledge acting recreation manager
[1:41:22] Morgan Buck who took complete charge of
the support center with the help of
[1:41:27] operations supervisor Keegan Harness as
well as um just community member Nikki
[1:41:32] Chartrand who she headed up the donation
center and did a fantastic job with, you
[1:41:38] know, no incentive other than helping
our community. And then also to
[1:41:44] Albert Short Term Friendship Center
executive director was Lee Sangluk,
[1:41:48] whose guidance and expertise absolutely
[clears throat] invaluable. She went
[1:41:53] through it all in Minnesota, so
she she was an incredible support.
[1:41:58] So, I am very proud of how we were able
to come together and and serve our
[1:42:03] community in such a great time of need.
Um also just a
[1:42:08] thank you to the Swan Valley
Fire Department who came to our rescue
[1:42:14] once again in the recreation department
this afternoon.
[1:42:17] Um hopefully that's the last fire we
experience this year.
[1:42:22] Um on that.
And on a happier note, just a
[1:42:26] congratulations to the Swan Titans
Cricket Club who have completed their
[1:42:32] immediate work that they wanted to do on
prepping their their cricket grounds,
[1:42:36] their new cricket grounds that have been
totally signed off on. And so, they can
[1:42:40] now enjoy that for the remainder of the
summer and they have been, so that's
[1:42:44] wonderful.
>> Okay, thank you.
[1:42:48] Uh CFO Ganeda.
[1:42:57] » So, I do have an email
March 31st from one of the town councils
[1:43:04] representative on the RISE board asking
us but chair of RISE and sent me
[1:43:09] financials lately and I said no.
And that's all I've ever heard
[1:43:14] about anything coming from RISE.
So, I'm not sure where things stand with
[1:43:20] that. And with the planning district,
I've heard nothing. Like I don't know if
[1:43:25] they're meeting, if they're active. They
haven't even provided a budget yet for
[1:43:30] 2026. Or not that not that's come my way
anyway.
[1:43:35] So, I'm not sure
what those two organizations
[1:43:40] uh are doing as far as
getting their financial reports done.
[1:43:47] » Okay.
Well, we'll just keep nudging, I guess.
[1:43:50] Um yeah, sorry.
>> Well, this is This is my nudge.
[1:43:55] » Yeah, well, I mean, nudging.
>> [laughter]
[1:43:59] » Those of you that sit on those boards,
please
[1:44:02] » I uh
I hear
[1:44:04] » take action.
>> I hear you loud and clear on on RISE,
[1:44:07] and that is uh
we there was a meeting that I thought
[1:44:12] was canceled on July the 6th, and it has
not been rescheduled yet. So,
[1:44:17] uh we're waiting on that one there yet.
So, uh that's what I was told that they
[1:44:21] had not been approved yet because of
that uh meeting, but I actually thought
[1:44:25] that meeting was canceled. So, anyway,
um
[1:44:28] I'll do that on my side, but uh that
meeting has not been approved yet for uh
[1:44:33] like rescheduled.
Mr. Harvey.
[1:44:42] » Uh yes, I'd like to thank Jordan Brooks,
uh who covered for me
[1:44:47] uh the first 2 days of the flood while I
was dealing with flooding at our house.
[1:44:53] And then
uh the public works staff for all the
[1:44:57] extra hours they put in delivering sand
sandbags.
[1:45:02] Um
uh big shout out to all the volunteers
[1:45:05] who are helping their neighbors sandbag
and then uh remove flood debris
[1:45:11] material, and then the NGOs who are in
town
[1:45:16] and are uh
tackling some
[1:45:19] tough messes and doing a good job, and
uh it's nice to have them in town.
[1:45:27] » Absolutely. Thank you.
I see L Tunney.
[1:45:32] » Oh, I would be remiss not to thank
everybody for all the work, but it's
[1:45:35] kind of repetitive. Um, I can say every
time I have an opportunity to speak it
[1:45:39] it always seems I'm thanking the staff,
but that's just cuz we have such a
[1:45:42] phenomenal team.
Your worship, um
[1:45:46] as you all know, first thing July 1st,
we opened up the we officially opened up
[1:45:50] the EOC when we realized how quickly the
river was rising.
[1:45:54] Um, everybody did a fantastic job, but I
really got to compliment my director of
[1:45:58] order room, who was
as far as I know, never been involved in
[1:46:01] emergency
as this, but I recognized her talents
[1:46:05] immediately and I assigned her as our
logistics officer.
[1:46:09] And the proof was in the pudding as we
saw, she did a phenomenal job. Um, and
[1:46:13] it's great to be able to have strong
leaders like that working uh with me
[1:46:17] because as you all know, I was dealing
with the flood of my own house at the
[1:46:20] same time. And I think that the uh team
collectively did a fantastic job on the
[1:46:25] whole.
Uh, I'm glad to hear people are
[1:46:27] recognizing that, so
that's all I have to say. It seems like
[1:46:30] months ago
because it's, you know, it does, but uh
[1:46:35] it wasn't that long ago.
So
[1:46:38] thank you to everybody.
>> All right, thank you.
[1:46:42] » [sighs]
>> Okay, so then we'll move on to 14.
[1:46:46] Be it resolved that pursuant to sections
152 three of the Municipal Act, Council
[1:46:50] going to committee and close the meeting
to the public.
[1:46:53] Move Oh, sorry. We have
uh we have
[1:46:57] uh some reporting from RCMP on prisoner
origin, uh some HR and discussion with
[1:47:04] uh flooded uh talks.
>> [clears throat]
[1:47:09] » Move by
Councillor Bobb, and seconded by
[1:47:12] Councillor Dwayne White.
All in favor?
[1:47:17] It's carried. Again, moved by Councillor
Dwayne White, seconded by Councillor
[1:47:21] Bobb.
All in favor?
[1:47:24] It's carried. We're adjourned.