[0:21] Okay,
good evening everyone. We had some
[0:24] technical difficulties and we're back up
and running. I'd like to welcome
[0:28] everyone to the August 24th, 2026
regular meeting of council. We
[0:34] acknowledge that we are gathered on
treaty 5 territory the traditional lands
[0:38] of our neighbors the pas nation as well
as the many free da and oj peoples and
[0:43] it's a national homeland of the red
river matei people like to call the
[0:47] meeting to order at 6:15
councelor Allen is um not in attendance
[0:55] tonight and has sent his regrets and
everyone else is in attendance looking
[1:01] for the adoption of the agenda.
[1:06] Okay, just a side note here. In
accordance with the municipal act of the
[1:10] town of Paul bylaw 4605,
item 14.5.3
[1:16] is be removed from the agenda. It's a
vice of municipal service officer
[1:23] moved by myself, second by councelor,
deputy mayor Atkins that the agenda be
[1:28] adopted as amended.
[1:33] Hold a question.
[1:37] Hearing none in favor.
[1:43] That's five. Zero against. And it is
carried.
[1:52] » Confirmation of the minutes.
>> Move by myself. Second by Deputy Mayor
[1:56] Atkins of the resolve that the minister
of the regular council meeting of August
[2:00] 10th, 2026 and the special council
meeting of August 13, 2026 be hereby
[2:05] approved all statutory declaration
compliant.
[2:12] » Question
hearing none in favor?
[2:18] That's five zero against
and it's carried.
[2:25] Just a note, not on this meeting, but
the previous meeting. It wasn't
[2:28] mentioned that uh councelor Allen had
sent his regards. We might have to just
[2:32] add that into the minutes of the first
meeting.
[2:35] » Oh, you're right. For the public
hearing, correct? Yes. Thank you for
[2:39] that.
Okay. So, then recognition period.
[2:49] I can start. Um last week we had the P
immigrate immigrant services pardon me
[2:54] youth camp. They joined us um for a
question and answer session. We shared
[3:00] our roles and the operations of the
town. The superintendent, the CEO and
[3:06] Ravi and councelor Allen assisted and we
handed out gift bags um that were
[3:13] courtesy of the Paw Fire Department. I'd
like to say that we had approximately 15
[3:18] kids that came and um the questions that
they had were absolutely priceless and
[3:25] we welcome them back again anytime.
And then after that um it was on to a
[3:31] Pasak indigenous um days parade and the
opening ceremonies. It was an honor to
[3:37] share the stage with the past and
present chiefs. Paspa Agriculture
[3:42] Society also held their rodeo where
greetings were brought from town of the
[3:47] paw. I'd also like to acknowledge um all
the construction that's going on in town
[3:53] right now. Maple Leaf is here doing the
paving. Susan Northern is here and
[3:59] they're working on the mobile MRI unit
as well as McCullum roofing and they're
[4:04] working on Pasqua and Mary Duncan school
roofs. And one other thing I'd like to
[4:11] also add is that um the recycling center
curbside pickup has also resumed.
[4:18] » So if anyone else has any recognition,
you're welcome to to share it.
[4:25] Thank you to four citizens coming out
tonight for our previous meeting. Good
[4:28] to show some engagement at least like to
see a little more but we'll take four
[4:33] and two decided to stay even better.
[4:39] » Anyone else?
>> I just want to comment about the prey. I
[4:43] um
I think very highly of the RCMP.
[4:48] So when we had a couple of the like
staff sergeant Colin Stark on the horse
[4:54] and and one of his cohorts there, um the
people that saw that were absolutely
[5:01] amazed and that really brings um
the pride that uh our locals have for
[5:09] our police department. [clears throat]
[5:15] Anyone else?
Thank you.
[5:18] » We'll just touch on the our previous
public meeting just to compliment our
[5:22] staff for the the vision and the hard
work that they put in in acquiring in
[5:27] excess of a million dollars for the uh
recreation hub improvement and all the
[5:32] staff and uh under way now. So hope it's
going to be a positive for the
[5:36] community.
[5:40] » Perfect.
Okay. Citizens period. We have two
[5:45] citizens who are still here. Is there
anything that um you'd like to add? You
[5:51] just want to hang out with us?
>> It's peaceful.
[5:55] » It's just peaceful. It's quiet, right?
>> Okay. So, then we will move on to
[6:02] bylaws. 8.1 Recreation Hub upgrades
bylaw 4668, the first reading.
[6:10] » Resolution number 2026140
moved by councelor manage seconded by
[6:15] councelor Commodor. Resolved in bylaw
number 4668
[6:19] being a bylaw of town to provide for the
expenditure and borrowing of funds for
[6:24] recreation hub upgrades including
various
[6:28] areas. It actually says various arena
and green space upgrades be read a first
[6:34] time.
>> Thank you.
[6:37] pull a question
hearing none in favor
[6:45] that's five
zero against and it is carried.
[6:55] Okay.
Move on to department resolutions
[7:01] 9.3.1
community safety and well-being campaign
[7:06] » resolution number 2026141
by councelor manage second by councelor
[7:10] pomodor therefore be resolved the
council approve the less green time more
[7:15] green time campaign as a community
safety and well-being initiative and
[7:20] authorize administration to utilize
$4500 from budget to support its
[7:24] implementation and promotion
[7:30] old question.
>> Just tell Alexis on this. It's a small
[7:35] project to start, but I think it's going
to be a positive one. So, hope
[7:40] » and this just to tell residents that
this is already budgeted for, so there's
[7:45] no additional
[7:51] hearing. No other questions. In favor
[7:59] five, zero against
and it is carried.
[8:06] Okay. Um 9.3.2
approval of recommended reserve prices
[8:13] for auction items.
[8:18] Oh, sorry.
Resolution
[8:23] number 2026142
moved by myself second by councelor
[8:27] Forester resolve the council approve the
recommended reserve prices for the
[8:31] surplus assets identified in schedule A
attached to this report and further
[8:37] authorize administration to proceed with
the public auction of such assets in
[8:43] accordance with the approved reserve
crisis.
[8:50] » Other question? Yes, a question.
>> Just just for the information of the
[8:54] public, there's everything in that
auction from goose decoys, boats,
[8:58] bicycles, and a few other odds and ends
that the town has acquired over the
[9:02] years.
>> Motors to go with the boat. You can buy
[9:05] the boat with the motor or without the
motor. Little bit of this, little bit of
[9:10] that.
>> That'll be advertised when the auction
[9:13] is. Yeah,
>> I had one question. Um, when we first
[9:17] talked about this at the last meeting,
we said we're going to expand this list
[9:21] and ensure that it grew. It doesn't look
like it grew very much. There's a lot of
[9:24] missing items.
>> Yes, thank you. I actually wanted to
[9:27] mention that. So, we had like our own
mini management meeting to discuss this.
[9:34] So, we're going to be adding more and
bring it back to council. Those list are
[9:37] not ready now. So, I talked to all the
managers. So, we're going to keep seeing
[9:41] the list repeatedly on council meeting
instead of getting it all at once. Okay.
[9:46] » Thank you for
[9:49] » all question in favor.
>> That's five.
[9:55] Zero against and it is carried.
[10:04] 9.3.3 community safety officer vehicle
uplifting.
[10:09] Resolution
[10:13] number 2026143
moved by myself second by councelor
[10:17] Forester resolve that council approve
the purchase and outfitting of the
[10:21] community safety vehicle from pro upfill
uplift sorry up lifters
[10:28] » up I need to drink
[10:34] in the amount of 15,188.36
and that the require funding be drawn
[10:40] from the machinery and operating reserve
fund. And further that council
[10:44] authorized the community safety
department to apply for funding through
[10:47] the community future Cedar Lake region
investing in our futures program in
[10:53] amount of $2,500 to assist with the cost
of the vehicle of outfitting. And
[10:59] further that council authorize the
deputy mayor to sign the required letter
[11:02] of support and any related application
documents on behalf of the town.
[11:16] » Public question.
[11:20] Another grant that could be applied for
BOLA um is with TPCRC, the Paw Community
[11:27] Renewal Corporation. There was some
money that was set aside from the
[11:32] makeshift happen program that was um
approximately oh wow it's a while back
[11:39] now. Five years ago, I think there was
$20,000 that was earmarked there. I'm
[11:45] unsure if TPCRC still has any of those
funds or not, but possibly if this falls
[11:51] into um their community safety plan,
then there may be some grant money to be
[11:57] found there as well.
>> Okay.
[12:01] » Thank you.
>> In favor,
[12:08] zero against and it is carried.
[12:18] She's just getting
[12:33] » 9.3.4
Proclamation for Arthritis Awareness
[12:38] Month.
Resolution
[12:43] number 2026 1044 moved by myself
seconded by councelor
[12:49] be resolved the council authorized the
deputy mayor to sign the arthritis
[12:54] awareness complation
declaring month of September 2026 as
[13:00] arthritis awareness month of the
[13:12] Um, Bola, thank you for bringing this
back to the table again. Um, we
[13:18] proclaimed last September of last year
arthritis awareness month as well and
[13:23] um, thank you for bringing this back.
Any questions?
[13:30] Hearing none. Call a question or pardon
me in favor.
[13:34] That's fine. And it's carried.
[13:52] » Okay.
9.3.5
[13:54] payroll and accounts
[13:59] » resolution number 202645
by myself and second checked by
[14:06] councelor commodor be resolved that
council authorize the following accounts
[14:10] general checks number 33570
to 33592
[14:17] in amount of
66 [clears throat]
[14:23] 64849
[14:27] EFTs in amounts of $123,59948
[14:42] questions.
I think superintendent's
[14:47] able to valley water back
Yeah, Vector had a issue and I don't
[14:55] remember what part went down. So, we had
to kind of tear it down to replace the
[14:58] part two and a half week waiting for the
part. So, we tried sort of waiting for
[15:04] the problems that could wait and
unfortunately they were starting to so
[15:06] we had to bring them in for two or three
weeks depending on
[15:12] the
correct still for them for the tiles.
[15:19] Yeah, other question was there's
able to done tree service fairly
[15:29] a lot of the trees down that street need
what area did you do?
[15:32] » Uh so this is part of the fire break and
and snack. So he pulled a bunch of trees
[15:37] out for us, chipped a whole bunch of
them. There's still some work that need
[15:41] some heavy equipment to come fall, but
that was to get rid of some of that
[15:45] deadfall that was back there as per
request from
[15:52] the trees on the wall down the roads. A
lot of them are showing their age.
[15:57] Some of them are ready to fall over and
I don't know what
[16:02] » I was reading the ride back from the
residents of Rose Street upgrade project
[16:06] that the same every one of those
turkeys. So, uh, we did our best to save
[16:10] as many as we could. Uh, but I'll I'll
definitely have a look to see what, uh,
[16:14] » and I know there is, uh, every year
around this time there is a company that
[16:19] comes in, there's another company we
were going to tender out for, you know,
[16:23] we could identify a number of areas or
particular trees uh, and put it out for
[16:28] tender next year. Probably get a good
price.
[16:31] » That's a good idea. We also have some
trees um on the main on the main street
[16:37] as well that are encroaching on top of
businesses and that
[16:46] » may of 10th Street mentioned the hedge
down there as well.
[16:52] » I think I
the hedging question.
[16:58] Thanks.
>> Anyone else?
[17:03] In favor,
that's five. Zero against and carried.
[17:22] » Reports of committees and boards.
[17:32] Okay. So then um
[17:37] museum board,
hey, we we didn't have a meeting. The
[17:41] meeting should be coming up next month,
but um the the day camp uh for the kids
[17:48] and that that went on extremely well and
the walking tours that went very well,
[17:54] too. Um the museum have a little
addition in their kitchen where there's
[18:00] a popcorn maker and popcorn which I
donated.
[18:05] So they were quite happy with that. We
had the popcorn out of um July 1st. So
[18:12] they liked it so much and I thought well
you know what you can keep.
[18:19] » Thank you for that.
>> Yeah.
[18:22] » Just on the museum. Any update on this
fence design yet or are they still
[18:26] working?
>> No.
[18:29] » Actually, I talked to him.
>> Did you have he has to he has to apply
[18:34] for a grant and it's not open
[clears throat] as I remember when it
[18:39] was mentioned this last
[18:44] » there's still a big issue with um
transients
[18:49] the museum. It is um it's not very nice.
And I've had uh people I had a couple
[18:57] people complaining to me and I just
thought, well, hey, they're trying. We
[19:02] put the music back on so they're not.
But when you come to town and you see
[19:07] it, it's I don't know. It would be nice
to get that fence up sooner than later.
[19:13] » Chamber of Commerce.
>> Uh there was no new meeting, but I did
[19:16] say at the last meeting I would provide
a little bit of an update in the last
[19:19] one. I didn't have all the details with
me after going through my notes. The
[19:22] only thing I was going to really bring
up was the Chamber of Commerce wants to
[19:25] get involved a little bit more with the
community safety as well. We know it's a
[19:29] downtown core that is affected a lot by
uh some of the citizens and happenings
[19:36] downtown. So, they want to we want to
compile a list of practical lowcost
[19:41] solutions. um things like signage and
lighting. Um turning off your Wi-Fi so
[19:47] they don't have access to Wi-Fi in some
of places that do have open Wi-Fi. Um
[19:51] limiting water or power access for some
of the people downtown that uh maybe
[19:56] don't have a place of their own. And
also they want to work a little bit with
[20:00] Alexis to maybe host a bit of a public
forum from a business perspective, not
[20:04] just from a town perspective, but try to
spearhead a little bit more just from a
[20:08] different angle.
And that's the biggest one. Um Mr.
[20:11] Bersha who was in he spoke with the
transportation part but it's kind of the
[20:15] ongoing conversation where there's
really nothing further to add with that
[20:18] but it was a good a lot of good dialogue
going on. We had a couple local
[20:22] businesses as well come to talk about
the downtown safety and community safety
[20:27] in general. A lot of good dialogue but
not a lot to report on. It's
[20:31] » it's kind of that broken record in a
sense the ongoing conversation but it's
[20:34] nice to hear people are engaged and want
to make a difference from that
[20:37] conversation. uh one of the business
owners will more than likely join the
[20:40] chamber as well to to take part in this.
He is a member as a as a business but
[20:46] wants to become part of the executive
now possibly.
[20:50] » Just a side note from the chamber. We
talked to a few businesses downtown and
[20:54] they commented they haven't seen the
street sweeper out very much in the
[20:59] downtown area. I know it's the museum
corner is always bad. So maybe something
[21:03] just check for Sam. I don't know if it's
broken down or if it's just they're too
[21:08] busy just it really once a day they
should be going by there that downtown
[21:14] area early in the morning before the
cars are there
[21:18] » that was brought forward to myself as
well the street sweeper as well as the
[21:21] trees. So thank you for including that
as well
[21:24] » and I might as well add to it as well. I
know that B and I have spoken something
[21:28] that our fire department used to do was
wash the sidewalks and clean the
[21:32] downtown. that hasn't happened now in
quite a number of years. So that would
[21:36] be also beneficial because it's not just
our streets that have the dust. We can
[21:39] make the whole downtown look a little
better.
[21:41] » I really want to talk about that and I
really thank C manage for sharing from
[21:46] your ideas and your experience. So I had
that discussion with fire chief and said
[21:52] it's going to be good to see
on the same day
[21:58] » CDC
we were meeting on Monday.
[22:02] » Okay.
Um, and excuse me, destination marketing
[22:07] up pretty soon.
>> Um, councelor Forester, do you know how
[22:12] much money is sitting in destination
marketing for grant funding by chance?
[22:20] » I don't.
>> Okay.
[22:24] Uh, Cedar Lake, we haven't had a meeting
since our AGM that are reported at last
[22:30] meeting.
Okay. Recycling board, we haven't had a
[22:35] meeting, but one will be scheduled um
this week and then we will bring forward
[22:41] to the next council meeting.
Library board counselor Allen is not
[22:46] here. Kelsey school division, there's
nothing to report and our youth
[22:51] counselor is not with us. So, we are
completed with that.
[22:57] Um,
[23:01] now we'll move on to our monthly
management report.
[23:13] Is does anybody have any questions
[23:20] in any of the areas? I have one towards
um the airport.
[23:28] It's not so much a question that's on
this report. It's just a question in
[23:32] general. Um,
>> just let me
[23:37] » Oh, okay.
>> Oh, yes. And we should introduce our new
[23:41] airport manager as well. Maybe he can
introduce himself.
[23:46] » Yes.
>> Hello. Can you hear me?
[23:50] Hello.
>> Can you hear me?
[23:54] Hello?
There we go.
[23:59] » Hi. Can you hear me?
[24:04] » Hello.
>> Can you hear me?
[24:13] » Okay.
>> Hi.
[24:17] » Hello.
>> There we go.
[24:20] » Okay. Hi.
>> Welcome.
[24:22] » Thank you. Thank you uh honorable
council members for having me tonight.
[24:25] Uh thank you very much. Thank you for
welcoming me uh in your beautiful
[24:29] community the other day when I was
there. Um glad to be part of the team uh
[24:34] to support Bola and her operation uh for
the town of Depo and um hopefully
[24:40] contribute to a successful operation at
the airport there.
[24:46] So NASA is the new airport manager and
he's the one
[24:53] placing tremor
and he's been working with us with EK to
[24:59] depart and is even coming in September
for the barbecue program.
[25:04] » So he's been working tirelessly for the
department. So NASA is reporting is
[25:11] presenting the first quarter the second
quarter for of airport report and if
[25:16] council have any question
can ask NASA why is it now we'd like to
[25:22] welcome you to the team and um welcome
you to the great community at town of
[25:27] the paw and we hope that you're going to
be here um as long as you well why
[25:35] should I say long term we'll just say
that hopefully you're going to stay here
[25:38] long term. But I do [clears throat] have
a question. I'm really excited about
[25:41] your mural and I'm hoping that that is
almost completed. Um I look forward to
[25:46] looking at it. But I do have a question
about the access to um water at the
[25:51] airport. I had somebody mention over the
weekend that um the water fountain is no
[25:58] longer in service and I'm just curious
to know if the water fountain is being
[26:04] put back on and if it isn't if um we
could possibly get like maybe a water
[26:10] cooler or something that we could
provide water to the patrons with. I'm
[26:14] just curious.
I don't think there is a water fountain
[26:19] currently, ma'am. But um as part of the
overall revamping, we're um planning
[26:25] it's more like a wish list at this time,
but we're planning to have water
[26:28] dispensing station there for the water
bottles and or a fountain as well. Um
[26:34] » that's that's projected so far in my
wish list.
[26:38] » Okay. Because we do that is one thing
that we do need to provide. We need to
[26:43] be able to provide some water to to the
patrons 100%. Whether it be a fountain
[26:47] or just a bottle or a cooler that has
disposable glasses or something.
[26:53] » Okay. Yeah. If there was one, we'll
we'll bring it back if if it goes
[26:57] somewhere for whatever reasons, we'll
bring it back if there was one.
[27:00] » Thank you. Um, is there anything that
you would like to present that it in
[27:05] your report since you're joining us
tonight? Any highlights or anything new?
[27:11] Um the murals are well in the progress.
Uh so there's two murals that being
[27:16] created right now at the airport. Um one
is going to reflect um more cultural
[27:22] side of the town and one's going to be
related more towards the aviation
[27:28] industry and airport as well. So the
second mural uh will be dedicated to a
[27:33] first aircraft landed in the po in the
po area there. Each mural will have a
[27:39] placard explaining each event uh
individually on each wall. Uh we're
[27:44] hoping um to have it finished um first
one should be done by the end of or
[27:52] second week of September. Um and the
second mural should be done uh beginning
[27:59] of October and that's due to artist
availability unfortunately. Um but um
[28:05] projects are moving fairly well. Um and
it's going to be um a major facelift for
[28:11] airport uh space there as well. Um on
other site we are um moving along with
[28:17] both RFPs for the airport sighting and
airport flooring. Um we received a few
[28:25] uh inquiries about both both but um we
only received one bid for the flooring
[28:30] so far yet. Um RFPs are to close by the
end of August. So we hopefully we'll get
[28:37] few more takers there as well.
Um otherwise we're in the winter
[28:42] preparation uh pretty much right now um
looking through the equipment and trying
[28:46] to prepare ourselves for the winter
season as much as possible.
[28:51] » Thank you. Councelor Hopper has um a
comment.
[28:54] » You mentioned in your report that the
seats are going to be coming in from
[28:57] Winnipeg airport
be done
[29:01] » after the flooring is done I assume.
>> Correct. Correct. We're planning to
[29:05] install the uh newer seats after the
flooring is done and being a part of a
[29:10] general facelift.
>> Great. Uh highway sign the entrance to
[29:15] the airport.
>> That's also been part of the project
[29:18] that I picked up just recently um as
well. We just had a conversation with
[29:23] Paul about this uh last week I believe
and hoping we're hoping to have a
[29:28] resolution or much better detailed road
map for the next council meeting. We're
[29:33] actively going to work with it with
Ebola and um we both agree that that
[29:37] that sign needs major upgrades or if not
replacement
[29:42] » and you understand that uh Trevor put a
fairly high bar last year for fuel
[29:47] sales. How are you doing this year with
the lack of fires?
[29:51] » Um I don't believe it's as quite high as
last year. Um but fuel fuels are moving
[29:59] steadily. um you know on on the positive
side no fires um and you know it's it's
[30:06] I'll take that sacrifice I believe in
instead instead of fighting the fires
[30:10] but but the fuels are moving steadily I
don't have I don't have stats on my of
[30:15] hand uh here but it's it's steady
movement there's no interruption yet
[30:19] » okay well good luck to the new position
>> thank you very much appreciate it
[30:26] » any other council members have any
questions for now.
[30:31] » Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[30:32] » Thank you very much. Thanks for having
me.
[30:35] » Thank you.
>> Yes. Yes.
[30:39] » Okay.
>> Okay. So then, um, any other questions?
[30:44] » I had a couple. Um, one thing that we
haven't seen actually in quite some time
[30:48] is a building inspection report. We do
basically have somebody doing B. We
[30:53] don't know what our growth is, what's
happening, what's going on in town. But
[30:57] something that drew my attention to that
was the secondary suite inspections on
[31:00] the fire department report. That should
obviously be a collaboration. So it' be
[31:05] nice to see a building inspection report
once in a while. I wouldn't expect them
[31:08] every month because a lot of times we
don't have both a lot of things going
[31:12] on. But it still would be nice to know
that it is happening what's going on. Um
[31:16] secondary suites of course need to
happen with a building inspector as well
[31:19] as a fire inspector unless you have both
qualifications, but we know we don't
[31:23] have that right now. It's two
individuals.
[31:26] And something that I see almost every
report
[31:31] is
both full-time staff are working on
[31:35] multiple fire investigations from
previous fires. This was for July. There
[31:40] was only one fire and a fire report
should be done within at least a week
[31:45] meant maximum, right? So, I'm just
curious if that's just a constant cut
[31:49] and paste or if they're that far behind
with fire fire investigations because
[31:54] again, you have one fire listed, but
both are working on multiple
[31:58] inspections. Just sounds of a lot. Not
inspections, sorry, investigations.
[32:03] They're important to be timely.
[32:08] And one that isn't part of the report,
it's more for uh knowledge.
[32:14] We don't have a mutual aid agreement
with Moose Lake, but I've recently heard
[32:18] that there were a couple fires in Moose
Lake in July at the beginning of August.
[32:22] Did we attend those and help out or was
any done? Because I know Moose Lake is
[32:27] having some difficulties staffing and
and operating. So, I'm just wondering if
[32:30] we have been able to help out running
truck last year.
[32:34] » Usually things missing.
>> You haven't heard anything? Okay. I was
[32:38] just curious because I've heard of two
homes burned down in loose lake and I
[32:41] was just curious if we've been able to
assist or if they're just
[32:46] » yeah I don't
>> it's not a question if we should or not.
[32:49] It's just simply were we offering that
assistance without having a mutual aid
[32:53] agreement in place and I know we will
attend without one but
[33:15] No is not here. I want to commend them
for the bike rodeo. It's a great idea.
[33:19] It's something that used to be held
quite regularly in town. So to see the
[33:22] collaboration with the RCMP and uh the
fire department is great to see get that
[33:27] engagement that I think has been missing
with the kids a lot. So
[33:30] » I agree with you 100%. And and one thing
that I did note on the poster for that
[33:35] is that the kids need to
make sure that they bring their helmets
[33:41] » to get that helmet.
>> But well, by law you have to wear
[33:44] helmets now. They change that. A lot of
people you see kids all over the place
[33:47] without helmets. So hopefully that will
bring the
[33:50] » the number
one time at least kids helmets.
[33:55] » I don't know. 30 years.
>> I don't even remember the last time.
[33:58] There hasn't been a bike rodeo I think
since I've lived here.
[34:02] » Not in 30 years I was bolt anyway.
>> Yeah. And um hopefully um with the
[34:08] reminder with the bike helmets also um
the scooters
[34:13] » scooters need helmets as well. Y
>> okay. [clears throat]
[34:18] So then
are there any other questions around
[34:22] that or are we moving on to the CEO
monthly report?
[34:28] Do you have any highlights that you'd
like to share from your report?
[34:32] » My highlight in July I travel for
holiday. [laughter]
[34:38] So we actually got so many things done
but reports um and the one that I just
[34:43] received is northern lights. We just
received the agreements from our lawyer.
[34:49] So we have to go through some stuff
before we get back to them.
[34:53] » Okay.
>> That was one of the big one. Good.
[34:55] » Then we reach out to the Rocky Lake
regarding the fire protection agreement.
[35:01] Um council has already finalized. So
we're just waiting for their for them to
[35:06] sign. They've not gotten back to me. I
sent a
[35:10] was not
then we implemented the immigration
[35:16] process we started last in July. That
was one of our biggest projects that we
[35:23] started in July.
That's huge.
[35:26] » It's supposed to go huge.
>> Sorry, I don't want to change your flow.
[35:30] What's going on, but just because we're
moving down your list here,
[35:33] » what is the issues with the library? It
seems that we're getting quite often
[35:38] closed. [clears throat]
Is that strictly a staffing issue or is
[35:41] it operations, but you'll see quite
regular at least once a week we're
[35:44] seeing
>> the body maintenance? It's their
[35:47] maintenance. So, we
>> Well, it's not just maintenance. will
[35:49] say, "Oh, we're closing at lunch today,
or we're closing at this hour, or we
[35:52] can't open this afternoon, or sorry, we
have to close on this day." We seem to
[35:55] get quite quite a bit notifications on
social media that the library is
[35:58] closing. So, I'm wondering if that's
staffing or if it's something else going
[36:01] on.
>> Random.
[36:07] » I'm just curious because I said more and
more it seems that it's closing quite
[36:10] often. And I know lunchtime, everybody
deserves a lunchtime, but it's also a
[36:13] prime time for people that are working
to go and attend our library. So,
[36:18] Anything
[36:23] else?
You know what? I didn't I forgot the
[36:29] order that um the SMS quarterly report
was also in here for the airport and um
[36:36] [laughter]
>> and and I'm trying I don't know if um
[36:42] Nasar is still online with us or not in
case anybody had any questions around
[36:47] » around that. So if he is logged out my
apologies. Um
[36:53] I
>> just the sequence of of the agenda threw
[36:57] me for a loop and I forgot about it. So
if council does have any questions um
[37:03] please present them to Bola and they can
be answered.
[37:08] Okay, public safety um July 2026 safety
snapshot.
[37:14] So the essence of this one is um
um we want to do more in term of
[37:21] informing the residents about our safety
report. So we are just planning to be
[37:28] bringing this out the kind of a monthly
report from the safety department. The
[37:34] council will still be receiving their
reports based on whatever formats that
[37:38] the level of the details that the
council wanted but this is for public to
[37:43] see.
So that they'll be able to know how how
[37:47] are our CS how are they doing in term of
reporting? What exactly are they doing?
[37:51] Are they just driving around the town?
What are the things they are doing? What
[37:55] would what do they like them to do or
ask any questions? So we want to be
[38:00] giving residents this information every
month. So this will be our first one.
[38:06] But before we put it on our public
place, we just want to share this with
[38:10] council as well as anyone that is
watching us. I like what this looks like
[38:14] and I'm also looking forward to seeing
the amount of foot patrols.
[38:20] » Council has asked um I want to say four
meetings in a row now for foot patrols
[38:27] and if they have been going on and we're
not seeing any reporting on it. So by us
[38:33] not seeing reporting I'm assuming that
possibly they aren't happen or there
[38:39] could be a hundred of them but we're
just not getting that that answer.
[38:44] » Okay.
>> I I can add to that that I have seen
[38:46] them else. I can't say how many times
but they have been doing book patrols.
[38:52] So
>> okay
[38:53] » and actually the RCMP have been doing
them too. So
[38:57] » and I'll say yes I really like the
snapshot. good for the consumer to be
[39:02] reading, not just for us. But yeah, we
are missing some details for our own
[39:06] purposes. U again, repeatedly we're
asking about the boot boots for
[39:12] vehicles, right, for ticketing to have a
better uh success rate with downtown
[39:17] parking especially.
So, I really like I like the snapshot.
[39:22] It gives a good overview and uh shows
the community the good in our our area,
[39:28] but we still need those other less
favorable
[39:32] » things,
>> but that's really good for that.
[39:36] » Council,
is there anything?
[39:41] » Do you have anything to say?
Looks good.
[39:51] » Okay. So then
um 10.2.3 RCMP stats are there as well
[39:59] as the mayor's report for June.
[clears throat]
[40:04] Did anyone have any questions around it?
We don't really have um
[40:08] anyone here who can answer to them or
speak to them. So, it's just basically
[40:13] there for information. I
>> guess just on the one on the police
[40:17] report, uh when the local RCMP
detachment took over duties for Swan
[40:22] River North,
>> if there was any cost, I'm sure that the
[40:27] staff sergeant would have uh sent those
down to Swan River, but just in case
[40:32] they didn't, hopefully they didn't get
charged for it. Okay,
[40:39] » good point.
I'm sure they use a different quotator
[40:44] for that. Just never
[40:51] unfinished business. Um, there's nothing
there. General business.
[40:58] Uh, citizens period. All our friends
have left us. It's only us here. And we
[41:04] now move into committee of the ball.
>> Just before you do that, just unfinished
[41:09] business. Okay.
>> Can we get the uh Skipiel cradles taken
[41:14] out before winter or by winter ground?
>> I have to close
[41:20] » before the snow gets new that way.
Okay.
[41:30] Committee of the whole.
[41:38] » Councelor Hopper, would you like to move
us into committee of the whole?
[41:43] » Council can now move in committees
for discussion.
[41:47] » Next time it'll be your turn, then your
turn, then your turn. We'll just rotate
[41:52] through. Okay. So then um 14.1.1
we're now going to move into public
[41:59] works and maintenance. Do we need to
bring anybody into the room for any of
[42:05] this? Um county paw water turnoff
procedure.
[42:20] For future reference if you just tap on
um the number 14 where it says committee
[42:26] of the whole then it'll pop up in case
somebody doesn't know what the spiel is
[42:31] with it and and it'll be there
>> enough time [clears throat]
[42:35] » 100%. So 14.1.1
um we now have our superintendent with
[42:41] us for the town of the paw turnoff water
procedure. We have an issue sheet that's
[42:46] been brought forward and um
you can go ahead and present it. Yeah.
[42:52] So, the question had come up uh does the
town have a proper procedure or are
[42:57] there ways that we can go about um not
allowing water accounts to reach a point
[43:01] of uh no return, I guess.
>> Um so, the public utility board has it
[43:06] baked right into their policies and
procedures. So after reviewing our bylaw
[43:11] and our schedule A, which was the PUB
approval of our rates, uh it spoke to
[43:16] the document that you see attached that
speaks to the process in order to uh
[43:21] implement a water shut off. Um so
whether we use that as the stick uh to
[43:26] ensure that someone account doesn't get
uh to that level of delinquency. Um
[43:32] there's a process to follow. it does
become a little more complicated when it
[43:35] comes to multi-unit uh dwellings,
especially when there's children
[43:39] involved. Um, and those are probably
discussions that you just need to have
[43:42] with public utility board before you
move ahead too quickly. Um, but uh
[43:48] luckily there's no need to amend our
bylaw or make any changes. The way it's
[43:51] written, the way it's laid out, it all
sort of flows into it. Um so that's been
[43:56] passed along to our CFO or sorry air
controller uh to discuss with the
[44:00] utility clerk in terms of the ensuring
that they implement this process moving
[44:07] forward.
>> Yeah ultimately come back to council if
[44:11] we're going to terminate services to
safety business for
[44:16] resident
possibly. I'd have to the controller
[44:21] would have to review that. I think
>> that just I'm thinking like a business
[44:25] ultimately want to put a business out of
business because they're out of
[44:28] business.
>> If it was up to me, I definitely
[44:31] wouldn't be turning off any business
>> but discussion with council
[44:37] as you mentioned stick. It's a tool we
can use to try to encourage them to pay
[44:42] and not get as far behind.
>> Correct. as you can imagine getting once
[44:47] you get a little bit behind it can kind
of snowball become sort of overwhelming.
[44:51] So yeah, we definitely know it's time to
do it. So
[44:55] » So it's good to see that this is being
worked on and I see that um the clerk as
[45:00] well as the controller will be looking
into it further.
[45:03] » Yeah.
>> Anybody else have any questions? No.
[45:10] Okay. Um
14.3.1
[45:18] deputy mayor compensation.
>> Yes. Um I prepared this official sheet
[45:25] since um deputy mayor be acting as mayor
and attending the meeting as so so many
[45:33] other mayor did this. I'm proposing that
deputy mayor should be compensated as
[45:40] male
and the and so that was why I brought
[45:44] out this issue sheet and the how much
the difference in term of amount I think
[45:49] it should be everything has been stated
is about $500
[45:56] so I'm bringing this to council for
review and their comment decision
[46:05] If you like, I'll start.
>> Um, I'm just going to be very blunt. I
[46:11] was shocked to see this on the agenda.
I find I find it highly inappropriate
[46:18] for an employee to ask to give their
boss a raise. That is completely
[46:24] unethical and unheard of
to basically petition to have your boss
[46:30] get a raise.
I would have addressed it differently
[46:34] had it come from a member of council to
say hey this is how I feel and that is
[46:39] but to come from the employee is highly
inappropriate and not at all
[46:46] reasonable
um to speak to the points made in the
[46:50] issue sheet because it is here in front
of us.
[46:55] The deputy mayor receives approximately
$100 per month more than a regular
[46:59] counselor, right? Based on your
information provided.
[47:03] Uh counselor, sorry, deputy mayor
Atkinson has been in the position for
[47:08] two years. I can't remember if you were
appointed right after um the two council
[47:13] left or if there was some leadway.
Either way, approximately two years,
[47:17] which would have increased the pay of
$2,400. Um, we were fortunate enough to
[47:21] have a very committed mayor in the seat
who didn't miss a lot. Obviously, he had
[47:26] other obligations in life and he was
away a little bit, but essentially the
[47:30] deputy mayor did receive $2,400
additional compensation from other
[47:34] counselors that you can almost call a
prepayment is the way I look at it from
[47:39] a financial perspective. The dollars at
the end of the day don't mean a lot. Um,
[47:45] something I want to address also in the
role
[47:50] something we do as counselors to bring
our points across to make change in our
[47:56] community to
address the issues we have. Every
[48:01] community has many issues.
This is not meant to draw negative
[48:07] attention, but in 8 years, Deputy Mayor
Atinson has brought two issue sheets
[48:11] forward, both written by other
individuals.
[48:15] One was written by me and the other one
was simply
[48:19] hey the west would like to have their
planter filled this year and they would
[48:23] like to do that. That to me does not
show a vision or a leadership that would
[48:28] deserve additional compensation at this
time. Eight years and two issue sheets
[48:32] which both happened one or both happened
in 2021.
[48:36] uh just shows that
I am completely fine with Deputy Mayor
[48:42] Atinson sitting in the role that she
chose to stay in. Uh she was appointed
[48:48] by the mayor which I felt was right.
She was
[48:54] confirmed by resolution to fill that
role and she has and we've agreed to
[48:59] carry on that because when you read
exactly what the deputy mayor's job is
[49:03] is to fill the role even in vacancy of
the seat not just to fill in when he's
[49:08] not available but when they are even
vacant therefore I don't see any need to
[49:13] change a structure finances and if
there's opposition to that then anybody
[49:18] who is opposite
is here for their own reasons because I
[49:22] don't think anyone sits at this table
for the money.
[49:26] Um, I will proudly say I am the only one
individual that has opposed every raise,
[49:32] but if she was to receive this raise, it
would essentially give a 65% raise in
[49:38] two years.
[49:42] » Well, thank you, Councilman. And I just
want to address I will not address if
[49:47] I'm not a counselor but I only address
the administrative part that you
[49:51] mentioned the first one u if you notice
when um want to like
[49:58] give her council like Louis said it's
always come like we always bring this
[50:03] forward as an administration
>> by resolution because it's part of our
[50:06] » same way is the same way I'm bringing
this forward. I'm not giving race to my
[50:12] boss. That's what it is to clear that
with you. So last year when we went to
[50:17] propose like race for council after the
administration I brought the issue
[50:20] sheets forward.
>> The issue she brought forward due to our
[50:23] bylaw stating that each year the council
would review this. Nowhere do we have a
[50:27] bylaw that states hey as an employee
like it would be inappropriate for Han
[50:32] Vir to come to you and say hey my boss
is a really good guy you should give him
[50:36] a raise. because that looks towards
favoritism. That looks towards
[50:41] Deputy Mayor Atinson potentially being
our next mayor by election and you've
[50:46] kind of pulled a big favor and that's
how it looks from the perception. I'm
[50:49] not saying that's what you have done,
but that is the perception that is
[50:52] given. Any employee asking their boss or
telling their boss deserves a raise, it
[50:58] does not look good at all. Anyway, I
would just say it in my home when I'm
[51:03] away if Laura is acting for me or anyone
they have to get certain percentage of
[51:09] my income
>> when you do the job for a certain period
[51:11] of time. Yes.
>> Yes. So that is what I'm trying to do
[51:13] here. So now thank you for the
correction but this is what I'm trying
[51:17] to do as an administrator. Not I'm
giving councelor manage 5%. I do not
[51:23] have that power. So I if I may all of
this being said I have not requested
[51:30] this this increase. I have not submitted
for any of the other things that I have
[51:36] did in the community. Um it councilor
manage is making it sound like you know
[51:43] what let let's just stop where we are
and we'll bring to resolution and we'll
[51:49] vote.
So we'll bring back to the next meeting
[51:53] for resolution and we'll just vote on
it.
[51:58] 14.3.2
linkages skills for the north issue
[52:03] sheet.
>> So the reason I'm bringing this issue
[52:06] sheet um is this is the linkages program
that will happen every year and this
[52:12] year it will happen by October 6 and 7.
I would highly recommend if council some
[52:20] member of council can attend this.
I have already registered as an
[52:25] administrator but as a council it will
be good if we can have some council
[52:29] member.
>> So you have enough if every council
[52:33] member wanted to attend.
>> Yes they can register.
[52:36] » Okay. So then
>> I have to
[52:41] be my
>> I have already stated my what I'm going
[52:47] to beending.
>> So anybody who will be attending um
[52:51] please reach out to Bola
and they can get registered.
[52:58] 14.3
Tricom community event and temporary
[53:02] parking lot closure.
>> Yes. Um I received this request from
[53:07] Sher and they will be doing a program
regarding
[53:12] um cultural September and they'll be
having some program at the I think at
[53:18] the park over here. I've already given
the approval but according to our I have
[53:23] to let the council know about it. Our
municipal superintendent is aware of
[53:29] this fire department is aware of this.
So I'm just giving this update cancel.
[53:34] You might be driving here on that day
and just see people want it to be like
[53:38] oh what's happening here.
>> Perfect.
[53:42] » Thank you.
>> Like good times
[53:47] are always market.
[53:52] » That is it for today.
[53:59] if somebody can move us into the
encamped portion of our meeting.