[0:20] Welcome to the regular meeting of
council for August 11th.
[0:26] 2026
[0:31] I'd like to acknowledge that we're on
Treaty 5 territory and that city of
[0:35] Thompson is located on the ancestral
lands of the Nisha Swicey Treaty Nation.
[0:39] We respect the spirit and intent of
treaties and treaty making and remain
[0:44] committed to working in partnership with
First Nations, Inuit and Métis people in
[0:48] the spirit of truth, reconciliation and
collaboration.
[0:54] May I have an approval of the agenda?
Councillor Sawh, Councillor McIntyre,
[0:58] we're all in favor.
[1:02] Next we're going into adoption of
minutes.
[1:08] 4.1 is adoption minutes for Committee of
the Whole July 6th,
[1:12] 2026.
[1:17] Resolution 2026-140
moved by Deputy Mayor Fitzpatrick,
[1:22] seconded by Councillor McIntyre. Be it
resolved that the minutes of the
[1:25] Committee of the Whole meeting of
Council held in Council Chambers, City
[1:29] Hall, Thompson, Manitoba on Monday, July
6th, 2026
[1:34] be adopted as circulated.
Administration?
[1:37] » Nothing further.
>> Council?
[1:39] » Nothing further, Madam.
>> And call for question. All those in
[1:44] favor?
[2:05] » 4.2 is the adoption of minutes for the
regular meeting of council July 13th,
[2:09] 2026.
Resolution 2026-141
[2:14] moved by Deputy Mayor Fitzpatrick,
seconded by Councillor McIsaac.
[2:18] Be it resolved that the minutes of the
regular meeting of council held in
[2:21] council chambers, City Hall, Thompson,
Manitoba on Monday, July 13th, 2026 be
[2:28] adopted as circulated. Administration?
>> Nothing further.
[2:31] » Council?
>> Nothing further.
[2:33] » Call for the question. All those in
favor?
[2:38] Carried.
[2:41] » [clears throat]
[2:53] » Next, we're going to go into
resolutions.
[2:56] Resolution 5.1 is a resolution
authorizing the Chief Financial
[3:01] Financial Officer to engage tax
servicing to manage tax arrears
[3:06] recovery.
Resolution 2026-142
[3:11] moved by Deputy Mayor Fitzpatrick,
seconded by Councillor Scott.
[3:16] Whereas the Municipal Act requires the
municipality to conduct tax recovery
[3:22] procedures every year, and whereas the
City Council deems it to be
[3:27] in the municipality's best interest to
hire tax servicing to manage to tax
[3:33] arrears recovery on its behalf. Now,
therefore, be it resolved that the City
[3:38] of Thompson
continue to hire tax servicing to manage
[3:42] the arrears recovery on the
municipality's behalf for a further term
[3:46] from January 2026 to December 2028.
This agreement is subject to automatic
[3:54] renewal for a further 3 years and
unless terminated by either party or on
[4:01] 30 days written notice prior to the end
of the term. And be it further resolved
[4:06] that the chief financial officer
be and is hereby authorized to sign the
[4:11] tax service engagement letter on behalf
of the municipality administration.
[4:17] » Yep, just that we've had a long
relationship with this medical base
[4:20] company on our tax recovery
and the CFO recently went through the
[4:24] details with council during the
committee of the whole.
[4:28] » Thank you. Deputy Mayor Fitzpatrick, is
the mover. Any comment?
[4:31] » Uh yeah, no, I'm in favor of CFO's
recommendation on this as it's a
[4:35] housekeeping
Um
[4:38] » Any other comments from council?
Seeing none,
[4:43] this definitely makes
our finance department's life a little
[4:48] bit easier, but pardon me in this
subject.
[4:51] With that, close the question. All those
in favor.
[4:56] I'm going to give give you Okay, sorry.
Thank you.
[5:10] 5.2 is a resolution to award janitorial
services
[5:16] contract for public works to Morning Dew
Services.
[5:21] Resolution 2026-143
moved by Councillor Saw, seconded by
[5:25] Councillor McIver.
Be it resolved that janitorial services
[5:30] for the public works and water and sewer
building be awarded to the firm of
[5:36] Morning Dew Services effective September
1st, 2026 to August 31st, 2028
[5:44] for their tendered monthly rate of
$2,752.28
[5:50] during during 2026,
$2,864.93
[5:57] during 2027, and $2,977.98
[6:03] during 2028.
Administration?
[6:07] » Um nothing further.
>> Councilor Sawh?
[6:11] » I know I should support resolution. I
also want to thank administration for
[6:15] their due diligence not just in this um
[6:20] offer or contract under review by the
auditor as well. I'll be supporting it.
[6:26] Thank you.
>> Thank you. Any other comments,
[6:29] councilors?
Call for the question. All those in
[6:32] favor.
Carried.
[6:49] 5.3 is a resolution to award janitorial
services contract for city hall to GDI.
[6:58] Resolution 2026-144
moved by Councilor McIver, seconded by
[7:03] Councilor Sawh. Be it resolved that
janitorial services for city hall
[7:08] uh complex including uh
the inspection and fire departments uh
[7:15] in the lower level be awarded to the
firm GDI effective from September 1st,
[7:20] 2026 to August 31st, 2028
for their tendered amount monthly rate
[7:26] of uh $2,484.39
[7:31] during 2026, $2,534.08
during 2027,
[7:38] and $2,584.75
[7:42] during 2028. Administration?
>> Nothing further.
[7:46] » Uh Counselor MacIver, is there a mover?
>> Nothing further.
[7:49] » Any other comments, questions?
Call for the question. All those in
[7:53] favor.
Carried.
[8:08] 5.4 is a resolution to award janitorial
services contract for the public safety
[8:15] building to Lima Janitorial.
[8:20] Resolution 20
26145 moved by Counselor Saw, seconded
[8:25] by Counselor MacIver. Be it resolved
that janitorial services for the public
[8:30] safety building RCMP be awarded to the
firm of Lima Janitorial Services
[8:36] effective September 1st, 2026
to August 31st, 2028
[8:41] for their tendered monthly rate of
$10,057.32
[8:48] for 2026,
$10,308.32
[8:53] during 2027,
and $10,566.03
[8:59] during 2028. Administration?
>> No, nothing further.
[9:02] » Counselor Saw?
>> No, nothing further.
[9:05] » Call for the question. All those in
favor.
[9:09] Carried.
[9:16] » [clears throat]
[9:28] » 5.5 is a resolution authorizing the
purchase of a valve exercise from
[9:34] Iconics Waterworks.
Resolution 2026146
[9:40] moved by Deputy Mayor Fitzpatrick,
seconded by Councillor McIvor.
[9:44] Whereas the Thompson City Council
identified the purchase of a valve
[9:48] exerciser for water and sewer department
in the 2026 financial plan at an
[9:55] estimated cost of 15,000 based on 2025
pricing. And whereas the current market
[10:02] pricing for the identified valve
exerciser is 24,421
[10:09] dollars and 43 cents including all
taxes.
[10:14] So, therefore
therefore be it resolved
[10:17] that
Thompson City Council authorize the
[10:20] purchase of the valve exerciser from
Iconic Waterworks for the total cost of
[10:25] 24,421
dollars and 43 cents including all
[10:30] taxes.
And be it further resolved that
[10:34] additional funds required for the
purchase be allocated from the utility
[10:38] reserve.
What does the administration
[10:42] » Yeah, normally since this was part of
the budget the administration under the
[10:45] procurement policies allowed to go ahead
and award it as long as it's within the
[10:49] cost because the updated cost have come
out higher it has to come before Council
[10:54] for approval.
>> Thank you. Deputy Mayor Fitzpatrick.
[10:57] » Yeah, thank you. Yeah, I'm in favor of
this item. It's unfortunate the price
[11:01] did go up but
I think it's a necessary piece of
[11:04] equipment that's going to save a lot of
headaches down the road for public
[11:07] works. So, I'm in favor of this.
>> Thank you. Comments by other
[11:11] Councillors?
It's definitely
[11:14] something that is needed in the public
works. Thank you.
[11:18] With that we'll call for the question.
All those in favor.
[11:23] Carried.
[11:38] » 5.6 is the resolution to adopt the city
of Thompson 2027 emergency plan.
[11:44] Resolution 2026-147
moved by Councillor Saw, seconded by
[11:49] Deputy Mayor Fitzpatrick. Be it resolved
that council adopt the city of
[11:53] Thompson's 2027 emergency plan.
Administration.
[11:57] » Yeah, yeah, this is our annual
requirement to your job plan by
[12:00] resolution and provide it to the
Manitoba Emergency Management
[12:04] Organization.
Um we're doing it a little earlier this
[12:07] year for the 2027 plan, but as was noted
in Committee of the Whole, a lot of work
[12:12] has been done on overall in this plan,
modernizing it and bringing it up to
[12:15] provincial standard.
Or template, I should say.
[12:18] » Thank you. Councillor Saw, second mover.
>> Uh thank you. Yeah, I obviously support
[12:23] this as well, and I do want to uh
acknowledge and thank administration
[12:28] for all the work that's done, just like
what
[12:30] the city manager just said. There's
a lot of streamlining of information.
[12:34] It's an essential document, and
and thank Scenton for having it done
[12:39] even uh sooner than usual, but uh
uh thanks for all the work, and I will
[12:44] just vote in favor. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Any other comments,
[12:49] Councillor?
[12:55] Did you Were you trying to get on,
Councillor Valentino?
[12:59] Oh, okay. Uh yes, I'd like to
credit all our city administration and
[13:04] staff for all the hard work that they
have done to get this plan out and early
[13:08] in that, so thank you very much. Does
that call for the question?
[13:12] All those in favor.
[13:15] Carried. Thank you.
[13:31] » 5.7 is a resolution authorizing
administration to enter into a
[13:35] contribution agreement with the province
of Manitoba
[13:38] for Thompson Cliff Park upgrades through
the
[13:41] From the Ground Up program.
Resolution
[13:46] 2026 148
moved by Councillor Sawh, seconded by
[13:51] Deputy Mayor FitzPatrick.
Whereas the City of Thompson has been
[13:55] approved for 2026 provincial funding in
the amount of $100,000
[14:00] From the Ground Up
Safe Healthy Communities for All
[14:04] programs to support revitalization of
Cliff Park. Now, therefore, be it
[14:09] resolved that City Council authorize
administration to enter into project
[14:15] contribution agreement with the province
of Manitoba in the amount of $100,000
[14:21] through the From the Ground Up Strategic
Partnership Fund to support the
[14:25] revitalization of Cliff Park.
Administration.
[14:28] » Um no further comments, Mayor fitz.
>> Councillor Sawh.
[14:33] » I know I always support this one and
once again thanks to administration for
[14:37] putting in the work to apply for more of
funding. It's always important for us to
[14:41] get as much money from the province and
other you know, the feds and any other
[14:46] any place else we can get. And it's
great that that work is put into
[14:50] bringing bringing this additional
funding into the city.
[14:54] I always support it. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Councillor Valentino.
[14:58] » Uh thanks Mayor fitz. Sorry, I'm trying
to get some of this techy stuff to work
[15:01] for me, but uh no, I think that this is
uh great and you know, I
[15:06] have commonly heard and myself I hear I
see also that our parks and um they need
[15:12] some uh tender loving care. So, having
some of these dollars go to Cliff Park
[15:18] is great and also the fact that we have
a window of a couple years to be able to
[15:24] develop whatever we need to do if we
need to get more funding or if this
[15:27] falls short, whatnot. So, thank you to
administration for securing this and
[15:32] look forward to having Cliff Park maybe
the start of a few more parks with some
[15:36] revitalization. Thank you.
>> Okay.
[15:40] Anyone else?
Uh definitely, it's always great news
[15:44] when we uh
do something for our parks and
[15:46] especially for the youth in the in the
city.
[15:50] With that, call for the question. All
those in favor?
[15:54] Carried.
[16:07] 5.8 resolution authorizing
administration to
[16:12] enter into an amending agreement number
one with Manitoba Water Services Board
[16:17] for project City of Thompson uh brackets
11. Anthony.
[16:23] » Your resolution first, Anthony.
>> Oh, sorry. Ah, pardon me.
[16:27] It was already confusing me, Anthony.
2026-149
[16:32] moved by Deputy Mayor Fitzpatrick,
seconded by Councillor Sobel. Whereas
[16:36] the City of Thompson entered into
agreement City of Thompson 11 dated June
[16:41] 21st, 2015 for the wastewater treatment
plant project. And whereas Manitoba
[16:46] Water Services Board proposed amending
the agreement to reflect additional
[16:51] post-project costs incurred.
Now, therefore, be it resolved that the
[16:57] Thompson City Council authorize the
administration to enter into the
[17:01] agreement amendment number one with the
Water Services Board for the project
[17:05] City of Thompson 11. Anthony.
>> Just noted in the resolution
[17:10] after the completion of the new
wastewater treatment plant, there was an
[17:13] additional cost that were incurred by
the city.
[17:17] Um once we reviewed these with the
Manitoba Water Services Board, they've
[17:20] offered to enter an agreement to cost
share those costs
[17:24] and potentially cover some future costs
that may come.
[17:28] » Thank you. Deputy Mayor FitzPatrick, any
comments?
[17:31] » Yeah, yeah, thank you, ma'am. I've been
in favor of this as the city manager
[17:35] said. It allows the city to recover some
of the money we've had to put into
[17:40] repairs of the building, so
I'm absolutely in favor.
[17:43] » Thank you. Any other comments from
councilors?
[17:48] Seeing none, hold the question. All
those in favor.
[17:53] Carried. Thank you.
[18:05] 5.9 is a resolution adopting the updated
City of Thompson Community Wildfire
[18:11] Protection Plan.
Resolution 2026-250,
[18:16] moved by Deputy Mayor FitzPatrick,
seconded by Councilor Sawh. Be it
[18:20] resolved that council adopt the City of
Thompson's Community Wildfire Protection
[18:25] Plan 2026 revision. Ethnic.
>> Yes, it was noted in the Committee of
[18:30] the Whole the original plan was made in
2019.
[18:33] After a 2025 wildfire season,
it was agreed to update the plan
[18:40] and
add additional information and planning
[18:43] to the project. The work was done
between Thompson Fire and Emergency, the
[18:48] city's municipal emergency coordinator,
the Wildfire Service and Manitoba's
[18:53] Forestry Service.
Um, so recommendation is for council to
[18:56] adopt this upgraded plan.
[19:00] » Thank you.
Deputy Mayor FitzPatrick, any comments?
[19:04] » Yeah, yeah, thank you. Yeah, I'm in
favor of this as as the city manager
[19:09] said. It was a lot of work went into
uh this, the streamlining it, So, thank
[19:13] you to everybody that was involved for
the for that and uh
[19:17] hopefully this uh
this makes things easier moving forward.
[19:21] » Thank you. Any other comments, concerns?
Uh it's definitely nice to see uh these
[19:27] wildfire plans uh coming together and uh
working from some of the experience
[19:33] we've had over the last uh few years,
so.
[19:37] With that, I'll call for the question.
All those in favor.
[19:41] Carried.
[19:50] And that folks brings to an end our
August meetings. Uh next meeting will be
[19:55] uh September the 8th,
uh which will be a Tuesday,
[19:59] cuz the Monday will be the holiday.
And uh everybody have
[20:04] have a great rest of the summer. The
weather's getting cooler, so uh
[20:08] uh
make sure that uh take advantage of it,
[20:11] so.
With that, call for adjournment. Deputy
[20:14] Mayor Fitzpatrick, Councillor MacIver,
all those in favor.
[20:19] Adjourned
at 7:22.
[20:23] » Adjourned.