[0:00] Very unique.

[0:01] >> That's a skill of an old truck driver

[0:03] » That's a skill of an old truck driver

[0:03] that I don't think they teach these

[0:04] days.

[0:05] >> No.

[0:06] » No.

[0:06] No.

[0:11] » [sighs]

[0:12] >> There's a lot of things they don't teach

[0:13] » There's a lot of things they don't teach

[0:13] these days because they could be You

[0:15] guys You guys probably have seen this

[0:17] truck that used to drive a teal

[0:19] Peterbilt that had a sign on the front

[0:20] that said truck naked.

[0:22] >> Oh.

[0:22] » Oh.

[0:23] >> And he would drive it with no shirt on.

[0:25] » And he would drive it with no shirt on.

[0:25] And he said it is amazing how many times

[0:27] crossing the border the guys would get

[0:28] climbed up and look at him.

[0:30] >> [laughter]

[0:33] » But he drove in bare feet.

[0:34] >> Yeah.

[0:35] » Yeah.

[0:35] >> And and like the inside of his truck was

[0:36] » And and like the inside of his truck was

[0:36] like his house and so

[0:38] >> That's That's fuel economy you could you

[0:40] » That's That's fuel economy you could you

[0:40] could ever get.

[0:41] >> Driving with bare feet.

[0:42] » Driving with bare feet.

[0:42] >> Take your shoes off when you go and come

[0:44] » Take your shoes off when you go and come

[0:44] in my house. So

[0:45] Yeah.

[0:46] >> That's my kind of guy.

[0:48] » That's my kind of guy.

[0:48] >> Yeah. Yeah.

[0:49] » Yeah. Yeah.

[0:49] >> At 7:00 I'm now going to call the

[0:51] » At 7:00 I'm now going to call the

[0:51] meeting to order. Um

[0:53] any additions to the agenda?

[0:56] Hearing none, so we wish to move on.

[0:58] >> Dwayne?

[1:00] » Dwayne?

[1:00] Pretty fast.

[1:01] >> Any discussion on Dwayne's motion?

[1:03] » Any discussion on Dwayne's motion?

[1:03] Hearing none, I'll call the question.

[1:05] Favor?

[1:06] Opposed? Seeing none, it's carried. So,

[1:09] council meeting of July 27th.

[1:13] Any errata, questions?

[1:16] >> I'll move that this be accepted.

[1:17] » I'll move that this be accepted.

[1:17] >> Okay. Judy moves them. Any discussion on

[1:20] » Okay. Judy moves them. Any discussion on

[1:20] Judy's motion?

[1:22] Hearing none, I'll call the question.

[1:23] Favor?

[1:24] Opposed? Seeing none, seeing none,

[1:26] carried.

[1:27] Okay, moving on to correspondence. There

[1:29] is Please review commission uh

[1:32] PRC quarterly report 2026 April, May,

[1:36] and June.

[1:37] Any questions on that one?

[1:41] » Interesting the number of uh

[1:44] things they're looking at.

[1:48] » Yeah, it's It's a good document. It's

[1:51] >> Um

[1:52] » Um

[1:52] and and again, it's like

[1:54] every document we get, sometimes it has

[1:56] a bit of a slant to it, but

[1:58] >> Yeah.

[1:59] » Yeah.

[1:59] >> But anyway, it's at least we get them,

[2:01] » But anyway, it's at least we get them,

[2:01] so.

[2:02] >> Yeah.

[2:03] » Yeah.

[2:03] >> If there's no questions on that one,

[2:04] » If there's no questions on that one,

[2:04] then we can move on to the next one,

[2:05] which is uh

[2:07] Council in Alberta proclamation request

[2:09] letter.

[2:12] » I look back and we haven't done this

[2:13] before, so this would be a new one if

[2:15] council's interested in doing so.

[2:18] If not, you can read it for your

[2:20] information.

[2:22] >> Okay. So, anybody have any strong

[2:24] » Okay. So, anybody have any strong

[2:25] desires to do anything with it at the

[2:26] moment or

[2:29] Okay, if not, we'll move on to ORS

[2:32] summer

[2:34] 2026 urban forest.

[2:36] >> This is Ryan's baby.

[2:38] » This is Ryan's baby.

[2:38] >> Yeah.

[2:43] Another, you know, great articles and

[2:45] >> Yeah.

[2:47] » Yeah.

[2:47] It's interesting there to talk about the

[2:49] uh

[2:51] the uh way that sunlight and the heat

[2:53] that's generated with from reflection

[2:56] and and absorption with um the roads and

[2:58] that and just how the shade makes that

[3:01] different. That's That was kind of

[3:02] interesting. I found that

[3:04] like

[3:05] I don't think anybody ever thinks about

[3:07] that, you know, how a the shade can I

[3:09] mean, you drive down a shaded tree road

[3:10] and it's it looks beautiful, but it sure

[3:12] does wonder if it helps your road. That

[3:14] That's kind of interesting.

[3:16] >> Yeah, we don't realize how much that

[3:18] » Yeah, we don't realize how much that

[3:18] canopy

[3:19] absorbs and also reflects and reflects

[3:22] >> It's really nice. ORS does some really

[3:23] » It's really nice. ORS does some really

[3:23] good articles. This one Uh again, we've

[3:25] done some that don't

[3:27] pertain to us 100%, but this one

[3:30] uh truly fits into our

[3:31] our urban forestry program.

[3:34] It's been around for a long time.

[3:37] >> Mr. Mayor.

[3:37] » Mr. Mayor.

[3:37] >> Go ahead, counselor.

[3:38] » Go ahead, counselor.

[3:38] >> Uh with with this uh tree

[3:41] » Uh with with this uh tree

[3:41] Pardon [clears throat] me, tree

[3:42] replacement program.

[3:44] Is there uh

[3:46] a process where they look at the trees

[3:48] and what they can produce in

[3:51] oxygen and absorb it carbon dioxide.

[3:54] Like is it a broadleaf type of plant or

[3:57] have they worked with something along

[3:59] this lines that

[4:01] >> Yeah, so

[4:02] » Yeah, so

[4:02] to that

[4:03] where we used to put in others things

[4:05] like that the fast growth. We've

[4:07] actually gone back to

[4:10] ornamentals because of the the amount of

[4:12] leaves they have the amount of fill

[4:14] those sort of things. So and in Stu's

[4:16] program that he's changed since when I

[4:19] was doing it. He's actually gone to the

[4:21] point now where we do the hazard

[4:23] assessment and he is

[4:26] basically splitting his funds to do

[4:29] half of what it does

[4:32] removal and now the other half is doing

[4:34] replacement. So and we actually mostly

[4:36] on the ornamental

[4:37] >> But are there I guess my question is

[4:40] » But are there I guess my question is

[4:40] what is the

[4:41] best benefit on replanting a tree

[4:45] in

[4:46] um

[4:48] helping stop global weather absorbing

[4:51] the carbon dioxide and and producing

[4:55] large amounts of oxygen yet they're not

[4:58] draining the soil of large amounts of of

[5:00] moisture and that kind of thing. Is that

[5:02] being looked at or

[5:04] should it be something that we marry up

[5:06] with a a university?

[5:08] >> Yeah and I I can ask that question. I do

[5:11] » Yeah and I I can ask that question. I do

[5:11] know that Cortez does do some of that

[5:14] consideration and he works with Stu on

[5:16] recommendations for but I'm not 100%

[5:19] sure if they if they

[5:20] looking

[5:21] at the climate

[5:24] benefits from what they're putting in.

[5:26] >> No, it's definitely probably a question

[5:29] » No, it's definitely probably a question

[5:29] that should be asked and should be

[5:32] considered because

[5:33] >> Yeah and I think that might be one

[5:34] » Yeah and I think that might be one

[5:34] advantage of going with somebody that's

[5:36] an arborist compared to somebody that's

[5:38] just a

[5:39] >> chainsaw

[5:40] » chainsaw

[5:40] >> tree trimmer you know type thing.

[5:42] » tree trimmer you know type thing.

[5:42] Not to knock the tree trimmers cuz a lot

[5:44] of them have a a of smarts that

[5:46] direction, but

[5:48] on Arborist I would assume have a better

[5:52] relationship with the what's

[5:54] environmental side.

[5:55] >> On maybe not maybe not in the exact how

[5:58] » On maybe not maybe not in the exact how

[5:58] much energy they uh

[6:01] are the carbon dioxide side compared to

[6:05] the but on the other hand, you know,

[6:07] what grows right in

[6:09] in this arid land or

[6:11] >> Well, I mean you made the comment, sir,

[6:13] » Well, I mean you made the comment, sir,

[6:13] about the shade.

[6:14] >> Yeah.

[6:14] » Yeah.

[6:14] >> Yeah. How and it is quite a difference

[6:16] » Yeah. How and it is quite a difference

[6:17] between being out on asphalt that is in

[6:19] the blazing sun and under a shade tree

[6:22] on the asphalt.

[6:23] >> On the other hand, that is happy.

[6:25] » On the other hand, that is happy.

[6:25] >> Yeah.

[6:25] » Yeah.

[6:25] >> It's usually 10%.

[6:27] » It's usually 10%.

[6:27] >> Yeah.

[6:27] » Yeah.

[6:27] >> 10° issue.

[6:28] » 10° issue.

[6:28] >> Yeah.

[6:28] » Yeah.

[6:28] >> So it's 10°.

[6:30] » So it's 10°.

[6:30] >> Yeah.

[6:30] » Yeah.

[6:30] >> But anyway,

[6:31] » But anyway,

[6:31] you can

[6:33] >> It is an interesting read.

[6:34] » It is an interesting read.

[6:34] >> Yeah. It is a good read. I'm I'm not

[6:36] » Yeah. It is a good read. I'm I'm not

[6:36] sure how much do you share this with

[6:38] like one with any of our staff or

[6:40] >> Oh, yeah. Yeah.

[6:41] » Oh, yeah. Yeah.

[6:41] >> Okay.

[6:42] » Okay.

[6:42] >> They have the same agenda you guys do.

[6:44] » They have the same agenda you guys do.

[6:44] >> Okay.

[6:45] » Okay.

[6:45] >> Don't vote on anything.

[6:47] » Don't vote on anything.

[6:47] >> Okay.

[6:49] » Okay.

[6:49] Any other discussion on that?

[6:51] Any of those three?

[6:53] If not, I entertain a motion.

[6:55] >> Richard.

[6:58] You're next.

[6:58] >> Any discussion on Richard's motion?

[7:01] » Any discussion on Richard's motion?

[7:01] Hearing none, call question.

[7:03] Close. Hearing none, it's carried. Okay,

[7:06] moving on to cash statement

[7:09] for July.

[7:11] >> Now,

[7:12] » Now,

[7:12] >> So,

[7:12] » So,

[7:12] our

[7:13] general bank account didn't have a whole

[7:15] bunch of money left in it by the end of

[7:17] July, but our uh

[7:19] our savings accounts obviously

[7:21] balance between the

[7:22] as you know, transfer out as we need to.

[7:26] Yeah.

[7:27] >> Okay. Any questions on that one?

[7:30] » Okay. Any questions on that one?

[7:30] If not, somebody wish to move on? Chris.

[7:34] >> I'll second for Richard.

[7:36] » I'll second for Richard.

[7:36] >> Any question on Chris's motion?

[7:39] » Any question on Chris's motion?

[7:39] Hearing none, I'll call question. Favor?

[7:41] Close. Hearing none, it's carried. Okay,

[7:44] you have a

[7:45] >> statement.

[7:47] » statement.

[7:47] >> This is pretty straightforward.

[7:49] » This is pretty straightforward.

[7:49] Again, the reason why you're seeing this

[7:51] at this meeting and not because we don't

[7:52] have a meeting in August. So, you just

[7:54] saw the one from from June. So, you have

[7:56] a

[7:57] very fresh comparison between June and

[7:59] July. There's nothing there that uh

[8:03] stands out to myself. But, if there's

[8:05] something that you guys have questions

[8:06] on, we're happy to answer.

[8:12] » Okay.

[8:13] If not, somebody wish to move

[8:16] Chris again.

[8:19] Any discussion on Chris's motion?

[8:22] Hearing and seeing none, I'll call

[8:23] questions posed. All in favor, sorry.

[8:27] >> All in favor.

[8:28] » All in favor.

[8:28] >> [laughter]

[8:28] » [laughter]

[8:28] >> Anyone opposed?

[8:30] » Anyone opposed?

[8:30] >> I just about wrote opposed on it.

[8:31] » I just about wrote opposed on it.

[8:31] >> That's the problem with uh Zoom.

[8:34] » That's the problem with uh Zoom.

[8:34] >> [laughter]

[8:36] » [laughter]

[8:36] >> They always ask for who's opposed, not

[8:38] » They always ask for who's opposed, not

[8:38] >> Yeah, who's in favor.

[8:40] » Yeah, who's in favor.

[8:40] >> Okay, moving on to the uh

[8:44] » Okay, moving on to the uh

[8:44] current business.

[8:46] ORSCA membership agreement. So,

[8:49] >> So, this is uh fairly straightforward.

[8:51] » So, this is uh fairly straightforward.

[8:51] ORSCA's been working on this. They have

[8:52] a new CAO.

[8:54] Uh I'm sure that uh

[8:57] uh Councillor Bolt heard a lot about

[8:59] this in the last few meetings. And one

[9:02] of the reasons why they're working on

[9:03] membership services agreement is uh I

[9:06] looked at our last one we signed, it was

[9:07] 1994.

[9:09] So, having a more robust that actually

[9:12] uh covers all of the things that they do

[9:13] cuz since that time, obviously, we do

[9:15] subdivision appeal board, all of those

[9:17] things that you can see in the

[9:19] appendices there.

[9:20] So, I don't review of it. Uh again,

[9:24] Councillor Bolt's kept us informed that

[9:25] they're changing uh

[9:27] uh the model for the uh

[9:29] the membership fees to actually have a

[9:31] cost of living increase. So, they're not

[9:33] actually

[9:35] uh uh,

[9:36] waiting several years and then coming

[9:38] with a with a large uh change, so

[9:41] uh, that I think is very positive. Like,

[9:44] we've been doing that ourselves and it's

[9:46] factoring in cost increases, so

[9:49] uh, other than that, it's uh,

[9:51] I think it'll meet both our needs and as

[9:54] long as ORSC

[9:55] gains its members to

[9:57] keep It's a huge benefit to us that

[10:01] doing our planning, so

[10:02] >> Chris, go ahead.

[10:03] » Chris, go ahead.

[10:03] >> I I've enjoyed uh,

[10:05] » I I've enjoyed uh,

[10:05] you know, Katie and ORSC and she's been

[10:07] extremely helpful and willing to educate

[10:10] and things.

[10:11] Um, but the uh, like the county, they're

[10:15] not continuing their relationship,

[10:16] right? Is that Is that correct?

[10:18] >> I'm not sure if they're uh, but they are

[10:20] » I'm not sure if they're uh, but they are

[10:20] in hiring an internal planner right now.

[10:23] I don't know what that means with their

[10:24] membership in ORSC in future.

[10:26] >> Okay. Okay.

[10:27] » Okay. Okay.

[10:27] >> There There are a lot of municipalities

[10:29] » There There are a lot of municipalities

[10:29] that have gone way from

[10:32] groups like ORSC because they get big

[10:34] enough that they feel that they can do

[10:37] it internally and still meet the

[10:39] criteria.

[10:40] >> Okay.

[10:40] » Okay.

[10:40] >> The The only downfall of that is is it

[10:43] » The The only downfall of that is is it

[10:43] creates other issues of of uh,

[10:47] um, common

[10:49] direction that goes The The manager of

[10:51] ORSC as an example of representing, you

[10:53] know, 40 or 50 municipalities, if one

[10:56] has something that comes up, you know,

[10:58] the rest of them kind of find out about

[11:00] it right away. Whereas, when you start

[11:02] doing your independent work, then all of

[11:04] a sudden you kind of get built into that

[11:06] little silo type of This is Tom Grant's

[11:09] opinion, a silo philosophy where you

[11:11] think you can do your own thing and then

[11:13] when something goes south,

[11:15] then all of a sudden

[11:16] you're in deep trouble there.

[11:18] >> One of the best examples for that for us

[11:21] » One of the best examples for that for us

[11:21] was when the province

[11:24] deregulated

[11:25] marijuana.

[11:26] Uh,

[11:27] locally, we didn't think it was a big

[11:28] issue and it was ORSC saying, you know,

[11:30] you need to get every use by law up to

[11:33] date on this cuz it's coming.

[11:35] And we all thought, "Nah, not here."

[11:37] And sure enough, we did our land use by

[11:39] law and within a year we had an

[11:41] obligation. So, we were prepared. So,

[11:42] that's that's a benefit of

[11:45] You know, and and having that

[11:46] >> Yeah, you know, C-cans and solar and and

[11:51] » Yeah, you know, C-cans and solar and and

[11:51] >> encroachments

[11:52] » encroachments

[11:52] >> encroachments and

[11:53] » encroachments and

[11:53] and all these other things that come,

[11:55] you know, um you know, with them. And

[11:59] you know, and and that's what MPC deals

[12:01] with a lot um

[12:02] is the C-cans and uh and the uh you

[12:05] know, solar. We we realized that there

[12:07] is ways around still keeping a finger on

[12:10] that tab, but yet

[12:12] allowing your people to do more work.

[12:14] And and it came about because of other

[12:17] municipalities that have had the same

[12:19] issues. So, um

[12:20] >> I also like the consistency because if

[12:23] » I also like the consistency because if

[12:23] they quit, then we got to get back

[12:25] online with somebody else. So, I think

[12:27] having the

[12:28] the people that we know and trust

[12:30] >> Mhm.

[12:30] » Mhm.

[12:30] >> [clears throat]

[12:30] » [clears throat]

[12:30] >> that you know they're going to be there.

[12:32] » that you know they're going to be there.

[12:33] >> But yeah, you know, it it is a it is a

[12:34] » But yeah, you know, it it is a it is a

[12:34] very common thing. You hear about it all

[12:37] over. Um lots of groups like you mean I

[12:39] I brought up at a different meeting that

[12:41] I think, you know, like

[12:43] uh South Grove, I think it's going to be

[12:44] the next one that's going to come. I

[12:46] mean, we saw it with the Badlands.

[12:48] Um I think Julie, you were involved and

[12:50] maybe

[12:50] >> Yes.

[12:51] » Yes.

[12:51] >> Dwayne was involved a little bit with

[12:52] » Dwayne was involved a little bit with

[12:52] the Badlands um organization and they

[12:55] did

[12:56] wonderful work for our municipalities

[12:58] and

[12:59] you know, all of a sudden a couple of

[13:00] them pull and then your finances get to

[13:03] the point where you can't afford to stay

[13:04] alive.

[13:05] Um

[13:06] and again, I like I had said at that one

[13:08] meeting, too, is a a good agreement is

[13:10] you talks about the pre-nup and that's

[13:13] what's, you know, in this one here is

[13:15] they really talked about how to get out

[13:17] of town.

[13:18] And and it really is important not to

[13:19] say that, you know, that should be your

[13:22] but again, quite often you're in that

[13:24] honeymoon phase and you think everything

[13:26] is perfect and you don't think about if

[13:28] something goes south or something goes

[13:30] bad, how how you get out. And they have

[13:32] addressed that in this in this draft

[13:35] proposal.

[13:36] Which I do appreciate. I'm not saying

[13:38] that it's something a person should, you

[13:39] know, put a lot of highlight on on one

[13:41] hand, but on the other hand, it is

[13:43] really important because now all of a

[13:45] sudden when an organization needs to

[13:48] disband or do something with it, when

[13:51] you don't have those in there that are

[13:53] tight, then it really leaves the rest of

[13:55] them

[13:56] holding the bag for a period of time.

[13:58] >> You think Tracy's um

[14:01] » You think Tracy's um

[14:01] very astute in when she writes her

[14:03] agreements. I think she dots her eyes,

[14:04] crosses her tees very well. Um one thing

[14:07] about Worsk is um

[14:09] I've noticed over the years is

[14:11] um how they bring along planners

[14:14] out of school,

[14:15] get them going, you know, put them with

[14:17] a person like Katie, say for example,

[14:20] and she's there training, whatever, and

[14:24] they grow some very competent young

[14:26] planners. So, and

[14:29] with that youth comes some different

[14:31] ideas, and that kind of expands

[14:34] a building that looks like this to

[14:36] you know.

[14:37] >> Yeah. Yeah.

[14:38] » Yeah. Yeah.

[14:38] >> Cool.

[14:39] » Cool.

[14:39] >> Well, and even the little bit of

[14:40] » Well, and even the little bit of

[14:40] experience I have being on the appeal

[14:42] board with them, like

[14:44] I don't know how municipalities would

[14:46] function without them kind of monitoring

[14:48] it and kind of educating, you know,

[14:51] people that sit on the board

[14:53] and whatnot and how to combat some of

[14:54] these appeals, like

[14:56] I think it probably saves a lot of money

[14:58] in court settlements and things like

[15:00] that.

[15:00] >> Yeah.

[15:03] » Yeah.

[15:03] >> And you had a question or comment?

[15:04] » And you had a question or comment?

[15:04] >> No.

[15:05] » No.

[15:05] >> No, just just the benefits of it. At uh

[15:08] » No, just just the benefits of it. At uh

[15:08] Richard's point about the young

[15:09] planners, we also have the benefit of

[15:11] Gavin,

[15:12] >> Yeah.

[15:12] » Yeah.

[15:12] >> who was our planner before Katie, and

[15:15] » who was our planner before Katie, and

[15:15] he's got he's been as long as I've been

[15:17] here, so he's got 20, 30 years

[15:19] experience

[15:21] giving reference to all of our planning

[15:23] documents.

[15:24] >> Yeah, he has his finger on every one of

[15:26] » Yeah, he has his finger on every one of

[15:26] them.

[15:26] >> From through our

[15:27] » From through our

[15:27] inter-municipal development plan to our

[15:30] development plan, like it's that's the

[15:33] real benefit of being small enough that

[15:35] we couldn't do that in the Arman way but

[15:38] with grant funding trying to get these

[15:40] documents done where even the smaller

[15:43] like the villages and that, they have

[15:44] the consistency and they're able to

[15:46] adjust their land use bylaws.

[15:49] The same as ours or there's a lot of

[15:51] consistency that comes with being

[15:53] members of ours. So, that's why when

[15:55] they brought the agreement I went back

[15:57] and looked at the other one, updates it

[15:58] completely so yeah.

[16:01] They My recommendation is to

[16:04] >> Well, I guess I'll I'd like to make the

[16:05] » Well, I guess I'll I'd like to make the

[16:05] recommendation that council approves

[16:08] uh the town of Vulcan enter into a new

[16:10] membership service agreement with the

[16:12] Oldman River

[16:13] Regional Service Commission and direct

[16:15] CAO and mayor to execute the agreement

[16:17] on behalf of the town.

[16:19] >> Okay.

[16:20] » Okay.

[16:20] Any

[16:22] discussion on goals and motion?

[16:25] Hearing none, I'll call the question. Is

[16:26] there a mover?

[16:28] Those saying yes, carried unanimously.

[16:30] Great, thank you. We'll move on to the

[16:33] wind mitigation proposal for the

[16:35] multi-sports courts.

[16:38] >> So, everybody got a chance to read the

[16:39] » So, everybody got a chance to read the

[16:39] report. The pickleball club

[16:43] some days in there apparently through

[16:45] that court wind can affect that

[16:46] lightweight ball that they have.

[16:48] Of course, we know the wind isn't going

[16:50] to go away so they're looking for

[16:51] something to do differently. They

[16:52] volunteered to buy some

[16:55] screens put down and they all will be

[16:58] zip tied through grommets to the fence.

[17:01] We as you can see by the report we sent

[17:02] it off to our engineers that actually

[17:04] put the fence up, but inspect it and

[17:07] they didn't have an issue with it so

[17:09] uh

[17:10] concern from the public works side is if

[17:13] they put it up, is this going to be ours

[17:15] to take care of till the end of time, so

[17:17] that's why the motion being that uh we

[17:20] they take them and put them up and down

[17:21] annually and in coordination with public

[17:24] works. So, they're not covering a gate

[17:25] or something like

[17:28] >> Yeah, I think that's a good point that

[17:30] » Yeah, I think that's a good point that

[17:30] potentially should probably be removed

[17:32] in the wintertime.

[17:34] But,

[17:35] you know, unfortunately

[17:37] even though we write it into here, you

[17:39] know, we'll be responsible like all the

[17:41] other assets that we have in the

[17:43] community that are looked at by other

[17:45] groups and

[17:47] um

[17:48] participated by other groups that it

[17:50] sooner or later becomes ours anyway, so

[17:52] it's good thing you looked into making

[17:54] sure that

[17:55] it's not going to

[17:56] >> They're responsible for

[17:57] » They're responsible for

[17:57] >> hinder our our structures that's there,

[18:00] » hinder our our structures that's there,

[18:00] so but

[18:01] anyway, it's quite self-explanatory.

[18:03] It's no cost to us right at the moment.

[18:06] Judy?

[18:07] >> I'll make the recommendation that

[18:08] » I'll make the recommendation that

[18:08] council approves the Vulcan Pickleball

[18:10] Club's request to install lightweight

[18:12] wind screens at the Memorial Park sports

[18:15] courts and that the club be responsible

[18:17] for the annual installation and removal

[18:19] of the screens in coordination with

[18:21] public works.

[18:22] >> Great. Thank you.

[18:23] » Great. Thank you.

[18:23] Any questions on Judy's motion?

[18:27] Hearing none, call the question. All in

[18:28] favor?

[18:29] Opposed? It's carried unanimously. Okay,

[18:32] Vulcan Evangelical Missionary Church

[18:34] request.

[18:35] >> Uh

[18:36] » Uh

[18:36] the church came in and they worked

[18:37] through this proposal with Chris, so

[18:39] they didn't actually do a formal letter,

[18:41] but they're planning on holding an event

[18:43] block party attached to the building on

[18:45] the side of the building. Everything's

[18:46] in the report, but one thing they would

[18:47] like to do is

[18:49] close that avenue for their event. It's

[18:51] from [snorts] Centre Street to the back

[18:52] alley. They're going to talk to the

[18:54] neighbor across the street, so that's

[18:55] the only one that would be affected

[18:56] because they have a driveway there, so

[18:58] they might have to

[18:59] block it off so that the driveway is

[19:01] still accessible, but they, you know,

[19:02] work through that.

[19:04] What they're asking for from council is

[19:06] support to close the road

[19:08] uh

[19:08] on that day.

[19:10] Again, another community event that is

[19:12] open to the public, so.

[19:14] >> Okay. Richard.

[19:16] » Okay. Richard.

[19:16] >> I'll make a recommendation that council

[19:18] » I'll make a recommendation that council

[19:18] approve the event, Vulcan Evangelical

[19:20] Church request for temporary street

[19:22] street closure of 6th Avenue South to

[19:25] South to Center Street to the alley

[19:26] behind the church on Friday, September

[19:28] 25th from 5:00 p.m. to

[19:31] 9:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. to

[19:33] accommodate their block party event.

[19:36] Tongue's getting in the way.

[19:38] >> Okay, easy for you to say.

[19:40] » Okay, easy for you to say.

[19:40] >> [laughter]

[19:41] » [laughter]

[19:41] >> Any questions on Richard's motion?

[19:44] » Any questions on Richard's motion?

[19:44] Hearing none, we'll call the question.

[19:46] All in favor?

[19:47] Opposed? It's carried unanimously.

[19:49] Okay, commercial development incentive

[19:52] application PL-12.26-03.

[19:56] » So, this one's very straightforward.

[19:58] This uh yeah, obviously came after the

[20:00] deadline for this year's taxes, but it's

[20:02] uh for development in the industrial

[20:04] subdivision and uh

[20:07] yeah, it uh it meets all the criteria.

[20:09] It's been reviewed by the development

[20:11] officer

[20:12] submitted to council for approval. As

[20:14] you know, if you approve of it now, we

[20:16] still bring it back every year after you

[20:19] pass the mill rate to just make sure

[20:20] that you allocate the right dollar

[20:22] amounts to them.

[20:24] And it's obviously working. This is

[20:27] uh

[20:28] You guys don't know this, but the the

[20:30] end number is how many applications we

[20:31] do in a year. So, this is our third one

[20:33] this year, which is really promising.

[20:36] >> Okay. Any

[20:37] » Okay. Any

[20:37] >> I'll make the recommendation that

[20:39] » I'll make the recommendation that

[20:39] council approve the commercial

[20:41] development incentive application

[20:44] PL-12.26.03

[20:48] as presented.

[20:49] >> Great. Thank you. Any discussion on

[20:54] » Great. Thank you. Any discussion on

[20:54] Dwayne's motion?

[20:55] Hearing none, we'll call the question.

[20:57] All in favor? Opposed? Seeing none, it's

[21:00] carried unanimously.

[21:01] Okay, now moving on to committee

[21:03] reports. We have

[21:05] Markus Foundation draft minutes of July

[21:08] 28th.

[21:11] » Of note, I I do want to note that

[21:15] the Marcus Foundation always sends us

[21:17] their finalized minutes as well, but

[21:19] we've already reviewed the drafts. So,

[21:21] this one we actually received the one

[21:24] formal, but I didn't put them on the

[21:25] agenda cuz we already reviewed the

[21:27] draft.

[21:28] >> And I would like to say thank the

[21:29] » And I would like to say thank the

[21:29] secretary for sending us the drafts

[21:32] cuz they're much more timely.

[21:34] >> Yeah.

[21:35] » Yeah.

[21:35] >> Especially with what's going on.

[21:36] » Especially with what's going on.

[21:36] >> And I I think that's you know, we we've

[21:38] » And I I think that's you know, we we've

[21:38] talked about that in the past that we're

[21:39] fortunate quite often to have draft

[21:42] minutes from different organizations and

[21:44] this

[21:46] comes back to the people that are

[21:48] representing us at that organization and

[21:50] also to

[21:53] to that organization to bring that

[21:55] forward to us so that we don't have to

[21:56] wait for months to get it before it's

[21:59] approved. And you know, even though you

[22:01] guys bring back verbal reports, it is

[22:03] nice to to see the

[22:05] printed one, too. So.

[22:07] Any questions on

[22:09] the Marcus Foundation

[22:11] minutes?

[22:13] Okay, if not, we'll move on to the

[22:16] Intermunicipal Development Plan

[22:17] Committee.

[22:21] » Again, the county I checked with the

[22:22] county and they were happy to provide

[22:24] this in draft because there is so much

[22:26] conversation around this piece. So, they

[22:28] were happy to supply the draft. And of

[22:30] course, we have done another meeting to

[22:31] approve the last minutes. That may be a

[22:33] while.

[22:35] >> [clears throat]

[22:36] » [clears throat]

[22:36] >> Okay, any questions on

[22:39] » Okay, any questions on

[22:39] either one of those two documents?

[22:42] If not, I

[22:44] entertain motion.

[22:46] Dwayne or sorry.

[22:49] >> I'm going to look at Dwayne and look at

[22:50] » I'm going to look at Dwayne and look at

[22:50] you.

[22:50] >> Well, I looked at Dwayne

[22:52] » Well, I looked at Dwayne

[22:52] >> I thought I thought you're braiding your

[22:53] » I thought I thought you're braiding your

[22:53] hair.

[22:54] >> You do.

[22:54] » You do.

[22:54] >> [laughter]

[22:55] » [laughter]

[22:55] >> Richard moved this. Sorry.

[22:58] I was looking at Dwayne and I saw

[23:00] Richard's hand in the air.

[23:02] >> Anyway, Richard moved this one. Any

[23:05] » Anyway, Richard moved this one. Any

[23:05] discussion on Richard's motion?

[23:07] >> Richard never called a question that was

[23:08] » Richard never called a question that was

[23:08] favored.

[23:09] >> Closed.

[23:11] » Closed.

[23:11] >> Richard moves it and for the minutes

[23:13] » Richard moves it and for the minutes

[23:13] Dwayne has better hair.

[23:18] » You do know that we're allowed to make

[23:20] comments in the minutes now, right?

[23:23] >> [laughter]

[23:23] » [laughter]

[23:23] >> No, we're not going to mention Tom.

[23:26] » No, we're not going to mention Tom.

[23:26] >> Moving on to counselor Sanderson.

[23:29] » Moving on to counselor Sanderson.

[23:29] >> On July 28th, I had the Marcus

[23:32] » On July 28th, I had the Marcus

[23:32] Foundation meeting as per what you saw

[23:34] on the agenda there. On July 30th, um

[23:38] we had building team of uh

[23:41] Kelly, Lori, and Judy.

[23:44] And M3 had Harmon and Breanne, and

[23:46] there's a new one there, Sulky. I can't

[23:48] remember [clears throat] She I don't

[23:48] think she's on there.

[23:50] And uh there's a lawyer meeting with uh

[23:52] Marco Morelli and Brian Wong. That's the

[23:56] county's lawyers that we're using for

[23:59] Marcus Foundation. Brian has worked with

[24:02] Chandos on a few projects, and so and he

[24:04] knows a lot of their head guys in

[24:06] Edmonton, which is where their head

[24:07] office is, and he advised that Chandos

[24:10] is a very reputable contractor, and he

[24:12] has full faith in them. Uh however,

[24:14] lawyers want to ensure that proper risk

[24:16] is assigned and ensure Marcus Foundation

[24:19] is protected. So, the risk allocation on

[24:23] Sean on Chandos contract right now is at

[24:25] 50% cap, and we require 100%, and Brian

[24:30] said this is not out of Well, it's not

[24:32] out of the

[24:33] ordinary to request 100% cap, so

[24:36] just to protect us. After Marcus

[24:38] Foundation takes over the building,

[24:41] Chandos has 1 year warranty on the

[24:43] workmanship workmanship, and we are

[24:46] going for 2 year warranty.

[24:48] Um there is 5 to

[24:50] 10 years depending on boilers and

[24:54] and other things [clears throat] that

[24:54] are on the warranty, so

[24:57] Marcus Foundation would have to deal

[24:58] with these suppliers after Shondells

[25:00] gets his phone.

[25:01] >> [snorts]

[25:01] » [snorts]

[25:01] >> And so therefore it's important that we

[25:02] » And so therefore it's important that we

[25:02] do a full review on the property after 1

[25:05] year. We'll probably do it

[25:07] with that 2 years. We'll do it after the

[25:08] 2 years. Make sure that Shondells

[25:10] satisfied with everything there.

[25:13] I've got a fog light bulb.

[25:17] Um

[25:18] CMHC requirement that there is a 50%

[25:21] builders lien assuring company will make

[25:24] sure that the build bill gets done

[25:26] if for some reason Shondells leaves the

[25:28] project.

[25:29] Um next steps, uh Brian Quon's going to

[25:32] clean up the contract and send it to M3

[25:34] and then our lawyers will now deal with

[25:36] Shondells' lawyers. So that should be

[25:38] signed here pretty quickly.

[25:40] So that's good news. August 5th we had a

[25:43] design meeting at 9:00. Um that's when

[25:46] this Sophie girl from M3, she's further

[25:49] step now and she got she's getting our

[25:51] minutes a little bit quicker. I don't

[25:53] know if I sent them to you in time. So

[25:55] that's a lot quicker than what we

[25:56] normally get them. So I think that's a

[25:58] great thing that we We used to have

[26:00] three

[26:01] when we first started with M3.

[26:04] Um

[26:05] flooring will tender on

[26:07] Friday, so that probably was the last

[26:09] Friday here. Samples coming immediately

[26:12] with pricing and this goes to JMAA. The

[26:14] fireplace covering was selected by the

[26:17] building committee and Shondells is to

[26:19] finalize the cost of wiring in the

[26:22] electronics for the

[26:25] fogs.

[26:26] I really

[26:27] This is my personal opinion. I think

[26:29] it's too pricey and we're trying to cut

[26:32] a lot of money back and 300,000 so

[26:34] people can have fogs.

[26:36] This is my own personal thing, but

[26:38] that's a lot of money that we

[26:40] could use. I would rather have hardie on

[26:43] the outside of the building than vinyl.

[26:45] So that's my personal.

[26:48] Tom gave his opinion on that.

[26:50] So and Bill um was to finalize all his

[26:53] parts for the drawings. Um we need to

[26:55] finalize the exterior cameras needed to

[26:57] wanted. Uh JMAA said that usually they

[27:00] only have cameras at the front door.

[27:02] Glory would like to see cameras at all

[27:04] the exits and also for um

[27:07] the loading dock. And JMAA advised just

[27:11] about at the door for the loading dock.

[27:15] Loading dock.

[27:18] The uh would be sufficient for that, so

[27:21] Um we're going to have a meeting coming

[27:23] up

[27:25] next week.

[27:27] A lot of finalization coming up here.

[27:29] Corey has a sign ready to send to C M C

[27:32] and the government of Alberta see

[27:33] hopefully that'll get approved by both

[27:35] parties and then we can put a sign up on

[27:37] the site.

[27:39] Drawings for the building permit require

[27:41] stamp and all documents to Corey and

[27:43] then Corey sends to the town for

[27:45] approval. I know Kelly signed signed off

[27:47] with them, so I don't know if you guys

[27:49] got them yet, but they're everything's

[27:51] back at Corey right now, so those will

[27:53] be coming in soon.

[27:55] Um Chandos is to complete their

[27:57] financial accounting calendar.

[28:00] Uh noted that there's a savings on the

[28:02] generator cuz we don't need as large as

[28:04] one as we initially thought cuz they

[28:05] thought they were going to have

[28:07] some different um

[28:09] like with the self-contained that they

[28:11] were going to put them on a different

[28:12] draw, but they're not now, so we don't

[28:14] need

[28:16] as big a generator.

[28:17] Um electricity has come down and hoping

[28:20] for a further decline in cost cost.

[28:23] Switching uh the millwork and closets to

[28:26] wire shelving that'd be a 200,000

[28:28] savings, so we're nitpicking everything,

[28:30] but that's trying to

[28:32] to save money.

[28:33] Uh framing might be able to come down

[28:35] with the updated design. There's no more

[28:37] um patios on the self-contained

[28:40] units.

[28:42] Um and most of building will come in

[28:44] prefab, so it'll be a lot quicker to

[28:46] the one up here, cuz they'll all be done

[28:49] off-site. And IFTs, issues for tender,

[28:52] are closing on August 20th, and then the

[28:55] numbers become set numbers, and then we

[28:57] can reassess the budget again at that

[28:59] time.

[29:05] We've had more rejections for the

[29:07] mechanical work.

[29:09] So, Chandos are sending out more IFTs.

[29:12] They want three solid IFTs to come in

[29:15] for HVAC, plumbing, and irrigation. So,

[29:17] Chandos is going to do more leg work to

[29:19] get more competitive bids, and 85% of

[29:22] the job is self is subcontracted.

[29:26] Um mechanical has increased totally from

[29:29] what we initially had stated it would is

[29:32] 620,000.

[29:33] So, we're really hoping that with these

[29:35] bids getting locked in that we can bring

[29:36] that number down.

[29:38] Uh August 5th, I was at the joint

[29:41] meeting with county councilors

[29:43] concerning the potential new build.

[29:46] August 8th, I came home

[29:49] from being up at my parents, and I

[29:50] pulled into town,

[29:52] and at the truck station, there was all

[29:54] these Asians. I couldn't tell I was just

[29:57] They just caught my eye, cuz they're all

[29:58] draped posed, some up down through some

[30:01] of the letters. And they were all posed,

[30:04] and this photographer was there. So, I

[30:06] honked my horn, and I waved, and they

[30:07] were all

[30:09] So, I hope he got that picture, cuz it

[30:10] was

[30:11] It just They were just beaming, so it

[30:13] was

[30:14] kind of put a big smile on my face. Um

[30:17] Also, coming downtown, I don't know if

[30:19] I've ever come downtown on a Saturday

[30:21] unless we have something big like Spock

[30:23] Days, but it was busy. There was

[30:25] motorbikes, there was cars in every

[30:27] parking spot. There was people at the

[30:29] Spock.

[30:30] Um

[30:31] with his head and hands there, and it

[30:33] just was And the pool was full, and I

[30:35] just It just gave me a warm feeling to

[30:37] come into town and see all that activity

[30:39] this this past weekend, so.

[30:42] And then, tomorrow we have our MPC

[30:44] meeting.

[30:47] » Okay, any questions for Jean?

[30:50] >> If not,

[30:51] » If not,

[30:51] >> thank you very much. Councillor Debolt.

[30:53] » thank you very much. Councillor Debolt.

[30:53] >> Um, when I did the uh

[30:56] » Um, when I did the uh

[30:56] uh staff board and parade, me and

[30:58] Georgia Lee and Tom and Joan and um

[31:02] uh Rochelle and uh Mr. Spock from

[31:05] Germany was there and uh he was an

[31:07] interesting fellow that I spent some

[31:09] time with. Um,

[31:10] also a um

[31:12] uh was at the new uh Spock sign opening.

[31:15] Went on that with uh

[31:18] Tom and Joan and

[31:19] all people that were there for the Spock

[31:22] uh Vulcan. Um

[31:24] then on the 5th I had the um

[31:27] like Judy was talking about the joint

[31:29] meeting with the uh the council from uh

[31:31] the county about uh the new bill for a

[31:33] school. That was uh very interesting. Uh

[31:37] Some pretty uh

[31:41] one-sided opinions I thought. I thought

[31:43] maybe the right one for sure.

[31:44] >> [laughter]

[31:45] » [laughter]

[31:45] >> But uh we'll see how it all works out.

[31:47] » But uh we'll see how it all works out.

[31:47] Um

[31:48] early days yet, so um

[31:51] had uh one fellow asking me about uh the

[31:54] speed on the highway again and I and I

[31:57] said that it was talked about, so we

[32:00] had a conversation about that and

[32:03] so um

[32:05] uh

[32:06] the other person mentioned about how uh

[32:10] the uh town how clean the town is and um

[32:15] one of the stories from Vulcan night,

[32:17] jumped in Chris's truck. He was hauling

[32:19] three of them and

[32:20] and uh the one fellow he said uh I said

[32:23] uh where you from? And I think he said

[32:25] Indiana originally, but he says, "I've

[32:26] lived in LA for 30 years." And I said,

[32:30] "That's a big city." He said, "Yeah, I'm

[32:32] really enjoying this." He said,

[32:34] "I'm really [clears throat] enjoying

[32:35] that you can just drive and not wait for

[32:37] a hundred cars, you know? So, he said

[32:40] it's nice to get out of that big city,

[32:41] but uh they seem to be enjoying it. They

[32:44] they said they were really liking the

[32:45] town, so

[32:46] all in all it was good. That was about

[32:48] it for me, nothing uh too major.

[32:51] But, that's it.

[32:53] >> Okay. Any questions, Richard?

[32:56] » Okay. Any questions, Richard?

[32:56] No? Thank you. Councillor Mitchell.

[32:59] >> Uh

[33:00] » Uh

[33:00] I've had a

[33:01] a few discussions with Angela on the

[33:04] uh current business case, lands. Um

[33:07] she's had some progress with uh

[33:10] some of the with Oola's Eye um

[33:13] creating a few concept maps and

[33:16] different pieces to kind of develop the

[33:18] space the way that that she kind of

[33:20] envisions for it.

[33:22] Um so, I think uh she's reached a point

[33:26] where she can potentially start actually

[33:29] trying to

[33:30] get meetings and get in front of people

[33:32] and start start marketing with it. And

[33:35] so, she's asked Cole and I to uh

[33:38] authorize funds for payment for Oola's

[33:41] Eye and some for Marketeca.

[33:43] And

[33:44] Marketeca's the the company that's going

[33:46] to be doing the marketing, the website,

[33:49] and different things. So, so that's

[33:51] that's happening. So,

[33:54] which she's seems excited about and and

[33:57] gaining progress there. So, we'll see

[33:59] what happens.

[34:00] Um

[34:02] August 5th was busy. It was uh yeah,

[34:05] that that Palliser meeting um

[34:08] which uh like Richard said, it's early

[34:10] days and that is just

[34:12] it was it was it was interesting because

[34:14] the meeting with Palliser I found was

[34:17] quite good.

[34:19] And then with the meeting just on the

[34:21] 5th, it was

[34:23] well, we all really it was the the the

[34:26] feeling was that there wasn't a whole

[34:28] lot of excitement around joint use.

[34:31] And it seemed to resound

[34:35] confused [clears throat] me a little bit

[34:37] just because

[34:39] one, there's counselors that are like

[34:41] terrible costs and all costs and that

[34:43] makes sense.

[34:45] You know, you don't want to you know,

[34:47] have a huge cost center and but that's

[34:50] generally what

[34:52] you know, recreational facilities are in

[34:54] a way.

[34:56] Old Dale

[34:57] What?

[34:58] It's

[35:00] >> That's a heavy reader heavy hitter.

[35:02] » That's a heavy reader heavy hitter.

[35:02] >> Yeah.

[35:04] » Yeah.

[35:04] >> You can see.

[35:05] » You can see.

[35:05] >> So, I I guess

[35:07] » So, I I guess

[35:07] um

[35:09] what I'm trying to figure out is, okay,

[35:11] everything's around this Juba agreement.

[35:14] Right? And in the first meeting of

[35:16] council, when you you spoke with them, I

[35:19] asked them, okay,

[35:21] what what things with Old Dale

[35:24] if you could do it all over again, what

[35:25] would you do? And it was everything was

[35:27] around this Juba agreement and setting

[35:30] rent, having it transparent out there

[35:32] beforehand

[35:34] rather than kind of during the

[35:36] construction process.

[35:38] So,

[35:40] you know, if if we care about costs

[35:43] and we care about not having a super

[35:45] small facility, we kind of let them

[35:49] build their own school with a with a

[35:51] small gym and then,

[35:54] you know, say if

[35:55] we make a decision on the CRC, whatever

[35:57] that is,

[35:59] um it's going to be My feeling is it's

[36:01] going to be two small

[36:03] facilities.

[36:04] And then we share the full cost of one

[36:07] facility versus

[36:09] spending some time on the Juba

[36:11] agreement, having an expectation very

[36:13] clear on joint use

[36:15] and then building an actual facility

[36:18] that would be better together than

[36:22] separate entities.

[36:25] So, I don't know how we explore if

[36:28] that's even possible with with the other

[36:31] the county and and the town to come to a

[36:34] some sort of decision or how do you do

[36:36] you wait until the scoping meeting

[36:38] happens to see what they're even

[36:40] proposing?

[36:42] But then it sounds like we don't really

[36:43] have a choice anyway with with what they

[36:46] do.

[36:47] So, I guess I'm just trying to

[36:48] understand it all with

[36:51] the difference in tone versus

[36:53] first meeting second, so.

[36:55] I don't know if any you guys have any

[36:57] comment on with that.

[36:59] >> I think that dollars and cents are going

[37:01] » I think that dollars and cents are going

[37:01] to be a driving factor on either

[37:03] decision down the line for everybody.

[37:06] Like it's you heard it like it's

[37:09] Jason made a very good comment about

[37:11] you know, you can't afford to do it. You

[37:12] can't afford to do it. You know, it's

[37:14] just would be an anchor around the

[37:16] communities.

[37:17] You know, if it costs too much to

[37:19] maintain and run or build or whatever.

[37:21] You know, there's it's I think it's just

[37:24] a matter of dollars and cents and

[37:25] there's a lot of questions yet that

[37:27] come.

[37:28] I think.

[37:28] >> But the thing is if it's dollars and

[37:30] » But the thing is if it's dollars and

[37:30] cents then having it joint would make

[37:33] more sense than being separate, right?

[37:35] >> But that's exactly what they have to

[37:36] » But that's exactly what they have to

[37:36] figure out.

[37:37] >> They kind of want they want independence

[37:39] » They kind of want they want independence

[37:39] but they don't want to pay for both. So,

[37:41] it's kind of

[37:43] you can't have it both ways. So,

[37:46] how do you make it like it like Don

[37:49] wants it's a 75-year decision. It's a

[37:51] huge decision on a building.

[37:54] You know, we want to do we want to

[37:55] right-size it for the community and we

[37:57] want it to be something that we're we're

[38:00] better off going forward than we were

[38:03] in the past. We don't want to shrink our

[38:05] footprint.

[38:07] >> You know, I but

[38:08] » You know, I but

[38:08] it's going to be interesting. I think

[38:09] it's going to be very interesting but I

[38:11] I

[38:13] there's a lot to come yet. I think.

[38:15] >> Oh, I know we're in very early innings

[38:17] » Oh, I know we're in very early innings

[38:17] for sure. So,

[38:19] I think

[38:19] >> [snorts]

[38:19] » [snorts]

[38:20] >> uh so yeah, and it was it was good to

[38:21] » uh so yeah, and it was it was good to

[38:21] get just

[38:23] just to, you know, listen and see what

[38:25] happens. But, yeah, it's early and

[38:28] the scoping meetings happened the third

[38:30] week of September.

[38:31] Um second meeting was uh the

[38:35] intermunicipal one, which I thought was

[38:38] a good working session. I think

[38:40] we're going to have those conversations

[38:42] a lot, I feel like, in the next

[38:45] several years. It's it's a topic of

[38:47] discussion.

[38:49] Um with data centers and and how you how

[38:52] you manage them when there's a a

[38:54] proposal and it's

[38:57] having, you know, establishing

[38:59] discretionary use and size and type and

[39:03] power usage and

[39:05] water and all those things. So, um I

[39:08] think it was it was really good and uh

[39:12] uh yeah. Um

[39:17] But, I just don't see those meetings

[39:19] kind of going away. It's just Okay, how

[39:20] do we communicate it

[39:22] and standardize it in our community on

[39:24] on what we want to see here. We want it

[39:26] done the right way if it happens. So,

[39:30] um yeah, but other than that, that's

[39:32] that's really it for me.

[39:34] >> Okay. Any questions for Chris?

[39:37] » Okay. Any questions for Chris?

[39:37] If not, thank you. Counselor Hill.

[39:39] >> I have no meetings.

[39:41] » I have no meetings.

[39:41] I've got nothing to update,

[39:42] unfortunately. I do apologize for

[39:44] missing the meeting on the 5th.

[39:46] Uh I have too many calendars and got to

[39:49] make sure. My apologies.

[39:51] >> Okay. Any questions for Wayne?

[39:54] » Okay. Any questions for Wayne?

[39:54] Hearing none, thank you. Counselor

[39:56] Donovan.

[39:56] >> Um I was at Palliser meeting

[39:59] » Um I was at Palliser meeting

[39:59] um with the majority of us, I guess. And

[40:01] I I really liked um the dialogue that

[40:04] happened that day.

[40:06] I think it was a good starting off

[40:07] point. Like Chris says, you

[40:10] a lot of this is out of our hands at

[40:11] this point. Palliser decides to do and

[40:13] then

[40:14] I guess it'll be on us or possibly the

[40:16] next council to kind of

[40:19] make the best decisions for ratepayers

[40:21] in this community after that, but um

[40:24] Um I also met with the county on August

[40:27] 5th

[40:28] and kind of like Chris, I was a little

[40:30] surprised at some of the

[40:32] conversations and direction potentially

[40:34] that

[40:35] county would prefer to go with

[40:37] so early, I guess. I guess it's a lot

[40:40] like Palliser and we'll see what comes

[40:42] of it.

[40:43] Um later that afternoon, I was with

[40:45] Chris at the IDP meeting and

[40:48] I really liked that meeting. I felt like

[40:50] the county was very cordial in giving us

[40:52] a voice.

[40:53] And I think in the past maybe it hasn't

[40:55] been that way, but um

[40:57] the topics that kind of affect our

[40:59] ratepayers on certain projects is sound

[41:02] decibel cap, which they were open to

[41:04] putting in.

[41:05] Um

[41:07] building size cap, uh water usage cap,

[41:09] power usage cap, um and even a location

[41:12] preference where potentially something

[41:15] like this could happen on the eastern

[41:17] lots where they're not necessarily

[41:18] neighboring potential residentials. So

[41:20] that's why I was I thought it was really

[41:22] good discussion there

[41:23] for that.

[41:25] Um

[41:26] Yeah, that was it on the minutes.

[41:30] >> Okay.

[41:30] » Okay.

[41:30] Any questions for Cole?

[41:33] Great. Thank you. [clears throat] And

[41:35] for me, um

[41:37] I too have attended the parade in

[41:38] Strathmore. It was It was nice. It was a

[41:42] great opportunity to showcase our

[41:45] um

[41:46] float again in the parade. That's the

[41:47] second time we've been in Strathmore and

[41:49] um

[41:51] I heard some good things about the

[41:53] uh again

[41:54] uh Chris purchased a canvas and and

[41:58] there was again

[42:02] our local announcer

[42:04] and he

[42:05] >> [clears throat]

[42:05] » [clears throat]

[42:05] >> um

[42:06] » um

[42:06] did a good job of plugging this

[42:09] us for as much as he could

[42:11] and some so I I heard that was very very

[42:14] positive. Um I too was at the meeting

[42:17] with the county and I I

[42:19] agree with what Cole said. It was really

[42:21] kind of nice to

[42:22] hear the their

[42:25] uh opinions of their council around the

[42:27] table. I mean, they had a good

[42:29] representation at the meeting that we

[42:31] had and

[42:32] and uh

[42:33] you know, they were just missing one

[42:34] counselor, I believe. And so it it was

[42:37] good to hear and um

[42:39] I I again I think I think what Chris had

[42:41] said, you know, um

[42:42] as we move forward, we we definitely

[42:44] know that it's the the new facility will

[42:47] be if there is a new building, it'll be

[42:49] downsized. I mean,

[42:50] you know, and you know, whether it's

[42:53] downsized to a right size or whether

[42:55] it's downsized to a

[42:57] to a to whatever it happens to be is

[42:59] something we have no control over, but I

[43:02] think moving forward, you know, we need

[43:04] to kind of anticipate the

[43:06] if there is a chance that the CRC and

[43:09] the bodyworks is saved, you know,

[43:13] what what that would look like and how.

[43:15] So, I I think when we have that meeting

[43:16] with Stantec, we need to bring that, but

[43:19] being that there's a couple

[43:21] uh young counselors and on our three of

[43:24] them on our

[43:25] council here that you know, have uh kids

[43:28] in this will have kids in the system,

[43:30] you know, your your input is important

[43:33] um because

[43:34] um unfortunately,

[43:36] something we really need to do as a

[43:38] municipality is is support our our youth

[43:40] in our community, but also

[43:42] we need to, you know, support Palliser

[43:45] in what they're proposing to to try to

[43:47] make it an economical facility and not

[43:50] be one that's going to be closed and

[43:51] not,

[43:53] you know, I I think there is some

[43:54] opportunity that they could

[43:57] uh add on to the Prairie Vista

[44:01] and move all the kids into one facility

[44:03] and I I think that would be a detriment

[44:05] to our our

[44:07] junior, younger

[44:09] generation. I think the separation just

[44:12] shows that there's huge advantages to

[44:14] it. So,

[44:15] that's just a personal feeling. I mean,

[44:17] I I I spent all 12 years in the two

[44:20] facilities, one with the elementary

[44:22] school and then the high school.

[44:25] But, uh

[44:26] I think there's advantages to the

[44:28] separation of the of the two.

[44:30] So, um I think when we get an

[44:32] opportunity that we have coming up to

[44:35] voice our

[44:36] our comments to Stantec.

[44:39] And uh or I think it was Stantec, wasn't

[44:41] it? It's not I was going to say Stantec

[44:42] too, but I mean it was Stantec. And, you

[44:44] know, see what they're going to

[44:46] talk about. But, again too, is that

[44:49] knowing that, you know, the

[44:51] direction that some of us feel that, you

[44:53] know, we don't want to lose the track if

[44:55] we can in the community. Um

[44:58] and we don't want to lose the uh you

[45:00] know, ball diamond area. And, you know,

[45:02] there is an area that maybe we could

[45:05] potentially really push them into into

[45:07] that that one corner if it happens where

[45:09] they

[45:10] could utilize the corner where the

[45:12] element the um

[45:13] daycare's at. And, infrastructure-wise

[45:16] for us as a municipality, it's got huge

[45:18] advantages. So, I think those are areas

[45:21] that our munis our administration and

[45:23] our public works and and uh

[45:26] you know, some of us that have that

[45:27] knowledge should, you know, push it

[45:29] towards the to say that there's

[45:31] advantages to that. Um we might have to

[45:34] contemplate

[45:35] a philosophy of of upgrading that road

[45:38] behind the arena between the arena and

[45:40] the and, you know, to to accommodate a

[45:44] a different type of traffic or a

[45:46] traffic. Um we know that um

[45:49] transportation has been kind enough to

[45:52] the Marcus Foundation to allow them to

[45:54] have that Anders intersection there. It

[45:56] might be an opportunity to say that, you

[45:58] know, here's a way that we can

[46:00] put a couple turning lanes off of that

[46:03] on into that area of the

[46:06] the Palliser facility and also into into

[46:10] the Pier de Soulanges make kind of a

[46:12] turning lanes in there and and create

[46:14] that as more of a

[46:16] theoretically a better

[46:18] turning spot. But I mean, that's just a

[46:20] Tom Grant's opinion. I you know, I

[46:22] appreciate we haven't really spoke about

[46:23] it much, but but again, I think that

[46:24] those are things that we need to really

[46:26] share with with Palliser and with

[46:28] Stantec and and the county because

[46:31] again, I don't know what the percentage

[46:33] of of the

[46:34] rural ratepayers

[46:36] um

[46:38] or not rural ratepayers, but but rural

[46:40] residents uh students in the CCHHS. But

[46:44] I'm sure that they outnumber our town

[46:47] ones probably at least two to one, maybe

[46:50] three to one.

[46:52] I I I'm guessing. I I

[46:53] I don't know because you know, we get

[46:55] you know, Arrowwood, Milo

[46:57] um you know, everybody but the Lomond

[47:01] that that come potentially come this way

[47:03] for senior high and junior high or

[47:05] senior college especially. So

[47:08] again, I I think that you know, the

[47:09] county needs to be at the table and and

[47:12] I think you know, should sharing

[47:14] meetings like we had with them, being

[47:16] open and

[47:17] transparent and

[47:18] um

[47:19] anyway, I I thought it was great, but so

[47:21] those are the two meetings that I had or

[47:23] two functions that I had was that parade

[47:25] and and then the the meeting with the

[47:27] county council, so.

[47:29] >> Any more questions?

[47:30] » Any more questions?

[47:30] >> Yeah, one two

[47:32] » Yeah, one two

[47:32] >> Where the school is now, if they were to

[47:34] » Where the school is now, if they were to

[47:34] put it in that corner that you

[47:35] suggested, that would give them so much

[47:37] more parking cuz there's kids all over

[47:39] the streets, so that would be so much

[47:41] handier to get the kids off the streets

[47:43] and in the parking lot.

[47:44] >> And again, Christopher's uh

[47:46] » And again, Christopher's uh

[47:46] Northcott's uh

[47:48] thought about, you know, land swapping

[47:49] or trading or whatever has its merits,

[47:52] but I mean, generally, you know, like I

[47:54] said, If you really read the

[47:57] uh municipal act,

[47:59] there's no swapping that's potentially

[48:01] going to go on that's going to be a land

[48:03] take. You got to swap it. But again, it

[48:05] might be something like you said, Jimmy,

[48:07] you know, depending on how that

[48:10] plan might go where the CRC could be a

[48:13] standalone facility with body works and

[48:16] even like I'm not sure if it was

[48:17] mentioned by

[48:19] one of us or whether it was some of them

[48:21] from the county, you know,

[48:22] the the daycare itself

[48:25] being built on to

[48:27] modular or moved into that area.

[48:30] And when the other facility, rest of

[48:33] facility, goes down, I mean, how you

[48:35] could create it into different areas.

[48:37] So, I think it potentially could be a a

[48:40] win-win for everybody and and and again,

[48:43] I really think that the

[48:46] rate payers of the of the

[48:48] Palestine school division

[48:51] really need to do some soul-searching

[48:52] because I I think unfortunately, you

[48:54] know, they're going to be looking at

[48:56] again, dollars and cents and square

[48:58] footage and

[48:59] and um

[49:00] you know,

[49:01] I I think that the the teachers and the

[49:04] and the

[49:07] kids in the system are going to realize

[49:09] a substantial change in facility. Sure,

[49:12] you know, it's nice to have a beautiful

[49:13] sunlight coming through a window, but

[49:16] uh

[49:16] I'll tell you there's

[49:18] advantages to having some space, too,

[49:20] but you know, and I think when you start

[49:22] seeing some of the areas that are going

[49:24] to be squished and cut to

[49:27] um

[49:28] Anyway,

[49:30] but

[49:31] that's it for me. Go ahead, Cole.

[49:33] >> Well, to your point there, Tommy, I went

[49:35] » Well, to your point there, Tommy, I went

[49:35] to high school there and I'll be sad to

[49:37] see that building go if that's the

[49:38] direction they want to go.

[49:40] It seems like a lot of waste, but they

[49:42] see it as a lot of wasted space right

[49:44] now, but

[49:46] I don't know.

[49:47] >> But then again, you know, I I came from

[49:49] » But then again, you know, I I came from

[49:49] a class that graduated and then and this

[49:51] is small compared

[49:53] I look around some people that have

[49:54] graduated in the city and we had 110

[49:56] kids graduate this year and it's 35.

[49:58] Yeah.

[49:59] >> [clears throat]

[50:00] » [clears throat]

[50:00] >> You know, I appreciate that. 40 years

[50:02] » You know, I appreciate that. 40 years

[50:02] ago

[50:03] I mean

[50:04] you know, our numbers, you know, and

[50:05] again

[50:06] sorry to stop, you know, that keep your

[50:08] thoughts going there Chris for a second,

[50:10] but you know, our numbers just do not

[50:13] justify the size of the facilities

[50:15] facilities is designed for so over 700

[50:18] plus kids

[50:19] and you know they're in the 235

[50:22] kids.

[50:23] >> 80%

[50:24] » 80%

[50:24] >> You know, it it's not it's just the not

[50:26] » You know, it it's not it's just the not

[50:26] sustainable. So, I mean, I'd rather see

[50:28] them do a a downsize or a right-sizing

[50:31] of the facility or a new facility

[50:34] than have close it and not not have

[50:36] anything.

[50:36] >> Yeah.

[50:37] » Yeah.

[50:37] >> You know, that would be scary.

[50:39] » You know, that would be scary.

[50:39] >> Right. And I guess too like I I do

[50:41] » Right. And I guess too like I I do

[50:41] appreciate like all the recent

[50:44] inter-ministerial meetings we've been

[50:45] having. I think that's a great step in

[50:48] the right direction and I hope the

[50:49] frequency kind of stays there with some

[50:51] of these larger projects happening.

[50:54] Um

[50:55] and and one recommendation that I'd like

[50:58] to see is just, you know, kind of

[51:00] pre-booking a meeting sometime after the

[51:02] scoping just to kind of set, "Hey, like

[51:04] once that's over, let's have another

[51:07] discussion similar

[51:09] what we have now and then we'll have new

[51:11] information at that time and go, "Hey."

[51:13] And so, I think

[51:15] having those trying to have a regular

[51:18] frequency, I think this is probably

[51:20] something

[51:22] that we should entertain

[51:24] um at some point, but uh

[51:27] because that's what everyone's going to

[51:28] be thinking after that scoping is,

[51:30] "Okay, well,

[51:31] where are we going to go with this?" And

[51:33] you know, we've already kind of put our

[51:34] best foot forward and we're having

[51:36] dialogue with all the counselors and

[51:39] putting our heads together and going,

[51:40] "Hey, like what's what's best for the

[51:42] community? What should we do?" And uh

[51:45] so, I think that's great.

[51:47] >> You know,

[51:48] » You know,

[51:48] the only thing you know, if it wasn't

[51:50] for the town reaching out for

[51:52] a policy meeting, we wouldn't have one.

[51:55] Um,

[51:55] at a point they're going to say this is

[51:57] what we're doing.

[51:59] Either you want this they should just

[52:00] write a check.

[52:02] And that's going to be the question. And

[52:05] the meetings after that will be

[52:08] probably

[52:10] you might choose a color. I don't know.

[52:12] But you know, it's at one point they're

[52:14] going to say this is what we're doing.

[52:16] >> But but again, I think that you know,

[52:18] » But but again, I think that you know,

[52:18] there's things that we as

[52:20] a council can do coming up and and in

[52:24] support of the project totally like as

[52:27] a, you know, physically say that we're

[52:29] in support of the of them right sizing

[52:32] or building a new facility

[52:35] compared to allowing

[52:37] them and the government to then can say

[52:40] no, we're going to just close the

[52:41] facility down and and

[52:44] move the kids to somewhere else. Um,

[52:47] I think have merit. So, I I think that

[52:49] we need to think of that, but I think

[52:51] Chris is right that you know, our

[52:52] relationship with the county is

[52:54] important and I think we need to, you

[52:56] know, keep it as open a dialogue as we

[52:59] can and

[53:00] and same with when we start budgeting

[53:03] here in September, is this that where we

[53:06] did something like we did with the

[53:07] Marcus Foundation, we kind of knew that

[53:08] there was something

[53:10] potentially [snorts] being there. Is

[53:12] this a way of saying we should be

[53:14] earmarking funds or at least spending

[53:17] more time and effort to to move that

[53:21] in support of another organization

[53:24] moving forward. So, I I think that's

[53:25] something we need to keep that dialogue

[53:27] open. I think Chris is right that you

[53:29] know, we

[53:31] need to keep that open as much as we

[53:32] can. So, anyway, that's it for me.

[53:36] Okay, somebody wish to move the council

[53:38] reports?

[53:39] Judy moves. Thank you.

[53:41] Any discussion on Judy's motion?

[53:44] Hearing none, I call the

[53:46] posed. It's unanimous, it's carried.

[53:49] Unanimous okay, action list.

[53:51] >> So, as you can see,

[53:53] » So, as you can see,

[53:53] we had the one item from our last

[53:54] meeting. That was fairly easy to take

[53:56] care of. Got the letter wrote and

[53:58] everything's next day, so.

[54:00] Uh to the note on the action list,

[54:03] Karen's first day back was today, so

[54:05] hopefully we're going to be able to

[54:06] start putting her name on that list

[54:07] again.

[54:09] It might get longer again.

[54:11] >> Yeah, pretty good.

[54:12] » Yeah, pretty good.

[54:12] >> Uh to you then, from there I guess we

[54:14] » Uh to you then, from there I guess we

[54:14] can go to my CEO report. Uh pretty

[54:17] straightforward, you all had a chance to

[54:18] read it. Did quite a bit of background

[54:20] information with the uh county land use

[54:22] bylaw and how it uh reflects with our

[54:26] inter municipal development plan, which

[54:28] showed at the meeting obviously we got

[54:29] some pretty good feedback and uh

[54:31] we're able to give some pretty good uh

[54:35] uh comments for the county to take into

[54:37] consideration as they amend that land

[54:39] use bylaw.

[54:41] The

[54:42] reviewed uh

[54:44] the sidewalk request for

[54:46] uh

[54:47] the uh

[54:48] Marcus Foundation. There's some resident

[54:51] uh residents that have some concerns

[54:52] over the the sloping for uh the access

[54:56] for driving. Uh that change in

[54:58] elevation, if you're visually impaired,

[54:59] can give some uh So, I think that the

[55:02] Peter Dawson Lodge is working to like uh

[55:07] they might put some markings on the

[55:08] sidewalk for [clears throat] that.

[55:10] It's just to help identify it for them.

[55:13] Uh

[55:13] again,

[55:14] uh

[55:16] they're town sidewalks, but uh allowing

[55:18] for some paint on there it's not going

[55:20] to

[55:21] uh

[55:21] not going to hurt them any. But, of

[55:23] course, we don't want to get into doing

[55:24] that all over town. So, I've had brief

[55:26] discussions on how that can happen.

[55:29] Uh

[55:29] met with the RCMP sergeant on uh

[55:32] discussion on speed enforcement and then

[55:34] also uh based on the last council

[55:36] meeting some of the comments on the

[55:37] restricted uh small vehicles. Uh We had

[55:40] a brief conversation on that as well.

[55:42] They're going to do some looking into it

[55:46] because again, as I mentioned,

[55:48] we feel that the province is looking at

[55:50] some different programs. They do have a

[55:52] pilot program up there for golf carts

[55:54] right now. It's quite onerous, but they

[55:56] they are looking at these small vehicles

[55:58] and how to

[55:59] how to handle them, especially with the

[56:01] bicycles and that. Thank you to Chris

[56:03] for sending out that

[56:05] video that complemented all the

[56:06] information that I sent you. It

[56:08] basically confirmed that the information

[56:09] I provided you was accurate and

[56:12] So,

[56:13] yeah. So,

[56:14] >> More than just us talking.

[56:15] » More than just us talking.

[56:15] >> Yeah, it was it was it was a really good

[56:16] » Yeah, it was it was it was a really good

[56:17] conversation on that, yeah. So, I tried

[56:20] I kept you all up to date on the pump

[56:22] repair of the

[56:23] small repair of the pool.

[56:26] Complimented the company and our guys

[56:28] for how quickly they were able to act on

[56:30] that.

[56:31] >> That's great.

[56:32] » That's great.

[56:32] >> That was a That was a big challenge for

[56:33] » That was a That was a big challenge for

[56:33] those guys. And a formal if you did guys

[56:37] do run into a Brett Sherman showed up at

[56:39] the boat

[56:41] 8:00 and actually helped the guys with

[56:43] the zoom boom get it into the building

[56:44] because the new pump the new motor was

[56:46] bigger than the

[56:47] last one. So,

[56:49] uh

[56:50] even the public helped us get that

[56:52] >> Thanks, good.

[56:53] » Thanks, good.

[56:53] >> So, that was great. And they were back

[56:54] » So, that was great. And they were back

[56:54] up and running by 10:00.

[56:56] We only lost one day. So,

[56:59] uh

[57:00] lost the chlorine pump yesterday. So,

[57:03] but that was a smaller scale, much

[57:04] smaller scale. So,

[57:06] uh

[57:07] Coordinated the meeting with the council

[57:10] for the modernization of the schools. We

[57:13] had a great discussion on that and

[57:15] then also with the construction project.

[57:18] I've been

[57:19] giving regular updates with Cima Plus

[57:21] and each week done progress. They're

[57:23] currently behind, but then uh

[57:27] they think it worked out great because

[57:29] as soon as they can get pay per share is

[57:30] the 19th anyway. So,

[57:32] So, hopefully everything will come

[57:34] together with that on the back of

[57:35] schedule.

[57:37] Uh a lot of community member inquiries

[57:40] on data centers. CTV was nice enough to

[57:42] do a news report that included you guys.

[57:44] Uh seeing that conversation, that was an

[57:47] awful kind of them. Uh

[57:49] Uh

[57:50] brought more attention to our ratepayers

[57:51] about it, so that was good. I I answered

[57:53] lots of questions. We've had some bio

[57:55] log concerns, which Tony's been able to

[57:57] address.

[57:58] And then on the council member side,

[58:01] obviously working on some IT that's not

[58:03] going terribly great, but uh and then

[58:06] Marcus is an ongoing

[58:08] uh making sure that I can answer

[58:09] questions in a timely fashion. Obviously

[58:11] the construction rules. So, my formal

[58:14] meetings were pretty straightforward.

[58:16] You guys were at all of them except for

[58:17] the same site meetings, so.

[58:20] Great.

[58:21] >> I like being on TV, but I my phone blew

[58:23] » I like being on TV, but I my phone blew

[58:23] up right after that. I had people You

[58:25] guys have input into that? Like, no.

[58:28] >> [laughter]

[58:29] » [laughter]

[58:29] >> Tony better have been

[58:30] » Tony better have been

[58:30] >> It was It was

[58:31] » It was It was

[58:31] It was excellent because they did say

[58:33] county council and then showed a picture

[58:35] of us.

[58:36] >> Yeah, video of us sitting here.

[58:38] » Yeah, video of us sitting here.

[58:38] >> It was so

[58:39] » It was so

[58:39] >> Maybe we should start spending some of

[58:40] » Maybe we should start spending some of

[58:40] our money for

[58:41] >> We should talk everybody else into

[58:43] » We should talk everybody else into

[58:44] broadcasting their meetings.

[58:45] >> Yeah.

[58:46] » Yeah.

[58:46] >> That's where the footage came from. It

[58:48] » That's where the footage came from. It

[58:48] was from our council meetings.

[58:50] >> Okay.

[58:51] » Okay.

[58:51] >> Any other questions?

[58:52] » Any other questions?

[58:52] >> questions as for Kim on those those two?

[58:54] » questions as for Kim on those those two?

[58:54] >> Yeah, send the link around, Kim.

[58:56] » Yeah, send the link around, Kim.

[58:56] >> [laughter]

[58:58] » I grumbled at first and

[59:01] It only lasted about 2 seconds.

[59:03] >> But I I I did get a comment on it, too,

[59:06] » But I I I did get a comment on it, too,

[59:06] and they said, "Holy mackerel, we didn't

[59:08] realize that you guys were county

[59:09] council." And then

[59:10] >> Yeah.

[59:12] » Yeah.

[59:12] >> I have a question. Are we starting to

[59:14] » I have a question. Are we starting to

[59:14] plan for

[59:16] convention?

[59:17] >> Yes, Karen's going to phone you

[59:18] » Yes, Karen's going to phone you

[59:18] tomorrow.

[59:19] >> Okay. Thank you.

[59:21] » Okay. Thank you.

[59:21] I just saw something online that I

[59:23] thought was

[59:24] >> Karen will be calling tomorrow to

[59:25] » Karen will be calling tomorrow to

[59:25] confirm your attendance.

[59:26] >> What does Karen do?

[59:28] » What does Karen do?

[59:28] >> Okay.

[59:29] » Okay.

[59:29] Uh [snorts]

[59:31] >> Uh anything else? Excuse me. Sorry.

[59:32] » Uh anything else? Excuse me. Sorry.

[59:32] We're moving on to uh

[59:34] development.

[59:39] Anything on readings?

[59:46] Okay. Public Works?

[59:55] » Stu's is awfully quiet for a guy that

[59:57] was gone for 2 weeks.

[59:58] >> Yeah.

[59:58] » Yeah.

[59:58] >> [laughter]

[1:00:00] » [laughter]

[1:00:00] >> I do know that uh his holiday wasn't as

[1:00:03] » I do know that uh his holiday wasn't as

[1:00:03] relaxing as it could be cuz I know that

[1:00:05] he forwarded a lot of the calls during a

[1:00:07] couple of our meetings, so.

[1:00:12] » I do have a question though.

[1:00:13] >> Yes.

[1:00:14] » Yes.

[1:00:14] >> Uh with regards to the street in front

[1:00:17] » Uh with regards to the street in front

[1:00:17] of Petro-Canada

[1:00:19] and uh Amy's Restaurant, is there any

[1:00:23] chance we could get some of those

[1:00:24] potholes

[1:00:25] >> Yeah.

[1:00:26] » Yeah.

[1:00:26] >> filled because they have been completely

[1:00:28] » filled because they have been completely

[1:00:28] ignored and they are getting deeper and

[1:00:31] deeper every day.

[1:00:33] >> Yeah, Stu was actually putting together

[1:00:34] » Yeah, Stu was actually putting together

[1:00:34] some prices to see if we could do it

[1:00:36] inside the street program, uh not this

[1:00:39] program, but inside of our avenue paving

[1:00:42] to see if we could actually maybe want

[1:00:44] to do it off the lane on there. So,

[1:00:45] that's one of the reasons.

[1:00:46] >> But, for temporary, we need to fill some

[1:00:48] » But, for temporary, we need to fill some

[1:00:48] of those potholes because they are very

[1:00:50] large

[1:00:51] and they're only going to get worse and

[1:00:54] with the truck traffic and that

[1:00:55] motorhome trailer traffic, that kind of

[1:00:57] thing. So, if that could be

[1:01:00] you know uh temporary of some something,

[1:01:03] that would be great.

[1:01:06] » You bet.

[1:01:07] >> I'll pass that along.

[1:01:09] » Okay. Anything else on Stu's?

[1:01:14] Anything else?

[1:01:14] >> With regard if I may, with regards to

[1:01:17] » With regard if I may, with regards to

[1:01:17] the pump at the pool, I did offer my

[1:01:19] services

[1:01:21] uh as I was in Calgary if need be to

[1:01:24] pick up the pump.

[1:01:25] But, uh, I was informed that it was

[1:01:28] fortunate that it was in

[1:01:29] Lethbridge. Well,

[1:01:30] >> No, it was in Edmonton.

[1:01:31] » No, it was in Edmonton.

[1:01:31] >> Oh, it was in Edmonton and got to

[1:01:33] » Oh, it was in Edmonton and got to

[1:01:33] >> I wasn't going to Edmonton.

[1:01:34] » I wasn't going to Edmonton.

[1:01:34] >> It it did it didn't arrive into into

[1:01:37] » It it did it didn't arrive into into

[1:01:37] Lethbridge until 5:00 4:30 5:00 that

[1:01:40] evening. So,

[1:01:41] you would have been sitting around

[1:01:42] Calgary for a while.

[1:01:43] >> No, I wouldn't have been.

[1:01:45] » No, I wouldn't have been.

[1:01:45] I do appreciate you.

[1:01:48] >> Unfortunately, that was it's quite a

[1:01:49] » Unfortunately, that was it's quite a

[1:01:49] weekend for Rob, too, but um,

[1:01:52] a little bit on that, too, as I he left

[1:01:55] the the door or the

[1:01:57] alarm off, and then so I went in and got

[1:02:00] the float and took it to Strathmore, and

[1:02:02] then I came back and I thought, well,

[1:02:04] I'll be kind enough to put it back and

[1:02:06] put it back in, but uh, somebody came

[1:02:08] along and turned the alarm off.

[1:02:10] So, as soon as you open the door,

[1:02:13] the alarm's

[1:02:14] squealing. So, I did phone Rob, and Rob

[1:02:17] saw me there right away, which he did.

[1:02:20] And so, you know, I put the float away,

[1:02:22] we closed the door, and then our RCMP

[1:02:24] showed up. So, they they do, uh,

[1:02:26] >> respond.

[1:02:27] » respond.

[1:02:27] >> They respond to

[1:02:28] » They respond to

[1:02:28] the situation. So, he took Rob's

[1:02:30] information. He didn't take mine down.

[1:02:32] >> Oh, he did?

[1:02:33] » Oh, he did?

[1:02:33] >> No, cuz Rob told him you weren't

[1:02:34] » No, cuz Rob told him you weren't

[1:02:34] supposed to be there.

[1:02:35] >> [laughter]

[1:02:37] » [laughter]

[1:02:37] >> But, you know, I felt so bad for Rob

[1:02:38] » But, you know, I felt so bad for Rob

[1:02:38] cuz, you know, here

[1:02:40] >> just gotten the

[1:02:40] » just gotten the

[1:02:41] >> I I just thought I could help him out

[1:02:42] » I I just thought I could help him out

[1:02:42] and, you know, but I

[1:02:44] created more work for him, but I

[1:02:46] appreciate him.

[1:02:47] >> He was still stressed out figuring out

[1:02:48] » He was still stressed out figuring out

[1:02:48] how they were going to get that pump.

[1:02:50] >> But, anyway, so it was quite a weekend

[1:02:52] » But, anyway, so it was quite a weekend

[1:02:52] for him, but

[1:02:54] Okay, moving on. We're going to the

[1:02:55] >> I had, uh, a complaint about the How

[1:02:57] » I had, uh, a complaint about the How

[1:02:57] could they let the pool go down on a

[1:03:00] long weekend? I said, they didn't plan

[1:03:02] it.

[1:03:03] And so, I made sure and I saw the guys

[1:03:06] going back home. They didn't get home,

[1:03:08] they were going back to the shop. It was

[1:03:09] after 9:00.

[1:03:10] >> It was 10:30.

[1:03:11] » It was 10:30.

[1:03:11] >> So, they they were maybe it was going

[1:03:13] » So, they they were maybe it was going

[1:03:13] for more parts, but so I made sure I

[1:03:15] I've and then he sent that out, so I

[1:03:16] knew through this person who

[1:03:18] Our guys were full time to get that pool

[1:03:21] up.

[1:03:21] >> And and I I think that's another one

[1:03:22] » And and I I think that's another one

[1:03:23] that I really appreciate of our

[1:03:25] administration and

[1:03:27] like you know, the waterline break or

[1:03:29] the break up at Birch Hill and this and

[1:03:31] that that goes on and then I think it's

[1:03:34] nice that we do even though we

[1:03:37] don't have a lot with it, but it at

[1:03:39] least we know someone somebody hits you

[1:03:41] up, they say, "Well, geez, you know,

[1:03:42] what's going on over there?" You know,

[1:03:44] you kind of answer some of the questions

[1:03:46] and uh

[1:03:48] and I think Judy's right, you know, we

[1:03:50] we never plan for an emergency

[1:03:53] an emergency like that and and uh but

[1:03:56] they do happen, so

[1:03:58] our our guys are good enough to matter

[1:04:00] of fact, we had one employee

[1:04:03] on public works that wasn't even working

[1:04:05] in that day that came in to help and he

[1:04:08] was the one of the ones that went to

[1:04:09] Lethbridge

[1:04:11] and then stayed to make sure that it was

[1:04:13] up and running and so I mean, you know,

[1:04:15] they put in a lot of hours that people

[1:04:18] don't realize.

[1:04:19] >> Mike wasn't as keen in the morning when

[1:04:20] » Mike wasn't as keen in the morning when

[1:04:20] they were supposed to be camping, but

[1:04:22] >> Oh, sure. I'm sure.

[1:04:23] » Oh, sure. I'm sure.

[1:04:23] >> they did get off.

[1:04:24] » they did get off.

[1:04:24] >> Anyway.

[1:04:25] » Anyway.

[1:04:25] Yeah, Judy's right. It it is much

[1:04:27] appreciated what they do for us and

[1:04:30] Okay, anything else on Stew's?

[1:04:33] If not, we'll move on to

[1:04:35] uh what's next? Community Services

[1:04:38] Christmas.

[1:04:44] And again, I I think this is great that

[1:04:45] we see the numbers for for in-town kids

[1:04:49] and out-of-town kids on some of these

[1:04:51] camps and we can see that the the

[1:04:53] numbers are generally

[1:04:55] there for for both and uh

[1:04:58] it's kind of nice to see how that number

[1:05:00] looks.

[1:05:01] >> And one one of the nice parts about this

[1:05:03] » And one one of the nice parts about this

[1:05:03] is even looking at the numbers, but uh

[1:05:05] if you look at the amount, we've had a

[1:05:07] camp every week where the kids are over

[1:05:09] at the school.

[1:05:09] >> Yeah.

[1:05:10] » Yeah.

[1:05:10] >> Uh this week it'll be the last one

[1:05:13] » Uh this week it'll be the last one

[1:05:13] >> Yeah. for the summer.

[1:05:15] » Yeah. for the summer.

[1:05:15] >> My daughter's been to two or three of

[1:05:17] » My daughter's been to two or three of

[1:05:17] them and they seem like they're quite

[1:05:18] well participated too. Like

[1:05:21] She really enjoys them. There's quite a

[1:05:23] few kids in there.

[1:05:24] >> Yeah, my daughter's been to all of them

[1:05:26] » Yeah, my daughter's been to all of them

[1:05:26] except for last week and when she was at

[1:05:28] the SCC's.

[1:05:30] She comes home every day just excited

[1:05:32] that it was great fun.

[1:05:35] >> And and again with the tourism the the

[1:05:37] » And and again with the tourism the the

[1:05:37] numbers on the merchandise visitors and

[1:05:40] um

[1:05:41] top donation thing and

[1:05:45] and the walk-on uh

[1:05:47] Of course he wasn't able to attend it

[1:05:49] but uh

[1:05:50] heard that it was very well

[1:05:52] received and then so

[1:05:54] >> I heard the breakfast there was done

[1:05:56] » I heard the breakfast there was done

[1:05:57] incredibly well.

[1:05:58] >> Oh, is that right? I don't know who

[1:06:00] » Oh, is that right? I don't know who

[1:06:00] cooked it.

[1:06:05] It was well done or

[1:06:07] >> It was

[1:06:08] » It was

[1:06:08] >> [laughter]

[1:06:08] » [laughter]

[1:06:08] >> It was the best breakfast ever.

[1:06:09] » It was the best breakfast ever.

[1:06:09] >> Oh, that's fair.

[1:06:11] » Oh, that's fair.

[1:06:11] >> Okay.

[1:06:13] » Okay.

[1:06:13] Excellent.

[1:06:14] >> Okay, anything else on Christmas?

[1:06:16] » Okay, anything else on Christmas?

[1:06:16] Okay, we'll move on to bylaw.

[1:06:23] » Every

[1:06:25] shift getting more more

[1:06:27] dealing with

[1:06:29] getting some repetition to what he's

[1:06:30] doing, consistency and I've had nothing

[1:06:33] but positive feedback from all of these

[1:06:35] communities. So that's

[1:06:38] really nice after years of

[1:06:41] bylaw work that we've had.

[1:06:43] >> He's keeping busy.

[1:06:44] » He's keeping busy.

[1:06:44] >> Yeah, and I notice he's uh

[1:06:45] » Yeah, and I notice he's uh

[1:06:46] he seems to

[1:06:47] be a little more

[1:06:50] less

[1:06:52] >> I guess he's

[1:06:52] » I guess he's

[1:06:52] >> a lot of diplomacy with what he does.

[1:06:54] » a lot of diplomacy with what he does.

[1:06:54] >> Yeah.

[1:06:55] » Yeah.

[1:06:55] Yeah, he's he's doing a good job as far

[1:06:57] as I can get to him. You can read it and

[1:06:58] hear and see it. So

[1:07:02] Okay, anything else on

[1:07:04] bylaw?

[1:07:06] Okay, moving on to the fire report.

[1:07:19] Okay, any questions on any of our

[1:07:24] management reports?

[1:07:28] No, somebody wish to

[1:07:30] Chris

[1:07:33] Any discussion on Chris's motion?

[1:07:35] Hearing none, I'll call the question.

[1:07:37] All in favor?

[1:07:38] Opposed? Seeing none, it's carried.

[1:07:40] Okay, now we can go in camera for

[1:07:44] >> If I could interrupt you

[1:07:47] » If I could interrupt you

[1:07:47] just briefly before. Our procedures do

[1:07:50] allow for

[1:07:51] the cameras to be shut off, obviously,

[1:07:53] for in camera, but knowing that there is

[1:07:55] no motions coming from the in camera

[1:07:58] discussion, you guys can actually end

[1:08:01] the

[1:08:02] broadcast of the meeting so that it is

[1:08:04] just

[1:08:05] in camera sign for the rest of your

[1:08:07] meeting. So, I didn't know if that was

[1:08:09] something you guys would like to

[1:08:10] consider. Cuz the only [snorts] motion

[1:08:12] you have is a motion

[1:08:13] >> Okay, so Dwayne moves that we

[1:08:16] » Okay, so Dwayne moves that we

[1:08:16] >> You don't Yeah, you don't have to move

[1:08:17] » You don't Yeah, you don't have to move

[1:08:17] that we end the recording. It's

[1:08:19] just whatever you guys It's just as long

[1:08:21] as you're all in favor of You can all

[1:08:23] end it.

[1:08:23] >> We end the meeting.

[1:08:24] » We end the meeting.

[1:08:24] >> Yeah.

[1:08:26] » Yeah.

[1:08:26] >> So, so will we end the meeting or

[1:08:27] » So, so will we end the meeting or

[1:08:27] >> No, no, you'll just end the recording.

[1:08:29] » No, no, you'll just end the recording.

[1:08:29] >> We'll end the recording.

[1:08:30] » We'll end the recording.

[1:08:30] >> And we'll just announce to the recording

[1:08:33] » And we'll just announce to the recording

[1:08:33] that we'll be going in

[1:08:35] closed meeting for

[1:08:38] obviously the third party business

[1:08:40] interests and not anticipating any

[1:08:42] motions or discussion following the

[1:08:44] closed session and next item on the

[1:08:47] agenda is to adjournment, so

[1:08:50] once we come from

[1:08:52] closed session, we'll go straight to

[1:08:54] adjournment. So, that's announced on

[1:08:57] on the broadcast, so now we can end the

[1:08:58] broadcast.

[1:09:00] >> Okay.

[1:09:00] » Okay.

[1:09:00] >> Rather than have it sit in closed here

[1:09:02] » Rather than have it sit in closed here

[1:09:02] however long. Okay, is that agreeable?

[1:09:06] >> No, you don't need a motion.

[1:09:07] » No, you don't need a motion.

[1:09:07] >> We don't need a motion, just a

[1:09:08] » We don't need a motion, just a

[1:09:08] >> Okay.

[1:09:09] » Okay.

[1:09:09] >> So, what I'll do is I'll just go ahead

[1:09:10] » So, what I'll do is I'll just go ahead

[1:09:10] and end the broadcast right now.

[1:09:14] And then we can go into closed session.

[1:09:17] >> Okay, so we need a motion to go in

[1:09:18] » Okay, so we need a motion to go in

[1:09:18] closed session then.

[1:09:19] >> To closed session at 8:08.

[1:09:21] » To closed session at 8:08.

[1:09:21] >> Judy, at 8:08.

[1:09:27] » Okay.

[1:09:32] » And now I'll end the broadcast.

REGULAR MEETING OF COUNCIL - 10 Aug 2026

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