Very unique.
>> That's a skill of an old truck driver
» That's a skill of an old truck driver
that I don't think they teach these
days.
>> No.
» No.
No.
» [sighs]
>> There's a lot of things they don't teach
» There's a lot of things they don't teach
these days because they could be You
guys You guys probably have seen this
truck that used to drive a teal
Peterbilt that had a sign on the front
that said truck naked.
>> Oh.
» Oh.
>> And he would drive it with no shirt on.
» And he would drive it with no shirt on.
And he said it is amazing how many times
crossing the border the guys would get
climbed up and look at him.
>> [laughter]
» But he drove in bare feet.
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> And and like the inside of his truck was
» And and like the inside of his truck was
like his house and so
>> That's That's fuel economy you could you
» That's That's fuel economy you could you
could ever get.
>> Driving with bare feet.
» Driving with bare feet.
>> Take your shoes off when you go and come
» Take your shoes off when you go and come
in my house. So
Yeah.
>> That's my kind of guy.
» That's my kind of guy.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
» Yeah. Yeah.
>> At 7:00 I'm now going to call the
» At 7:00 I'm now going to call the
meeting to order. Um
any additions to the agenda?
Hearing none, so we wish to move on.
>> Dwayne?
» Dwayne?
Pretty fast.
>> Any discussion on Dwayne's motion?
» Any discussion on Dwayne's motion?
Hearing none, I'll call the question.
Favor?
Opposed? Seeing none, it's carried. So,
council meeting of July 27th.
Any errata, questions?
>> I'll move that this be accepted.
» I'll move that this be accepted.
>> Okay. Judy moves them. Any discussion on
» Okay. Judy moves them. Any discussion on
Judy's motion?
Hearing none, I'll call the question.
Favor?
Opposed? Seeing none, seeing none,
carried.
Okay, moving on to correspondence. There
is Please review commission uh
PRC quarterly report 2026 April, May,
and June.
Any questions on that one?
» Interesting the number of uh
things they're looking at.
» Yeah, it's It's a good document. It's
>> Um
» Um
and and again, it's like
every document we get, sometimes it has
a bit of a slant to it, but
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> But anyway, it's at least we get them,
» But anyway, it's at least we get them,
so.
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> If there's no questions on that one,
» If there's no questions on that one,
then we can move on to the next one,
which is uh
Council in Alberta proclamation request
letter.
» I look back and we haven't done this
before, so this would be a new one if
council's interested in doing so.
If not, you can read it for your
information.
>> Okay. So, anybody have any strong
» Okay. So, anybody have any strong
desires to do anything with it at the
moment or
Okay, if not, we'll move on to ORS
summer
2026 urban forest.
>> This is Ryan's baby.
» This is Ryan's baby.
>> Yeah.
Another, you know, great articles and
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
It's interesting there to talk about the
uh
the uh way that sunlight and the heat
that's generated with from reflection
and and absorption with um the roads and
that and just how the shade makes that
different. That's That was kind of
interesting. I found that
like
I don't think anybody ever thinks about
that, you know, how a the shade can I
mean, you drive down a shaded tree road
and it's it looks beautiful, but it sure
does wonder if it helps your road. That
That's kind of interesting.
>> Yeah, we don't realize how much that
» Yeah, we don't realize how much that
canopy
absorbs and also reflects and reflects
>> It's really nice. ORS does some really
» It's really nice. ORS does some really
good articles. This one Uh again, we've
done some that don't
pertain to us 100%, but this one
uh truly fits into our
our urban forestry program.
It's been around for a long time.
>> Mr. Mayor.
» Mr. Mayor.
>> Go ahead, counselor.
» Go ahead, counselor.
>> Uh with with this uh tree
» Uh with with this uh tree
Pardon [clears throat] me, tree
replacement program.
Is there uh
a process where they look at the trees
and what they can produce in
oxygen and absorb it carbon dioxide.
Like is it a broadleaf type of plant or
have they worked with something along
this lines that
>> Yeah, so
» Yeah, so
to that
where we used to put in others things
like that the fast growth. We've
actually gone back to
ornamentals because of the the amount of
leaves they have the amount of fill
those sort of things. So and in Stu's
program that he's changed since when I
was doing it. He's actually gone to the
point now where we do the hazard
assessment and he is
basically splitting his funds to do
half of what it does
removal and now the other half is doing
replacement. So and we actually mostly
on the ornamental
>> But are there I guess my question is
» But are there I guess my question is
what is the
best benefit on replanting a tree
in
um
helping stop global weather absorbing
the carbon dioxide and and producing
large amounts of oxygen yet they're not
draining the soil of large amounts of of
moisture and that kind of thing. Is that
being looked at or
should it be something that we marry up
with a a university?
>> Yeah and I I can ask that question. I do
» Yeah and I I can ask that question. I do
know that Cortez does do some of that
consideration and he works with Stu on
recommendations for but I'm not 100%
sure if they if they
looking
at the climate
benefits from what they're putting in.
>> No, it's definitely probably a question
» No, it's definitely probably a question
that should be asked and should be
considered because
>> Yeah and I think that might be one
» Yeah and I think that might be one
advantage of going with somebody that's
an arborist compared to somebody that's
just a
>> chainsaw
» chainsaw
>> tree trimmer you know type thing.
» tree trimmer you know type thing.
Not to knock the tree trimmers cuz a lot
of them have a a of smarts that
direction, but
on Arborist I would assume have a better
relationship with the what's
environmental side.
>> On maybe not maybe not in the exact how
» On maybe not maybe not in the exact how
much energy they uh
are the carbon dioxide side compared to
the but on the other hand, you know,
what grows right in
in this arid land or
>> Well, I mean you made the comment, sir,
» Well, I mean you made the comment, sir,
about the shade.
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> Yeah. How and it is quite a difference
» Yeah. How and it is quite a difference
between being out on asphalt that is in
the blazing sun and under a shade tree
on the asphalt.
>> On the other hand, that is happy.
» On the other hand, that is happy.
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> It's usually 10%.
» It's usually 10%.
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> 10° issue.
» 10° issue.
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> So it's 10°.
» So it's 10°.
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> But anyway,
» But anyway,
you can
>> It is an interesting read.
» It is an interesting read.
>> Yeah. It is a good read. I'm I'm not
» Yeah. It is a good read. I'm I'm not
sure how much do you share this with
like one with any of our staff or
>> Oh, yeah. Yeah.
» Oh, yeah. Yeah.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
>> They have the same agenda you guys do.
» They have the same agenda you guys do.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
>> Don't vote on anything.
» Don't vote on anything.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
Any other discussion on that?
Any of those three?
If not, I entertain a motion.
>> Richard.
You're next.
>> Any discussion on Richard's motion?
» Any discussion on Richard's motion?
Hearing none, call question.
Close. Hearing none, it's carried. Okay,
moving on to cash statement
for July.
>> Now,
» Now,
>> So,
» So,
our
general bank account didn't have a whole
bunch of money left in it by the end of
July, but our uh
our savings accounts obviously
balance between the
as you know, transfer out as we need to.
Yeah.
>> Okay. Any questions on that one?
» Okay. Any questions on that one?
If not, somebody wish to move on? Chris.
>> I'll second for Richard.
» I'll second for Richard.
>> Any question on Chris's motion?
» Any question on Chris's motion?
Hearing none, I'll call question. Favor?
Close. Hearing none, it's carried. Okay,
you have a
>> statement.
» statement.
>> This is pretty straightforward.
» This is pretty straightforward.
Again, the reason why you're seeing this
at this meeting and not because we don't
have a meeting in August. So, you just
saw the one from from June. So, you have
a
very fresh comparison between June and
July. There's nothing there that uh
stands out to myself. But, if there's
something that you guys have questions
on, we're happy to answer.
» Okay.
If not, somebody wish to move
Chris again.
Any discussion on Chris's motion?
Hearing and seeing none, I'll call
questions posed. All in favor, sorry.
>> All in favor.
» All in favor.
>> [laughter]
» [laughter]
>> Anyone opposed?
» Anyone opposed?
>> I just about wrote opposed on it.
» I just about wrote opposed on it.
>> That's the problem with uh Zoom.
» That's the problem with uh Zoom.
>> [laughter]
» [laughter]
>> They always ask for who's opposed, not
» They always ask for who's opposed, not
>> Yeah, who's in favor.
» Yeah, who's in favor.
>> Okay, moving on to the uh
» Okay, moving on to the uh
current business.
ORSCA membership agreement. So,
>> So, this is uh fairly straightforward.
» So, this is uh fairly straightforward.
ORSCA's been working on this. They have
a new CAO.
Uh I'm sure that uh
uh Councillor Bolt heard a lot about
this in the last few meetings. And one
of the reasons why they're working on
membership services agreement is uh I
looked at our last one we signed, it was
1994.
So, having a more robust that actually
uh covers all of the things that they do
cuz since that time, obviously, we do
subdivision appeal board, all of those
things that you can see in the
appendices there.
So, I don't review of it. Uh again,
Councillor Bolt's kept us informed that
they're changing uh
uh the model for the uh
the membership fees to actually have a
cost of living increase. So, they're not
actually
uh uh,
waiting several years and then coming
with a with a large uh change, so
uh, that I think is very positive. Like,
we've been doing that ourselves and it's
factoring in cost increases, so
uh, other than that, it's uh,
I think it'll meet both our needs and as
long as ORSC
gains its members to
keep It's a huge benefit to us that
doing our planning, so
>> Chris, go ahead.
» Chris, go ahead.
>> I I've enjoyed uh,
» I I've enjoyed uh,
you know, Katie and ORSC and she's been
extremely helpful and willing to educate
and things.
Um, but the uh, like the county, they're
not continuing their relationship,
right? Is that Is that correct?
>> I'm not sure if they're uh, but they are
» I'm not sure if they're uh, but they are
in hiring an internal planner right now.
I don't know what that means with their
membership in ORSC in future.
>> Okay. Okay.
» Okay. Okay.
>> There There are a lot of municipalities
» There There are a lot of municipalities
that have gone way from
groups like ORSC because they get big
enough that they feel that they can do
it internally and still meet the
criteria.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
>> The The only downfall of that is is it
» The The only downfall of that is is it
creates other issues of of uh,
um, common
direction that goes The The manager of
ORSC as an example of representing, you
know, 40 or 50 municipalities, if one
has something that comes up, you know,
the rest of them kind of find out about
it right away. Whereas, when you start
doing your independent work, then all of
a sudden you kind of get built into that
little silo type of This is Tom Grant's
opinion, a silo philosophy where you
think you can do your own thing and then
when something goes south,
then all of a sudden
you're in deep trouble there.
>> One of the best examples for that for us
» One of the best examples for that for us
was when the province
deregulated
marijuana.
Uh,
locally, we didn't think it was a big
issue and it was ORSC saying, you know,
you need to get every use by law up to
date on this cuz it's coming.
And we all thought, "Nah, not here."
And sure enough, we did our land use by
law and within a year we had an
obligation. So, we were prepared. So,
that's that's a benefit of
You know, and and having that
>> Yeah, you know, C-cans and solar and and
» Yeah, you know, C-cans and solar and and
>> encroachments
» encroachments
>> encroachments and
» encroachments and
and all these other things that come,
you know, um you know, with them. And
you know, and and that's what MPC deals
with a lot um
is the C-cans and uh and the uh you
know, solar. We we realized that there
is ways around still keeping a finger on
that tab, but yet
allowing your people to do more work.
And and it came about because of other
municipalities that have had the same
issues. So, um
>> I also like the consistency because if
» I also like the consistency because if
they quit, then we got to get back
online with somebody else. So, I think
having the
the people that we know and trust
>> Mhm.
» Mhm.
>> [clears throat]
» [clears throat]
>> that you know they're going to be there.
» that you know they're going to be there.
>> But yeah, you know, it it is a it is a
» But yeah, you know, it it is a it is a
very common thing. You hear about it all
over. Um lots of groups like you mean I
I brought up at a different meeting that
I think, you know, like
uh South Grove, I think it's going to be
the next one that's going to come. I
mean, we saw it with the Badlands.
Um I think Julie, you were involved and
maybe
>> Yes.
» Yes.
>> Dwayne was involved a little bit with
» Dwayne was involved a little bit with
the Badlands um organization and they
did
wonderful work for our municipalities
and
you know, all of a sudden a couple of
them pull and then your finances get to
the point where you can't afford to stay
alive.
Um
and again, I like I had said at that one
meeting, too, is a a good agreement is
you talks about the pre-nup and that's
what's, you know, in this one here is
they really talked about how to get out
of town.
And and it really is important not to
say that, you know, that should be your
but again, quite often you're in that
honeymoon phase and you think everything
is perfect and you don't think about if
something goes south or something goes
bad, how how you get out. And they have
addressed that in this in this draft
proposal.
Which I do appreciate. I'm not saying
that it's something a person should, you
know, put a lot of highlight on on one
hand, but on the other hand, it is
really important because now all of a
sudden when an organization needs to
disband or do something with it, when
you don't have those in there that are
tight, then it really leaves the rest of
them
holding the bag for a period of time.
>> You think Tracy's um
» You think Tracy's um
very astute in when she writes her
agreements. I think she dots her eyes,
crosses her tees very well. Um one thing
about Worsk is um
I've noticed over the years is
um how they bring along planners
out of school,
get them going, you know, put them with
a person like Katie, say for example,
and she's there training, whatever, and
they grow some very competent young
planners. So, and
with that youth comes some different
ideas, and that kind of expands
a building that looks like this to
you know.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
» Yeah. Yeah.
>> Cool.
» Cool.
>> Well, and even the little bit of
» Well, and even the little bit of
experience I have being on the appeal
board with them, like
I don't know how municipalities would
function without them kind of monitoring
it and kind of educating, you know,
people that sit on the board
and whatnot and how to combat some of
these appeals, like
I think it probably saves a lot of money
in court settlements and things like
that.
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> And you had a question or comment?
» And you had a question or comment?
>> No.
» No.
>> No, just just the benefits of it. At uh
» No, just just the benefits of it. At uh
Richard's point about the young
planners, we also have the benefit of
Gavin,
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> who was our planner before Katie, and
» who was our planner before Katie, and
he's got he's been as long as I've been
here, so he's got 20, 30 years
experience
giving reference to all of our planning
documents.
>> Yeah, he has his finger on every one of
» Yeah, he has his finger on every one of
them.
>> From through our
» From through our
inter-municipal development plan to our
development plan, like it's that's the
real benefit of being small enough that
we couldn't do that in the Arman way but
with grant funding trying to get these
documents done where even the smaller
like the villages and that, they have
the consistency and they're able to
adjust their land use bylaws.
The same as ours or there's a lot of
consistency that comes with being
members of ours. So, that's why when
they brought the agreement I went back
and looked at the other one, updates it
completely so yeah.
They My recommendation is to
>> Well, I guess I'll I'd like to make the
» Well, I guess I'll I'd like to make the
recommendation that council approves
uh the town of Vulcan enter into a new
membership service agreement with the
Oldman River
Regional Service Commission and direct
CAO and mayor to execute the agreement
on behalf of the town.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
Any
discussion on goals and motion?
Hearing none, I'll call the question. Is
there a mover?
Those saying yes, carried unanimously.
Great, thank you. We'll move on to the
wind mitigation proposal for the
multi-sports courts.
>> So, everybody got a chance to read the
» So, everybody got a chance to read the
report. The pickleball club
some days in there apparently through
that court wind can affect that
lightweight ball that they have.
Of course, we know the wind isn't going
to go away so they're looking for
something to do differently. They
volunteered to buy some
screens put down and they all will be
zip tied through grommets to the fence.
We as you can see by the report we sent
it off to our engineers that actually
put the fence up, but inspect it and
they didn't have an issue with it so
uh
concern from the public works side is if
they put it up, is this going to be ours
to take care of till the end of time, so
that's why the motion being that uh we
they take them and put them up and down
annually and in coordination with public
works. So, they're not covering a gate
or something like
>> Yeah, I think that's a good point that
» Yeah, I think that's a good point that
potentially should probably be removed
in the wintertime.
But,
you know, unfortunately
even though we write it into here, you
know, we'll be responsible like all the
other assets that we have in the
community that are looked at by other
groups and
um
participated by other groups that it
sooner or later becomes ours anyway, so
it's good thing you looked into making
sure that
it's not going to
>> They're responsible for
» They're responsible for
>> hinder our our structures that's there,
» hinder our our structures that's there,
so but
anyway, it's quite self-explanatory.
It's no cost to us right at the moment.
Judy?
>> I'll make the recommendation that
» I'll make the recommendation that
council approves the Vulcan Pickleball
Club's request to install lightweight
wind screens at the Memorial Park sports
courts and that the club be responsible
for the annual installation and removal
of the screens in coordination with
public works.
>> Great. Thank you.
» Great. Thank you.
Any questions on Judy's motion?
Hearing none, call the question. All in
favor?
Opposed? It's carried unanimously. Okay,
Vulcan Evangelical Missionary Church
request.
>> Uh
» Uh
the church came in and they worked
through this proposal with Chris, so
they didn't actually do a formal letter,
but they're planning on holding an event
block party attached to the building on
the side of the building. Everything's
in the report, but one thing they would
like to do is
close that avenue for their event. It's
from [snorts] Centre Street to the back
alley. They're going to talk to the
neighbor across the street, so that's
the only one that would be affected
because they have a driveway there, so
they might have to
block it off so that the driveway is
still accessible, but they, you know,
work through that.
What they're asking for from council is
support to close the road
uh
on that day.
Again, another community event that is
open to the public, so.
>> Okay. Richard.
» Okay. Richard.
>> I'll make a recommendation that council
» I'll make a recommendation that council
approve the event, Vulcan Evangelical
Church request for temporary street
street closure of 6th Avenue South to
South to Center Street to the alley
behind the church on Friday, September
25th from 5:00 p.m. to
9:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. to
accommodate their block party event.
Tongue's getting in the way.
>> Okay, easy for you to say.
» Okay, easy for you to say.
>> [laughter]
» [laughter]
>> Any questions on Richard's motion?
» Any questions on Richard's motion?
Hearing none, we'll call the question.
All in favor?
Opposed? It's carried unanimously.
Okay, commercial development incentive
application PL-12.26-03.
» So, this one's very straightforward.
This uh yeah, obviously came after the
deadline for this year's taxes, but it's
uh for development in the industrial
subdivision and uh
yeah, it uh it meets all the criteria.
It's been reviewed by the development
officer
submitted to council for approval. As
you know, if you approve of it now, we
still bring it back every year after you
pass the mill rate to just make sure
that you allocate the right dollar
amounts to them.
And it's obviously working. This is
uh
You guys don't know this, but the the
end number is how many applications we
do in a year. So, this is our third one
this year, which is really promising.
>> Okay. Any
» Okay. Any
>> I'll make the recommendation that
» I'll make the recommendation that
council approve the commercial
development incentive application
PL-12.26.03
as presented.
>> Great. Thank you. Any discussion on
» Great. Thank you. Any discussion on
Dwayne's motion?
Hearing none, we'll call the question.
All in favor? Opposed? Seeing none, it's
carried unanimously.
Okay, now moving on to committee
reports. We have
Markus Foundation draft minutes of July
28th.
» Of note, I I do want to note that
the Marcus Foundation always sends us
their finalized minutes as well, but
we've already reviewed the drafts. So,
this one we actually received the one
formal, but I didn't put them on the
agenda cuz we already reviewed the
draft.
>> And I would like to say thank the
» And I would like to say thank the
secretary for sending us the drafts
cuz they're much more timely.
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> Especially with what's going on.
» Especially with what's going on.
>> And I I think that's you know, we we've
» And I I think that's you know, we we've
talked about that in the past that we're
fortunate quite often to have draft
minutes from different organizations and
this
comes back to the people that are
representing us at that organization and
also to
to that organization to bring that
forward to us so that we don't have to
wait for months to get it before it's
approved. And you know, even though you
guys bring back verbal reports, it is
nice to to see the
printed one, too. So.
Any questions on
the Marcus Foundation
minutes?
Okay, if not, we'll move on to the
Intermunicipal Development Plan
Committee.
» Again, the county I checked with the
county and they were happy to provide
this in draft because there is so much
conversation around this piece. So, they
were happy to supply the draft. And of
course, we have done another meeting to
approve the last minutes. That may be a
while.
>> [clears throat]
» [clears throat]
>> Okay, any questions on
» Okay, any questions on
either one of those two documents?
If not, I
entertain motion.
Dwayne or sorry.
>> I'm going to look at Dwayne and look at
» I'm going to look at Dwayne and look at
you.
>> Well, I looked at Dwayne
» Well, I looked at Dwayne
>> I thought I thought you're braiding your
» I thought I thought you're braiding your
hair.
>> You do.
» You do.
>> [laughter]
» [laughter]
>> Richard moved this. Sorry.
I was looking at Dwayne and I saw
Richard's hand in the air.
>> Anyway, Richard moved this one. Any
» Anyway, Richard moved this one. Any
discussion on Richard's motion?
>> Richard never called a question that was
» Richard never called a question that was
favored.
>> Closed.
» Closed.
>> Richard moves it and for the minutes
» Richard moves it and for the minutes
Dwayne has better hair.
» You do know that we're allowed to make
comments in the minutes now, right?
>> [laughter]
» [laughter]
>> No, we're not going to mention Tom.
» No, we're not going to mention Tom.
>> Moving on to counselor Sanderson.
» Moving on to counselor Sanderson.
>> On July 28th, I had the Marcus
» On July 28th, I had the Marcus
Foundation meeting as per what you saw
on the agenda there. On July 30th, um
we had building team of uh
Kelly, Lori, and Judy.
And M3 had Harmon and Breanne, and
there's a new one there, Sulky. I can't
remember [clears throat] She I don't
think she's on there.
And uh there's a lawyer meeting with uh
Marco Morelli and Brian Wong. That's the
county's lawyers that we're using for
Marcus Foundation. Brian has worked with
Chandos on a few projects, and so and he
knows a lot of their head guys in
Edmonton, which is where their head
office is, and he advised that Chandos
is a very reputable contractor, and he
has full faith in them. Uh however,
lawyers want to ensure that proper risk
is assigned and ensure Marcus Foundation
is protected. So, the risk allocation on
Sean on Chandos contract right now is at
50% cap, and we require 100%, and Brian
said this is not out of Well, it's not
out of the
ordinary to request 100% cap, so
just to protect us. After Marcus
Foundation takes over the building,
Chandos has 1 year warranty on the
workmanship workmanship, and we are
going for 2 year warranty.
Um there is 5 to
10 years depending on boilers and
and other things [clears throat] that
are on the warranty, so
Marcus Foundation would have to deal
with these suppliers after Shondells
gets his phone.
>> [snorts]
» [snorts]
>> And so therefore it's important that we
» And so therefore it's important that we
do a full review on the property after 1
year. We'll probably do it
with that 2 years. We'll do it after the
2 years. Make sure that Shondells
satisfied with everything there.
I've got a fog light bulb.
Um
CMHC requirement that there is a 50%
builders lien assuring company will make
sure that the build bill gets done
if for some reason Shondells leaves the
project.
Um next steps, uh Brian Quon's going to
clean up the contract and send it to M3
and then our lawyers will now deal with
Shondells' lawyers. So that should be
signed here pretty quickly.
So that's good news. August 5th we had a
design meeting at 9:00. Um that's when
this Sophie girl from M3, she's further
step now and she got she's getting our
minutes a little bit quicker. I don't
know if I sent them to you in time. So
that's a lot quicker than what we
normally get them. So I think that's a
great thing that we We used to have
three
when we first started with M3.
Um
flooring will tender on
Friday, so that probably was the last
Friday here. Samples coming immediately
with pricing and this goes to JMAA. The
fireplace covering was selected by the
building committee and Shondells is to
finalize the cost of wiring in the
electronics for the
fogs.
I really
This is my personal opinion. I think
it's too pricey and we're trying to cut
a lot of money back and 300,000 so
people can have fogs.
This is my own personal thing, but
that's a lot of money that we
could use. I would rather have hardie on
the outside of the building than vinyl.
So that's my personal.
Tom gave his opinion on that.
So and Bill um was to finalize all his
parts for the drawings. Um we need to
finalize the exterior cameras needed to
wanted. Uh JMAA said that usually they
only have cameras at the front door.
Glory would like to see cameras at all
the exits and also for um
the loading dock. And JMAA advised just
about at the door for the loading dock.
Loading dock.
The uh would be sufficient for that, so
Um we're going to have a meeting coming
up
next week.
A lot of finalization coming up here.
Corey has a sign ready to send to C M C
and the government of Alberta see
hopefully that'll get approved by both
parties and then we can put a sign up on
the site.
Drawings for the building permit require
stamp and all documents to Corey and
then Corey sends to the town for
approval. I know Kelly signed signed off
with them, so I don't know if you guys
got them yet, but they're everything's
back at Corey right now, so those will
be coming in soon.
Um Chandos is to complete their
financial accounting calendar.
Uh noted that there's a savings on the
generator cuz we don't need as large as
one as we initially thought cuz they
thought they were going to have
some different um
like with the self-contained that they
were going to put them on a different
draw, but they're not now, so we don't
need
as big a generator.
Um electricity has come down and hoping
for a further decline in cost cost.
Switching uh the millwork and closets to
wire shelving that'd be a 200,000
savings, so we're nitpicking everything,
but that's trying to
to save money.
Uh framing might be able to come down
with the updated design. There's no more
um patios on the self-contained
units.
Um and most of building will come in
prefab, so it'll be a lot quicker to
the one up here, cuz they'll all be done
off-site. And IFTs, issues for tender,
are closing on August 20th, and then the
numbers become set numbers, and then we
can reassess the budget again at that
time.
We've had more rejections for the
mechanical work.
So, Chandos are sending out more IFTs.
They want three solid IFTs to come in
for HVAC, plumbing, and irrigation. So,
Chandos is going to do more leg work to
get more competitive bids, and 85% of
the job is self is subcontracted.
Um mechanical has increased totally from
what we initially had stated it would is
620,000.
So, we're really hoping that with these
bids getting locked in that we can bring
that number down.
Uh August 5th, I was at the joint
meeting with county councilors
concerning the potential new build.
August 8th, I came home
from being up at my parents, and I
pulled into town,
and at the truck station, there was all
these Asians. I couldn't tell I was just
They just caught my eye, cuz they're all
draped posed, some up down through some
of the letters. And they were all posed,
and this photographer was there. So, I
honked my horn, and I waved, and they
were all
So, I hope he got that picture, cuz it
was
It just They were just beaming, so it
was
kind of put a big smile on my face. Um
Also, coming downtown, I don't know if
I've ever come downtown on a Saturday
unless we have something big like Spock
Days, but it was busy. There was
motorbikes, there was cars in every
parking spot. There was people at the
Spock.
Um
with his head and hands there, and it
just was And the pool was full, and I
just It just gave me a warm feeling to
come into town and see all that activity
this this past weekend, so.
And then, tomorrow we have our MPC
meeting.
» Okay, any questions for Jean?
>> If not,
» If not,
>> thank you very much. Councillor Debolt.
» thank you very much. Councillor Debolt.
>> Um, when I did the uh
» Um, when I did the uh
uh staff board and parade, me and
Georgia Lee and Tom and Joan and um
uh Rochelle and uh Mr. Spock from
Germany was there and uh he was an
interesting fellow that I spent some
time with. Um,
also a um
uh was at the new uh Spock sign opening.
Went on that with uh
Tom and Joan and
all people that were there for the Spock
uh Vulcan. Um
then on the 5th I had the um
like Judy was talking about the joint
meeting with the uh the council from uh
the county about uh the new bill for a
school. That was uh very interesting. Uh
Some pretty uh
one-sided opinions I thought. I thought
maybe the right one for sure.
>> [laughter]
» [laughter]
>> But uh we'll see how it all works out.
» But uh we'll see how it all works out.
Um
early days yet, so um
had uh one fellow asking me about uh the
speed on the highway again and I and I
said that it was talked about, so we
had a conversation about that and
so um
uh
the other person mentioned about how uh
the uh town how clean the town is and um
one of the stories from Vulcan night,
jumped in Chris's truck. He was hauling
three of them and
and uh the one fellow he said uh I said
uh where you from? And I think he said
Indiana originally, but he says, "I've
lived in LA for 30 years." And I said,
"That's a big city." He said, "Yeah, I'm
really enjoying this." He said,
"I'm really [clears throat] enjoying
that you can just drive and not wait for
a hundred cars, you know? So, he said
it's nice to get out of that big city,
but uh they seem to be enjoying it. They
they said they were really liking the
town, so
all in all it was good. That was about
it for me, nothing uh too major.
But, that's it.
>> Okay. Any questions, Richard?
» Okay. Any questions, Richard?
No? Thank you. Councillor Mitchell.
>> Uh
» Uh
I've had a
a few discussions with Angela on the
uh current business case, lands. Um
she's had some progress with uh
some of the with Oola's Eye um
creating a few concept maps and
different pieces to kind of develop the
space the way that that she kind of
envisions for it.
Um so, I think uh she's reached a point
where she can potentially start actually
trying to
get meetings and get in front of people
and start start marketing with it. And
so, she's asked Cole and I to uh
authorize funds for payment for Oola's
Eye and some for Marketeca.
And
Marketeca's the the company that's going
to be doing the marketing, the website,
and different things. So, so that's
that's happening. So,
which she's seems excited about and and
gaining progress there. So, we'll see
what happens.
Um
August 5th was busy. It was uh yeah,
that that Palliser meeting um
which uh like Richard said, it's early
days and that is just
it was it was it was interesting because
the meeting with Palliser I found was
quite good.
And then with the meeting just on the
5th, it was
well, we all really it was the the the
feeling was that there wasn't a whole
lot of excitement around joint use.
And it seemed to resound
confused [clears throat] me a little bit
just because
one, there's counselors that are like
terrible costs and all costs and that
makes sense.
You know, you don't want to you know,
have a huge cost center and but that's
generally what
you know, recreational facilities are in
a way.
Old Dale
What?
It's
>> That's a heavy reader heavy hitter.
» That's a heavy reader heavy hitter.
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> You can see.
» You can see.
>> So, I I guess
» So, I I guess
um
what I'm trying to figure out is, okay,
everything's around this Juba agreement.
Right? And in the first meeting of
council, when you you spoke with them, I
asked them, okay,
what what things with Old Dale
if you could do it all over again, what
would you do? And it was everything was
around this Juba agreement and setting
rent, having it transparent out there
beforehand
rather than kind of during the
construction process.
So,
you know, if if we care about costs
and we care about not having a super
small facility, we kind of let them
build their own school with a with a
small gym and then,
you know, say if
we make a decision on the CRC, whatever
that is,
um it's going to be My feeling is it's
going to be two small
facilities.
And then we share the full cost of one
facility versus
spending some time on the Juba
agreement, having an expectation very
clear on joint use
and then building an actual facility
that would be better together than
separate entities.
So, I don't know how we explore if
that's even possible with with the other
the county and and the town to come to a
some sort of decision or how do you do
you wait until the scoping meeting
happens to see what they're even
proposing?
But then it sounds like we don't really
have a choice anyway with with what they
do.
So, I guess I'm just trying to
understand it all with
the difference in tone versus
first meeting second, so.
I don't know if any you guys have any
comment on with that.
>> I think that dollars and cents are going
» I think that dollars and cents are going
to be a driving factor on either
decision down the line for everybody.
Like it's you heard it like it's
Jason made a very good comment about
you know, you can't afford to do it. You
can't afford to do it. You know, it's
just would be an anchor around the
communities.
You know, if it costs too much to
maintain and run or build or whatever.
You know, there's it's I think it's just
a matter of dollars and cents and
there's a lot of questions yet that
come.
I think.
>> But the thing is if it's dollars and
» But the thing is if it's dollars and
cents then having it joint would make
more sense than being separate, right?
>> But that's exactly what they have to
» But that's exactly what they have to
figure out.
>> They kind of want they want independence
» They kind of want they want independence
but they don't want to pay for both. So,
it's kind of
you can't have it both ways. So,
how do you make it like it like Don
wants it's a 75-year decision. It's a
huge decision on a building.
You know, we want to do we want to
right-size it for the community and we
want it to be something that we're we're
better off going forward than we were
in the past. We don't want to shrink our
footprint.
>> You know, I but
» You know, I but
it's going to be interesting. I think
it's going to be very interesting but I
I
there's a lot to come yet. I think.
>> Oh, I know we're in very early innings
» Oh, I know we're in very early innings
for sure. So,
I think
>> [snorts]
» [snorts]
>> uh so yeah, and it was it was good to
» uh so yeah, and it was it was good to
get just
just to, you know, listen and see what
happens. But, yeah, it's early and
the scoping meetings happened the third
week of September.
Um second meeting was uh the
intermunicipal one, which I thought was
a good working session. I think
we're going to have those conversations
a lot, I feel like, in the next
several years. It's it's a topic of
discussion.
Um with data centers and and how you how
you manage them when there's a a
proposal and it's
having, you know, establishing
discretionary use and size and type and
power usage and
water and all those things. So, um I
think it was it was really good and uh
uh yeah. Um
But, I just don't see those meetings
kind of going away. It's just Okay, how
do we communicate it
and standardize it in our community on
on what we want to see here. We want it
done the right way if it happens. So,
um yeah, but other than that, that's
that's really it for me.
>> Okay. Any questions for Chris?
» Okay. Any questions for Chris?
If not, thank you. Counselor Hill.
>> I have no meetings.
» I have no meetings.
I've got nothing to update,
unfortunately. I do apologize for
missing the meeting on the 5th.
Uh I have too many calendars and got to
make sure. My apologies.
>> Okay. Any questions for Wayne?
» Okay. Any questions for Wayne?
Hearing none, thank you. Counselor
Donovan.
>> Um I was at Palliser meeting
» Um I was at Palliser meeting
um with the majority of us, I guess. And
I I really liked um the dialogue that
happened that day.
I think it was a good starting off
point. Like Chris says, you
a lot of this is out of our hands at
this point. Palliser decides to do and
then
I guess it'll be on us or possibly the
next council to kind of
make the best decisions for ratepayers
in this community after that, but um
Um I also met with the county on August
5th
and kind of like Chris, I was a little
surprised at some of the
conversations and direction potentially
that
county would prefer to go with
so early, I guess. I guess it's a lot
like Palliser and we'll see what comes
of it.
Um later that afternoon, I was with
Chris at the IDP meeting and
I really liked that meeting. I felt like
the county was very cordial in giving us
a voice.
And I think in the past maybe it hasn't
been that way, but um
the topics that kind of affect our
ratepayers on certain projects is sound
decibel cap, which they were open to
putting in.
Um
building size cap, uh water usage cap,
power usage cap, um and even a location
preference where potentially something
like this could happen on the eastern
lots where they're not necessarily
neighboring potential residentials. So
that's why I was I thought it was really
good discussion there
for that.
Um
Yeah, that was it on the minutes.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
Any questions for Cole?
Great. Thank you. [clears throat] And
for me, um
I too have attended the parade in
Strathmore. It was It was nice. It was a
great opportunity to showcase our
um
float again in the parade. That's the
second time we've been in Strathmore and
um
I heard some good things about the
uh again
uh Chris purchased a canvas and and
there was again
our local announcer
and he
>> [clears throat]
» [clears throat]
>> um
» um
did a good job of plugging this
us for as much as he could
and some so I I heard that was very very
positive. Um I too was at the meeting
with the county and I I
agree with what Cole said. It was really
kind of nice to
hear the their
uh opinions of their council around the
table. I mean, they had a good
representation at the meeting that we
had and
and uh
you know, they were just missing one
counselor, I believe. And so it it was
good to hear and um
I I again I think I think what Chris had
said, you know, um
as we move forward, we we definitely
know that it's the the new facility will
be if there is a new building, it'll be
downsized. I mean,
you know, and you know, whether it's
downsized to a right size or whether
it's downsized to a
to a to whatever it happens to be is
something we have no control over, but I
think moving forward, you know, we need
to kind of anticipate the
if there is a chance that the CRC and
the bodyworks is saved, you know,
what what that would look like and how.
So, I I think when we have that meeting
with Stantec, we need to bring that, but
being that there's a couple
uh young counselors and on our three of
them on our
council here that you know, have uh kids
in this will have kids in the system,
you know, your your input is important
um because
um unfortunately,
something we really need to do as a
municipality is is support our our youth
in our community, but also
we need to, you know, support Palliser
in what they're proposing to to try to
make it an economical facility and not
be one that's going to be closed and
not,
you know, I I think there is some
opportunity that they could
uh add on to the Prairie Vista
and move all the kids into one facility
and I I think that would be a detriment
to our our
junior, younger
generation. I think the separation just
shows that there's huge advantages to
it. So,
that's just a personal feeling. I mean,
I I I spent all 12 years in the two
facilities, one with the elementary
school and then the high school.
But, uh
I think there's advantages to the
separation of the of the two.
So, um I think when we get an
opportunity that we have coming up to
voice our
our comments to Stantec.
And uh or I think it was Stantec, wasn't
it? It's not I was going to say Stantec
too, but I mean it was Stantec. And, you
know, see what they're going to
talk about. But, again too, is that
knowing that, you know, the
direction that some of us feel that, you
know, we don't want to lose the track if
we can in the community. Um
and we don't want to lose the uh you
know, ball diamond area. And, you know,
there is an area that maybe we could
potentially really push them into into
that that one corner if it happens where
they
could utilize the corner where the
element the um
daycare's at. And, infrastructure-wise
for us as a municipality, it's got huge
advantages. So, I think those are areas
that our munis our administration and
our public works and and uh
you know, some of us that have that
knowledge should, you know, push it
towards the to say that there's
advantages to that. Um we might have to
contemplate
a philosophy of of upgrading that road
behind the arena between the arena and
the and, you know, to to accommodate a
a different type of traffic or a
traffic. Um we know that um
transportation has been kind enough to
the Marcus Foundation to allow them to
have that Anders intersection there. It
might be an opportunity to say that, you
know, here's a way that we can
put a couple turning lanes off of that
on into that area of the
the Palliser facility and also into into
the Pier de Soulanges make kind of a
turning lanes in there and and create
that as more of a
theoretically a better
turning spot. But I mean, that's just a
Tom Grant's opinion. I you know, I
appreciate we haven't really spoke about
it much, but but again, I think that
those are things that we need to really
share with with Palliser and with
Stantec and and the county because
again, I don't know what the percentage
of of the
rural ratepayers
um
or not rural ratepayers, but but rural
residents uh students in the CCHHS. But
I'm sure that they outnumber our town
ones probably at least two to one, maybe
three to one.
I I I'm guessing. I I
I don't know because you know, we get
you know, Arrowwood, Milo
um you know, everybody but the Lomond
that that come potentially come this way
for senior high and junior high or
senior college especially. So
again, I I think that you know, the
county needs to be at the table and and
I think you know, should sharing
meetings like we had with them, being
open and
transparent and
um
anyway, I I thought it was great, but so
those are the two meetings that I had or
two functions that I had was that parade
and and then the the meeting with the
county council, so.
>> Any more questions?
» Any more questions?
>> Yeah, one two
» Yeah, one two
>> Where the school is now, if they were to
» Where the school is now, if they were to
put it in that corner that you
suggested, that would give them so much
more parking cuz there's kids all over
the streets, so that would be so much
handier to get the kids off the streets
and in the parking lot.
>> And again, Christopher's uh
» And again, Christopher's uh
Northcott's uh
thought about, you know, land swapping
or trading or whatever has its merits,
but I mean, generally, you know, like I
said, If you really read the
uh municipal act,
there's no swapping that's potentially
going to go on that's going to be a land
take. You got to swap it. But again, it
might be something like you said, Jimmy,
you know, depending on how that
plan might go where the CRC could be a
standalone facility with body works and
even like I'm not sure if it was
mentioned by
one of us or whether it was some of them
from the county, you know,
the the daycare itself
being built on to
modular or moved into that area.
And when the other facility, rest of
facility, goes down, I mean, how you
could create it into different areas.
So, I think it potentially could be a a
win-win for everybody and and and again,
I really think that the
rate payers of the of the
Palestine school division
really need to do some soul-searching
because I I think unfortunately, you
know, they're going to be looking at
again, dollars and cents and square
footage and
and um
you know,
I I think that the the teachers and the
and the
kids in the system are going to realize
a substantial change in facility. Sure,
you know, it's nice to have a beautiful
sunlight coming through a window, but
uh
I'll tell you there's
advantages to having some space, too,
but you know, and I think when you start
seeing some of the areas that are going
to be squished and cut to
um
Anyway,
but
that's it for me. Go ahead, Cole.
>> Well, to your point there, Tommy, I went
» Well, to your point there, Tommy, I went
to high school there and I'll be sad to
see that building go if that's the
direction they want to go.
It seems like a lot of waste, but they
see it as a lot of wasted space right
now, but
I don't know.
>> But then again, you know, I I came from
» But then again, you know, I I came from
a class that graduated and then and this
is small compared
I look around some people that have
graduated in the city and we had 110
kids graduate this year and it's 35.
Yeah.
>> [clears throat]
» [clears throat]
>> You know, I appreciate that. 40 years
» You know, I appreciate that. 40 years
ago
I mean
you know, our numbers, you know, and
again
sorry to stop, you know, that keep your
thoughts going there Chris for a second,
but you know, our numbers just do not
justify the size of the facilities
facilities is designed for so over 700
plus kids
and you know they're in the 235
kids.
>> 80%
» 80%
>> You know, it it's not it's just the not
» You know, it it's not it's just the not
sustainable. So, I mean, I'd rather see
them do a a downsize or a right-sizing
of the facility or a new facility
than have close it and not not have
anything.
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> You know, that would be scary.
» You know, that would be scary.
>> Right. And I guess too like I I do
» Right. And I guess too like I I do
appreciate like all the recent
inter-ministerial meetings we've been
having. I think that's a great step in
the right direction and I hope the
frequency kind of stays there with some
of these larger projects happening.
Um
and and one recommendation that I'd like
to see is just, you know, kind of
pre-booking a meeting sometime after the
scoping just to kind of set, "Hey, like
once that's over, let's have another
discussion similar
what we have now and then we'll have new
information at that time and go, "Hey."
And so, I think
having those trying to have a regular
frequency, I think this is probably
something
that we should entertain
um at some point, but uh
because that's what everyone's going to
be thinking after that scoping is,
"Okay, well,
where are we going to go with this?" And
you know, we've already kind of put our
best foot forward and we're having
dialogue with all the counselors and
putting our heads together and going,
"Hey, like what's what's best for the
community? What should we do?" And uh
so, I think that's great.
>> You know,
» You know,
the only thing you know, if it wasn't
for the town reaching out for
a policy meeting, we wouldn't have one.
Um,
at a point they're going to say this is
what we're doing.
Either you want this they should just
write a check.
And that's going to be the question. And
the meetings after that will be
probably
you might choose a color. I don't know.
But you know, it's at one point they're
going to say this is what we're doing.
>> But but again, I think that you know,
» But but again, I think that you know,
there's things that we as
a council can do coming up and and in
support of the project totally like as
a, you know, physically say that we're
in support of the of them right sizing
or building a new facility
compared to allowing
them and the government to then can say
no, we're going to just close the
facility down and and
move the kids to somewhere else. Um,
I think have merit. So, I I think that
we need to think of that, but I think
Chris is right that you know, our
relationship with the county is
important and I think we need to, you
know, keep it as open a dialogue as we
can and
and same with when we start budgeting
here in September, is this that where we
did something like we did with the
Marcus Foundation, we kind of knew that
there was something
potentially [snorts] being there. Is
this a way of saying we should be
earmarking funds or at least spending
more time and effort to to move that
in support of another organization
moving forward. So, I I think that's
something we need to keep that dialogue
open. I think Chris is right that you
know, we
need to keep that open as much as we
can. So, anyway, that's it for me.
Okay, somebody wish to move the council
reports?
Judy moves. Thank you.
Any discussion on Judy's motion?
Hearing none, I call the
posed. It's unanimous, it's carried.
Unanimous okay, action list.
>> So, as you can see,
» So, as you can see,
we had the one item from our last
meeting. That was fairly easy to take
care of. Got the letter wrote and
everything's next day, so.
Uh to the note on the action list,
Karen's first day back was today, so
hopefully we're going to be able to
start putting her name on that list
again.
It might get longer again.
>> Yeah, pretty good.
» Yeah, pretty good.
>> Uh to you then, from there I guess we
» Uh to you then, from there I guess we
can go to my CEO report. Uh pretty
straightforward, you all had a chance to
read it. Did quite a bit of background
information with the uh county land use
bylaw and how it uh reflects with our
inter municipal development plan, which
showed at the meeting obviously we got
some pretty good feedback and uh
we're able to give some pretty good uh
uh comments for the county to take into
consideration as they amend that land
use bylaw.
The
reviewed uh
the sidewalk request for
uh
the uh
Marcus Foundation. There's some resident
uh residents that have some concerns
over the the sloping for uh the access
for driving. Uh that change in
elevation, if you're visually impaired,
can give some uh So, I think that the
Peter Dawson Lodge is working to like uh
they might put some markings on the
sidewalk for [clears throat] that.
It's just to help identify it for them.
Uh
again,
uh
they're town sidewalks, but uh allowing
for some paint on there it's not going
to
uh
not going to hurt them any. But, of
course, we don't want to get into doing
that all over town. So, I've had brief
discussions on how that can happen.
Uh
met with the RCMP sergeant on uh
discussion on speed enforcement and then
also uh based on the last council
meeting some of the comments on the
restricted uh small vehicles. Uh We had
a brief conversation on that as well.
They're going to do some looking into it
because again, as I mentioned,
we feel that the province is looking at
some different programs. They do have a
pilot program up there for golf carts
right now. It's quite onerous, but they
they are looking at these small vehicles
and how to
how to handle them, especially with the
bicycles and that. Thank you to Chris
for sending out that
video that complemented all the
information that I sent you. It
basically confirmed that the information
I provided you was accurate and
So,
yeah. So,
>> More than just us talking.
» More than just us talking.
>> Yeah, it was it was it was a really good
» Yeah, it was it was it was a really good
conversation on that, yeah. So, I tried
I kept you all up to date on the pump
repair of the
small repair of the pool.
Complimented the company and our guys
for how quickly they were able to act on
that.
>> That's great.
» That's great.
>> That was a That was a big challenge for
» That was a That was a big challenge for
those guys. And a formal if you did guys
do run into a Brett Sherman showed up at
the boat
8:00 and actually helped the guys with
the zoom boom get it into the building
because the new pump the new motor was
bigger than the
last one. So,
uh
even the public helped us get that
>> Thanks, good.
» Thanks, good.
>> So, that was great. And they were back
» So, that was great. And they were back
up and running by 10:00.
We only lost one day. So,
uh
lost the chlorine pump yesterday. So,
but that was a smaller scale, much
smaller scale. So,
uh
Coordinated the meeting with the council
for the modernization of the schools. We
had a great discussion on that and
then also with the construction project.
I've been
giving regular updates with Cima Plus
and each week done progress. They're
currently behind, but then uh
they think it worked out great because
as soon as they can get pay per share is
the 19th anyway. So,
So, hopefully everything will come
together with that on the back of
schedule.
Uh a lot of community member inquiries
on data centers. CTV was nice enough to
do a news report that included you guys.
Uh seeing that conversation, that was an
awful kind of them. Uh
Uh
brought more attention to our ratepayers
about it, so that was good. I I answered
lots of questions. We've had some bio
log concerns, which Tony's been able to
address.
And then on the council member side,
obviously working on some IT that's not
going terribly great, but uh and then
Marcus is an ongoing
uh making sure that I can answer
questions in a timely fashion. Obviously
the construction rules. So, my formal
meetings were pretty straightforward.
You guys were at all of them except for
the same site meetings, so.
Great.
>> I like being on TV, but I my phone blew
» I like being on TV, but I my phone blew
up right after that. I had people You
guys have input into that? Like, no.
>> [laughter]
» [laughter]
>> Tony better have been
» Tony better have been
>> It was It was
» It was It was
It was excellent because they did say
county council and then showed a picture
of us.
>> Yeah, video of us sitting here.
» Yeah, video of us sitting here.
>> It was so
» It was so
>> Maybe we should start spending some of
» Maybe we should start spending some of
our money for
>> We should talk everybody else into
» We should talk everybody else into
broadcasting their meetings.
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> That's where the footage came from. It
» That's where the footage came from. It
was from our council meetings.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
>> Any other questions?
» Any other questions?
>> questions as for Kim on those those two?
» questions as for Kim on those those two?
>> Yeah, send the link around, Kim.
» Yeah, send the link around, Kim.
>> [laughter]
» I grumbled at first and
It only lasted about 2 seconds.
>> But I I I did get a comment on it, too,
» But I I I did get a comment on it, too,
and they said, "Holy mackerel, we didn't
realize that you guys were county
council." And then
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> I have a question. Are we starting to
» I have a question. Are we starting to
plan for
convention?
>> Yes, Karen's going to phone you
» Yes, Karen's going to phone you
tomorrow.
>> Okay. Thank you.
» Okay. Thank you.
I just saw something online that I
thought was
>> Karen will be calling tomorrow to
» Karen will be calling tomorrow to
confirm your attendance.
>> What does Karen do?
» What does Karen do?
>> Okay.
» Okay.
Uh [snorts]
>> Uh anything else? Excuse me. Sorry.
» Uh anything else? Excuse me. Sorry.
We're moving on to uh
development.
Anything on readings?
Okay. Public Works?
» Stu's is awfully quiet for a guy that
was gone for 2 weeks.
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> [laughter]
» [laughter]
>> I do know that uh his holiday wasn't as
» I do know that uh his holiday wasn't as
relaxing as it could be cuz I know that
he forwarded a lot of the calls during a
couple of our meetings, so.
» I do have a question though.
>> Yes.
» Yes.
>> Uh with regards to the street in front
» Uh with regards to the street in front
of Petro-Canada
and uh Amy's Restaurant, is there any
chance we could get some of those
potholes
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> filled because they have been completely
» filled because they have been completely
ignored and they are getting deeper and
deeper every day.
>> Yeah, Stu was actually putting together
» Yeah, Stu was actually putting together
some prices to see if we could do it
inside the street program, uh not this
program, but inside of our avenue paving
to see if we could actually maybe want
to do it off the lane on there. So,
that's one of the reasons.
>> But, for temporary, we need to fill some
» But, for temporary, we need to fill some
of those potholes because they are very
large
and they're only going to get worse and
with the truck traffic and that
motorhome trailer traffic, that kind of
thing. So, if that could be
you know uh temporary of some something,
that would be great.
» You bet.
>> I'll pass that along.
» Okay. Anything else on Stu's?
Anything else?
>> With regard if I may, with regards to
» With regard if I may, with regards to
the pump at the pool, I did offer my
services
uh as I was in Calgary if need be to
pick up the pump.
But, uh, I was informed that it was
fortunate that it was in
Lethbridge. Well,
>> No, it was in Edmonton.
» No, it was in Edmonton.
>> Oh, it was in Edmonton and got to
» Oh, it was in Edmonton and got to
>> I wasn't going to Edmonton.
» I wasn't going to Edmonton.
>> It it did it didn't arrive into into
» It it did it didn't arrive into into
Lethbridge until 5:00 4:30 5:00 that
evening. So,
you would have been sitting around
Calgary for a while.
>> No, I wouldn't have been.
» No, I wouldn't have been.
I do appreciate you.
>> Unfortunately, that was it's quite a
» Unfortunately, that was it's quite a
weekend for Rob, too, but um,
a little bit on that, too, as I he left
the the door or the
alarm off, and then so I went in and got
the float and took it to Strathmore, and
then I came back and I thought, well,
I'll be kind enough to put it back and
put it back in, but uh, somebody came
along and turned the alarm off.
So, as soon as you open the door,
the alarm's
squealing. So, I did phone Rob, and Rob
saw me there right away, which he did.
And so, you know, I put the float away,
we closed the door, and then our RCMP
showed up. So, they they do, uh,
>> respond.
» respond.
>> They respond to
» They respond to
the situation. So, he took Rob's
information. He didn't take mine down.
>> Oh, he did?
» Oh, he did?
>> No, cuz Rob told him you weren't
» No, cuz Rob told him you weren't
supposed to be there.
>> [laughter]
» [laughter]
>> But, you know, I felt so bad for Rob
» But, you know, I felt so bad for Rob
cuz, you know, here
>> just gotten the
» just gotten the
>> I I just thought I could help him out
» I I just thought I could help him out
and, you know, but I
created more work for him, but I
appreciate him.
>> He was still stressed out figuring out
» He was still stressed out figuring out
how they were going to get that pump.
>> But, anyway, so it was quite a weekend
» But, anyway, so it was quite a weekend
for him, but
Okay, moving on. We're going to the
>> I had, uh, a complaint about the How
» I had, uh, a complaint about the How
could they let the pool go down on a
long weekend? I said, they didn't plan
it.
And so, I made sure and I saw the guys
going back home. They didn't get home,
they were going back to the shop. It was
after 9:00.
>> It was 10:30.
» It was 10:30.
>> So, they they were maybe it was going
» So, they they were maybe it was going
for more parts, but so I made sure I
I've and then he sent that out, so I
knew through this person who
Our guys were full time to get that pool
up.
>> And and I I think that's another one
» And and I I think that's another one
that I really appreciate of our
administration and
like you know, the waterline break or
the break up at Birch Hill and this and
that that goes on and then I think it's
nice that we do even though we
don't have a lot with it, but it at
least we know someone somebody hits you
up, they say, "Well, geez, you know,
what's going on over there?" You know,
you kind of answer some of the questions
and uh
and I think Judy's right, you know, we
we never plan for an emergency
an emergency like that and and uh but
they do happen, so
our our guys are good enough to matter
of fact, we had one employee
on public works that wasn't even working
in that day that came in to help and he
was the one of the ones that went to
Lethbridge
and then stayed to make sure that it was
up and running and so I mean, you know,
they put in a lot of hours that people
don't realize.
>> Mike wasn't as keen in the morning when
» Mike wasn't as keen in the morning when
they were supposed to be camping, but
>> Oh, sure. I'm sure.
» Oh, sure. I'm sure.
>> they did get off.
» they did get off.
>> Anyway.
» Anyway.
Yeah, Judy's right. It it is much
appreciated what they do for us and
Okay, anything else on Stew's?
If not, we'll move on to
uh what's next? Community Services
Christmas.
And again, I I think this is great that
we see the numbers for for in-town kids
and out-of-town kids on some of these
camps and we can see that the the
numbers are generally
there for for both and uh
it's kind of nice to see how that number
looks.
>> And one one of the nice parts about this
» And one one of the nice parts about this
is even looking at the numbers, but uh
if you look at the amount, we've had a
camp every week where the kids are over
at the school.
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> Uh this week it'll be the last one
» Uh this week it'll be the last one
>> Yeah. for the summer.
» Yeah. for the summer.
>> My daughter's been to two or three of
» My daughter's been to two or three of
them and they seem like they're quite
well participated too. Like
She really enjoys them. There's quite a
few kids in there.
>> Yeah, my daughter's been to all of them
» Yeah, my daughter's been to all of them
except for last week and when she was at
the SCC's.
She comes home every day just excited
that it was great fun.
>> And and again with the tourism the the
» And and again with the tourism the the
numbers on the merchandise visitors and
um
top donation thing and
and the walk-on uh
Of course he wasn't able to attend it
but uh
heard that it was very well
received and then so
>> I heard the breakfast there was done
» I heard the breakfast there was done
incredibly well.
>> Oh, is that right? I don't know who
» Oh, is that right? I don't know who
cooked it.
It was well done or
>> It was
» It was
>> [laughter]
» [laughter]
>> It was the best breakfast ever.
» It was the best breakfast ever.
>> Oh, that's fair.
» Oh, that's fair.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
Excellent.
>> Okay, anything else on Christmas?
» Okay, anything else on Christmas?
Okay, we'll move on to bylaw.
» Every
shift getting more more
dealing with
getting some repetition to what he's
doing, consistency and I've had nothing
but positive feedback from all of these
communities. So that's
really nice after years of
bylaw work that we've had.
>> He's keeping busy.
» He's keeping busy.
>> Yeah, and I notice he's uh
» Yeah, and I notice he's uh
he seems to
be a little more
less
>> I guess he's
» I guess he's
>> a lot of diplomacy with what he does.
» a lot of diplomacy with what he does.
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
Yeah, he's he's doing a good job as far
as I can get to him. You can read it and
hear and see it. So
Okay, anything else on
bylaw?
Okay, moving on to the fire report.
Okay, any questions on any of our
management reports?
No, somebody wish to
Chris
Any discussion on Chris's motion?
Hearing none, I'll call the question.
All in favor?
Opposed? Seeing none, it's carried.
Okay, now we can go in camera for
>> If I could interrupt you
» If I could interrupt you
just briefly before. Our procedures do
allow for
the cameras to be shut off, obviously,
for in camera, but knowing that there is
no motions coming from the in camera
discussion, you guys can actually end
the
broadcast of the meeting so that it is
just
in camera sign for the rest of your
meeting. So, I didn't know if that was
something you guys would like to
consider. Cuz the only [snorts] motion
you have is a motion
>> Okay, so Dwayne moves that we
» Okay, so Dwayne moves that we
>> You don't Yeah, you don't have to move
» You don't Yeah, you don't have to move
that we end the recording. It's
just whatever you guys It's just as long
as you're all in favor of You can all
end it.
>> We end the meeting.
» We end the meeting.
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> So, so will we end the meeting or
» So, so will we end the meeting or
>> No, no, you'll just end the recording.
» No, no, you'll just end the recording.
>> We'll end the recording.
» We'll end the recording.
>> And we'll just announce to the recording
» And we'll just announce to the recording
that we'll be going in
closed meeting for
obviously the third party business
interests and not anticipating any
motions or discussion following the
closed session and next item on the
agenda is to adjournment, so
once we come from
closed session, we'll go straight to
adjournment. So, that's announced on
on the broadcast, so now we can end the
broadcast.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
>> Rather than have it sit in closed here
» Rather than have it sit in closed here
however long. Okay, is that agreeable?
>> No, you don't need a motion.
» No, you don't need a motion.
>> We don't need a motion, just a
» We don't need a motion, just a
>> Okay.
» Okay.
>> So, what I'll do is I'll just go ahead
» So, what I'll do is I'll just go ahead
and end the broadcast right now.
And then we can go into closed session.
>> Okay, so we need a motion to go in
» Okay, so we need a motion to go in
closed session then.
>> To closed session at 8:08.
» To closed session at 8:08.
>> Judy, at 8:08.
» Okay.
» And now I'll end the broadcast.