MINUTES OF CANORA TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
August 18, 2015
A regular meeting of Canora Town Council was held on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at the Canora Town Council Chambers. In attendance were Mayor Gina Rakochy, Councillors Brad Gabora, Gerald Wolkowski, James Trofimenkoff and Syl Hrynkiw. Also in attendance were Chief Administrative Officer Michael Mykytyshyn and Leisure Services Director Chelsey Exner. Councillors Matthew Nehaj and Cory O’Dell were absent. Mayor Rakochy called the meeting to order at 7 p.m.
15-198 ADOPT AGENDA
Trofimenkoff That the agenda be adopted as follows:
Wolkowski
1) CALL MEETING TO ORDER
2) ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
3) APPROVAL OF COUNCIL MINUTES
a) August 4, 2015 regular meeting
4) BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
5) DELEGATIONS
a) Sunrise Health Region
6) DEPARTMENT HEAD ISSUES
a) Leisure services report
b) Community Development report
c) Chief administrative officer’s report
7) UNFINISHED BUSINESS
8) NEW BUSINESS
a) 2015 Water works rate policy
b) Public hearing
c) CEC project funding
d) Physician car rental
e) SWWA conference
f) Cancel cheque
g) Insurance valuations
9) TAX ARREARS
a) Tax lien list
10) ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
11) BYLAWS
a) Bylaw No. 15-07 – a bylaw to provide for incurring a debt
b) Bylaw No. 15-09 – a bylaw to provide for animal control
c) Bylaw No. 15-10 – a bylaw to enter into an ice maintenance contract
12) CORRESPONDENCE
a) CRPUB – June 23, 2015 minutes
b) CRPUB – August 6, 2015 minutes
c) Ministry of Govt. Relations – subdivision approval
d) Water Security Agency – new EPO
e) Ministry of Govt. Relations – gas tax funds installment
13) REPORTS
a) Bank reconciliations – July 2015
14) ADJOURNMENT
Carried
15-199 APPROVAL OF COUNCIL MINUTES
Hrynkiw That the minutes of the August 4, 2015 regular meeting be approved
Gabora as presented.
Carried
Councillor Cory O’Dell joined the meeting at 7:11 p.m.
Leisure Services Director Chelsey Exner left the meeting at 7:12 p.m.
DELEGATION
Jacquie Holzmann, Teri Lynn Van Parys, Sandra Tokaruk and Sharon Tropin of Sunrise Health Region and Ross Fisher of the East Central Health Foundation met with council to discuss funding of the Collaborative Emergency Centre (CEC) project at Canora Hospital.
Councillor Cory O’Dell left the meeting at 8:40 p.m.
15-200 2015 WATER WORKS RATE POLICY
Trofimenkoff That council adopt the 2015 Water Works Rate Policy and Capital Wolkowski Investment Strategy as appended to these minutes.
Carried
15-201 OPEN PUBLIC HEARING
Gabora That council suspend its regular meeting and open a public hearing
Hrynkiw regarding the construction of a tower as a discretionary use at 100 Railway Avenue.
Carried
No personal or written representations were received.
15-202 CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING
Hrynkiw That council close the public hearing regarding the construction of a tower
Gabora as a discretionary use at 100 Railway Avenue and resume its regular meeting.
Carried
15-203 DISCRETIONARY USE APPLICATION
Wolkowski That council approve the construction of a tower as a discretionary use
Trofimenkoff at 100 Railway Avenue.
Carried
15-204 PHYSICIAN CAR RENTAL
Gabora That council table the request of Sunrise Health Region to contribute 50
Hrynkiw per cent of the car rental costs for Dr. Hamed Afshari during his Saskatchewan International Physician Placement (SIPPA) clinical term.
Carried
15-205 SWWA CONFERENCE
Hrynkiw That council authorize Water Treatment Plant Operator Wes Popoff and
Trofimenkoff Senior Public Works Operator David Wasyliw to attend the Saskatchewan Water and Wastewater Association (SWWA) annual conference to be held November 4 to 6, 2015 in Saskatoon, Sask., expenses to be reimbursed by the Town.
Carried
15-206 CANCEL CHEQUE
Gabora That council cancel the following cheque:
Wolkowski No. 3379 Meridan Inspections $1,144.05
Carried
15-207 TAX LIEN LIST
Gabora That council adopt the tax enforcement list as appended to these minutes.
Wolkowski
Carried
15-208 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
Trofimenkoff That the following accounts be paid:
Hrynkiw
Ch. No. / Payee / Amount3502 / 94.1 The Fox / 159.60
3503 / A&S Transport Ltd / 211.72
3504 / Acklands Grainger / 11.00
3505 / Bailey, Vincent / 378.40
3506 / Bailey, Nicole / 53.00
3507 / Craig Baird / 1,100.00
3508 / Brice, Bob / 149.63
3509 / Canadian National / 277.00
3510 / Canadian Red Cross Society / 155.70
3511 / Canora Auto Electric / 55.44
3512 / Canora Auto Electric / 90.59
3513 / Key Chevrolet Cadillac / 2,187.02
3514 / Canora Courier / 205.63
3515 / Canora Farm Service Ltd / 2,715.81
3516 / Canora Special Transportation / 2,250.00
3517 / Canora Weaving & Mfg / 69.96
3518 / Catterall & Wright / 47,881.05
3519 / Cleartech Industries Inc / 1,162.12
3520 / CU CREDIT Payment Processing / 7,001.99
3521 / Dennis' Foods / 815.25
3522 / Fedorowich Construction Ltd / 319,205.14
3523 / Fullawka, Jason &/or Shea, Brandi / 47.00
3524 / Gateway Co-op / 11.43
3525 / Gazdewich, Randy &/or Deb / 80.00
3526 / Gerrard, Kathie / 80.00
3527 / GX 94 / 490.09
3528 / Hach Sales & Service Canada Ltd / 203.08
3529 / Homestead Glass & Lock / 257.38
3530 / Home Hardware / 617.54
3531 / Kal Tire / 103.88
3532 / Kozmanuik, Sara / 750.00
3533 / Kozmanuik, Sara / 80.00
3534 / Logan Stevens Equipment Rental / 132.02
3535 / Love, Tina &/or Chris / 80.00
3536 / M & A Billy Equipment / 231.14
3537 / Arnold Mayrand Equipment Sales / 7,560.00
3538 / Meridan Inspections Ltd / 341.25
3539 / Molyneaux, Randy / 100.00
3540 / Nehaj Enterprises Inc / 175.51
3541 / Nelson Courier / 49.14
3542 / Ottenbreit Sanitation Services / 16,022.20
3543 / Parkland Septic Tank Services / 278.25
3544 / Penguin Refrigeration / 4,364.72
3545 / Petrychyn, Rod / 1,000.00
3546 / Pinkerton, Debra / 135.45
3547 / RM of Sliding Hills / 216.27
3548 / SaskEnergy / 2,303.13
3549 / Voided by the print process / 0.00
3550 / SaskPower / 12,374.54
3551 / Sask Worker's Compensation Bd / 6,162.94
3552 / Sask Government Insurance / 1,245.00
3553 / Sharko, Jeff &/or Tiffany / 54.00
3554 / Ministry of Social Services / 44.88
3555 / Somerville, Amber / 24.00
3556 / Stankewich, Walter / 118.13
3557 / S.U.M.A. / 428.16
3558 / Swervns Repair / 254.10
3559 / W & P Plumbing & Heating / 1,269.96
3560 / McMunn & Yates / 426.19
3561 / Wyonzek Bros. Construction / 2,438.00
3562 / Xerox Canada Ltd / 934.16
Carried
15-209 SECOND READING OF BYLAW No. 15-07
Wolkowski That Bylaw No. 15-07, a bylaw to provide for incurring a long-term debt,
Hrynkiw be read a second time.
Carried
15-210 ADOPTION OF BYLAW No. 15-07
Gabora That Bylaw No. 15-07 be read a third time and adopted.
Trofimenkoff
Carried
15-211 FIRST READING OF BYLAW No. 15-10
Hrynkiw That Bylaw No. 15-10, a bylaw to enter into an ice maintenance and
Gabora janitorial contract with Graham Lamb, be introduced and read a first time.
Carried
15-212 SECOND READING OF BYLAW No. 15-10
Wolkowski That Bylaw No. 15-10 be read a second time.
Hrynkiw
Carried
15-213 THIRD READING OF BYLAW No. 15-10
Gabora That Bylaw No. 15-10 be given a third reading at this meeting.
Trofimenkoff
Carried unanimously
15-214 ADOPTION OF BYLAW No. 15-10
Trofimenkoff That Bylaw No. 15-10 be read a third time and adopted.
Gabora
Carried
15-215 CORRESPONDENCE
Gabora That the following items of correspondence are acknowledged as received
Wolkowski and be filed:
a) CRPUB – June 23, 2015 minutes
b) CRPUB – August 6, 2015 minutes
c) Ministry of Govt. Relations – subdivision approval
d) Water Security Agency – new EPO
e) Ministry of Govt. Relations – gas tax funds installment
Carried
15-216 REPORTS
Hrynkiw That the following reports are acknowledged as received and the written
Trofimenkoff ones be filed:
a) Bank reconciliations – July 2015
Carried
15-217 ADJOURNMENT
Wolkowski That the meeting be adjourned.
Trofimenkoff
Carried
Meeting adjourned at 9:14 p.m.
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