Rural Municipality of Daly
Minutes: Regular Council Meeting
May 11th, 2010
The Regular Meeting of the Council for the month of May was held in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Office at Rivers, Manitoba on Tuesday, May 11th, 2010.
Members Present:
Reeve: Evan Smith;
Councillors Dave Falkevitch; Don Bromley; Wes Paddock; Rod Veitch; Larry Fast; Sam Wurtz:
CAO Lorne Green
1. CALL TO ORDER
Reeve Evan Smith called the meeting to order at 9:00a.m.
2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA
RESOLUTION NO. 10-090
Falkevitch - Wurtz
Be It Resolved That the Agenda for the meeting be adopted.
CARRIED
3. ADOPTION OF MINUTES
a) Regular Meeting – April 13th, 2010
RESOLUTION NO. 10-091
Veitch - Paddock
Be It Resolved that the minutes for the April 13th, 2010 Regular meeting be adopted.
CARRIED
b) Financial Plan Public Hearing – April 29th, 2010
RESOLUTION NO. 10-092
Wurtz - Bromley
Be It Resolved that the minutes for the April 29th, 2010 Financial Plan public hearing be adopted:
CARRIED
c) Special Meeting – April 29th, 2010
RESOLUTION NO. 10-093
Paddock - Fast
Be It Resolved that the minutes for the April 29th, 2010 Special Meeting be adopted:
CARRIED
4. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES
a) Grader Quotes
RESOLUTION NO. 10-094
Veitch - Fast
Be It Resolved That Council accept the quotation provided by Westcon Equipment and rental for the for the supply of a Volvo G690 motor grader with 5 year 6000 hr. full machine warranty for a net cost of $122,000.00 using our Caterpillar 140H grader as a trade, plus applicable taxes, with the addition of a new Craig ¾ post wing, and a new Craig one way plow, including manual quick attach, for a total cost of $145,700.00 plus applicable taxes, and;
Be It Further Resolved that the expenditure be funded through the Replacement Reserve Fund;
7. COMMUNICATIONS
a) General Correspondence Folder
b) AMM – June District meetings
RESOLUTION NO. 10-095
Veitch - Paddock
BE IT RESOLVED THAT the CAO and members of council that wish to attend the June District meeting in Kenton on June 14, 2010 be authorized with per diems, expenses and mileage paid.
CARRIED
c) Inglis and area Heritage committee – donation request
d) Riverdale Planning District – copy of letter accepting consultant
e) AMM – Golf tournament
f) Western Manitoba Aviation Committee – ILS landing System at Brandon
g) ARHA – board appointments
h) AMM – re: sewage ejector amendments
8. GENERAL BUSINESS
a) Anne Mawer – culvert
4. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES (continued)
a) Public Hearing – Garbage & Waste water - 10:00 am.
RESOLUTION NO. 10-096
Falkevitch - Wurtz
Be It Resolved that Council recess the regular meeting to hold a public hearing on Special Service plans 10-01 and 10-02:
CARRIED
Reeve Smith called the regular meeting back to order at 10:40 am.
5. DELEGATIONS
a) Wayne Gradwell – mower mulcher presentation
Mr. Wayne Gradwell attended the meeting to provide information on his company Prairie Reclamation Services. He provided information on his brush mulcher.
b) Alice Fast – Ag Society – Ag Spirit Fund
Mrs. Alice Fast and Mrs. Lorna Short attended the meeting to provide council with information on the FCC Agri Spirit Fund and the grants associated with it. The Agriculture Society would like to apply for grant money to provide a recreation vehicle parking area at the fairgrounds. They will also be looking to revitalize the hard ball diamond with the help of grant money. Part of the criteria for receiving the grants is that they must flow the funds through a municipal organization. Council was asked for their support by partnering with the Ag Society to provide a means of receiving and distributing anticipated grant funding.
RESOLUTION NO. 10-097
Falkevitch - Wurtz
Be It Resolved that the Council of the RM of Daly partner with the Ag Society for the purpose of applying for, and funneling funds from various grants for additions and upgrades to the Ag Society Grounds.
CARRIED
c) Peter Tines
Mr. Peter Tines attended the meeting to provide information on the supply of water to Paradise Valley Resorts subdivision, from the new water line running from the RM of Whitehead to the RM of Elton. Council will seek more information on how to facilitate water supply from this line to residences in the South East corner of the municipality.
d) Ernie Fast – re subdivision
Mr. Ernie Fast and Mr. Eric Fast attended the meeting to discuss moving forward on the subdivision application which was originally presented to council in 2007. In 2007 council indicated by resolution that they wished to defer the matter until the new planning district was able to handle it. Mr. Fast requested, that with the slow process of the planning district, he would like to move the subdivision forward.
RESOLUTION NO. 10-098
Veitch - Paddock
Be It Resolved That council of the RM of Daly have no objection to Mr. Ernie Fast’s application to subdivide two lots from PT NE ¼ SEC. 20-12-20 WPM.
CARRIED
e) LSCRD – Colleen Cuvalier – Lake Wahtopanah Watershed Project
Little Saskatchewan River Conservation District Manager Colleen Cuvaleir attended the meeting and gave a short presentation on the new Lake Wahtopanah Watershed plan. She hopes the plan will be approved in 2010.
6. ACCOUNTS AND FINANCE
a) Financial Statement – April 30th. 2010
RESOLUTION NO. 10-099
Veitch - Paddock
Be It Resolved That the Financial Statement to April 30th, 2010 be adopted as presented.
CARRIED
b) Approval of Cheques
RESOLUTION NO. 10-100
Veitch - Fast
Be It Resolved That the List of Cheques Issued, as represented by cheque numbers 800 to 842 plus direct payroll withdrawals for a total amount of $107,004.57 be approved.
CARRIED
c) Approval of Accounts - Payables
RESOLUTION NO. 10-101
Paddock - Fast
Be It Resolved That Council authorize the list of proposed payments in the amount of $ 12,107.11 plus indemnities of $3,775.00 for a total payment of $16,003.01.
CARRIED
Councillor Sam Wurtz left the council chambers due to possible conflict of interest.
d) Deerboine – Lally culvert – invoice
RESOLUTION NO. 10-102
Falkevitch - Bromley
Be It Resolved That the RM of Daly authorize payment of invoice 1001 from Deerboine Farms in the amount of 1570.00 including taxes, for the replacement of culverts on Lally’s road.
CARRIED
e) Deerboine – beaver problems
RESOLUTION NO. 10-103
Fast - Veitch
Be It Resolved That the RM of Daly authorize payment of invoice 1002 from Deerboine Farms in the amount of 850.00 including taxes, for cleaning beaver dams on Spring Valley Road in three locations and on River Road in three locations.
CARRIED
8. GENERAL BUSINESS
c) Deerboine – McFadden bridge quote
RESOLUTION NO. 10-104
Veitch - Paddock
Be It Resolved That the RM of Daly accept the quote from Deerboine Farms in the amount of 3800.00 including taxes, to finish applying belting to the McFadden/CN bridge, and;
Be It further resolved that all of the excess belting from this project become the property of Deerboine Farms.
CARRIED
Councillor Wurtz rejoined the meeting.
b) Policies – Review policies in progress
d) Federal Gas Tax Agreement
RESOLUTION NO. 10-105
Veitch - Fast
Be It Resolved that the RM of Daly authorize the CAO and the Reeve to sign the new Federal Gas Tax Agreement which will be in effect until 2014.
CARRIED
9. BY-LAWS
10. COMMITTEE & COUNCIL REPORTS
Councillor Veitch – Reported that there are problems with beavers in his ward. They are currently being trapped, and Kroeger Backhoe will look after the problems with the culverts. He instructed the CAO to order new road signs as soon as possible.
Councillor Bromley - He has no further information on the Kirkhams bridge repair other than that supplied by Westman Welding. A playground sign by Douglas’s is laying in the ditch. The trees at Sykes corner are not finished yet.
RESOLUTION NO. 10-106
Bromley - Fast
Be It Resolved That council accept the February 01, 2010 quote of Westman Welding to repair the bridge on Kirkham’s road for the amount of $50,797.50 including taxes, and that the work be completed in 2010.
CARRIED
Councillor Wurtz - Discussed the need for a grate over the railcar culvert on Spring Valley Road.
Reeve Smith - Would like to know if the FCC Agri Spirit grants may be available for fire trucks.
11. CAO REPORT
a. Requested council to do up maps of brush cutting areas
b. Nelson River Construction will be hauling – License will be issued.
c. Should place ad in Banner congratulating the 2010 grads.
RESOLUTION NO. 10-107
Veitch - Paddock
Be It Resolved that the RM of Daly authorize the CAO to place an ad in the Rivers Banner congratulating the 2010 Graduating class.
CARRIED
12. ADJOURNMENT
RESOLUTION NO. 10-108
Wurtz - Fast
Be It Resolved That the meeting be adjourned at 3:00 pm:
CARRIED
All of the above resolutions were passed unanimously unless otherwise stated.
______________________________ APPROVED: Resolution 10-109
Reeve
______________________________ DATE: June 08, 2010
Chief Administrative Officer
