Rural Municipality of Daly
Minutes: Regular Council Meeting
July 13th, 2010
The Regular Meeting of the Council for the month of July was held in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Office at Rivers, Manitoba on Tuesday, July 13th, 2010.
Members Present:
Deputy Reeve: Rod Veitch;
Councillors Dave Falkevitch; Don Bromley; Wes Paddock; Sam Wurtz:
Absent: Reeve Evan Smith; Councillors Larry Fast
CAO Lorne Green
1. CALL TO ORDER
Deputy Reeve Rod Veitch called the meeting to order at 9:00a.m.
2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA
RESOLUTION NO. 10-135
Falkevitch – Wurtz
Be It Resolved That the Agenda for the meeting be adopted.
CARRIED
3. ADOPTION OF MINUTES
a) Regular Meeting – May 11th, 2010
RESOLUTION NO. 10-136
Paddock - Wurtz
Be It Resolved that the minutes for the June 08th, 2010 Regular meeting be adopted.
CARRIED
b) Special Meeting – June 28th, 2010
RESOLUTION NO. 10-137
Wurtz - Paddock
Be It Resolved that the minutes for the June 08th, 2010 Special Meeting be adopted with the addition of “acres” in item #11:
CARRIED
Councillor Larry Fast joined the meeting.
4. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES
a) Policies – review and adopt
RESOLUTION NO. 10-138
Falkevitch - Bromley
Be It Resolved That Council adopt RM of Daly Policy #04 being a policy to set out the requirements for the construction of rural approaches to properties.
CARRIED
RESOLUTION NO. 10-139
Paddock - Fast
Be It Resolved That Council adopt RM of Daly Policy #05 being a policy to provide for an early and fair method of dealing with delegations at Council meetings of the R.M. of Daly.
CARRIED
RESOLUTION NO. 10-140
Wurtz - Falkevitch
Be It Resolved That Council adopt RM of Daly Policy #06 being a policy to establish policy guidelines on municipal reimbursement for expenses while on municipal business.
CARRIED
RESOLUTION NO. 10-141
Fast - Bromley
Be It Resolved That Council adopt RM of Daly Policy #07 being a policy to provide guidelines for donations in memory.
CARRIED
8. GENERAL BUSINESS
a) Variation Hearing – Cliff Hartmeir
RESOLUTION NO. 10-142
Paddock - Fast
Be It Resolved that Council recess the regular meeting to hold a Variation hearing:
CARRIED
Deputy Reeve Veitch called the meeting back to order at 10:15 am.
RESOLUTION NO. 10-143
Paddock - Fast
Be it Resolved That the application submitted by Clifford C. Hartmeir to the Rural Municipality of Daly to reduce the required distance for:
Minimum site area of 15,000 be reduced to 12,000 feet.
Minimum rear yard of 25 feet be reduced to 10 feet.
Pursuant to VO-10-01 be approved.
CARRIED
4. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES (continued)
b) Bridge on Kirkham’s by Piggy Bank
RESOLUTION NO. 10-144
Bromley - Wurtz
Be It Resolved that Council authorize a progress payment of $25,000.00 to Westman Welding for Bridge repairs.
CARRIED
5. DELEGATIONS
No delegations present.
6. ACCOUNTS AND FINANCE
a) Financial Statement – June 30, 2010
RESOLUTION NO. 10-145
Paddock - Fast
Be It Resolved That the Financial Statement to June 30 2010 be adopted as presented.
CARRIED
b) Approval of Cheques
RESOLUTION NO. 10-146
Falkevitch - Wurtz
Be It Resolved That the List of Cheques Issued, as represented by cheque numbers 942 to 980 plus direct payroll withdrawals for a total amount of $47,445.60 be approved.
CARRIED
c) Accounts Payable
RESOLUTION NO. 10-147
Paddock - Fast
Be It Resolved That Council authorize the list of proposed payments in the amount of $42,806.89 plus indemnities of $2865.20 for a total payment of
$45,672.09.
CARRIED
d) Jeff Moore – invoice
RESOLUTION NO. 10-148
Fast - Paddock
Be It Resolved That Council authorize payment of $1370.00 to Jeffrey Moore for mowing grass on the green space.
CARRIED
e) Town of Rivers - waste disposal invoice
RESOLUTION NO. 10-149
Wurtz - Fast
Be It Resolved That Council authorize payment of $5782.80 to the Town of Rivers for Waste Disposal Site services.
CARRIED
f) Town of Rivers – invoice
RESOLUTION NO. 10-150
Falkevitch - Wurtz
Be It Resolved That Council authorize payment of $29.93 to the Town of Rivers for website costs.
CARRIED
7. COMMUNICATIONS
a) General Correspondence Folder
b) Lois Allen – resignation from Library board October 2010
c) Town of River Police Chief Leon Flannigan – speed zone on Road 122W
d) AMM – Insurance refund
e) EMO – Disaster Financial Assistance update
f) Leanne Rowat – letter re: Rec Facility funding
8. GENERAL BUSINESS (continued)
b) Grass Mowing
RESOLUTION NO. 10-151
Wurtz - Bromley
Be It Resolved that Council authorize the Transportation committee to hire a part time operator to assist the public works department at $15.00 per hour.
CARRIED
c) MTS Rights of Way application – N17 & 18-12-20W
RESOLUTION NO. 10-152
Fast - Paddock
Be It Resolved that Council of the RM of Daly have no objection to the application of MTS (file# 9074449-10) to place new facilities to replace a defective cable located along the N17 & N18-12-20W on the right of way.
CARRIED
9. BY-LAWS
No by-laws presented
10. COMMITTEE & COUNCIL REPORTS
Councillor Falkevitch – Borland Construction have completed gravel work on Boundary road.
Councillor Bromley - The trees at Sykes corner are finally done.
Discussed the need to communicate with the RM of Whitehead regarding what we need to do to be part of the water co-op.
Councillor Fast - We need to get Daly Beach Road and #25 junction built up for safety reasons.
Councillor Paddock – Culverts at #25 Highway curve west of town have some beavers plugging the culverts.
11. CAO REPORT
a) Craig Mayor would like to meet with council regarding Chimo issues.
b) The RM has purchased a cat trap and has given it to Dallas Murray.
c) Don Kroeger at Marriotts approach needs it widened. 18” culvert 60 ft.
d) Crusher is moving to Aspen Pit today.
e) Gravelling to start approximately July 19
f) Draft Wastewater agreement with Brandon should be available soon.
12. ADJOURNMENT
RESOLUTION NO. 10-153
Wurtz - Fast
Be It Resolved That the meeting be adjourned at 12:09 pm:
CARRIED
All of the above resolutions were passed unanimously unless otherwise stated.
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Chief Administrative Officer