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Regular Meeting of the members of Council of the Town of Minitonas, held in the Council Chambers, Minitonas, Manitoba this 17th day of December, 2014 A.D. at 7:00 p.m.<\/p>\nRegular Meeting of the members of Council of the Town of Minitonas, held in the Council Chambers, Minitonas, Manitoba this 17th day of December, 2014 A.D. at 7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
Present: Mayor Barkowski
\n\t Councillors: Bartel, Windsor & Caruk
\n\t CAO: Carolyn Gordon<\/p>\n
Delegations: \tHarold & Sharon Holland\tre: Offer of Thanks to Council for Services<\/p>\n
1. \tS. Windsor – D. Bartel
\n\tRESOLVED THAT the Agenda be adopted as presented.
\n\t Carried.\t<\/p>\n
2.\tS. Windsor – J. Caruk
\nRESOLVED THAT the minutes of the Regular Meetings of the Council of the Town of Minitonas held on November 5th, 2014 and November 19th, 2014 shall be adopted as circulated.
\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n
3.\tJ. Caruk – D. Bartel
\nRESOLVED THAT the Bank Reconciliation for the period ending November 30th, 2014 and Financial Statement for the period ending December 17th, 2014 shall be approved as presented.
\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n
4.\t S. Windsor \u2013 D. Bartel
\nRESOLVED THAT the Animal Control Officer\u2019s Report for the month of November, 2014 shall be accepted as presented, a copy of which is attached hereto, and:
\nBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT payment for contract services for Animal Control shall be made as per the aforementioned report.
\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n
5.\tJ. Caruk – D. Bartel
\n\tRESOLVED THAT approval of payment be made for the List of Accounts numbered 6249 to 6310 inclusive, amounting to $72,694.11
\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n
6.\t S. Windsor – J. Caruk
\nRESOLVED THAT the Council of the Town of Minitonas do hereby authorize the Transfers from the Municipality\u2019s General Operating Accounts to the Reserve Accounts as per Schedule \u2018A\u2019 attached hereto.
\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n
7.\tD. Bartel \u2013 J. Caruk
\n\tWHEREAS the Council of the Town of Minitonas do hereby approve of the purchase and transfer of $680 plus taxes and installation costs from the joint Fire Fighting Retainer \u2013 Capital Equipment Reserve Account to the General Operating Account for the purchase of a new computer system for the fire department, and;
\nWHEREAS the withdrawal of funds must also be approved by the Council of the Rural Municipality of Minitonas;
\nTHEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the aforementioned transfer of funds shall be proposed to the RM of Minitonas Council for approval at their December 22nd, 2014 Council Meeting, and;
\nBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT once both council have provided approval of said transfer by resolution, the Mayor & CAO shall be authorized to sign on behalf of the municipality and the aforementioned funds shall then be moved from the joint Fire Fighting Retainer \u2013 Capital Equipment Reserve Account to the Town\u2019s General Chequing Account.
\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n
8.\tS. Windsor – D. Bartel
\nWHEREAS Resolution No. 5 dated November 19th, 2014 approved payment of works for the completion of the rip-rap, drainage and landscaping at the Minitonas Lagoon Site;
\nAND WHEREAS only a portion of the works have been completed, with the remainder to be finished in 2015;
\nTHEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the amount of $2370 shall be paid in 2014 as noted on Invoice #Lagoon-2014 dated November 16th, 2014 and the remainder of said invoice shall be held for payment once the work has been completed in 2015 and the exact number of hours has been determined, and;
\nBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Invoice #TOWN-4-2014 shall be held for completion of works in 2015 and Invoice #WCB 1-2014 shall be amended to reflect the above noted changed and additional costs as attached hereto.
\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n
9.\t J. Caruk \u2013 S. Windsor
\n\tWHEREAS all properties with taxes owing for any portion of the year 2012 or prior, along with the associated tax sale cost have been paid in full, and;
\n\tWHEREAS Taxervice has submitted a final report indicating that there are no unpaid for 2013 and the tax sale auction has been cancelled.
\n\tTHEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT we do hereby accept the aforementioned report, a copy of which is attached hereto, and close the 2014 Tax Sale.
\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n
10.\t S. Windsor \u2013 D. Bartel
\n\tWHEREAS enhancement and support of local business is extremely important to the appearance and promotion of local economic development;
\n\tTHEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Minitonas Town Council approves the attached letter of support for applications to the Hometown Manitoba \u2013 Main Street Enhancement Program by local business owners.
\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n
11.\tJ. Caruk – D. Bartel
\nWHEREAS under the authority of Subsection 252(2) of The Municipal Act, a municipality may collect unpaid fees and utilities in the same manner as a tax may be collected and enforced;
\nAND WHEREAS the municipality has received no payments to date for any of the amounts listed on the attached report, and said amounts remain outstanding as of today\u2019s date;
\nTHEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the amount of debt owing to the Town of Minitonas for unpaid utility accounts and unpaid maintenance costs listed on Schedule \u2018A\u2019 attached hereto shall be moved to the property taxes for the associated properties effective December 31st, 2014, and;
\nBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT notice shall be sent to the property owners detailing the amounts being added to the taxes, and the interest will accrue on said debt in the same manner as unpaid taxes effective Jan 1st, 2015.
\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n
12.\tS. Windsor \u2013 J. Caruk
\n\tWHEREAS the attached letter has been received from Betty MacCumber providing notification that she will no longer be cleaning the Library effective December 31st, 2014, and;
\nWHEREAS written notice has been received from Nadia Olson, our current librarian, that she is interested in assuming the cleaning duties at the Minitonas Library;
\nTHEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Minitonas Town Council accepts Betty\u2019s notice of retirement from her cleaning duties and agrees to forward the attached letter from Nadia to the Council for the Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman along with a recommendation to accept her offer to enter into a contract service agreement for cleaning the Minitonas Library.
\nCarried.<\/p>\n
13.\tD. Bartel \u2013 S. Windsor
\n\tWHEREAS the attached letter has been received letter from Kevin & Michelle Stanick providing the Town of Minitonas with written notice of their intent to terminate their rental agreement effective December 31st, 2014 and;
\nWHEREAS such written notice has been provided in accordance with said agreement;
\nTHEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Minitonas Town Council accepts the notice to terminate as provided by Kevin & Michelle Stanick and do hereby terminate said agreement effective December 31st, 2014 and that no further payments will be issued once the 2014 rent has been paid in full.
\nCarried.<\/p>\n
14.\tS. Windsor \u2013 D. Bartel
\n\tRESOLVED THAT the Public Works Report for the month of November, 2014 shall be accepted as submitted by the Town Foreman, a copy of which is attached hereto.
\nCarried.<\/p>\n
15.\tJ. Caruk \u2013 S. Windsor
\n\tWHEREAS the Public Works Employee Overtime Reports have been received & reviewed by Council;
\n\tTHEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT all applicable overtime hours recorded for the month of November, 2014 shall be approved and banked for future use as indicated on the aforementioned reports, copies of which have been attached hereto.
\nCarried.<\/p>\n
16.\tS. Windsor \u2013 D. Bartel
\n\tWHEREAS the deficit application approved by the Public Utilities Board for the 2011 Utility Deficit did not include PSAB adjustments and;
\nWHEREAS there is no deficit for 2013 according to PUB Schedule 9 but there is now a deficit for 2012;
\nTHEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Minitonas Town Council does hereby agree to submit applications to the Public Utility Board for approval of a deficit in the amount of $13,504 for 2011 and a deficit in the amount of $9,035 for 2012, and;
\nBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT a request be submitted to the Public Utilities Board along with the deficit application to approve a \u2018Rate Rider\u2019 in the amount of $12.50 per Utility Bill for the next two years (8 billing periods) I order to collect a cash deficit in the amount of $22,500 while a Rate Study is being undertaken and an increase in rates is being explored.
\nCarried.<\/p>\n
17.\tS. Windsor \u2013 J. Caruk
\n\tRESOLVED THAT the attached letter of resignation received from Brandie McDuff shall be accepted with regrets and best wishes for success in her new career.
\nCarried.<\/p>\n
18.\tS. Windsor \u2013 D. Bartel
\n\tRESOLVED THAT we do now adjourn at 9:25 p.m. with no further meetings to be held due to the amalgamation with the Village of Bowsman and the RM of Minitonas, this being the final regular meeting of the Town of Minitonas, and;
\nBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT should there be any matters that require a decision of the Minitonas Town Council before December 31st, 2014 we do agree to hold a Special Meeting of Council to deal with such matters accordingly.
\nCarried.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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