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Regular Meeting of the members of Council of the Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman, held in Council Chambers, in Minitonas, Manitoba this 18th day of September, 2018 A.D. at 7:15 p.m.
\n<\/br>
\nPresent:
\nReeve: C. Eisner
\nCouncillors: J. Caruk, C. Densen, L. Mychalchuk, S. Walmsley, G. Bartel & L. Hutman
\nC.A.O. \u2013 K. Chartrand<\/p>\n
Delegations:
\n\t8:30pm \u2013 Minitonas & District Arena Board<\/p>\n
Additions to Agenda:
\n\t4.9 \u2013 Bowsman Trees
\n\t4.10 SLWCD
\n\t4.11 Request for Letter of Support
\n\t4.12 Municipal Roads and Bridge Program
\n\t5.7 Variance Application \u2013 FOSS\t<\/p>\n
1. S. Walmsley \u2013 L. Mychalchuk
\n\tRESOLVED THAT the Agenda be adopted as amended.
\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n
2.\tJ. Caruk \u2013 G. Bartel
\n\tRESOLVED THAT Leanne Hutman shall be appointed as Finance Chair for this council meeting.
\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n
3.\tS. Walmsley \u2013 L. Hutman
\n\tRESOLVED THAT the minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council held on September 4th, 2018 shall be adopted as circulated.
\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n
4.\tJ. Caruk \u2013 G. Bartel
\n\tRESOLVED THAT we do hereby authorize payment of the List of Accounts numbered 5517 to 5648 inclusive, amounting to $542,423.32.
\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n
5.\tL. Mychalchuk \u2013 S. Walmsley
\n\tRESOLVED THAT the Financial Statement and Bank Reconciliation for the month ending August 31st, 2018 shall be approved as presented.
\n \tCarried.<\/p>\n
6.\tL. Hutman \u2013 G. Bartel
\n\tWHEREAS 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; and
\n\tWHEREAS sufficient time has been allowed for payment of the outstanding amounts outline as attached; and
\n\tWHEREAS there has not been any payment arrangements made to date to clear these amounts owing;
\n\tTHEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council does hereby agree to move the aforementioned unpaid amounts to the corresponding property taxes and collected in that manner.
\n\tCarried. <\/p>\n
7.\tS. Walmsley \u2013 J. Caruk
\n\tRESOLVED THAT we do hereby agree to write off the attached amount in regards to Accounts Receivable.
\n\tBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT this amount shall be written off in the 2017 year.
\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n
8.\tG. Bartel \u2013 J. Caruk
\n\tRESOLVED THAT the Council of the Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman does hereby approve the Staff Expense Reports as submitted.
\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n
9.\tL. Mychalchuk \u2013 L. Hutman
\n\tRESOLVED THAT By-law No. 06\/2018, being a by-law of the Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman for the purpose of Animal Control within the municipality, shall be read a third time this 18th day of September, 2018 A.D., signed by the Reeve, and signed and sealed by the Chief Administrative Officer.
\n\tBartel – For
\n\tCaruk – For
\n\tDensen – For
\n\tHutman – For
\n\tMychalchuk – For
\n\tWalmsley – For
\n\tEisner – For
\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n
10.\tG. Bartel \u2013 L. Hutman
\n\tRESOLVED THAT all members of Council as well as the CAO and Assistant CAO shall be authorized to attend the G5 meeting hosted by RM of Mountain, on October 1st, 2018.
\n\tBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT all applicable expenses related to said meeting will be paid in accordance with current Municipal Policies and By-Laws.
\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n
11.\tL. Mychalchuk \u2013 J. Caruk
\n\tRESOLVED THAT we do hereby approve the attached list of employees to attend the outlines training workshops and;
\n\tBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT all applicable expenses related to said training workshops will be paid in accordance with current Municipal Policies and By-Laws.
\n\tCarried. <\/p>\n
12. \tG. Bartel \u2013 J. Caruk
\n\tRESOLVED THAT we do hereby agree to pay the attached payments and grants.
\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n
13.\tL. Mychalchuk \u2013 C. Densen
\n\tRESOLVED THAT we do designate Oct 15-19 as Fall Cleanup Week in Minitonas and Bowsman.
\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n
14.\tL. Hutman \u2013 L. Mychalchuk
\n\tWHEREAS the Province of Manitoba has made $2.25 million available to municipalities in 2018 for the final year of the Municipal Road and Bridge Program; and
\n\tWHEREAS $14 million was available to municipalities in 2017 through the Municipal Road and Bridge Program; and
\n\tWHEREAS the Municipal Road and Bridge Program was developed in partnership with the Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) and provides a 50\/50 cost-shared funding for municipal road and bridge projects through a single-window application intake with no red tape; and
\n\tWHEREAS Manitoba municipalities regard the Municipal Road and Bridge Program as critical, predictable, and effective for budgeting and planning purposes in order to address their infrastructure deficit; and
\n\tWHEREAS the Province of Manitoba has announced it will terminate the Municipal Road and Bridge Program by reallocating these funds into the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program; and
\n\tWHEREAS the Municipal Road and Bridge Program allows municipalities to use Gas Tax revenues for their matching dollars while the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program does not, which puts an even greater burden on property taxes;
\n\tTHEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the AMM lobby the Province of Manitoba to not proceed with the plans to transition the Municipal Road and Bridge Program into Phase 2 of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP2) and fully reinstate the former funding levels for this essential program.
\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n
15.\tJ. Caruk \u2013 L. Hutman
\n\tRESOLVED THAT the Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman Council does hereby agree to hire Alyssa Strate as Office Clerk as per the attached agreement.
\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n
16.\tL. Mychalchuk \u2013 G. Bartel
\n\tWHEREAS Roy and Patsy Foss the registered owners of the property located in the Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman legally described as Lot 30 Plan 3131 (Minitonas); and
\n\tWHEREAS the registered owners have applied to the Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman Council to vary specific provisions of the Town of Minitonas Zoning By-law No. 03\/2004 as it applies to the above noted property, and namely to reduce the setback distance for a dwelling from the front property line from 30 feet to 20 feet on the property; and
\n\tWHEREAS Council may issue a Variance Order pursuant to Part 6 of the Planning Act; and
\n\tWHEREAS Council has given careful consideration of the application and all representations made for or against the application at the required Public Hearing held on September 18, 2018 in Minitonas, in the Province of Manitoba;
\n\tTHEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Council of the Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman does hereby agree to Approve the Variance.
\n\tBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT approval shall expire in 12 months from the date of approval if it has not been acted upon within that time.
\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n
17. \tJ. Caruk \u2013 G. Bartel
\n\tRESOLVED THAT the Council for the Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman does hereby agree to continue past curfew by majority of council in accordance with the current Procedures By-Law.
\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n
18.\tS. Walmsley \u2013 L. Hutman
\n\tRESOLVED THAT we do now adjourn at 11:30 p.m. to meet again on October 2nd, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. for the next regular meeting of council.
\n\tCarried. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Regular Meeting of the members of Council of the Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman, held in Council Chambers, in Minitonas, Manitoba this 18th day of September, 2018 A.D. at 7:15 p.m. Present: Reeve: C. Eisner Councillors: J. Caruk, C. Densen, L. Mychalchuk, S. Walmsley, G. Bartel & L. Hutman C.A.O. \u2013 K. Chartrand Delegations: 8:30pm \u2013 Minitonas […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-33558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-minutes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}