{"id":8569,"date":"2011-12-23T19:56:53","date_gmt":"2011-12-24T01:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=8569"},"modified":"2011-12-23T23:07:05","modified_gmt":"2011-12-24T05:07:05","slug":"town-of-minitonas-minutes-december-7-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2011\/12\/23\/town-of-minitonas-minutes-december-7-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Town of Minitonas Minutes &#8211; December 7, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Town-of-Minitonas.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"Town of Minitonas\" width=\"236\" height=\"144\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Town-of-Minitonas.gif 236w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Town-of-Minitonas-100x61.gif 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/>Regular Meeting of the members of Council of the Town of Minitonas, held in the Council Chambers, Minitonas, Manitoba this 7th day of December, 2011 A.D. at 7:00 p.m.<br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\n<\/br><\/p>\n<p>Present:    Mayor Barkowski<br \/>\n\t     Councillors: Caruk, Bartel, Robb &#038; Windsor<br \/>\n\t     C.A.O.:  Carolyn Gordon<\/p>\n<p>Delegations:<\/p>\n<p>9:00 pm\tMerv Leslie\t\t\tRE:  Town Operations<\/p>\n<p>Additions to the Agenda<\/p>\n<p>13.1\tAge Friendly Committee \u2013 Letter &#038; Minutes<br \/>\n13.2\tHandi-Cap Parking @ Down Town<\/p>\n<p>Additional Correspondence:<\/p>\n<p>16.3\tR. Watts \u2013 Letter of Thanks<\/p>\n<p>1. \tW. Robb \u2013 S. Windsor<br \/>\n\tRESOLVED THAT the Agenda shall be adopted as amended.<br \/>\nCarried.<\/p>\n<p>2.\tD. Bartel &#8211; J. Caruk<br \/>\n\tRESOLVED THAT the Minutes of the Regular Meetings of Council held on November 2nd, 2011 and November 16th, 2011 and the Minutes of the Special Meeting of Council held on November 30th, 2011 shall be adopted as circulated.<br \/>\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n<p>3.\tW. Robb &#8211; D. Bartel<br \/>\n\tRESOLVED THAT approval of payment be made for the List of Accounts numbered 4500 to 4567 inclusive, amounting to $72,682.40.<br \/>\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n<p>4.\tW. Robb \u2013 D. Bartel<br \/>\n\tRESOLVED THAT the Bank Reconciliation for the month ending October 31st, 2011 shall be approved as presented.<br \/>\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n<p>5.\tW. Robb &#8211; S. Windsor<br \/>\n\tRESOLVED THAT the Council of the Town of Minitonas agrees to adopt the following Interim Operating Budget for the Fiscal Year 2012:<\/p>\n<p>General Fund<\/p>\n<p>\tGeneral Government Services\t\t\t$  50,000.00<br \/>\n\tProtective Services\t\t\t\t\t$  20,000.00<br \/>\n\tTransportation Services\t\t\t\t$100,000.00<br \/>\n\tEnvironmental Health\/Dev. Services\t\t\t$  34,000.00<br \/>\n\tEconomic Development Services\t\t\t$    4,000.00<br \/>\n\tPublic Health Services\t\t\t\t$    2,000.00<br \/>\n\tRecreational and Cultural Services\t\t\t$  40,000.00<br \/>\n\tTOTAL\t\t\t\t\t\t$250,000.00<\/p>\n<p>Utility Fund<\/p>\n<p>\tWater and Sewer Services\t\t\t\t$100,000.00<br \/>\n\tWater and Sewer Capital\t\t\t\t$150,000.00<br \/>\n\tTOTAL\t\t\t\t\t\t$250,000.00<br \/>\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n<p>6.\tJ. Caruk \u2013 S. Windsor<br \/>\n\tRESOLVED THAT the attached Christmas Greeting shall be placed in the Star &#038; Times\u2019 Special Christmas Edition.<br \/>\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n<p>7.\tW. Robb &#8211; S. Windsor<br \/>\n\tRESOLVED THAT By-Law No. 6\/2011, being a By-Law of the Town of Minitonas to arrange Indemnities for Council, shall be read a third time this 7th day of December, 2011 A.D., signed by the Mayor, and sealed by the Chief Administrative Officer.<br \/>\n\tBarkowski\t\tyes<br \/>\n\tCaruk\t\t\tyes<br \/>\n\tRobb\t\t\tyes<br \/>\n\tBartel\t\t\tyes<br \/>\n\tWindsor\t\tyes<br \/>\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n<p>8.\tD. Bartel \u2013 S. Windsor<br \/>\n\tRESOLVED THAT the Council of the Town of Minitonas has reviewed the attached recommendation from the RM &#038; Town of Minitonas Fire Protection Committee and agree to the Operating and Capital Purchases as part of the 2012 \u2018Fire Department Budget\u2019.<br \/>\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n<p>9.\tB. Robb &#8211; J. Caruk<br \/>\n\tWHEREAS the RM &#038; Town of Minitonas Handi-Van Committee have submitted a recommendation to the municipality for consideration of the purchase of an AED Unit for the Handi-Van, and;<br \/>\n\tWHEREAS the Minitonas Town Council agrees that it would be a valuable piece of equipment to have available on the handi-van, providing fast access to passengers in case of emergency;<br \/>\n\tTHEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Council of the Town of Minitonas agrees to fund 50% of the total cost of purchasing a defibrillator for the Minitonas Handi-Van, and that the equipment be dedicated in honor of the founding members of the RM &#038; Town of Minitonas Handi-Van Committee.<br \/>\n\tCarried.\t<\/p>\n<p>10.\tJ. Caruk \u2013 D. Bartel<br \/>\n\tRESOLVED THAT we do hereby approve the list of firefighters for the RM &#038; Town of Minitonas Fire Department as per the recommendation of Fire Chief, Ian McKay, attached hereto as Schedule \u2018A\u2019.<br \/>\n\tCarried.\t<\/p>\n<p>11.\tJ. Caruk \u2013 S. Windsor<br \/>\n\tRESOLVED THAT the Building Permits for January to December, 2012 shall be received as attached hereto.<br \/>\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n<p>12.\tJ. Caruk -D. Bartel<br \/>\n\tWHEREAS the Public Works Employee Overtime Reports have been received &#038; reviewed by Council;<br \/>\n\tTHEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT all applicable overtime hours recorded for the month of November, 2011 shall be paid out with the December 15, 2011 payroll or booked for future use as indicated on the aforementioned reports, \tcopies of which have been attached hereto.<br \/>\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n<p>13.\tS. Windsor \u2013 W. Robb<br \/>\n\tRESOLVED THAT the Public Works Report for the month of November, 2011 shall be accepted as submitted by the Town Foreman, a copy of which is attached \thereto.<br \/>\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n<p>14.\tD. Bartel \u2013 J. Caruk<br \/>\n\tWHEREAS the Town of Minitonas has adopted a new Workplace Health &#038; Safety Plan and representative from the Council, Administration and Public Works Staff \tare required for proper implementation of the plan into the daily operations of the municipality;<br \/>\n\tTHEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Steve Windsor shall be appointed as the Council Safety Representative, Carolyn Gordon shall be appointed as the Administrative Safety Representative, and Mervin Leslie shall be appointed as the \tWorkers Safety Representative for the Town of Minitonas.<br \/>\n\tBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the CAO shall be authorized to hire the Services of the local consultant for Safety Services Manitoba to assist in completing and implementing the municipality\u2019s plan.<br \/>\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n<p>15.\tJ. Caruk \u2013 D. Bartel<br \/>\n\tWHEREAS the Town of Minitonas and the RM of Minitonas operate a joint municipal office and share in the administrative services, and;<br \/>\n\tWHEREAS the Minitonas Town Council believe it would be feasible to add the administrative services for the Swan Valley District Recreation Commission as part of their pending administrative changes for 2012;<br \/>\n\tTHEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT we do hereby recommend that the RM of Minitonas submit the attached proposal for a 5 year tender to the Swan Valley District Recreation Commission for consideration.<br \/>\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n<p>16.\tW. Robb \u2013 J. Caruk<br \/>\n\tWHEREAS the Council of the Town of Minitonas feel it is very important to support the local recreational facilities, and;<br \/>\n\tWHEREAS the municipality has not charged a rental fee for the past few years in order to assist with the operating costs of the local curling rink;<br \/>\n\t THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT we do hereby agree to permanently waive the annual rental costs paid by the Minitonas Curling Club for the property \ton which the facility is located.<br \/>\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n<p>17.\tD. Bartel \u2013 J. Caruk<br \/>\n\tRESOLVED THAT By-Law No. 7\/2011, being a By-Law of the Town of Minitonas to regulate the proceedings and conduct of Council, shall be read a third time this 7th day of December, 2011 A.D., signed by the Mayor, and signed and sealed by the Chief Administrative Officer.<\/p>\n<p>\tBarkowski\t\tyes<br \/>\n\tCaruk\t\t\tyes<br \/>\n\tRobb\t\t\tyes<br \/>\n\tBartel\t\t\tyes<br \/>\n\tWindsor\t\tyes<br \/>\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n<p>18.\tW. Robb \u2013 D. Bartel<br \/>\n\tWHEREAS the Minitonas Town Council have reviewed and approve the terms and conditions of the attached agreement with the RM of Minitonas for removal of snow on the streets in the municipality;<br \/>\n\tTHEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT we do hereby agree to authorize the Mayor and Chief Administrative Officer to sign said agreement on behalf of the municipality.<br \/>\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n<p>19.\tS. Windsor 0 W. Robb<br \/>\n\tRESOLVED THAT we do now adjourn at 10:30 pm to meet again for the next regular meeting of Council to be held on the 14th day of December, 2011 A.D.<br \/>\n\tCarried.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regular Meeting of the members of Council of the Town of Minitonas, held in the Council Chambers, Minitonas, Manitoba this 7th day of December, 2011 A.D. at 7:00 p.m. Present: Mayor Barkowski Councillors: Caruk, Bartel, Robb &#038; Windsor C.A.O.: Carolyn Gordon Delegations: 9:00 pm Merv Leslie RE: Town Operations Additions to the Agenda 13.1 Age [&hellip;]<\/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-8569","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\/8569","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=8569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}