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Council prepares for municipal election and funds doctor recruitment and golf course

Preparations for the municipal election, doctor recruitment and funding Riverside Golf Course were among items to concern town council at its regular meeting on September 12.

Μύ Μύ Μύ Μύ Μύ Μύ Preparations for the municipal election, doctor recruitment and funding Riverside Golf Course were among items to concern town council at its regular meeting on September 12.

ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Council established the OCC Hall as the polling place for the election on October 26, set remuneration for election officials which ranged from $105 for the poll clerk for the advance poll to $250 for the deputy returning officer, and set the advance poll as October 22 at the town office.

ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Accepting a recommendation from the Assiniboine Valley Health and Wellness Foundation, council made funds up to $6,000 available to the foundation for doctor recruitment.

ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ It was agreed to make a financial contribution to the Riverside Golf Course in the amount of $16,000 to offset funds owing to the town regarding the costs to upgrade the irrigation system.

ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Council approved the establishment of a drop-in centre at 333 Third Avenue ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ (former Glass Door Jewellery building).

ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ An invitation was extended to Alana Smutt, Emergency Meassures Organization (EMO) co-ordinator to attend an upcoming council meeting to provide council with an update on the community’s EMO plan.

ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ On behalf of the Town of Kamsack, Taxervice was authorized to proceed under the Tax Enforcement Act to acquire title for the following land: Lots 16 and 17 of Blk/Par 17, Plan Z5755; Lot 5 Blk/Par 14, Plan S3319, and Lot 21, Blk/Par 14, Plan 101822521.

ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ A grant of $2,147 which is 100 per cent of the 2016 municipal tax levy, was approved for the Kamsack Playhouse.

ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ It was agreed to purchase an advertisement costing $100 in the Yorkton Gardon Crushers female hockey program. The two Kamsack athletes on the team are Breanne McLean and Brooke Schwartz.

ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Council decided to enter into another one-year agreement with Twin Eagle Resource Management Canada to supple the town with natural gas at a cost of $3.24 per gigajoule.

ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ A request from Kathie Galye to use the OCC Hall for fitness classes was referred to the recreation director.

ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Council told the Kamsack Family Resource Centre that to utilize the OCC Hall for its β€œHealthy Together--Happy, Healthy Beginnings Ages zero to six years program” would cost $300 per day.

ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ A donation of $500 to the Kamsack Comprehensive Institute football team was approved.

ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Members of council attended a regular meeting of the RM of Cote council last week to discuss the need for improvements to the Kamsack airstrip.

ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Accessing funding for such projects is always easier when municipalities work together, Councillor Rick Aikman, the deputy mayor said, adding that the Kamsack facility is the only paved airstrip between Swan River and Yorkton.

ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ Although Aikman said it is far too early to estimate the cost of such an upgrade, he said he would not be surprised if it is in the neighbourhood of $500,000.Μύ

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