Garbage, its collection and its disposal, was among items to concern town council at its regular meeting on September 14.
Council decided to establish the rate of $60 per tonne for residential refuse in service agreements with other communities.
With the new system of garbage collection and disposal to begin next month, council agreed that when other communities, such as Togo and Madge Lake, form agreements with town council to have the Ottenbreit service pick up residential garbage in those communities that garbage can be disposed of at the Kamsack site at that cost, Mayor Rod Gardner explained.
Council authorized its administration to enter into an agreement with Duck Mountain Provincial Park to allow permanent residents of the park to purchase tickets to access the town’s landfill based on an annual fee of $150 per permanent resident.
Meeting with council Craig Tysowski made a presentation requesting that council purchase the Kamsack Mall building from him. Council thanked Tysowski for the presentation, but said it would not be pursuing that opportunity.
A two-year agreement was authorized with Greg Podovinnikoff for facility management consultation services at the Broda Sportsplex for the rate of $10,000 per season.
Council was informed that the mayor was to be nominated for recognition at the next convention of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) for having helped spearhead the construction of the Assiniboine Valley Medical Center without the help of government funding.
Council was told that the 2015 roll from SAMA (the Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency) was $96,758,900, which is an increase from the roll in 2014 which was $96,001,600.
