Here are some of the other items that came up during North Battleford’s Planning Committee meeting on Monday.
Building permits may still be somewhat on the down side for the year so far in 2016, but there is anticipation from City officials that the situation will turn around quickly.
City Manager Jim Puffalt confirmed to the committee a building permit for the new 100-unit Comfort Inn and Suites hotel development on Carlton Trail is “imminent.”
“They’ve just reached their agreement with Terracap, the mall owner,” said Jennifer Niesink, the City’s director of business development.
“So now that that’s executed they’ll be going forward with the building permit. They do plan to start in 2016.”
Puffalt added a number of other projects were also in the queue for 2016 and as the months go by permits will be issued for those as well.
In other news, safety at intersections has been a focus of municipal enforcement as of late.
Fire Chief Albert Headrick noted a Traffic Safety Plan has been submitted to the city manager and Community Safety Officers have been implementing the plan in some high-collision intersections in the city.
There has been increased monitoring in those intersections, said Headrick. He noted statistics were down and attributed that to the realization among the public the CSOs are out and about.
As well, CSOs are cracking down on distracted driving with a campaign during the month of May. Headrick urged people to refrain from texting and from talking on the telephone while on the roads.
In the Leisure Services report, Director of Leisure Services Bill Samborski said the tender for the overhead door replacement for the curling rink went to Lesmiester Construction Ltd. of North Battleford. The new door will be 14 feet wide by 18 feet high.
And renovations are underway on room 104 of the Don Ross Centre for the pending move of Concern for Youth to the Don Ross Centre at the end of May. According to Samborski, this was a former staff area that has been converted to lease space, and the renovations are on track to be completed in time for the move.
