Here is a rundown of the various items that came up at a relatively routine Monday meeting of city council in North Battleford:
As expected, council has passed second and third reading to zoning bylaw amendments to allow for private service homes in the residential zone. Those carried unanimously.
Also on Monday night, a discretionary use application was passed to allow for a basement suite to be added as an accessory to the permitted use at a property on 110th Street. That passed unanimously.
The city has passed a resolution to go ahead with a grant application for pavement rehabilitation on Runway 12-30.
That is the continuation of the runway rehabilition project that is ongoing at the Cameron McIntosh Airport.
The middle portions of the main runway are already complete and now the intention is to restore the outside nine metres on each side of the length of the runway.
North Battleford is applying to the Community Airport Partnership for funding of that project up to $275,000, which would be 50 per cent of the project; the city would be on the hook for the other half and that is included in the 2018 budget. However, city director of planning and development Jennifer Niesink noted in a memo to council that the work will only be completed this year if the CAP grant application is successful.
The City of North Battleford is also going ahead with plans to put up public art in the city. Two sculptures created by the late Patricia Shiplett are being purchased: one is entitled Ancient Voices and is to be placed in the northwest corner of the Peace Park, while the other is called Self Portrait and is to go at the entrance of Central Park.
The budget has allocated $25,000 towards the purchase of public art in 2018. Council is making the purchase upon the recommendation of the city’s Public Art Advisory Committee.
City council has awarded the contract for Cured In Place Pipe Sewer Lining to Insituform Technologies Ltd., at a low-bid price of $628,820.89 plus GST. The bid beats out three competing tenders and is well under the $1 million budgeted for the item. The contract rehabilitates sewer lining in pipes at nine locations in the city.
As well, the city has announced that James Fudge has been appointed as a new Special Constable appointment to fill a vacant position in its Community Safety Officer ranks; for Fudge this marks a return to the department.
Finally, a number of board and committee appointments have been made and they are as follows:
Development Appeals Board: Rob Rongve and Al Keller, reappointed.
Archives Committee: Hugh McIvor and Larry Kulyk, reappointed.
Dekker Centre: Patricia Whitecalf-Ironstand, Lorie Whitecalf, Candis Kirkpatrick-Miller, Jaime Maunula, all new appointments.
The next meeting of council is March 12.
