Here are some items from the March 26 council meeting in North Battleford:
City council has passed a bylaw providing for the creation of a debt.
The debt is in the amount of $3,112,000 for the purpose of planning and development projects, leisure facility betterments, water and sewer facilities and the RCMP cellblock upgrade. Among the development projects included in this amount were downtown redevelopment, storm drainage, streetlights, and the airport CAP grant up to 50 per cent. The bylaw passed in three readings at council unanimously.
A change is coming to Waste Management Facility operating hours. The city will be reducing operating hours at the Waste Management Facility between May 1 and Oct. 31 to 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., moving up the closing time an hour from 7 p.m.
Council has approved the implementation of a Community Safety Survey that is to be conducted in the fall of 2018 and is designed to reach out to residents for feedback on peoples’ perceptions regarding community safety.
Also, council has passed a resolution approving and adopting the city’s recommendations proposed for land pricing, for increased advertising of city land for sale, for monitoring and controlling non-permitted uses of city land for sale, and establishing relationships with local builders for developing residential lots in Killdeer Park and Fairview Heights.
Finally, the city is extending congratulations to Director of Utilities Stewart Schafer for being awarded the 2017 Gerry Wheeler Memorial Award, acknowledging his contributions to the Saskatchewan Public Works Association.
The next council meeting is April 9
