It was a routine meeting at North Battleford City Hall on Monday, with few pressing issues facing council.
Among the highlights of the meeting was passage of two local improvement bylaws for work completed on Pearson Avenue from 110th Street to St. Laurent Drive and on 19th Avenue from Walker Drive to Territorial Drive. The bylaws passed unanimously.
Both are 2014 local improvements and as a result are paid for using the special assessment process, not by the special tax approved in the 2015 budget that will take effect this year. The affected properties along Pearson Avenue and on 19th Avenue receive a 10-year exemption from the special tax.
Also approved was a month-to-month agreement with the City of Prince Albert responsible for operating the Provincial Emergency Communications Centre, for the contracted amount of $2,040 per month, to provide enhanced safety for the city’s Community Safety Officers.
Previously, there was a pilot program in place from Sept. 3 to Dec. 31 and after exploring some alternatives it was decided to continue with P-ECC on a month-to-month basis.
The service helps the local Community Safety Officers obtain vehicle and driver information in connection with their enforcement duties, as well as provides a direct line with a dispatch service for assistance.
Appointments have been made to the Dekker Centre board for two-year terms. Karen Ulmer, Rob Rongve and Dennis Cann were reappointed while Rob Hildebrand has been appointed to his first term. Cathy Richardson and Kelli Hawtin have been appointed as City representatives on that board as well. David Dekker, Bill Wells and Jim Walls have one year remaining in their terms on the board.
The City has also approved the purchase of a 2014 LB performance contract grader with 185 hours of use from Redhead Equipment Ltd. of Saskatoon in the amount of $231,775.70 taxes included. That is roughly 10 per cent above the budgeted amount.
