The City of North Battleford’s Parks and Recreation Culture and Heritage Committee held its final meeting Monday, Dec. 15 at the Don Ross Centre, sort of.
It was truly a case of the committee going out with a whimper instead of a bang. Three committee members were not able to make it and the committee failed to meet quorum.
As a result, no votes were taken on the various SaskLotteries funding applications that had been up for approval at the meeting.
Even though the meeting did not reach quorum, the remaining members and administration did stick around to present and hear reports on what was happening at the various facilities and galleries this year, in what turned out to be an “unofficial” final meeting. The plan now is for the funding applications to be approved later by committee members electronically, but no further meeting is needed.
The Parks and Recreation Culture and Heritage Committee is dissolving as part of the restructuring of standing committees at North Battleford City Hall.
In its place will be a Leisure Services Committee that will have similar responsibilities but whose focus will concentrate on leisure services. The new committee will also continue to make decisions on SaskLotteries grant applications.
The new committee will include two appointed councillors and four at-large members, but will also include designated youth representatives from Sakewew, John Paul II and North Battleford Comprehensive high schools. The date for their first meeting is set for Jan. 19.
