Council heard a presentation from Herb Sutton and Tim Yeaman on the City’s attendance at the Crime Prevention through Environmental Design conference in Calgary Oct. 19 and 20.
There were five delegates attending representing the City, and the conference included attendees from all over the world. Among the projects presented at that conference was the community garden built behind the Lighthouse, a project that was developed using the principles of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design.
Other items at a relatively routine council meeting Monday night:
City director of operations Stewart Schafer relayed news to council that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has given its approval to North Battleford for the processed bio-solids from the North Battlefords Wastewater Treatment Plant.
The product has met all requirements under the Fertilizer Act and Regulations and may now be sold in Canada as a legal fertilizer, using the fertilizer name LysteGro.
The Lystek system has been in place at the wastewater treatment plant since last December to convert the biosolids from the plant into fertilizer. The city had been awaiting the approval from the federal government.
City Manager Jim Puffalt updated council on a meeting in October with the province’s representatives regarding Rapid-Growth Communities, designed to manage and prepare for growth in communities in the province.
“Good information, a great opportunity to meet provincial representatives,” said Puffalt of the meeting. He said more meetings are due to happen in the near future.
The City’s snow plowing policy was also amended at meeting so the City would “not be responsible for the removal of the resulting windrow beyond the 5.4 metres of cleared area” for various properties.
