At the latest meeting of the Carlyle town council, councillors approved a plan to move ahead with a request to borrow the $2,607,500 needed to add a new sewer trunk line to the existing infrastructure, as well as adding an additional aeration cell to the town's waste lagoon.
The project has become necessary due to the continued growth of the town.
With many sewer lines running at capacity, the new additions are felt to be the best way to address the problem, and provide some additional space for further growth and development of the town.
Another motion passed has the town welcoming a new town employee to part-time work in the municipal office.
Valerie Gallinger will work in town office one day a week, and provide relief when the Chief Administrative Officer to the Assistant Administrator are out of the office.
Regarding the parking situation on Main Street, the council chose to rule against the findings of the committee struck to explore the matter.
With arguments on both sides being offered on whether parking should be done on the outside part of the lane, like most municipalities, or if it should remain as is with centreline parking, the committee had recommended that the issue be put to ballot in the upcoming municipal elections this autumn, so the town could decide for itself.
"Why would we put it on the ballot?" asked Councillor Darrin Grimes. "It's a waste of time."
After some discussion, the council sided with Grimes, and the issue was voted down.
A series of bylaws were also tabled during the meeting, including 2012-02, which involves the town approving boards for publicly owned facilities for indemnity reasons, as well as the public disclosure bylaw, 2012-03, which would see municipal councillors and the mayor having to declare privately owned property within the town's limits to avoid the perception of conflict-of-interest.
Also passed were bylaws 2012-04 and '-05 which set the new utilities and municipal tax rates.
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