Weyburn city council approved plans to improve the conditions of the city's recycling bins on East Avenue, by expanding the size of the lot and putting fencing around it, at their council meeting on Monday evening.
Weyburn city council approved plans to improve the conditions of the city's recycling bins on East Avenue, by expanding the size of the lot and putting fencing around it, at their council meeting on Monday evening.
The recommendations to make the improvements came from the Environmental Resources committee, in part to prepare for the installation of new, larger rollout bins for recycling that will have slots for paper and cardboard instead of lids, forcing people to compact the size of their cardboard boxes, said Coun. Winston Bailey.
The plans include a 30-foot extension of the pad where the bins are located, with crushed concrete to be used as the base.
The committee had an estimate from a Regina fencing company, FPC Industries, for just under $10,000, including two rolling 30-foot gates that could be used in winter or summer.
The cost for expanding the lot, with the earth-moving equipment and crushed concrete, was another $4,400.
With fencing and gates being proposed, Coun. Bailey was asked if there would hours of opening imposed, as opposed to now with the site open 24-hours a day. Bailey responded that the intent is not to have the gates locked but open 24-hours as they are now; if however the problem arises again of people dumping garbage like couches or other large furniture rather than recyclable materials, the gates may then be used to control inappropriate dumping.
An application by the King George Hotel and the Weyburn Kinsmen Club to set up a large industrial tent in the hotel's parking lot on the night of the Volbeat concert was approved.
In an application by KG owners Dustin McFadden and Codie Longley, they are expecting some 1,800 people for the concert featuring Danish heavy metal band Volbeat, who will be playing at Crescent Point Place on Friday, June 29.
The hotel wants to set up a large tent in their parking lot to accommodate about 260 people to expand the capacity of their business for the one night.
The owners assure the city that a security company will be on the site to help with crowd control, along with a security manager and fencing around the area, for the VIP party which will be hosted at the hotel.
Asked if the city police would be putting on extra manpower that evening, Mayor Debra Button said there was no plan to have extra police on staff, and added, "Hopefully everything runs smoothly."
In approving the permit for the tent and fencing, Coun. Dick Michel added the proviso that the hotel be advised of the city's noise bylaw, that excessive noise levels are to quieten down by 11 p.m.
In a report from the Nickle Lake Regional Park board, the park is again in high demand this year and the park is doing well so far financially.
In the manager's report, Nickle Lake has a total of 290 camp sites, with 193 of them being seasonal, and all of them are full with a waiting list.
Coun. Bailey indicated there are only about three weekends this summer with some openings for day campers for the rest of the summer; campers were urged to contact the park manager for details.
New construction bringing in power for more sites has been completed, and more fire pits and picnic tables will be purchased, along with some temporary bathrooms to be added to the new River View section. The board will look at building permanent washroom for this area in the future.
Coun. Bailey noted the board is very concerned that small children continue to play on the park's roads. The speed limits are kept very low inside the park, but there is a concern for the safety of the children, and parents are urged to keep them off the roads.
In a report from the Leisure Services Commission to council, the Weyburn Special Olympics group lost their funding, worth about $4,000, and their funds were disbursed to the other organizations funded by Saskatchewan Lottery grants via the Leisure Services Commission.
In a Leisure Services report, the commission was told that the Special Olympics organization had not submitted a lottery grant follow-up report for 2011-12, as required as a condition of receiving the grant, therefore the allotted funding for 2012-13 was withdrawn.
After some discussion on different options for funding allocation, it was decided to divide up the $4,000 evenly between the other approved groups which receive lottery grants.
The commission also turned down a request from Weyburn Minor Ball supporting a proposal by the Weyburn Sr. Beavers.
The proposal was for the Beavers to pay the entire power costs to have the outdoor lights used at Tom Laing Park, then the Beavers would in turn recover some of those costs from the other users of the facility's lights.
The commission rejected this idea, saying the light usage billing will continue to be done through the City of Weyburn's Leisure Services department at a reduced rate of $80 per hour, plus GST.
