Carlyle Town Council met Wednesday, Jan. 17 at the Carlyle Civic Centre for their regular bi-weekly meeting. Council's next meeting will take place at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 31 at the Civic Centre.
2018 Strategic Planning
Council is currently formulating a strategic plan for the community. This ongoing process will take several weeks and during this time, members of council will guide the budgeting process for 2018.
Envision Counselling
Tania Hlohovsky Andrist of Envision Counselling visited council members and explained Envision's expanded range of services in the area to accompany a request for the Town of Carlyle to consider sponsorship. Hlohovsky explained that all of Envision's services are free of charge. Initially, the organization focused largely on the areas of interpersonal violence and family counselling. Since then, Envision has seen a need for outreach in schools - specifically addressing young people about healthy relationships and dating and the ongoing challenges that social media poses to youth.
Hlohovsky Andrist told members of council: “You are community leaders...If you can pass along the word that we're here and we can help someone, then I've done my job here.”
Envision's Carlyle offices can be reached by calling (306)-453-2405. Collect calls are accepted. For more information, visit: www.envisioncounsellingcentre.com.
RCMP Report
Staff Sgt. Darren Simons of the Carlyle RCMP detachment gave council an update on policing within the community of Carlyle and the wider detachment area. Simons stated that although the Carlyle detachment is dealing with ongoing staffing issues, he is committed to ongoing training and cooperating with other detachments and policing agencies in an effort to keep the community safe.
Simons stated that car thefts and various types of attempted fraudulent activities continue. However, he reminded council that if citizens secure their property and exercise caution if an offer seems “too good to be true,” many of these types of crimes could be largely alleviated.
The veteran police officer fielded questions from council on a wide range of issues which apply to the town and rural policing in general.
Seniors' Focus Group
Councillor Jenn Sedor will represent the Town of Carlyle at a Seniors' Focus Group, Friday, Jan. 26 in Carlyle.
