Fire safety concerns
Concerns regarding an oil business keeping chemicals in a bay along Hwy 13 were set at ease with the Fire Chief investigating. The item being warehoused is guar, which is safe. A letter will, however, be sent out to certain businesses asking about chemicals on site for firefighting purposes. If a fire were to break out the fire department needs to know what may be burning in the building.
Springtime potholes
Numerous complaints of potholes have been phoned in. The town will be patching as soon as the weather cooperates.
Airport Commission
Council is looking at possibly making a change to the Airport Commission Bylaw changing the number of representatives needed, but this is only being looked at currently.
Sidewalk repair
Town council is also considering repairing four more chunks of sidewalk this year. Last year it had done four as well.
Base Tax change
Bylaw No. 2015-05 – A Bylaw to Amend Bylaw No. 2014-01, a Bylaw to Provide for Base Tax was amended. The base tax of $500 was increased to $550 for any residential or commercial land with improvements on it.
Water assessment report
Eco-Engineering will conduct round three of the water assessment report, which is required by the government every three or four years.
Budget
Two councillors were unable to attend the Wednesday, March 25, meeting, so the budget was not discussed for this year.
Dutch Elm Disease
BioForest is no longer conducting Dutch Elm Disease inspections. This is the company the Town of Carlyle has used in the past; but, someone from the Ministry of Environment has agreed to send someone out to Carlyle to train the town’s workers in identifying Dutch Elm Disease and conducting the inspections.
Sold
The old street sweeper was sold to the Town of Pense. The snowblower attachment for it was sold to Ed Yanyu.
Building inspection bylaw
Council is looking at implementing a building inspection bylaw change that would specify lot elevations and ensure they’re adhered to by a surveyor to ensure proper drainage of the area. There have been issues with lower lying yards being flooded out because this has not been adhered to. Town council is also looking into having all construction inspected by a building inspector. This is something the Chief Town Administrator, Huguette Lutz, has been tasked with researching.
Zoning reassessed
The town is also reviewing the proposed zoning bylaw of the land annexed to the west. Right now a large chunk of the land use is designated as commercial, but the town wants to have a look at the plans again and possibly denote some as residential.
