WEST CENTRAL MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE MINUTES – JULY 24, 2013

Minutes of the meeting of the West Central Municipal Government Committee held in the Prairieland Community Centre, , on Wednesday, July 24, 2013.

Urban Co-Chairman: John Enns-Wind Rural Co-Chairman: W.H. Warrington Administrator: Stacy Hawkins Rural Co-Chair W.H. Warrington called the meeting to order at 10:30 am.

On behalf of the Town of Kerrobert and the RM of Mariposa, Mayor Erhard Poggemiller and Reeve Robert Grobb welcomed the delegates to Kerrobert.

The 32 delegates introduced themselves and stated where they were from.

58/13 AGENDA Ted Koester, RM #259/Kathy Heilman, Town of Wilkie: THAT the agenda be accepted as presented. CARRIED

59/13 MINUTES Al Heron, Town of Eston/Stew Seversen, Town of Kerrobert: THAT the Minutes of the June 26, 2013 meeting in Wilkie be adopted as presented. CARRIED

SUMA Al Heron reported that the West Central Regional Meeting will be held on Wednesday, REPORT October 9, 2013 in Eston. SAMA has been invited to attend. He attended a Multi-Material Committee meeting in Regina, industry has until August 6th to present their plan to the provincial government. They were hoping the program would begin January 1, 2014 but it probably won’t begin until the next year. Hopefully the bridging program will continue until the Multi-Material program comes on line. There are still some municipalities which are not complaint with the Federal Gas Tax Program, they will be contacted by the SUMA Directors.

60/13 SUMA Al Heron, Town of Eston/Bernice Radies, RM #260: REPORT THAT the SUMA Report as presented by Al Heron be approved. CARRIED

HEALTH Greg Cummings, Heartland Health Region, presented their report which is annexed as REPORT Attachment “A”.

61/13 HEALTH Greg Cummings, Heartland Health Region/Bill Owens, RM#259: REPORT THAT the Health Report as submitted by the Heartland Health Region and annexed as Attachment “A” be approved. CARRIED

62/13 FINANCE & Stacy Hawkins, RM#380/Ted Koester, RM #259: MEM.RPT. THAT the Finance and Membership Report annexed to these minutes as Attachment “B” be approved. CARRIED

TRANS Stew Seversen reported on the mowing progress made by the Ministry of Highways to REPORT date. Kim Meakin provided a copy of the Weekly Provincial Highway Construction Update for Thursday, July 18, 2013. These weekly updates are available on the Ministry of Highways website.

63/13 TRANS Stew Seversen, Town of Kerrobert/David Schmidt, RM#320: REPORT THAT the Transportation Report as presented by Stew Seversen and Kim Meakin be approved. CARRIED

DELEGATION Shauna Lehmann, Senior Environment Engineer and Trevor Housen, Environmental Project Specialist, both with the Ministry of Highways, provided a presentation on invasive/noxious weeds. An information package is annexed as Attachment “C”.

NEW The Town of provided information on a product called Earth Glue which BUSINESS is a dust control product they are applying as a test in their industrial area.

A representative from the Multi Material Stewardship Western will be in attendance at our September 25th meeting in Kindersley.

MEETING August 28, 2013 Village of Landis, RM of Rosemount DATES September 25, 2013 Town of Kindersley, RM of Kindersley October 23, 2013 Town of Cut Knife, RM of Cut Knife November 27, 2013 Village of Beechy, RM of Victory December 25??

64/13 ADJOURN Al Heron, Town of Eston: THAT this meeting be adjourned. CARRIED

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