North River Basin Council

Board Meeting

Wednesday December 5, 2018

Muskeg Lake Nation

1) Call to order – 12:57pm

Attendance: Wayne Hyde, Ruth Seime, Paul Rybka, Blossom Branger, John Kindrachuck, Katherine Finn, Ian Lamb, Annette Smith, Robin Flicek, Kyla Kennedy, Anthony Johnston, Michele Watson, Andre Bonneau, Lyle Orchard, Adam Antoine, Ken Larson, Ken Crush, Dan Hritzuk, Glenna Cayen.

2) Approval of agenda - 12:58  Ian Lamb moves to approve agenda. Ken Crush seconds, Carried 3) Approval of minutes - 12:59  Ken Larson moves to approves the minutes from September 20, 2018. Wayne Hyde seconds, Carried. 4) Business arising from minutes - 1:00  Charitable status discussion i. Opportunity to be gained by being charitable status ii. More research iii. Can open more funding sources, but can it also close some funding sources?  Credit union line of credit i. Still don’t yet have line of credit ii. Still working on getting it  Husky grant i. Aim high for the husky grant ii. Aim to do lake stewardship work iii. Expand scope for 3 years iv. Support projects we’ve already been working on instead of creating more work v. They are wanting to enhance their public image vi. Hope to submit it before the end of this quarter or latest end of January  Staff contracts i. Created contracts for Katherine, Robin, Kyla, Blossom, and John. Need a contract for Annette. ii. Finalize contracts in March iii. Salary reviews?? iv. Make salary reviews a policy?  Drop Box Check In i. 3 people having issues ii. Will resolve at the end of the meeting  SAW Mediation meeting i. USWA is out ii. Nothing has advanced since the mitigation meeting iii. Huge drive for everyone to do thing collectively iv. David P. Being very proactive to Collaborating outside of SAW v. All watersheds want to work together but not necessarily with SAW vi. New chair on the SAW board may bring some neutrality to the situation vii. Need to continue to move forward, and work in a collaborative way with SAW viii. Many benefits of SAW to the watersheds ix. Are we comfortable with SAW doing the project proposals and Grants for the watersheds? x. Liability – 3rd part grant applications – if we do the work and the costs and that funding doesn’t come through, we are on the line for those funds and liabilities. xi. The NSRBC can make the push to a new path and new dynamics xii. Next SAW conference is April 15-17 is Moosomin, SK xiii. Managers should be included to give input into SAW xiv. SAW running Drainage training all over the province (20)? xv. Quill lakes were wanting to take part in SAW, but could not because they did not have a SWPP xvi. SAW being asked to meetings in Ottawa by federal Government xvii. NSRBC be strong in saying this is how we want this done, we want these grants applies for  Motion to continue with forward momentum to look for projects that benefit the SAW collective and to include consultation to opt in or out of said projects and to advance the advanced collective and betterment of the watersheds. i. Moved by Anthony Johnston second by Ken Crush – 1:40pm  Watershed Plan renewal i. Gary is eager to get rid of the 75K ii. Apply for strategic planning money iii. Next year plan to do a watershed plan renewal and apply for money for that iv. Katherine will work up a draft to submit April 1st for alllll the money 5) Financial Reports – 1:43  Spend time reviewing our expenses and our revenue sources  Motion to approve transactions by Ruth Seime. Second by Ian Lamb, Carried.  Motion to approve financials. Moved by Ken Larson. Second by Dan Hritzuk Carried. 6) Managers Report – 2:06  2 culvert mapping contracts completed – Village of and RM of Mervin  LYL final report in progress  Natural edge invoicing and report is in progress  In kind reports for Mistawasis Eco Action  Mistawasis climate change  WSG business case proposal i. Opportunity to provide input to the report to strengthen it ii. Thoughts and input on how to move forward with this  Onion lake FNSWPP i. Booked to go next week  Muskeg lake culvert mapping i. Interested in us doing the culvert mapping before march  Prairie water January meeting: drainage research is priority i. Ties into research gaps for prairie water ii. In Jan 24th and 25th  Our CCHAP – Climate Change and Health Adaptation i. Grant has been submitted and reviewed ii. Still moving through the process iii. Will be in the next year (2019)  Motion to approve report i. Moved by Wayne Hyde. Second by Lyle Orchard, Carried. 7) New business – 3:01  Tucker lake drainage project i. The project sounds like a go ahead for this year ii. Drainage projects in coming years are negotiable and will not necessarily continue iii. Review of the area  Toast master’s for Blossom i. Toast masters in prince albert ii. Cover membership, time and cost of travel from home. iii. Moved by ______. second by______, carried.  Strategy for sustainability – sub committee  Watershed stewardship business case  Muskeg lake CCHAP i. Part of the emergency plan planning ii. Hire NSRBC as consultants iii. Stewards for the land capacity with Mistawasis iv. Longer term initiative visions for Muskeg Lake v. Restore the waterbody that includes the island dreams of restoring fish to this waterbody  Next Meeting Date i. Meet January, Doodle Pole will be sent out (spend 40k) 8) Adjourned – 3:34  Moved by Dan Hritzuk