KAMSACK — A new coat of paint for the water tower, banners on main street to honour veterans, and hiring of staff were among items to concern Kamsack town council during its two regular meetings in May.
Council awarded Danger Sandblasting and Painting 2009 Ltd. of Prince Albert the job of painting and repairing the Kamsack water tower.
The tower is to be repainted white and the work is to be done this year, said Mayor Nancy Brunt.
Approval was granted members of the Kamsack Legion to hang banners of veterans on main street for a couple weeks around Remembrance Day each year.
Bylaws were introduced, given three readings and adopted allowing council to hire Denise Podovinnikoff for driving the Handi-Bus and to hire Nathan Maciborski of Old Norse Contracting for the caretaking of the OCC Hall. Shelley Yasinski was hired as a seasonal employee to work with public works.
An increase in swimming pool fees was approved as follows: swim lessons, $10 increase; family season pass, $50 increase; public swim $1 to $5, depending on age group, and pool rental, $20 increase.
Because of the Town’s multi-use agreement with Victoria School, council agreed that the school may utilize the pool at no cost for a year-end field trip for the Grades 3 and 4 classes.
After receiving the annual report from the Saskatchewan Housing Corporation, council instructed the administrator to invite Holly Hudye, the manager of the Kamsack Housing Authority, and Robert Koroluk, board member, to a meeting of council in June.
Stephen Dutcheshen, manager of recreation and community development, discussed the possibility of having a dirt pump track for cyclists constructed in the community. He explained that a pump track is a continuous circuit of banked turns interspaced by rollers and other features that can be ridden on a bike without pedalling. Most commonly constructed from soil, riders create momentum via up and down body moments called pumping.
Dutcheshen also said that he is in talks about the possibility of having an outdoor rodeo organized.
Council encouraged him to continue his research on both projects.
After council members expressed concerns about the speeding into town on Queen Elizabeth Boulevard, the administration was instructed to look into contacting SGI and the department of highways for more information to correct safety issues.
Applications for business tax concessions were approved for H.K. Choi Holdings Ltd. and for Bear Electric Ltd. The necessary bylaws are to be prepared for a council meeting in June.
Council introduced, gave three readings to, and adopted a bylaw allowing it to incur a debt of $1.2 million for the purpose of financing the cost of funding the municipal share of the Broda Sportsplex renovation project.
Council was told that Johnson Controls came across unexpected pre-existing conditions of the insulation on a couple of roof areas at Broda Sportsplex and the company said those conditions would need to be corrected for a cost of $346,618 over and above the original project cost.
After receiving a copy of the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency’s Fire Service Minimum Standards Guide, it was agreed that Ray Unrau of the agency would be doing a presentation at the council meeting on June 27.
