Longtime city employee Keith Anderson has been hired as the new Parks and Recreation Director.
City Manager Jim Toye announced the appointment at Monday night's city council meeting. He said Anderson has acted as director twice and has shown the knowledge and ability to do the job well.
"I'm very proud to have him as part of the senior management team," said Toye.
Sidewalk needed
Coun. Trent Houk brought up the need for a sidewalk along Railway Avenue.
"I continuously see people walking in the lanes on Railway Avenue. We're missing a stretch of sidewalk for a significant amount. There is no place for anybody safely to walk along Railway," he said.
Houk asked about possibility of expanding a trail along the side where trees have been planted.
Information should be brought forward at the next council meeting.
Unsecured loads
Coun. Grace Lang has had complaints from people who live out by the landfill, and they're not complaining about the smell.
Unsecured loads are posing a problem for area residents and passing motorists.
"Every spring as soon as construction season starts they have problems with their tires being full of nails," she said, adding one man she spoke to had put four new summer tires on the end of his vehicle, and by the end of July he had 158 plugs in place.
"He just wants to know if there's any way to enforce that you're supposed to have your loads covered and if stuff falls off you should really stop, pick it up and keep going," she said.
Fire chief Pat MacIsaac said there are provisions in the traffic bylaw covering the need to secure loads, and bylaw officers can issue tickets if they're there to see an unsecured load.
Houk suggested the traffic division pay extra attention to that area, noting he frequently sees unsecured loads in that area
"I see them every other day," he said.
"A two by four flying off the truck in front of you when you're travelling 80 km behind it won't be a very pleasant situation."
View obstructed
Coun. Don Buglas brought council's attention to the visibility problem presented by the yellow control boxes at the entrances to Kildeer Park and Fairview Heights.
"I've had several people ask about it," he said, adding it's an issue particularly for drivers pulling out of Fairview.
Public Works director Stewart Schaefer said he would look into whether anything could be done about the placement of the boxes.
