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July 22, 2003
The last regular meeting of the Wabana Town
Council was held on Tuesday, July 22nd with the following in attendance: The meeting was called to order at 4:15pm. The minutes of the last regular meeting were adopted as circulated on a motion by Deputy Mayor Pendergast, and seconded by Councillor Wade. Motion carried. MAX GARLAND Mr. Garland requested that council help him in his plight to contact our MHA or NLHC regarding his house repair project and how the work was not completed satisfactorily, and he is having much difficulty convincing our MHA and NLHC of the deficiencies. It was stated to Mr. Garland that this is not a council concern, but we would write a letter to NLHC on his behalf to see if anything could be done for him. ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES (1) Teen Centre - agreed that we contact Mr. Doug Fox (Teen Centre) advising him that his building is supposed to be used for teen dances only, and not weddings, etc. (2) Fire Dept - it was agreed that we would purchase nametags for the Fire Dept. (3) Kelloway's Buses - agreed that Mr. Kelloway be contacted again regarding the buses parked at the front. (4) Dilapidated Buildings - Mr. Kent reported that Gord Stoyles has removed the section of his building that was dilapidated. He reported that he had been in contact with Florence Pynn re her building, and that she has asked for more time to have it repaired. Also Mr. Brian Tulk was contacted re his building. Mr. Tulk told Mr. Kent he intended to move into this house when his children were all reared and left home. Mr. Kent said that he had been speaking to Mr. Lew Kelloway regarding the Prince's Theatre. He said that Lew felt the best thing would be to tear down most of the building and make a smaller storage building. It was felt that we should move into the next step regarding buildings and the eventual removal of them. (5) Lighthouse - Mr. Kent informed council that the deadline for tenders for the lighthouse has been changed from July 16th to July 23rd. (6) Mrs. Bride Manning's property - agreed that she be contacted with a view to having her property cleaned up. (7) Other topics discussed were: the Green Project, the Multi-Stewardship Materials Program. Agreed that we should try to obtain funding through both of those. ALL REPORTS WERE ACCEPTED AS PRESENTED. APPLICATIONS: (1) Robert Hammond for quarry permit. After a discussion it was felt that only .5 of a hectare be permitted for each quarry area. Also the application from Robert Reid be advertised as outlined by the Dept. of Mines and Energy. CORRESPONDENCE: (1) Letter from Industry Canada re towers,
etc. Ordered posted in the town hall. NEW BUSINESS: (1) Council was informed that notices have been sent to VOCM to make announcements about water conservation. It was felt that we should also put up some posters around town regarding this and asking people to please conserve water as much as possible during this time when water levels are so low. (2) It was reported that people who live near the incinerator site are still plagued with smoke. It was stressed that we would have to extinguish such fires as soon as possible after they are lit there. (3) Deputy Mayor Pendergast informed council that the Hiring Committee met last Thursday and is recommending Mr. Gerry Sweeney for the position of temporary plumber/pipefitter, which we recently advertised for. The Town Clerk felt that because Mr. Sweeney is mainly a heavy equipment operator the advertisement was a little misleading, as more heavy equipment operators would have applied for the position if it had been advertised that way. However a motion was made by Councillor Kent and seconded by Councillor Wade that the recommendation of the Hiring Committee be accepted and Mr. Gerry Sweeney would be hired as our new assistant plumber/pipefitter, and would perform other duties as directed by council. Motion carried. (4) Mayor Gosine said council should definitely get involved in some capital works programs this year for road resurfacing, and by having our program coupled with that of the Dept. of WST we should get more value for our dollar. It was decided on a motion by Deputy Mayor Pendergast and seconded by Councillor Pitts that we apply for funding under the 50/50 paving program for capital expenditure to have much-needed paving carried out. Motion carried. CONCERNS: (1) Councillor Pitts thanked the Town Manager for having the mural near the post office painted over as it was such an eyesore to the public. (2) Councillor Kent asked if perhaps some of our students could clean up the beach area just left of where the ferry docks at it is in a terrible state and should be cleaned up. (3) Councillor Kent asked if our animal control officer was called out on overtime to put cats to sleep recently. The Town Manager explained that he (Animal Control Officer) was called out to put a suffering dog to sleep. (4) Councillor Kent asked who was operating the Fish and Chip Truck and were proper permits in place. The Town Manager explained that Mr. Michael Sweeney was the operator and that he had obtained a Peddler's Permit before he started. There being no further business to discuss, the meeting adjourned at 6:25pm on a motion by Councillor Pitts and seconded by Councillor Wade. Motion carried. CONFIRMED ___________________________Mayor ____________________________Town Clerk NEXT MEETING SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST
19, 2003 AT 4PM
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