TOWN OF WABANA

 

July 28, 2009

 

The last regular meeting was held on Tuesday, July 28/09 with the following in attendance:

          Mayor Gosine

          Deputy Mayor Pendergast

          Councillor Craig

          Councillor Kent

          Councillor Somerton

          Councillor McCarthy

            Consultant Ed Kent

          Town Manager/Clerk Diane Butler

 

RCMP:

          Corp. Trevor O’Keefe

          Const. Steve Pike

 

Gallery:

          Stan McDonald

          Wayne Durdle

 

The meeting was called to order at 7:00PM. The minutes of the following meetings were adopted and ratified where necessary, on a motion by Councillor Craig and seconded by Deputy Mayor Pendergast.  Motion carried. 

 

Meeting of June 5th. with NLHC.

Meeting of June 12th with Coca Cola Rep.

Meeting of June 15th. with NLCEL

Meeting of June 16th.  regular meeting

Meeting of July 2nd  - various issues

 

RCMP

 

Items discussed:

(1)   ATV’s – this problem is getting worse, with no solutions in sight.

(2)   Newsletter – is now on line and will be produced in hard copies in due course.

(3)   Const. Pike – bid farewell to all council members, as he has been transferred to St. John’s, councilors wished him well.

(4)   Crime Prevention Committee – should get off the ground soon.

 

 

ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES

 

  1. NLHC – meeting went well – plans are being made to have many of the duplexes repaired and/or upgraded on the island.
  2. Dilapidated Buildings – letters have been sent to owners of such buildings by our lawyer ordering them to have them taken down or repaired. 
  3. Fire Truck – funds being raised by the fire dept. for their share of the funding towards the new fire truck.
  4. Canada Day Celebrations – huge success. Agreed that a letter of appreciation be forwarded to Linda Hickey for her expertise in organizing the Canada Day celebrations this  year.
  5. Arena – The ad for a full time Arena Manager will be published in the Telegram and posted throughout the town, and will be on our webpage.
  6. Tidy Towns – agreed that Joe Donkers would accompany the reviewers when they come here on Aug. 3, 2009.

 

FINANCIAL REPORT

 

Accepted as presented.

 

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE REPORT

 

Agreed that we accept the 100% government grant for the acquisition of an Economic Development Officer ($24,000), and that perhaps next year we would be in a position to apply to have the wages cost shared 60/40 with the government.  This was covered in a motion by Deputy Mayor Pendergast and seconded by Councillor Craig.  Motion carried.

 

TOWN MANAGER’S REPORT

 

  1. Project Raven – as far as we know the organizers of this project are still interested in renting space at the Complex.

 

  1. Quarry Permits – Hurley’s and Hammond’s Construction and council have applied for permits to excavate shale. We are waiting for those approvals from the Dept. of Natural Resources.

 

  1. Greg Stoyles – agreed that we would send a letter of thanks to Mr. Greg Stoyles for his dedication in having the grotto beautified and upgraded.

 

ARENA REPORT

 

Accepted as presented..

 

APPLICATIONS

 

  1. Daphne Sheppard to build a summer home Theatre Ave.  This was approved in principle on a motion by Councillor Somerton and seconded by Councillor Kent.  Motion carried.

 

  1. Gary Abbott to open a wood working business in Gary Gosine’s garage.  This was approved on a motion by Councillor Craig and seconded by Councillor Kent.  Motion carried.

 

CORRESPONDENCE

 

  1. Info from Tidy Towns – dealt with earlier in the meeting.
  2. Letter from NLCEL advising that Challenger has been awarded the contract for the water lines (re new Tower and Wells) for $269,335.  This was reaffirmed on a motion by Councillor Craig and seconded by Councillor Kent.  Motion carried.
  3. Letter from Dianne Whalen responding to our letter to her regarding the lack of funding for Provincial roads, and other programs.  It was felt that we seek a meeting with her ASAP to address her letter and also to bring to her attention the urgent situation here with the roof of the complex starting to fall in.  This matter must be addressed immediately.
  4. Standing offer call-up for the Bell Island Waste Management Study 2009.  There were several issues in the offer call-up that were not satisfactory to council, one in particular being the amount being sought for the study $25,000. It was felt this was not enough to do a proper management study for our town, and we would contact those involved to have this amount increased significantly.

 

CONSULTANT’S REPORT

 

Mr. Kent led us through the various items in his report, elaborating on the following:

  1. Arena Project – approved for $500,000 (cost shared with the Provincial and Federal governments) and to be supervised by the consulting firm NLCEL, and will be released for tender by them.
  2. Sports Field – Hydro seeding will be redone is certain areas of the field.
  3. Artesian wells – water line etc.  – moving ahead very well.
  4. Other items mentioned were:
    1. Wabana Complex
    2. Provincial and Municipal Roads
    3. Moto cross
    4. Ferry terminal
    5. IIE Oil Storage Study
    6. Dilapidates houses and car wrecks
    7. Waste Management
    8. NLHC
    9. New fire truck
    10. 2009 Recreation capital
    11. MHA meeting urgently needed

 

CONCERNS

 

  1. Councillor Craig suggested council prepare a newsletter of council matters so that the general public will be informed of the various activities and projects which council is involved with.
  2. Councillor McCarthy brought forward his notice of motion to have one election only for Mayor and councilors.  His motion was seconded by Councillor Kent.  As this motion required a 2/3 vote of councilors in office, it was defeated with a vote of 4 ayes and 2 nays, which does not meet the 2/3 stipulation of 5 ayes. 

 

  1. Mayor Gosine thanked Stan McDonald for his help in having the grass on the field mowed, and his help of course with our Tangible asset issue.

 

  1. Stan McDonald made a suggestion that perhaps the Flanders should not go for refit at peek periods of the year.

 

  1. Stan McDonald suggested that if the ceiling were lowered in the Arena, it would be a good idea to fix the leaks, etc, even though a plastic type of slanted ceiling will be erected where water will run off.  He felt it would create a bigger problem if the leaks are not addressed first.

 

There being no regular business to discuss, the meeting adjourned at 10:10pm on a motion by Councillor Craig and seconded by Councillor Kent.  Motion carried.

 

CONFIRMED

 

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Mayor

 

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Town Manager/Clerk