听 听 听 听 听 听 Carlyle Town Council held their regular meeting, Wednesday, Oct. 5 at the Carlyle Civic Center. Council's next regular meeting will be held Wednesday, Oct. 19.
听听听听听听听听听听听 Election
听听听听听听听听听听听 The municipal election will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 26. Voting will take place on October 26 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Carlyle Memorial Hall.
听听听听听听听听听听听 In addition, advance polls will be held at the Town Office on Thursday, Oct. 20 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and at Moose Mountain Lodge on Friday, Oct. 21 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
听听听听听听听听听听听 Voter identification will be required to vote and this identification must have the voter's address on it.
听听听听听听听听听听听 Wayne Orsted has been re-elected Mayor by acclimation.
听听听听听听听听听听听 Nine candidates will be running for six councillor positions. They are:
听听听听听听听听听听听 Stephen Boyko
听听听听听听听听听听听 John Brownlee
听听听听听听听听听听听 Devin Faber
听听听听听听听听听听听 Hugh Hislop
听听听听听听听听听听听 Dean Hoffman
听听听听听听听听听听听 Darcy Moore
听听听听听听听听听听听 Brian Romaniuk
听听听听听听听听听听听 Jennifer Sedor
听听听听听听听听听听听 Martin Tourand
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听听听听听听听听听听听 The result of the election will be declared by the Reurning Officer at the Carlyle Town Office, Civic Center, 100 Main Street, Carlyle, on the 27th day of October, 2016, at the hour of 10 a.m.
听听听听听听听听听听听 Traffic
听听听听听听听听听听听 Council voted to change the fine for parking illegally in a parking spot designated as a听 handicapped parking spot to $100. This is in keeping with provincial guidelines.
听听听听听听听听听听听 Cemetary
听听听听听听听听听听听 Construction of the columbarium at Glen Morris Cemetary is now complete. Those wishing to buy a space for a funeral urn should contact the Town Office.
听听听听听听听听听听听 Health care
听听听听听听听听听听听 Representatives from council will attend at meeting in Weyburn on Nov. 10 to discuss the issue of physician retention within the health region.
听听听听听听听听听听听 Recreation
听听听听听听听听听听听 Councillor Jenn Sedor recently attended a Recreation Board Development meeting and said: 鈥淚t was fantastic. Representatives from Carlyle's various recreation facilities were invited to attend a brainstorming session in which we work together to advertise together, to apply for capital together, and to not compete against each other. We are moving towards forming a (volunteer) recreation advisory committee, as opposed to (hiring) a rec director.鈥�
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Stephen Boyko: I鈥檝e lived in Carlyle for nearly seven years now and it鈥檚 a great community. I want to give back to this community and I had used to speak with Roy [Olmstead] about council and what it entailed, but although I lived here, I worked outside of the community and wasn鈥檛 able to give the time I needed to be able to. Now I鈥檓 working in town and I am able to give the time to council. I鈥檇 like to help keep the town going, there鈥檚 no really big issues right now, but I鈥檇 like to help keep the town growing and represent the community.
John Brownlee: I鈥檝e learned a lot in my short time on council. Currently I am Division One - Urban Reprentative on the 麻豆视频east Transportation Committee, so my focus has been on recommending to Highways what we need in our area. I took that over from Roy Olmstead. I really enjoy learning and I want to be a good voice for our community. I want to help others and serve people, which is the way we should be living. So, I don鈥檛 really have a mandate, but I will be the ears and voice for the community, I want to listen to people and bring their issues to the council table. Also, my role as Deputy Chief of the Fire Department is a good asset to have at the table as well because I can bring my knowledge of safety to discussions.
Devin Faber: I鈥檝e always been interested in doing it [running for council] and now is the time. I鈥檇 like to save the town money, so to look at the costs of projects and see if there were overruns. I鈥檇 really like to keep costs of infrastructure down, while still maintaining everything and keeping it up-to-date. I鈥檓 interested in bettering the community and will listen to the community to help get done what they want to see in the community, as long as it鈥檚 feasible in relation to the town.
Hugh Hislop: I鈥檝e always been fascinated by politics and I feel like this is a really good way to help the community. What I want to accomplish is to help the town grow and succeed in the future. I would really like to see infrastructure given attention, so general upkeep and paving of roads in town. I think it would be good to look at a larger school in town as well and I think it鈥檚 important to focus on the recreational aspects promoting our community鈥檚 events like Dickens and Carlyle Dayz and everything else our town has to offer.
Dean Hoffman: I鈥檝e really enjoyed my experience so far on council. The existing council is a great group of people who work together well and are dealing with operating the town properly. I鈥檝e only been in town for five or six years and because of that I may not know everyone, but I can say that anything that comes to the council table I have proven to be fair in dealing with the matter. Personally, the most important part of my running is to help insure the town is accountable and fiscally responsible, especially in these economic times. Also, I鈥檇 like to see more starter homes available and work towards reasonable pricing of homes in the town.
Darcy Moore: I enjoy being on council and serving my community. I鈥檝e lived here all of my life, it鈥檚 where my wife and I have raised our two children, and I love being a part of the community and contributing to its betterment through being on council. I want to be re-elected in order to see through the projects we鈥檝e been working on to their finish. I鈥檇 particularly like to see through the subdivision and see homes out there. An upcoming issue for the town will be the bridge on Railway Ave. But, really you can鈥檛 go into town council with an agenda, you鈥檙e just one vote and that vote needs to be in favour of the best decision for the town, you鈥檙e voting on behalf of your community, not yourself.
Brian Romaniuk: I think we鈥檝e done a really good job working with each other on town council. We don鈥檛 always see eye to eye, which is good, because discussion develops and good ideas come out of it. For myself, and for everyone currently on council, and anyone who might be elected, the main thing is that we look at what鈥檚 best for the town. Not everyone sees things the same way, but we鈥檝e been headed in a positive direction I think. This year we were able to keep taxes held, they didn鈥檛 increase any, and that reflects the downturn in the economy and the hard times people in this area are having. Places like Estevan and Regina have raised theirs by a certain percent, but we didn鈥檛 want to do that to people in Carlyle. Stuff always comes up, but I don鈥檛 think there are any really big projects to tend to right now, what we do need to focus on is controlling spending within the town and tending to what we do have. Things always come up, but taking care of our current infrastructure is what I think is best for the town right now.
Jennifer Sedor: The last four years I have been able to make headway on beautification of our Main Street and parks, I have helped put in motion a new community pathways project, implemented needed improvements to our public library and have invested myself to improving funding, training and communication within our local network of recreation and cultural boards.
路听听听听听听听听 Creating livability through community planning, events, beautification of parks, development of recreation programs and facilities.
路听听听听听听听听 Creating a sustainable plan for future community development. Nurturing community programs through fundraising, grant opportunities and capacity development in our local organizations.
路听听听听听听听听 Creating space for community input and conversations.
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Martin Tourand:This will be my second term if elected; I鈥檝e been on council for three years already. Mel George had been on council and retired, so I applied and was appointed through acclamation. I personally would like to see through the subdivision and the fire hall which we have been working on. And because I鈥檓 a member of the Chamber of Commerce in town, a past president and now the secretary/treasurer, I would like to keep taxes down for businesses and residents. I鈥檝e been a business owner for 27 years and I鈥檓 focused on having the town run like a business, which involves keeping taxes low while still offering good service to the community. Personally I would like to look into new schools, stabilize the doctor situation, put effort into developing a daycare in the community because I think that鈥檚 something that is really needed in the community, and I think a hospital in Carlyle is something to be looked at to see if there鈥檚 anything that can be done here because Carlyle really is a central location in this area. I鈥檓 also involved in the Emergency Measures Planning currently and am working to coordinate a better plan with the local R.M.
