Bylaws and mill rates
聽 聽 聽After gathering feedback from community members and concerned business owners, Carlyle Town Council voted to defeat Bylaw No. 2015-04, which was a bylaw to amend zoning Bylaw No. 2010-06, in which the town had considered making a piece of land on 7th Street East into a residential area. However, after hearing concerns from area residents and businesses, mostly citing safety concerns, council voted to defeat the amendment.
聽 聽 聽Tim Erickson, owner of Classic Steaming attended the meeting and told council, 鈥淢y biggest concern is safety---if kids are living near equipment and an industrial area, that's always a concern.鈥�
聽 聽 聽Council agreed, with Mayor Wayne Orsted, stating,鈥淥ur job is to put ideas out there, but it's the public who decides.鈥�
聽 聽 聽After three readings, members of council passed Bylaw No. 2015-05, which raises the residential and commercial base tax from $500 to $550.
聽 聽 聽Council received correspondence from the Ministry of Government Relations that the 2015 Education mill rates remain unchanged from last year.
Parking
聽 聽 聽Council has received reccuring complaints regarding Main Street parking, especially on Tuesdays and Thursdays, when many elderly people are attempting to park in accessible spots for their eye appointments. The town is actively seeking a solution to this ongoing concern, and in the meantime, council is encouraging motorists to respect the two-hour parking limits on Main Street.
Safety
聽 聽 聽In response to an invitation from Dean Lequyer, PureChem operations manager, council will send a representative to discuss the company's preventative safety measures.
Transportation and equipment
聽 聽 聽Alderman John Brownlee has been named to the executive of the 麻豆视频 East Transportation Committee. Reporting to council, Brownlee stated that there is a marked increase in traffic through Northgate, with an estimated 20,000 trucks per year now passing through the border crossing.
聽 聽 聽Brownlee also reported that the transportation committee is joining other provincial agencies聽 in learning about and raising awareness of the wild boar problem in this corner of Saskatchewan, and said that anyone spotting a wild boar in the area should contact their R.M.
聽 聽 聽The town's old streetsweeper has been sold, however two recent bids for other equipment were declined by council.聽
RCMP Report
聽 聽 聽Corporal Dave Wolfe of the Carlyle RCMP detachment delivered the quarterly RCMP report to council. Cpl. Wolfe presented a detailed report to council and stated that this time of year was 鈥淎 transitional period between the slow winter months and the busy summer season.鈥�
聽 聽 聽With the upcoming transfer of current RCMP Staff Sergeant Tom VanderZwan to a position at the RCMP Depot in Regina, council learned that his replacement, Staff Sergeant Darren Simons, will probably arrive this summer from his post in Hudson Bay.
Golf
聽 聽 聽The Town of Carlyle received a cheque for $25,000 from the Carlyle Golf Club to be held in trust for the club.
Boogie Fest
聽 聽 聽The Town of Carlyle approved a community events licence for BoogieFest, which will be held on June 19 and 20 this year.
Upcoming events
聽 聽 聽Council will send a representative to the the Sask Alert Information meeting in Carlyle and Crescent Point Leisure Complex's annual general meeting. Represenatives from the town will also meet with members of the Lions Club and Homespun committee regarding the walking path in Lions Park.
