The Town of Carlyle held a regular council meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 1. Here it was business as usual though Dean Hoffman was sworn into office as an alderman. After being caught up on a few current matters the town is working on, the meeting began.
Committee creation and appointments
Committee appointments were conducted with Don Shirley having stepped down as mayor and Wayne Orsted taking the position over. In addition to sorting out who serves on which committees after the change in council positions two new committees were also established. The Green and Clean Committee was added with Jenn Sedor and Roy Olmstead joining, while a Recreation Committee was also formed with Martin Tourand, Brian Romaniuk, and Sedor taking positions.
In relation to the Green and Clean Committee, Sedor spoke with Lorrie Matthewson and has offered to help liaise with the Lions and Homespun Committee in establishing walking paths around Carlyle. The Homespun Committee has given $40,000 in trust to the Lions for the creation of walking paths around Lions Park. The town was looking at establishing paths throughout the whole of the town and look forward to working together to integrate the Homespun path into the system.
RCMP update
RCMP Staff Sergeant Tom VanderZwan stopped by to speak with council. Calls for service over the last three months have gone down from years prior. VanderZwan also explained they have been able to complete about 50 patrols extra per month through the town, which is more than is expected of the members. The town was very pleased by this stat. Members of the RCMP will be working with schools in the area in bringing different presentations to the schools.
Nuisance Abatement Bylaw discussed
Council looked at Weyburn's Nuisance Abatement Bylaw. Council is attempting to decide how to manage properties that aren't being well kept or construction completed. Though Weyburn's bylaw allows for a building inspector to be called and inspect a home, there became a concern in adding it to Carlyle's bylaw as if the home is condemned they would be forcing people out of their homes while the bill of the inspector would be charged back to the homeowner. More discussion is needed concerning Carlyle's Nuisance Abatement Bylaw changes.
The parking bylaw was also discussed as some people are parking vehicles on their front lawn detracting from the overall town atmosphere. This is something which will also be reviewed and possibly added to the Nuisance Abatement Bylaw.
Other concerns
The new well is still being discussed. Council plans to approach landowners about an agreement regarding water brought up while drilling to be let go on the land instead of being piped to the creek.
The town continues to look for a Transit Van driver.
Potholes along 8th Street W. are to be filled with gravel. The grader has been over the road, but the potholes are too large for the grader to fix.
