Four of the seven members of council for the RM of Weyburn, including Reeve Carmen Sterling, will serve another term on council following the close of nominations on Monday afternoon.
Four of the seven members of council for the RM of Weyburn, including Reeve Carmen Sterling, will serve another term on council following the close of nominations on Monday afternoon.
All four were acclaimed to their positions on council, as no one else filed nomination papers by the deadline. They include Heather Cugnet for Division 1, Lloyd Culham for Div. 3, and Doug Probe for Div. 5.
The Rural Municipality ratified their decision to join the Upper Souris Watershed Association at their monthly council meeting held Oct. 6.
The cost of membership in the voluntary organization is $1,000, said Reeve Sterling, noting council wants ratepayers to have the opportunity to take part in seminars or workshops put on by the association, as well as having the benefit of any improvement projects they might undertake along the Souris River.
An issue of concern arose at council, as it was noted that "some ratepayers have been proceeding with buildings without the proper development permits," said the reeve.
She noted the RM does have a building bylaw, which includes the requirement for a building permits, having inspections done and ensuring that it meets building code standards.
As an example, recently someone moved in a mobile home without any permits obtained ahead of time, said Sterling. "Even for additions onto an existing building or residence, make sure you have all the necessary permits. For the most part, people are doing that, but in the last couple of months this has come up."
The RM has hired a new assistant administrator; Tawnya Moore, originally from the Trossachs area, will begin her duties on Monday, Nov. 1, and will work for both Weyburn and Brokenshell RMs along with administrator Kim McIvor.
The municipality has been busy with development issues as well, with one development permit issued for an industrial building in Evanston Park, the RM's industrial park located east of the city landfill on 22nd Avenue.
A couple of requests for subdivisions came in which will go to the District Planning Commission, including an industrial subdivision, and information on two others, one of which was for a combination industrial-residential and highway commercial.
The oil work camp development was officially changed from the company's original plan for a 60-man camp; now it will be a 96-man camp, to be established in the Crossroads Industrial Park south of the Co-op Main Track truck stop.
Some preliminary discussions were held on two other proposed subdivisions, one for an industrial one that began before the annexation process started, and the other is for a quarter-section which the owner would like to subdivide as a residential and highway commercial package.
The council received a request from the Family Place for a piece of land on which they could locate a storage building, to house donations of large items such as furniture, as they have run out of room at their Fourth Street location for these items. The RM was unable to help, said Reeve Sterling, as the RM has no land left of its own after selling the lots in Evanston Park. The only other RM-owned land is for the RM shop at North Weyburn.
