COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES- January 14 2025
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RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF MISCOUCHE
Monthly Council Meeting
January 14th, 2025
1. OPENING MEETING
Mayor Albert Gallant called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M.
Present:
Albert Gallant – Mayor
Allan Parks – Deputy Mayor
Ivan Blanchard- Councillor
Charles MacAusland Councillor
Corey Gillis Councillor
Patrick MacLellan Councillor
Jonathan Gallant Councillor
Michelle Perry- CAO
2. Declaration of Conflict of Interest: Councillor MacAusland declared a conflict of Interest in 8 A
3. MAINTENANCE REPORT: Monty MacAusland gave the following report: There was a coolant sensor that was replaced at the Kinsmen Rd generator, new cutting edge was ordered for the blower, and the generators at the East Lagoon and the Kinsmen Rd were serviced.
4. ADOPTION OF MINUTES: Monthly Meeting December 10th 2024
MOTION moved by Allan Parks seconded by Ivan Blanchard and carried
THAT the minutes for the Monthly Meeting December 10th, 2024, be approved as presented.
5. BUSINESS ARISING:
a) Unsightly Property 100 Lady Slipper Dr S: There was nothing to report.
b) Phase 2 Kinsmen Rd: Council still has not received any drawings for Phase 2 yet.
c) Speed Change Request/ Painting of the crosswalks for the veterans: No update from Highways yet on the speed change so they will be contacted before the next meeting. Councilor Blanchard spoke with Highways about the painting of the crosswalks, and Highways requested a letter from council and he will also get a letter of support from the Miscouche Legion for the crosswalk painting.
d) RCMP: We are on the list for meeting with council, and they had another community that was booked in for tonight.
e) Budget: CAO Perry has finished the preliminary budget and gave it to committee chair Parks for review. Once this is reviewed, council will get a copy and a meeting will be set up for discussion. Things can still be added or removed right up till before it gets adopted.
6. COMMITTEE REPORTS:
a) Fire Dept: Councilor MacAusland gave the following report: The extra amount that was given for the honorariums went into the Heavy rescue fund as the department said they were not aware of the increase and had already had the checks made out. No update on the Chassis for the new Fire Truck. They had 2 calls last month and 1 junior moved up to a senior position. There are some lights that need to be replaced in the kitchen upstairs. There also was a meeting with the residents of Dawysn Crt on Monday evening. There was 7 residents that attended and there was positive feedback from it. The chief and deputy chief went over the mitigation plan with the residents, and they also informed them that there will be 2 training exercises this year and they will be informed when they will happen. The department had their annual meeting and they had 28 calls last year, and there is a new training officer Tyler Richard.
b) Recreation, Park, Playgrounds and Green Spaces: Councilor J Gallant gave the following report: Bingo
had an average of 92 people per evening over the last 4 weeks and the amount brought in was $2,006.00. He also wanted to bring it to everyone attention that we pulled the revenue and expenses for bingo over the last 2 years and right now we are in a deficit of – $8.000. We will continue to monitor and have a better idea as it gets closer to the fiscal year end. We have enough supplies to last for a couple of months. And no cards will be ordered until the ok is given from the office.
c) Water & Sewer: Councilor Gillis gave the following report: There was nothing to report. Except he was wondering if the floor was going to be dug up. We are still waiting for the contractor to get back to us on when it will be done. Councillor Gillis stated that we have not had an issue since the fall and they have been doing more flushing in the line.
d) Repairs, Maintenance and Village Properties: Councilor Blanchard gave the following report: The man door at the fire hall and the roof was checked and there was some caulking done around the door and tar was put on the roof where the old roof and the new roof meet. So, we would wait to see if this fixed the issue. He also received a quote for the bay doors of $7,000 per door.
MOTION moved by Corey Gillis seconded by Charles MacAusland and carried
THAT the community budget $25,000 for 3 new bay doors.
e) PEI Federation of Municipalities: Councillor MacLellan gave the following report: There was no meeting lately but there will be one on Thursday evening that he will attend.
f) Finances: Deputy Mayor Parks gave the following report: Over the last 8 months the community is in a deficit of $94,500.00 a lot of that is from the west lagoon project. And with the new budget being worked on we need to make sure that we have enough funds to pay for projects.
g) Bylaw Committee: Councillor Gillis gave the following report: They will be a meeting Thursday evening at @7 pm so there will be an update after that. Councillor MacAusland asked the question why the community is not budgeting towards upgrading these plans and bylaws so that when they need to be done it’s not a huge sum of money to spend. Councillor Gillis stated that he will look into trying to get a estimated amount on what it would cost this year to have them updated before the next meeting so we can budget for it this year.
MOTION moved by Charles MacAusland seconded by Jonathan Gallant and carried
THAT the community start budgeting $7,500 a year to go towards the Official Plan and Bylaws for future updates.
7. Total bills paid for the month of October was $662,403.83
MOTION moved by Allan Parks seconded by Ivan Blanchard and carried
THAT the bills paid last month for $662,403.83 be approved.
8. NEW BUSINESS:
a) Upgrade to the Maintenance Phone: (At this time Councillor MacAusland stepped out of the meeting as it was a conflict of interest for him). There is an issue with the phone charging and it needs to be upgraded.
MOTION moved by Corey Gillis seconded by Pat MacLellan and carried
THAT the community upgrade the maintenance phone.
At this time Councillor MacAusland came back into the meeting.
b) Donation for the Miscouche ATV Club: Council received a letter from the Miscouche ATV club asking for a donation.
MOTION moved by Corey Gillis seconded by Ivan Blanchard and carried
THAT the community donate $200.00 towards the Miscouche ATV Club to continue to build the trails.
c) At this time the meeting was closed to discuss a personal issue. Council had received a complaint and this was dealt with, and council was informed on what had happened.
9. NEXT MEETING: Monthly Meeting February 11th, 2025
10. MEETING ADJOURNED
MOTION moved by Charles MacAusland that the meeting of January 14th, 2025 be adjourned.