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RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF MISCOUCHE
Monthly Council Meeting
July 11th , 2023
1. OPENING MEETING
Mayor Albert Gallant called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M.
Present:
Albert Gallant – Mayor
Allan Parks – Deputy Mayor
Jacqueline Lecky- Councillor
Ivan Blanchard- Councillor
Charles MacAusland Councillor
Corey Gillis Councillor
David Hughes- Councillor (Absent)
Michelle Perry- CAO
2. Declaration of Conflict of Interest: No One declared a Conflict of Interest.
3. MAINTENANCE REPORT: Monty MacAusland gave the following report: He had to buy a new Grass trimmer as the other one broke, The Blower is in for annual maintenance to get ready for the winter season. The Sewer Flushing was scheduled for this week and we had to cancel it.
4. ADOPTION OF MINUTES: Meeting minutes Monthly Meeting June 11th, and Special meeting June 20th, ,2023.
MOTION moved by Corey Gillis seconded by Charles MacAusland and carried
THAT the minutes for the Monthly Meeting June 11th, 2023, and Special Meeting June 20th, 2023 be approved as presented.
5. BUSINESS ARISING:
a) West Lagoon Upgrades: The contractor has started to build the berm’s for the new cell
b) Wilfred St: The approval was given for the grant for $375,500.00 and Highways is all most done of the drawing, and the tender will go out in 2-3 weeks. The project will be a late summer early fall project.
c) Restructuring the community: The application has been sent to IRAC and IRAC has informed the bordering communities of the request.
d) Complaint on Wilfred St and Antoinette Dr: The resident has cleaned up the garbage on the property on Wilfred, and there was a letter sent to Antoinette Dr to have the grass cut on a regular basis as it was to long and not cut frequently during the summer.
e) Slip Tank for the Service Truck: Council received 1 quote for a tank and pump, and CAO Perry was still waiting to hear back from the Insurance company. Council decided to table this till next meeting.
f) New Welcome Letter for New Residents: Councilor Lecky created a new letter and read it to the council. It was a very well written letter to inform residents on what we have to offer them in our community.
g) New Hydrant: Deputy Parks meet with WSP at the well site to explain what the community was looking for to finish this project. WSP sent a estimate cost of $128,000.00 to finish the project with out the new road construction.
MOTION moved by Allan Parks seconded by Charles MacAusland and carried
THAT the Community sign a contract with WSP to go ahead with this project.
6. COMMITTEE REPORTS:
a) Fire Dept: Councilor Lecky was not at the last meeting, so Chief Woodbury gave the following report: They did a walk through the green-space off of heritage and there was only a few branches that needed to be cut. They did find 2 fire pits in the woods and he spoke with the 2 residents and gave them the community bylaw and they stated that they will remove them. They will be doing interviews for 3 new members, which will include a junior member. The department is looking to do their summer social and was hoping that the community would donate towards this again. They are also looking to get an auxiliary membership for the department, and they were wondering about insurance for them in case they got hurt on duty. CAO Perry will have to look into the price of a new policy as the one that they have now no new members can be added as it is capped off at 40. EMO will have a meeting soon to update the policy. The man door and the roof are still leaking at the firehall and the door sill is starting to rot.
b) Recreation, Park, Playgrounds and Green Spaces: Councilor MacAusland gave the following report: The camera are still not installed at the Center, an email will be sent to the contractor to see if we can get an ETA. Also in the span of 6 weeks, 4 of the weeks for bingo the numbers were below 85. However in the last 2 weeks they have picked back up. It could be that Bingo World opened up again and the people might have went to check it out. We are going to keep an eye on it.
c) Water & Sewer: Councilor Gillis gave the following report: Nothing to report.
d) Repairs, Maintenance and Village Properties: Councilor Blanchard gave the following report: The eave troughs were looked into again, and the new floor is going into the seniors room this week.
e) PEI Federation of Municipalities: Councilor Hughes was absent for the meeting so there is nothing to report.
f) Finances, Budgets, Pay Committee, Bylaws and Planning: Councillor Parks gave the following report. Finances are good. Nothing to report on the pay committee. Bylaws will be looked at in the fall.
7. APPROVAL OF BILLS TOTALING $ 49,372.64
MOTION moved by Allan Parks seconded by Jacqueline Lecky and carried
THAT the payment of the bills totaling $ 49,372.64 be approved.
8. NEW BUSINESS:
a) Eddie Laughlin Award: The award is now open for nominations till August 1 2023 and the recipient will be awarded at the Parish Picnic August 13th, 2023
9. NEXT MEETING: Monthly Meeting August 8th, 2023
10. MEETING ADJOURNED
MOTION moved by Charles MacAusland THAT the meeting of July 11th, 2023 be adjourned.