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RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF MISCOUCHE
Monthly Council Meeting

March 11th, 2025

1. OPENING MEETING
Deputy Mayor Allan Parks called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M.

Present:
Albert Gallant  – Mayor (Absent)
Allan Parks – Deputy Mayor
Ivan Blanchard- Councillor
Charles MacAusland  Councillor (Absent)
Corey Gillis  Councillor
Patrick MacLellan Councillor (absent)
Jonathan Gallant Councillor
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: Everything is going well

4. ADOPTION OF MINUTES: Monthly Meeting February 11th, 2025, and Special Meeting February 25th, 2025

MOTION moved by Ivan Blanchard seconded by Jonathan Gallant  and carried
THAT the minutes for the Monthly Meeting February 11th, 2024, be approved as presented.

MOTION moved by Jonathan Gallant seconded by Ivan Blanchard and carried
THAT the minutes for the Special Meeting February 25th, 2024, be approved as presented.

5. BUSINESS ARISING:
a) Unsightly Property 100 Lady Slipper Dr S: The resident sent a letter to council with an update on the property.  This information was sent to all the council and a few sentences were read by CAO Perry.  The project is still ongoing.
b) Speed Change Request/ Painting of the crosswalks for the veterans: The letter was sent to Highways and there has been no update yet.  Councillor Gillis stated that he will check into it.
c) Potential Development on Kelly Dr.  The contractor was away on vacation till today, and the property closes on March 14th, 2025, so council has picked the date of March 26th, 2025 @ 6:30 pm for the Public Meeting.

6. COMMITTEE REPORTS:
a) Fire Dept: Councilor MacAusland was absent so Chief Woodbury gave the following report: The chassis will be delivered to Winnipeg on March 24th, and with everything going on in the states they are not sure if there will be tariffs added to the cost or not. The department was approved for Fire Smart again this year and the committee will be sitting down to decided what they will do this year. There will be some training on the mitigation plan for Dawsyn Crt, and the Chief will put a mitigation plan together for Kinsmen Rd development.
b) Recreation, Park, Playgrounds and Green Spaces: Councilor J Gallant gave the following report: Bingo
had an average of 107 people per evening over the last 4 weeks and the amount brought in was $5,135 and after expense it is $2,335. There is about a month and half left of cards.  Council would like the expenses and revenues for the year for the next meeting. CAO Perry will get them to the Councillor J Gallant in the next few days so they can review them and make a recommendation.
c)  Water & Sewer:  Councilor Gillis gave the following report: There was nothing to report.
d) Repairs, Maintenance and Village Properties: Councilor Blanchard gave the following report: no issues to report, except that he contacted Maritime Electric to have the stumps removed out of the ditches on Kelly Dr, they were left there after some poles were replaced. Councillor Blanchard also asked about the leaks at the fire hall.  So far there has not been any leaks, but the flashing will be replaced on the roof in the spring.  It was asked if the roof at the Rec Center could be checked at that time as well.
e) PEI Federation of Municipalities: Councillor MacLellan was absent, so no report was given.
f) Finances:   Deputy Mayor Parks was chairing the meeting, so he asked for council to move the proposed budget from the February 25th meeting.

MOTION moved by Ivan Blanchard seconded by Corey Gillis and carried
THAT the Proposed Budget for the Year ending 2025/2026 be approved as presented on February 25th, 2025

g) Bylaw Committee: Councillor Gillis gave the following report: Nothing to report.  Next meeting will be in the new fiscal year to make a plan for updating the Official Plan and Bylaws.

7. Total bills paid for the month of October was $24,329.66

MOTION moved by Jonathan Gallant seconded by Corey Gillis and carried
THAT the bills paid last month for $24,329.66 be approved.

8. NEW BUSINESS:

a) Sewer rate change request for 11 Lady Slipper Dr N: The letter was sent to the resident stating that the rate will stay the same for the property unless they were removing toilets. Council received another letter from the residents asking if they can discount the rate if they close off some rooms.  Council discussed this and decided that unless they are removing the toilets that they will not further discount the rate.

MOTION moved by Ivan Blanchard seconded by Corey Gillis and carried
THAT the sewer rate stays the same unless the toilets are removed.

b) Water Issues on Kinsmen Rd and Dawsyn Crt: Council has received 2 complaints for each property.  The developer for both properties were contacted.  The resident from Kinsmen Rd needs to have a swale put on the property to help direct the flow of water, since the natural flow of the water was stopped by the development.  And the drainage on Dawsyn Crt is working and the water is being held in the swale, however the residents feels that the swale needs to be redone as the water is just sitting there.  Both of the properties will be looked at again in the spring.
c) Newsletter: The 2nd quarter newsletter will be going out on April 1st, if there is anything that needs to be added to it, the deadline is March 21st. It was asked if there could be more advertising on facebook.
d) Grants for Funding: The new funding grants will be opened on April 1 so CAO Perry was requesting the quotes for the equipment for the fire department and any other projects that funding will be provided.

e) The center of the Culd de sac on Iris Crt: Council received a complaint about the center of the Culd de sac being torn up by the plows and heavy trucks and buses, and council was asked if they would pave the center to avoid this in the future. Councilor Gillis will check with the MLA to see if this is something that they can do.
f) Grants for Upgrades: The community will be applying for a grant for the fire department equipment and the garage doors for the fire hall.

MOTION moved by Corey Gillis seconded by Ivan Blanchard and carried
THAT the Community apply for funding for the Fire Department Equipment and the Garage Doors.

9. NEXT MEETING: Monthly Meeting April 8th, 2025

10. MEETING ADJOURNED

MOTION moved by Ivan Blanchard that the meeting of March 11th, 2025, be adjourned.