Staff
At its regular meeting Tuesday night, town council:
•approved the renewal of the town’s insurance policy with Aon Reed Stenhouse, at no rate increase, for the period of Nov. 1, 2009-Oct. 31, 2010;
•approved a travel expense claim for CAO Mark McCaig in the amount of $151. This is for attendance at the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA) conference in Thunder Bay on Sept. 28-Oct. 2;
•approved travel expense and per diem claims for Mayor Roy Avis in the amount of $654.32. This is for attendance at NOMA;
•Approved a per diem claim for Coun. Ken Perry in the amount of $60. This is for attendance at the Rainy River District Municipal Association (RRDMA) meeting in Rainy River on Sept. 16;
•approved trvael expense and per diem claims for Coun. Paul Ryan in the amount of $577.30. This is for attendance at NOMA;
•approved a per diem claim for Coun. Sharon Tibbs in the amount of $60. This is for attendance at RRDMA:
•approved travel expense and per diem claims for the Coun. Rick Wiedenhoeft in the amount of $577.30. This is for attendance at NOMA:
•approved travel expense and per diem claims for the Coun. Rick Wiedenhoeft in the amount of $301.13. This is for attendance, as a representative of the town, at the Now Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony held in Thunder Bay on Sept. 26:
•approved a report to ensure a 30 percent mark-up above the town’s costs is used in establishing pump prices for 100 LL fuel at the Fort Frances Airport and 41 percent for Jet A-1 fuel (this equals $1.62 per litre for 100 LL and $1.35 per litre for Jet A-1, including GST, effective Oct. 14, 2009).
•denied a request from John. P. Hogan regarding the placement of shrubs at 6 Armstrong Pl., advising him that he plant shrubs on his own property;
•denied a request from resident Doug Jensen to remove the private crossing located between 559 and 561 Church St.;
•approved a report recommending the town meet with the BIA regarding the level of watering service flower baskets received in 2009, that the town to only provide watering service to BIA and Chamber of Commerce flowers during the time which town summer students are employed (first week of May until the Friday before the Labour Day weekend), that the BIA and Chamber to be responsible for watering their flowers when here are no summer students, and that BIA and Chamber make written requests for watering to the town on an annual basis;
•referred a request from the BIA to replace 36 old streetlight poles with fixtures to be considered by council in the 2010 budget;
•referred a request from resident Bud Danylchuk regarding a snow clearing service for seniors to be considered by council in the 2010 budget;
•approved a report recommending that several banner pole foundations along Mowat Avenue between Scott Street and Church Street be installed, and that all materials and in-kind services be charged against council’s public relations account. This is as per a request from the BIA;
•approved an application for adjustment of taxes for property at 1107 Second St. E.;
•approved a break-open ticket licence application from the Rainycrest Auxiliary at the 364 Store from Nov. 1, 2009 to April 30, 2010;
•referred a request from the Zaagi-idiwin Aboriginal Head Start Program for a loading zone in front of 308 Butler Ave. to the Planning and Development executive committee for recommendation;
•passed a bylaw to approve an agreement with the Ministry of Natural resources with respect to funding in the amount of $20,000 under the “BearWise” program;
•passed a bylaw to amend By-Law 10/03 (the traffic control bylaw) to implement parking restrictions on Victoria Avenue and Nelson Street; and
•passed a bylaw to authorize into an agreement with Bell Canada granting an easement over certain municipal land.
