The Rural Municipality of Dauphin council held its regular meeting, June 24.
Accounts and finances
Council approved 20 cheques, as well as payroll and online payments in the amount of $249,938.02.
Committee reports
Assistant CAO Tyral Solski informed council that Dauphin Recreation Services general manager Ryan Vanderheyden had responded to a question from the June 10 council meeting which he attended regarding the value of the assets at DRS.
When asked about the Association of Manitoba Municipalities June district meeting, Solski said it was a good meeting with only two resolutions discussed.
Transportation
Public Works foreman Ryan Jenkins reported the graders were out maintaining the roads.
The gravel program is progressing with trucks hauling out of the Chute Pit and Tardiff Pit.
Dust control has been applied to all ratepayer applicants.
Crews have been installing approaches with some having been completed.
Sign maintenance is ongoing with damage being done by big equipment to one of the largeRM of Dauphin signs.
Crews have also been out with the brusher, cleaning up some road allowances for access to property and visibility issues.
Crews will start to mow some main roads as part of the summer road maintenance program.
There was another collapsed culvert, which crews have repaired.
Drainage
Crews were out repairing and replacing culvert markers as part of the spring ditch clearing maintenance.
More surveys for drainage licensing were done as time allowed and crews were moving pipes to more locations.
Meetings
Councillor Ken Plustwa volunteered at the Inter-Mountain Watershed District water festival in Ethelbert. He also attended interview sfor the CAO position and an IMWD board meeting in Ste. Rose, which were also attended by councillor Ken Shewchuk, who also attended a Dauphin and District Handivan Association meeting.
Councillor Ron Ryz attended a Riverside Cemetery Board meeting, as well as the CAO interview meetings and the June AMM District meeting.
CAO hired
The RM of Dauphin has hired Grady Stephenson as the new CAO, effective, July 28.
Grass cutting
Upon reviewing proposals for grass cutting municipal lands, council approved the proposal submitted by Conquest Property Management.
