A pair of proposals were brought forward to the Estevan City Council as they look at getting a couple of new daycares in the city.
Both daycares will be located on Wellock Road, with both looking for development approval from the city
During the last council meeting, the daycare to be established at 1505 Wellock Road, which would service 90 clients, was brought to the council.
Since then, Land Development Services Manager Richard Neufeld has not received anything from the community regarding the structure and wants to see the council move it forward.
"I'm recommending approval in accordance with the terms of the sale agreement that Council put in place last Council meeting and includes a number of recommendations, such as maintaining daycare licenses with the province and business licenses with the city. There's a utility issue that needs to be dealt with which is common to any time you put in a new building."
One of the issues was the fact that the daycare's building is located on an area that was previously three lots. This means three separate connections to water and sewer systems would need to be connected.
Neufeld recommended that the daycare move forward subject to several conditions, including tying those services together between the three lots, which was approved by the council.
They then moved onto the second lot at 1880 Wellock Road, which would service five clients.
Neufeld said that the smaller property would require a lot less work than the previously discussed one.
"1880 Wellock Road is an existing dwelling on that property and the occupant the owner would like to convert the basement to a daycare. This is not a home-based business because it would be a licensed daycare to the province under our bylaws as soon you seek a Saskatchewan license or daycare, it's no longer a home-based business."
Again, no complaints were listed by the community and Neufeld recommended the proposal be accepted so long as conditions related to maintaining a business license were followed.
The council unanimously passed that resolution as well.