At the latest Town of Kindersley Council gathering, the regular meeting saw a number of items on the agenda that were eventually resolved. Perhaps the most important thing on the list, was the purchase of a new controls system for the rink that is being taken from the Town's Recreation Reserve.
Read more below, as first of all West Central Online got on the phone with Mayor Rod Perkins to discuss some things outside of the council news, such as the new house construction currently going next door at the old site of McKenzie School. He said that the three projects going ahead right now are making some great progress, though he doesn't expect the remaining three to break ground until next spring.
"Their contract gave them two years to build," said Perkins, "We're looking forward to getting all six of them done. Do some landscaping in there and they will look pretty nice I think."
The other important topic of discussion while we had Perkins was that of a just under $55,000 purchase of a Intelligent Rink Energy Management Controls System. The rink has been dealing with some aging equipment behind the scenes for a few years now, and Perkins talked about what getting some new hardware in the rink might do for everyone involved with the community arena.
"The control system kind of runs all the sensors, and stuff like that. It was sending out a lot of alarms that were unnecessary. A 3:00 AM alarm that the ice was too cold, which, maybe stands to reason in the winter time," laughed Perkins, "We were having a lot of trouble with it so this is a new system, and being that we have a new chiller and a new compressor in there, this will help everything work better together than what we have right now so we decided to put the new one in and do it right. Every time you get a call out on an alarm, you have to call an employee in to look at it which costs money."
That great news headlined the latest out of Town Council, and you can check out their complete list from August 8th, 2022 below:
Town Council held a Regular Meeting on Monday, August 8, 2022. The following agenda items were resolved.
5.2: Council resolved to amend the Agenda of the August 8, 2022 Regular Meeting of Council to add Agenda item 7.4 WCEC Controls System.
6.1: The Council of the Town of Kindersley resolved to approve as presented the Minutes from the July 25, 2022 Regular Meeting of Council.
7.1: Town Council authorized the Chief Administrative Officer to proceed under the Tax Enforcement Act with title acquisition of the property: Lot 5, Block 2, Plan G9.
7.2: Council resolved to direct the Mayor and Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) to enter into the following Janitorial Service Agreements:
- Loreen Jeffries – Administration Office
- G & A Cleaning – Fire Hall, Elks Hall, & Public Works Shop
7.3: The Council of the Town of Kindersley resolves to accept the offer of $70,000.00 as set out in the Contract of Purchase and Sale regarding the property described as Lot 3 Block 92 Plan 85S44941; and that the Mayor or designate and the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) are directed to sign and execute the above mentioned contract.
7.4: Town Council resolved to purchase an Intelligent Rink Energy Management Controls System (IREMCS) for the WCEC at a cost of 54,944.70 plus applicable taxes; and that this cost be taken from the Recreation Reserve.
8.1: Council resolved to accept as submitted the list of accounts as paid by the Town of Kindersley in the amount of $1,938,195.68.
9.1: The Council of the Town of Kindersley resolved to approve the Consent Agenda which included the following items for acceptance and filing:
- July 2022 Kindersley Police Report
- Downtown Kindersley Association Minutes August 2, 2022
- Kindersley Chamber June 23, 2022 Board Meeting Minutes