Council Highlights for September 8, 2020

Council Highlights for September 8, 2020

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Regular Open Meeting
 
 
REGULAR OPEN MEETING

Water Matters

• Jared Brounstein, Director of Operational Services, presented a report to Council on Rural Hydrant Installation north and south of Town. There was a discussion between Council, Director Brounstein, and Steve Underwood of TRUE Engineering, at the conclusion of which it was agreed that the Tender for Phase 2 of the Water District 9 Twinning Project will include optional items (hydrants and a Dividend Ridge loop) that would assist in addressing water quality and fire flow objectives if bid prices permit.

Business

• Council recommended that Parks Canada amend the ‘working boundary’ for the proposed National Park Reserve so that it would exclude any lands within the Town of Osoyoos’ jurisdictional boundaries. These lands have been designated for future development in the Town’s Official Community Plan.
• Council endorsed Community Services’ Re-opening Strategy for the Sonora Community Centre and endorsed the moving forward of re-hiring staff to meet operational needs. The Community Centre is scheduled to re-open on September 21, 2020.
• Council awarded the contract for the Water Metering Implementation Plan to TR Underwood Engineering Ltd in the amount of $77,000.00 and authorized the Town’s signatories to enter into a contract for the works specified in the Request for Proposals documents.

Reports

• Councillor Bennett attended a webinar with MIABC regarding the complexity of operating municipalities in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Mayor McKortoff attended the Okanagan Basin Water Board meeting.
• Mayor McKortoff encouraged everyone to sign up for the Make Water Work campaign and to take the pledge.
• Mayor McKortoff attended the Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust (SIDIT) meeting and met their new CAO, Laurel Douglas.
• Mayor McKortoff attended the RDOS meeting.
• Mayor McKortoff attended the International Osoyoos Lake Board of Control meeting.
• Mayor McKortoff thanked all the volunteers who have made the Market on Main a success, especially Janis and Marcel St. Louis.

Copies of reports are available within the Council Agenda packages located on the Town’s website www.osoyoos.ca.