During its council meeting on May 25, Beiseker Village council unanimously approved second and third readings of a pair of bylaws to consolidate five loans into two separate groups.
During its council meeting on May 25, Beiseker Village council unanimously approved second and third readings of a pair of bylaws to consolidate five loans into two separate groups.
According to Beiseker Chief Administrative Officer Jo Lambert, the reason for consolidating the five loans into two bylaws is to refinance Village payments and to lower interest rates on the loans.
“We're going to combine about five of (the loans) into two,” Lambert said. “We are lowering our expenses.
“What we're hoping this is doing is lowering our expenses so taxes won't have to be raised.”
Two separate operating loans went into one bylaw while three other loans were consolidated into the capital loans bylaw.
A letter was presented to council regarding an issue of people burning garbage in their yards.
The letter noted concerns with the proximity of buildings in Beiseker and the fact that embers remain hot for days after fires are extinguished. The letter writer, Ethel Kostrosky, said she worried the embers could blow onto buildings and start fires, resulting in loss of property and lives.
In the letter presented at council, Kostrosky wrote, “burning is not allowed in Acme and it needs to stop in Beiseker as well.”
Beiseker council agreed with Kostrosky's points and will send a letter to her thanking her for her concern.
“(Ethel) has some very valid points,” said Deputy Mayor Al Henuset.
According to Lambert, Beiseker's bylaw officer has been informed of the issue.
Council voted to reimburse Ross McNeill $694.20 for a plumbing bill he paid earlier this spring.
According to Lambert, the bill was the result of a collapse of the Village's main sewer line, which impacted McNeill's property.
“According to our bylaw, if the problem is in the line between a person's property and the Village's sewer main, it's the homeowners problem,” Lambert said. “If the problem is something caused by the Village's sewer mainline, then of course it's our responsibility to fix.
“Which is what we had to do.”
