Manitoba Hydro installed 15 90-watt LED streetlights in Phase 1 of the CentrePort Canada Rail Park.
Rosser council approved the associated annual costs to run the streetlights, which is expected to be $2,923.20 plus tax.
In other council news:
• SLI Towers proposed a telecommunications tower on Provincial Trunk Highway 101 in Rosser and undertook a notification period to meet requirements of Industry Canada. During the notification period, a neighbouring property requested that the proposed tower be relocated 50 feet back from the western property. Council’s role is not to provide an approval but, in the end, a letter of concurrence or non-concurrence for Industry Canada. In this case, council concurred with the revised proposed tower location and design.
• Council gave first reading to establish water and wastewater rates within the Grosse Isle utility.
• Council authorized the removal of a crossing along the Colony Creek provincial waterway infrastructure and Road 66N. The province government had conducted a stakeholder meeting for the Colony Creek culvert replacement as part of the 2022 flood recovery project. AECOM presented the design and information on the replacement. Since this crossing is on an unmaintained road and has no residents on the mile stretch and can be accessed by gravel roads on both sides of the creek, the RM discussed with the provincial government about not spending the money on that project but using that provincial money for high-priority infrastructure replacement instead. In the end, instead of having the provincial government spend money constructing an elaborate culvert replacement and crossing for an unused municipal road allowance, council passed a resolution to close the crossing. Access is still available for agriculture purposes using the mile roads to the east and to the west of it. The RM hopes that this provincial money will be spent in a higher priority area that benefits the RM of Rosser.
• Council entered into an agreement with Bayview Construction for Wheatfield Road reconstruction.
• Council adopted an interim operating budget, which will remain in effect until they adopt the operating budget for this fiscal year.
• The RM of Rosser donated $250 to the Festival of Wreaths hosted by the Stonewall and District Christmas Cheer Board. The contribution was intended for buying books for Cheer Board hampers.
• The RM of Rosser is entering into agreements with Grosse Isle Heritage Site for four-year tourism funding and Grosse Isle Memorial Park Recreation Club for a four-year grant funding program. In addition, the RM is entering into an agreement with Meadows Community Club for four-year grant funding. The Rosser Central Community Club and the Marquette Curling Club previously returned their signed agreements, so council already passed resolutions to enter into agreements with those two groups.
