Lamont Council

“We maintain a forward approach with the contractors. We’ll advise them of any risks they may run into such as damage to public property and where they might be endangering notably are additions to the complaint section of this which provides additional descriptions and remedies around dealing with complaints. The appeals section gives ways residents can express concerns they may have,” said Bastow.

Lamont uses bylaw enforcement services from the Town of Vegreville.

Council unanimously passed the bylaw.

When council received a request to attend a conference at the University of Lethbridge on Canadian Rural Revitalization in June of this year, it led to discussion regarding how council handles such invitations.

“We receive many invitations to conferences such as these,” stated Bastow. “Administration would like clarification if council would like us to include this conference this year in our funding.”

The conference cost was $175 per person and Councillor Linda Sieker asked if that included hotel and meal costs or were those additional. Bastow said the $175 price was firm but administration was waiting to receive more information from the conference organizers regarding other additional costs.

“Other things come up on an ad hoc basis, but they are generally dealt with individually by each councillor. We do get a handful of requests for smaller conferences.

“Mayor Kirk Perrin suggested if council wanted to include a larg- er amount pooled for all councillors it should be discussed in the upcoming budget talks.

Bastow told council there was no money set aside for conferences at this stage of the year and council would have to bring it back for further discussion around the budget deliberations.

Harvey moved the administration to do further research on the conference and it be brought back during budget discussions and that was passed.