CHANGING FACES AT THE RM OF STE. ANNE: YOU WILL SOON SEE SOME NEW FACES AT THE RM!

On Council, a By-election has been called to fill the Ward 3 seat vacancy left by the tragic passing of Brent Wery. Election Day has been set for May 24, 2023. For more information on this By-election, please see Page 3 in this newsletter and keep an eye on our website and Facebook group page.

As our current Administrative Assistant Danielle Vandale heads out for her leave of absence, we have hired Julia Levesque to fill in for the next year or so. Together, Julia and our summer student will be greeting our residents on the phone and in our office, answering your questions, and taking tax payments. These two will also serve our residents by helping to work on bigger projects, plan events, and help our other staff catch up and keep up with their workloads.

Once things start drying up, everyone must be cautious of starting any fires outdoors which could cause a grass/bush fire. File photo

Spring Road

Restrictions

Start Date: 6:00 AM, Tuesday, March 21, 2023.

End Date: 11:59 PM, Monday, May 29, 2023*.

*may be delayed due to weather conditions.

If you would like more information, you can visit the website: https://www.gov.mb.ca/mit/srr/index.html

Our Development Officer Irina Poplavski has also chosen to permanently leave our team in order to pursue bigger and better opportunities in her personal life. Since joining us in 2019, Irina has worked very hard and has had a tremendous impact on our planning department by improving our systems and finding efficiencies in our operations. Irina will be greatly missed by her colleagues, but we know she is making the right decision and we wish her all the very best in her future endeavors.

In May 2023, Hadiseh Bajelan will be filling the role of Development Officer for the RM of Ste. Anne. She comes from a planning background and has a wealth of knowledge about Manitoba land use and planning matters. We look forward to getting to know Hadiseh and working with her as she gets to know our Municipality and our local community.

Our Public Works department will also be getting a bit of extra help this summer, with 3 new summer students helping us to complete our gravel program, sign repairs and installations, and also maintaining our parks, walking paths, and many other projects throughout the Municipality.

The Municipality is also looking forward to filling the role of Municipal Emergency Coordinator in the next few weeks. This person will have big shoes to fill as they will work hard to learn our current emergency plan, help us recruit and train volunteers, plan another tabletop emergency exercise, and then organize a full-scale emergency exercise in the coming year or two.

If you’d like to be a volunteer with the Municipality in the event of an emergency, under the direction of our Emergency Coordinator, please fill out the Volunteer form on our website www.rmofsteanne.com. This form can be found under the Resources menu, under Emergency Services.

Finally, although the Richer Fire Department is not actively seeking new members, anyone interested in joining the team as a volunteer fire fighter can always submit a completed application form, which can be found on the same web page as the emergency services volunteer form.