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weyburn Vol.114 No. 48 - Weyburn, Saskatchewan Wednesday, November 27, 2024 - 10 Pages
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Family Place marks quarter-century for Festival of Trees The 25th anniversary of the Festival of Trees returns to an in-person auction for the decorated Christmas trees, in support of the Family Place’s Early Years Family Resource Centre, along with a silent auction and raffles. The viewing of the decorated trees and silent auction items opened on Nov. 20, at the Great Plains Ford auction building, located at 285 First Ave. SW. The viewing was open on Nov. 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A special feature for families was a visit by Santa Claus on Nov. 25. The evening for the tree auction is tonight, Nov. 27, and will be a ticketed event, at a cost of $20 for individuals or $150 for a table of eight. A charcuterie board will be served to the tables at intermission, and a cash bar will be available. Tickets are available by calling the Family Place at 306-842-7477. The gala evening will begin with cocktails at 6 p.m., a presentation at 6:30 p.m. followed by the tree auction. The Family Place recently marked a full year in their new location at 744 McLelland Drive. They run various services, including Little Learner and the Mini-Go program. Local residents can find them on Facebook.
Discovering the wonder of Christmas
Photo – Greg Nikkel, SaskToday.ca
Korryn Kubashek held her granddaughter, Olivia Franklin, as she looked at the feathers adorning this Christmas tree at the Festival of Trees on Saturday.The tree was decorated and donated by the Sask. Union of Nurses local in Weyburn.The live auction of the trees will be held tonight, Nov. 27, at the Great Plains Ford auction building.
City of Weyburn to crack down, regulate portable signs By Greg Nikkel, SaskToday.ca Weyburn city council gave first reading to a new bylaw to regulate the use of portable signs in the city, at their first meeting since the municipal election. Before council got down to business, the new mayor, Jeff Richards, and members of council were officially sworn in by city solicitor, Levi Paradis. In regard to the portable sign bylaw, which was last amended in 2014, planning and development coordinator SharaLee Malcolm pointed out there are a lot more portable signs out than the city has given permits for. At the last recordtaking by the City, there were 67 portable signs in 41 locations around Weyburn, with the City only issuing 36 permits for signs currently. In addition, Malcolm said there is no physical way for the city to track which signs have been paid for, as the signs’ owners information is not displayed or else the signs are in different locations than listed on the permit. The amended bylaw will have colour-coded stickers for the owners of the signs to affix on the sides of the sign, so they’re visible to city of-
ficials. The owners of the signs placed without a permit sticker will have letters or calls made by the city, and if they do not comply, there will be fines levied and the signs will be confiscated. The bylaw will now come back at a future council meeting, to allow for time for the public or council to make any comments for amending the bylaw. • In other council business, council approved a tender bid for the supply and installation of a new air purification system for the Fire Hall and Public Works building. This was a project carried over from 2023, with $100,000 budgeted for the project. Three companies registered to review the tender proposal, and in the end one bid was made by an Ontario company, Air Technology Solutions Canada Inc. They bid $116,750, which was accepted by council. In addition to approving this, council had the overage of $16,750 moved to the 2025 budget year as a pre-approval, to enable the project to go ahead. The company indicated they would install it by February or March of 2025.
The system will scrub the air of diesel exhaust and other potential carcinogenic contaminants, providing a safer work environment for the Fire Hall, Public Works and offices in that building. City manager Mathew Warren noted the budget pre-approval is put in so that it can’t be removed from the upcoming 2025 budget. • Council approved sending out a six-month notice to those property owners who have not paid their 2023 taxes. The notice is being served to give property owners the opportunity to redeem their property before the city requests the title of the properties from the Provincial Mediation Board. If no action has been taken in six months to pay the taxes, the city will request the titles from the mediation board. This year, there are 20 properties in arrears, owing a total of $51,795.49. This is down significantly from last year, when there were 68 properties in arrears. • There wasn’t much new construction activity in the city in October, as the City issued one building permit, and one demolition permit for a garage. The building permit was
for a new garage in the location of the demolished one, and had a construction value of $12,000. This brings the number of building permits to 47
as of the end of October, along with nine demolition permits, with a total construction value of $86,387,024. This compares to 2023,
when the city had issued 47 permits as of the end of October, along with 11 demolition permits, with a total construction value of $14,465,768.
New mayor sworn in for City of Weyburn
Jeff Richards was officially sworn in as the new mayor of Weyburn, with the oath of office administered by city solicitor Levi Paradis. The first meeting of the new city council since the municipal elections was held on Monday night. Photo – Andrea Corrigan/Weyburn Review