Joint Carberry-North Cypress-Langford affairs are on the agenda at this month’s meeting. While most residents will already be familiar with the arrangement, the Town of Carberry and the Municipality of North Cypress-Langford have a number of common resources and hold regular joint meetings that discuss issues relating to those, which then get brought back to their respective councils. These include things like healthcare, recreation and leisure services as well as the fire department.

Of note at this particular meeting is environmental services, specifically repairs to the Carberry transfer station. New concrete has already been poured and of particular urgency is a replacement for the scale. Without a functioning scale, no one can be charged for loads being hauled to the transfer station, so the municipality is losing money daily. As an unbudgeted expense, the funds for the repairs will come from the building reserve.

Council is also joining municipalities across the province to call on the province of Manitoba to, as the motion states “undertake a comprehensive review of the mandate, role, and function of the Municipal Board to evaluate its relevance and actual value in today’s municipal sector.” The red tape that the municipality, and indeed many municipalities, are encountering is causing significant and costly delays to services.

Also covered at the meeting were preparations for the upcoming tax sale, an update from the health action committee, a report on the state of the aquifer, contracts for land leases, and concern over RCMP staffing levels.