2nd annual garbage cleanup gets green light
Henry Czarnota and Marty Konsmo made a presentation on behalf of the Olds Lions Club asking council to help support a local cleanup initiative that's headed into its second iteration.
The second Annual Town Clean Up, dubbed P.U.G. Day - for Pick Up Garbage - is set for Friday, May 12, following the success of last year's event in which more than 120 citizens raked up some 200 bags of trash.
Czarnota and Konsmo, co-chairs of the P.U.G. committee, approached council during the regular meeting last Monday (March 27), to request the town partner with the Lions for the event. They asked the municipality to provide a $1,000 grant to help offset the costs of a celebration barbecue after the event, as well as garbage bags and gloves and to arrange a pickup for the collected trash. They further requested support with advertising and photocopying.
The Lions Club will act as the coordinators for the event, and its members are working with five local schools to make students the focus point in the cleanup effort.
"Our main goal is to try to bring the whole community together as volunteers," said Czarnota.
Council voted in favour of a motion by Coun. Wade Bearchell that administrative staff work with the Lions Club to organize and support the event as requested.
Highlands area development goes ahead as amended
Development of the Highlands neighbourhood can get underway, after council voted to approve an amended Area Structure Plan following a public hearing, last Monday (March 27).
Craig Teal, director of Parkland Community Planning Services, was on hand to present the requested amendments to the bylaw, which was originally brought before council for first reading in early March.
The amendment reduces the overall number of dwelling units planned for the area by 28 (from 807 to 779) and adds a local neighbourhood park in the northwest area of the subdivision.
One enquiry was made from residents prior to the public hearing, with regard to the traffic impact on Winter Drive. A representative of the developer's consulting firm, Stantec, voiced support for the amendments during the hearing. No one opposed to or affected by the amendment spoke.
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Citizens committee on council's pay named
After a two-month advertising campaign, three Olds residents have been appointed to the Ad Hoc Citizens Committee on Council Compensation.
Town administration vetted Dan Daley, Shane Matchullis and Elaine Simon, and forwarded their names to council for approval last Monday (March 27). Council affirmed all three appointments.
As stipulated by council policy, a citizens committee must be appointed by March 1 of the same year as a municipal election. The committee has 90 days to make recommendations on the honoraria and benefits that will be received by the next elected council.
Library appointment
Council also approved the public-at-large appointment of Shawna Cevraini as a general member of the Olds and District Municipal Library Board, for a term of two years. The vacancy was due to a resignation.
