DISTRICT OF LAKELAND NO. 521
Serving Emma, Christopher, Anglin & McPhee Lakes, and a portion of the Boreal Forest Region.June 2017
- Waskesiu Wilderness Region representative, Terry Dow, director of sales and marketing and the 2017 Waskawanderer, Brenden Maisonneuve, provided an overview of the 2016 year, and plans for 2017. They have an awesome new mobile app that provides a lot of great...
May 2017
- Property inspections continues for the clear display of civic addresses. Tickets and warnings have been or will be issued for non-compliance as clear addressing is required for service providers including emergency services. - Representatives of SK Environment...
March/April 2017
- Testing for Forest Tent Caterpillars has taken place over the past couple of months. While indications show that there may be some caterpillars this summer the projected extent of survival over the winter and subsequently the number of caterpillars throughout the...
February 2017
Highlights of the Council meeting include: - Bylaw 4-2017 (council procedure) was adopted. - Tenders will be requested for completion of Phase II Environmental Site Assessments for the Anglin Lake, McPhee Lake and Emma Lake landfill sites. - In compliance with...
January 2017
Happy New Year, and best wishes for a healthy and happy 2017. As Council meetings will now be held on the second Monday of each month, the January meeting took place on the 9th. Some of the highlights include: - Re-application under the Provincial-Territorial...
December 2016
- Final reading was done for Bylaw No.14-2016 Council Code of Ethics (a new provincial requirement required by February 23, 2017). - Held a public hearing related to a discretionary use application for a greenhouse on the Gust/DiPaolo property. No written or verbal...
November 2016
- Tammy Knuttila, CMA/CPA, began as District Administrator on November 1. While Dave Dmytruk’s official retirement date is not until December 31, he is using up some vacation time so is in the office on an occasional basis only over the next month to finish up a few...
October 2016
While this is not meant to be a comprehensive report of the September and October (Regular and Special) Council meetings, the following is some of what is being dealt with. A significant undertaking over the past months has been recruitment of an Administrator with...
August 30, 2016
On Monday, August 15, 2016, the newly elected Council for the Rural Municipality of the District of Lakeland #521 was sworn in. These are all four year terms, and the council is composed of: Cheryl Bauer Hyde, Reeve Karen Bosker, Division 1 Walter Plessl, Division 2...
January 18, 2016
This blog will deal with information concerning our landfill operations. Recycle The provincial government has been assessing fees to consumers for recycling costs for many years. This has been most noticeable on tire purchases but is also included when purchasing pop...
December 7, 2015
After a very busy summer, staff and council have taken the time to review issues that have surfaced. We have also met to review and update our strategic plan Upon completion of the municipal shop, council took time from our regular meeting to join Ernie and the admin...
July 4, 2015
Good Morning my name is Al Christensen and I would like to welcome you to our annual information meeting. First of all I would like to take a moment to pay tribute to the late Ralph Hudson. Ralph passed away in June of this year after suffering health issues for some...