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Vol. 131 No. 8 Friday, May 3, 2013




90 cents + tax

$87,410 in taxes required for Town budget

By KATE SJOBERG he Town of Minnedosa has released its proposed budget for 2013. Th e budget will be approved by Council at their May 14th meeting. The fi nancial plan shows revenues increasing from $4,457,268 in 2012 to $4,546,414, with $87,410 from taxes and a budgeted $8,000 increase from Provincial Municipal Tax sharing. On the expense side, the greatest increase appears in fi scal services, increasing by $21,497. In detail, budgeted expenses increase in the greatest amount for: -Chief Administrative Offi cer and Staff : by $5,500 to $280,500, -Police Services by $8,900 to $453,900. -Fire Services by $3,900 to $145,558. -Supervision and Benefi ts for Transportation Services by $3,200 to $163,200. -Equipment Operators Wages and Benefi ts for Roads and Streets by $3,000 to $153,000. -Road Maintenance Materials by $3,120 to $159,120. -Garbage Collection by $3,320 to $169,320. -Museums by $5,000 to $20,000. Increased budgeted expenditures are also marked in the detail for: -Regional Development (from $127,794 to $190,000). -Transfer to Capital (from $514,285 to $1,044,000). Budgeted revenues are increasing from $1,621,049 to $1,706,750 in the Utility Operating Fund. Larger increases in expenditures include: -Water Purifi cation and Treatment by $5000 to $315,000. -Water Transmission and Distribution by $5000 to $285,000. -Sewage Lift Station by $23,000 to $58,000.

Training to fight a flood

Photo by Kate Sjoberg

By KATE SJOBERG

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ocal municipalities staff were on hand last Friday, April 26th, for training on setting up, maintaining and draining aquadams. Th e training was held at the Town Yard on Armitage Avenue. Th e Town of Minnedosa recently purchased two 50 foot aquadams to protect infrastructure against flooding. A 100 foot dam costs $3,500 apiece and can be linked together in straight, or curved formations as needed. Dams are filled with whatever water source is available. When filled, the dams sit two and a half feet high, and about six

feet wide when deployed. One 100 foot piece takes about 90 minutes for the entire setup - many hours faster than setting up a sandbag dam of similar length, width and size. Th e Province of Manitoba Department of Infrastructure and Transportation offered the training, and carries additional aquadams that can be borrowed as needed as supplies last. Barrett Nelson of Emergency Measures says the dams will be used if we get flash flooding as a result of overland fl ooding coming down into the valley on the south and north hills. Th e trigger for use is based on observation of and amount of actual water we see coming.

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