Town of Kindersley council discusses $270k payment for water tower

By Stu Salkeld
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Your West Central Voice

KINDERSLEY – The Town of Kindersley council discussed a payment made to a contractor for work done at the community’s prominent water tower. The discussion was held at the Oct. 13 regular meeting of council.

Readers should note the meeting was held one day later than normal due to the Thanksgiving statutory holiday.

During the regular presentation of monthly accounts by Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Marty Baroni and Director of Infrastructure and Development Chad Levitt, Deputy Mayor Warren Schafer noted he had a question about one item on the list.

Schafer asked if the record of $269,869.31 paid to Landmark Structures Co. was for work done at the municipality’s prominent water tower.

Levitt responded yes, it was. Schafer stated he asked because he wasn’t sure if that payment was for the work they’d done there, with Levitt clarifying again that it was.

Mayor Ken Francis observed that staff had confirmed earlier Oct. 13 that the water tower project is “...relatively on time and on budget.” Francis added that it’s a little early to say that’s how it’s going to end, but things at the water tower are looking up.

Police report

As part of their consent agenda, councillors also had a chance to read the regular RCMP update. It was noted over the time span of the report Kindersley RCMP received 88 calls for service.

Of those calls, the number one category was traffic-related charges, which numbered 12, followed closely by the number two category, traffic-related warnings at 11.

Next was mischief-related offences at seven, theft complaints at six, other provincial statutes at six and 911 Act hang-ups at five.

Next in the list was disturbing the peace responses at four, and the following categories all had three instances responded to by RCMP: well-being checks, traffic collisions, Liquor/Cannabis Act, fraud, bylaw complaints and assistance calls.

The following categories all had two RCMP responses to them: uttering threats, suspicious persons/vehicles, missing person, items lost/found, false alarms and condition violation complaints.

Lastly, the following categories all had one RCMP response to them: Other Criminal Code unfounded, drug-related complaint, roadside suspension, break and enter (actual), breach of peace, animal call and abandoned vehicle.