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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 01, 1987
Page
1
The council approves the 1987 budget totaling 1,264,984 dollars, up five percent from 1986, with no new programs. Mill rate rises 13.2 for farm and residential property, 20.5 for other assessments. Secretary-treasurer Wally Brad calls it a balanced budget with no surplus or deficit.
Kathleen Martens reports on the vacant position of emergency co ordinator on the Emergency Measures Committee. The rural municipality discusses duties, noting the role is locally defined and can be filled by a temporary or non permanent resident while the plan allows for substitutes.
Davidson notes 125 municipalities rely on EMO coordinators who act as eyes and ears in their communities. Coordinators are elected by municipal council resolutions, with councils choosing suitable applicants to avoid post hoc complaints. Plans require assessment of community resources, then are sent to Davidson’s office for approval before entering a guidebook. Coordinators update plans annually and notify the EMO office of changes. Joint plans allow multiple coordinators or one lead with an alternate. The coordinator nearest the emergency leads, with cross support from other municipalities.
The town council seeks a Manitoba Career Start grant to cover $2.25 of wages for two summer workers under foreman Walter Schwaluk. One will be a carpenter's helper, the other a grounds maintenance worker. The council will send Schwaluk to a University of Manitoba course April 13 16 on tree pruning disease and Dutch Elm care to better monitor Russell's trees. The town also boosted the Russell Horticultural Society gift from $50 to $200 to support summer beautification projects and flowers for library planter and highway sign areas.
Russell town council outlined a plan to limit loaded trucks on streets to Chamber of Commerce members at a March meeting. Harold Clement said signs No Loaded Cracks may replace a bylaw to avoid fines, and that signs aim to protect streets after summer repaving while not deterring visitors. A map will show routes, with allowances for oil and construction deliveries.
A recorded threat claimed a bomb would go off at Russell Airport on March 17 but police treat it as a hoax while investigations continue. The Manitoba Flood Forecast Centre released a spring runoff update noting below normal snow cover on the Assiniboine River and near normal soil moisture with a low chance of overbank flooding in most areas. Local riders gauge Greyhound schedule compromise reducing Russell morning service to three days weekly, effective April 5, pending Motor Transport Board approval. Premier Pawley may still visit Waywayseecappo reserve along with Swan River, The Pas, Neepawa and Brandon in April.
The Time Act adds three weeks of daylight saving time in Manitoba. Clocks advance from 2 to 3 a.m. or from 1 to 2 a.m. at 7 a.m. on Sunday April 5, marking the first Sunday in April as the changeover. Uniform daylight saving time ends on the last Sunday in October, as before.
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