Dauphin City Council Meeting February 14

The Dauphin City Council met tonight for their third meeting of the year. Here are some of the highlights from the meeting.

February 26th was proclaimed as Coldest Night of the Year for the City of Dauphin. It is a virtual event, hosted by the Dauphin Friendship Centre, and more information can be found here.
An asset management program has been put into place where the City’s Public Works, Engineering, ICT, and Finance team have been working on developing a policy, plan, training, and asset registry that will capture the status and condition of all City assets to ensure they continue to be managed responsibly going forward.

“In February 2021, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Municipal Asset Management Program awarded funding to the City of Dauphin to support the implementation of an asset management program in our organization. The grant program offers 80% of the total eligible project costs, to a maximum of $50,000.”

There was a motion carried to extend the lease of the Shared Health Inc. space at CN Station.

“In 2020, the City renewed the lease agreement with Shared Health Inc. for space at CN Station for a period of two years from April 1, 2020, to March 31, 2022. The agreement provides the option to extend the lease for three additional terms of one year provided the Lessee submits their notice of extension three months in advance of the end of the lease term.”

Each year, Manitoba Water Services Board requests that municipalities identify priority capital projects that are to be completed within the next 2 – 5 years for consideration to be included in the MWSB 5-year Capital Plan. Each individual project requires its own form to be completed and submitted. The council Identified priority water and wastewater projects for the city as follows.