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The RM of Dauphin is planning to put more into reserve funds, begin paying for the rural waterline loan, and paying increased external fees in their 2018 financial plan.
They are anticipating expenditures to increase by about $180,000 and to take over $600,000 from reserves.
Chief Administrative Officer, Robin Wiebe, explains how the council tried to best manage these increased costs.
“Council really tried to temper the increases imposed upon us, which of course get passed down to council. They really tried to mitigate those effects and addressing that through using our reserves and accumulated surplus to supplement operations.”
In 2018, the Public Works Department has many projects planned including 26 approach installations, eight drainage maintenance projects, five major drain projects and one major bridge repair.
Wiebe warns that some of these projects are in jeopardy if the Provincial Municipal Road Improvement Program is not in effect.
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A province wide test of the Ready Alert system is scheduled for today at 1:55 in the afternoon.
All cell phones, tablets, radio and television stations will ring off an alert as a test for emergency warnings.
In the future, the alerts will inform the public of tornadoes, floods, Amber Alerts or terrorist threats.
Provincial alerts will only come from the Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization and Environment and Climate Change Canada.
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Rossburn, which is 150 kilometres southwest of Dauphin, is currently under a boil water advisory.
This is a result of a line breaking at the water treatment plant, causing a loss of water pressure at the Rossburn Distribution Centre.
All water used for consumption should be boiled for at least one minute and water used for household purposes doesn’t need to be boiled.
The advisory is to remain in effect until otherwise stated.
Those with any questions can call the Regional Drinking Water Officer at 570-1405.
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The trial in Brandon continued yesterday, involving three men killing Garnet Baptiste of Ebb and Flow First Nation.
Jurors were shown surveillance footage from the Carberry Motor Inn of the assault in the parking lot, which led to Baptiste’s death.
Later on a search of Baptiste’s hotel room revealed empty containers of alcohol, drug paraphernalia.
The accused’s hotel room revealed nothing more than a broken lamp, which may have been used to strike Baptiste.
The three accused have pleaded not guilty to manslaughter.
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Shoplifters in Dauphin are working in groups and in a more organized fashion as opposed to alone.
Many businesses are looking to deal with the issue rather than ignore it and have been approaching Riehl Securities for solutions and help with loss prevention.
Business owners have taken to social media posts to help identify shoplifters.
Kerri Riehl, owner of Riehl Securities, says it’s the same people who are shoplifting.
“That is also a concern I am hearing from the business community is that it’s the same people. There’s people that are banned from every grocery store and getting prescriptions and if you follow social media you can see that it’s the same people being identified.”
Anyone trying to apprehend or deal with shoplifters should be properly trained to prevent any injuries or liabilities.
Riehl is working on a database of shoplifters in the area as a resource for businesses.
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The temporary fishing ban on Lake Dauphin will be lifted as of tomorrow morning.
The ban was part of a conservation measure to protect walleye during the spawning period.
Based on monitoring of the tributaries it’s been determined that the majority of walleye have spawned.
The ban was in effect since April 27.
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Travel restrictions due to the high risk of fires have now been established for some provincial forests.
Restrictions for Duck Mountain Provincial Forest, Spruce Woods Provincial Forest and a number of provincial parks are in place.
Backcountry travel in these areas is limited and requires a permit.
Campfire restrictions are in place for provincial parks in southern Manitoba.
For a list of where restrictions are in place, go to www.manitobaparks.com.
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At the State of the City Address today, people got to hear about the growth for Dauphin.
Allen Dowhan, Dauphin Mayor, tells 730 CKDM the city is trying to keep taxes low for residents.
“We are maintaining the tax rate in Dauphin. Residents will see no or very little tax increase on their property tax bills. Also we are doing a lot of projects to grow our community, to make sure our tax base grows so we can keep offering low taxes to our residents.
Dauphin is working on the stability of the water supply and is the only rural community taking a proactive approach to handling lead in drinking water. The city will continue to work on the Vermillion Dam issues to ensure water supply is adequate.
The City of Dauphin maintains its efforts to be a greener centre and will install solar panels at lift station number 1 and build a composite site at the landfill site. Overall the city has seen an increase in recycling, a significant decrease in the amount of garbage and the yard waste program has taken off.
Dowhan attributed Dauphin’s success to the vision and ideals of former Mayor Eric Irwin. His “can do” attitude was instilled in council and citizen to make Dauphin a better place to live.
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A permit is required from Manitoba Hydro if you plan to move large farm equipment.
Recently fires have started in the Parkland because large farm equipment came in contact with overhead lines.
Public Safety and Education Coordinator Linda Carter tells 730 CKDM what the most common equipment to come in contact with lines are.
“Probably the cultivators and air seeders, and obviously there are some combines that can be over the 15 feet 9 inches. Grain augers, if they’re in transport position, are not a problem. So, it’s those pieces of equipment in transport position that are over 15 feet 9 inches that we want the permits for.”
Permits are good until the end of the year and you can get one by going to your local Manitoba Hydro office.
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The R.M. of Riding Mountain West issued a burning ban effective immediately.
The R.M. of Riding Mountain West includes the communities of Inglis, Shellmouth-Boulton and the former R.M. of Silver Creek.
Residents are asked to refrain from setting fires during this time.
For more information call the fire chiefs at 937-7331 or 773-0244.
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A fire ban in place right now would hurt Dauphin farmers who are following the rules.
Since the end of April, 85 burning permits have been issued.
Cam Abrey, Dauphin Fire Chief, responded to nine fires in two weeks.
“The other eight fires we’ve had, because we have only responded nine times in the last two and half weeks, the other eight incidents never had a permit in place. So if we put a burn ban in place at this point and time, it eliminates all permits that are out there. We don’t want to punish those that are following the rules by putting a ban in place totally.”
Some of the fires have attributed to farm equipment hitting wires, a grader creating sparks while maintaining roads and sparks created by a train on the tracks.
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