There will be no town council meeting on Nov. 18.
During their Oct. 7 meeting, Clearwater council members decided to defer the Nov. 18 meeting until after the Dec. 2 swearing-in of the new council.
Municipal elections are to take place on Nov. 15 and the members of the present council felt there was no point in having a meeting so soon after the election.
Mayor John Harwood described the period between the election and when the new council gets sworn-in as “a no-man's land.”
A special meeting could be held if an urgent issue came up, he noted.
Clearwater town council normally meets the first and third Tuesday of the month, except during summer.
A meeting of the economic development committee of the whole that also was to take place on Nov. 18 was postponed as well.
Unsightly premises to be cleaned up
Town council moved to have two properties within Clearwater's boundaries cleaned up.
The properties, one on Station Road and the other on Wildwood Road, have a long history of old vehicles and other items being left on them, said chief administrative officer Leslie Groulx.
Staff have tried to work with the property owners to clean up the mess, but with limited success, she reported.
Under the orders, the owners of the two properties have 30 days to clean them up.
Otherwise, the District will remove the nuisance materials, dispose of them, and charge the owners the costs.
If the owners do not pay the costs by Dec. 31, they will be treated as unpaid taxes.
Money for new wells sought
District of Clearwater will engage a consultant to prepare a grant application for the design, construction and installation of a new well.
The new well likely would be located next to the existing Well #1 in Reg Small Park by the bridge over the Clearwater River.
The grant application would include details for design, construction and installation to upsize and loop water mains as identified in the District's water distribution system modelling and assessment plans.
Water modelling the District had done showed that fire flows could be substantially improved at a relatively low cost by looping parts of the system, commented counsellor Barry Banford.
The grant application would be made to the Small Communities Fund program – part of the New Building Canada Plan.