|
Discover How to Celebrate Excellence in Your Community with a Saskatchewan Municipal Award
The Saskatchewan Municipal Awards (SMAs) celebrate the excellent and innovative practices of Saskatchewan’s municipal governments. The program also aims to share knowledge amongst municipalities by sharing best practices, promoting cooperation and synergies between urban and rural municipalities, and awarding municipal driven projects.
In the webinar Celebrate Excellence: The Saskatchewan Municipal Awards on November 1 at 10:00 a.m., hear from 2021 SMA winners on their projects and experiences. Learn what projects are eligible, how to nominate your municipal project, and what award winners receive.
| | |
|
Learn More About the Transportation Rescue Extrication Program
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency has developed a unique auto extrication program, made possible through a partnership with SGI, that is appropriately scalable for fire departments of all sizes and compositions. The Transportation Rescue Extrication Program, or TREX for short, offers training courses to fire departments across the province, ensuring firefighters meet standardized training and equipment levels based on their communities’ needs and the department's capacity to safely maintain the required skills and equipment.
Join us on November 8 at 10:00 a.m. to learn about the TREX Program, including eligibility criteria, the service level options, and the different program phases. The TREX Program is expected to launch at the end of November 2022.
| | | |
|
|
A Wrap on Regionals
The 2022 Regional Meetings wrapped up last week after visits to seven of our regions. A big thank you to the SUMA Regional Directors for their enthusiasm and coordination of these meetings, and to all of the host communities for the hospitality. And of course, thanks to all the attendees. We value this chance to get your feedback, hear your issues, and talk to you face to face.
Watch the SUMA Member Portal for presentations as they become available.
If you attended your region’s meeting, we want to hear from you. Please fill out the event survey for your region - the survey was emailed out directly to all registrants - and let us know what was done well and what we can look at improving in 2023.
| |
 | |
Facilitating Independence: Support to Age Well at Home
More than 90 per cent of seniors live independently in their own communities and would prefer to age in place. Supportive services, such as home maintenance, yard care, home-based health services, transportation, meal preparation, and friendly visiting services allow seniors to remain independent at home as needs change.
The Saskatchewan Seniors Mechanism (SSM) is working with the Ministry of Health to learn more about innovative, sustainable models of support that would enable older adults to remain in their homes. To do this, approximately $200,000 in total will be available to municipalities and senior-serving groups for project funding of up to $20,000 each. Projects must take place in 2023. Individuals are not eligible to apply for the grants.
Grant applications will be accepted until November 25.
For additional information including the application process, eligibility criteria, and timelines, please visit the SSM Website at: https://skseniorsmechanism.ca
| |  |
|
Municipalities Reminded to Update the Municipal Directory
Municipalities are being asked to update the Municipal Directory System (MDS) with any changes to their contact information, changes on council resulting from municipal elections, or administrator changes.
The MDS is a provincial database the public uses to:
- Locate a municipality's contact information;
- Find out the hours the municipal office is open; and
- Learn the names of elected officials who serve that community.
If your municipality has forgotten the username or password to access the MDS, or if you are encountering difficulties entering in your municipal information, contact muninfo@gov.sk.ca.
| | |
|
Update Your Bookmark:
New Saskatchewan Municipal Election Results Form
The Municipal Election Results Reporting form has been updated. If you have the old URL bookmarked, replace it with:
municipalelection.saskatchewan.ca
Municipalities are reminded to submit their municipal election results, for both general elections and by-elections, to the Ministry of Government Relations as soon as possible after an election.
Section 140 of The Local Government Election Act, 2015 requires the administrator/city clerk/clerk to notify the Minister of Government Relations of election results. To comply with section 140, notification is to be provided online using the new form above.
Have questions about submitting election results? Contact grcompliance@gov.sk.ca.
| | |
|
Join the CIF Peer Review Committees
Community Initiatives Fund (CIF) grant applications are reviewed by volunteers from across the province serving on the CIF Peer Review Committees. The committees are responsible for reviewing applications for the CIF Community Grant Program and providing informed funding recommendations to the CIF Board of Directors.
Current Peer Review Committee volunteers reside in 16 communities across the province, from Estevan to Ile a la Crosse. Committee members come from different backgrounds, including recreation and sport, education, health, and various community organizations and nonprofits.
The CIF is currently recruiting committee members for the 2023-25 term on the North, South, and Provincial Committees. Learn more.
| | |
|
Resolutions for Convention 2023
Convention resolutions are one way SUMA members can get their issues to the forefront. As per SUMA's Resolutions Policy, resolutions can be submitted anytime during the year, but the deadline for Convention 2023 is January 31.
To get started with resolutions, check out the full Call for Resolutions, which includes a template you can use as a guide. You can also view SUMA's current Resolutions Policy and see past resolutions on SUMA's website.
| |
|
Classifieds
Positions Available:
Have a position to fill or an item to sell? Submit your ad on our website.
Find the latest listings by visiting the classifieds section of our website, under the Programs and Services tab.
| | |
|
Grants
Upcoming Deadlines:
For a full listing of grants, check the Grants section of our website under the Resources tab.
| | |
MUNICIPAL UPDATE ADVERTISEMENT | |
In May the Public Employees Benefits Agency (PEBA) announced a plan to transition to a not-for-profit corporation to better serve plan members and employers. Announcements to plan members went out in newsletters, plan websites, and social media. | |
Ashley Stradeski, MEPC Chair | |
|
"This will open the door to improvements in our organizational performance. It creates the potential for lower investment costs and for new services for our members,” said Ashley Stradeski, MEPC Chair.
The not-for-profit structure offers many benefits including:
- clearer accountability to members through the Commission;
- more flexibility for recruiting and retaining talent in key areas such as investment and pension management to help ensure sound fund management;
- potential to lower investment management costs; and
- more flexibility to offer innovative products and services to members.
Click here to read more
| | | | | |
