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August 19, 2025
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- Advocacy
- 2025 SARM Midterm Resolution Deadline
- Strategic Communications
- Update Council Details on SARM Website RM Directory for Midterm Badges
- Risk Management
- Programs
- Member Purchasing
- Community Planning
- Finance & Administration
- SARM Classifieds
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- Announcements
- Saskatchewan Wildfire Update August 18
- Province Initiates Mandatory Testing for CWD and Bovine Tuberculosis in Select Zones
- Fire Ban Issued by the Province has Been Lifted
- Crop Report for the Period August 5 to August 11, 2025
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CRIS Call for Projects: Wildfire-Resilient Infrastructure
- OTC Needs Assessment Survey
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SARM’s Advocacy Team, at the direction of the SARM Board of Directors, meets and speaks with members and outside agencies on issues important to RMs, including bringing concerns forth at the provincial and federal levels.
SARM, through its Act of Incorporation, is mandated to work on files of importance to rural municipalities (RM) and agriculture producers.
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2025 SARM Midterm
Resolution Deadline
The deadline to submit resolutions for the 2025 SARM Midterm Convention is Sunday, September 21, 2025, end of day.
Resolutions must be received in the SARM office by this date in order to be addressed at the upcoming convention and included in the convention guide.
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Each resolution must be emailed separately using the fillable submission form.
Please email resolutions to resolutions@sarm.ca.
Refer to the Resolution Writing Tips One Pager and the Resolution Submission Form linked below for details.
| | | SARM’s Strategic Communications Team leads the initiatives, events, and public-facing components of the work we do for RMs. Strategic Communications is responsible for our conventions, the Rural Dart, Rural Sheaf, Rural Councillor, webinars, and many other events and initiatives. | | |
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Update Council Details on SARM Website RM Directory for Midterm Badges
Don't forget to update the RM Directory on the SARM website. This will ensure that SARM and the public are kept up to date with current RM council details.
| | The RM Directory is also used to populate the information for SARM's convention name badges. | | | |
To access your RM Directory profile on the SARM website, please log in here and click on the “Manage your RM Directory Listing” link that is located under the Administrator’s Access for Updates heading on the Members Only homepage.
If you require any assistance, please contact coordinator@sarm.ca.
| | SARM’s Risk Management Team is comprised of two distinct groups: Benefits & Insurance and Legal. These departments administer and facilitate various SARM and external partner insurance and benefit products, as well as provide legal solicitor services to member rural municipalities. | | |
| SARM’s Programs Team engages with provincial and federal governments, industry leaders, and program partners, as well as other stakeholders, to effectively deliver SARM programs. | | |
| SARM's Member Purchasing Team provides group purchasing and procurement advising services to save member municipalities money and time through the buying and procuring processes with the goal of being the first stop for all municipalities’ purchasing and procurement needs. | | |
| SARM’s Community Planning Team is driven by a proactive and collaborative approach with municipalities to support growth, certainty for investment and landowners, and the protection and promotion of what already exists in the community. | | |
| SARM’s Finance and Administration Team provides the budgeting, accounting, and reporting functions for SARM, the Insurance and Benefits Funds, all externally funded programs, and the Tax Loss Compensation Trust Funds administered by SARM. In addition, the team provides administrative assistance performing reception duties that include being the first point of contact for all guests and SARM members both in-person as well as virtually by phone and email. | | |
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SARM Classifieds
The following municipalities/towns/villages have requested the information below to be distributed and will be billed for using this service.
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Looking to Hire:
RM of Marquis No. 191, Operating Foreman, Aug 22 - Close
RM of Lacadena No. 228, Foreman, Aug 29 - Close
RM of Blaine Lake No. 434, Maintenance/Equipment Operator, Aug 29 - Close
RM of Battle River No. 438, Administrator, Aug 30 - Close
RM of Prairiedale No. 321, Working Foreman, Aug 31 - Close
RM of Sarnia No. 221, Administrator, Sept 1 - Close
Town of Grenfell, Office Clerk, Sept 5 - Close
RM of Turtle River No. 469, Administrative Assistant, Sept 5 - Close
RM of Eagle Creek No. 376, Administrator, Sept 5 - Close
RM of Usborne No. 310, Administrator, Sept 10 - Close
RM of Caledonia No. 99, Chief Administrative Officer, Sept 30 - Close
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Looking to Buy/Sell:
RM of Hillsdale No. 440, 2014 - 6150R John Deere Tractor, Aug 31 - Close
RM of Caron No. 162, 2009 Volvo Heavy Duty Truck, Sept 12 - Close
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SARM Classifieds Submissions
Ad postings for the SARM Classifieds can be submitted
through our online submission forms. For questions, contact 306.757.3577 or sarm@sarm.ca.
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Call for Projects: Wildfire-Resilient Infrastructure
Climate Ready Infrastructure Service
With wildfire risks on the rise across Canada, the Climate Ready Infrastructure Service (CRIS) has launched a new stream of support to help local governments and Indigenous communities make public buildings safer and more resilient.
- Communities under 30,000 can now access up to $20,000 in expert support, fully funded and coordinated by the CRIS team.
- Support includes tailored advice on fire-resilient design, materials, and indoor air quality for design or retrofit projects approved in a capital or work plan
- Eligible buildings include community centres, libraries, civic centres, water/wastewater facilities, fire halls, and more - submit your public infrastructure project!
The program output is a customized Technical Options Report with strategies and high-level cost estimates to help you determine the best-fitting solutions to incorporate wildfire resilience into the design or retrofit your infrastructure.
Submit your project in as little as 10-15 minutes before August 31, 2025.
The CRIS is facilitated by the Canadian Urban Institute and funded by the government of Canada.
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