Rural Dart

May 21, 2024

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2024 Rural Municipality Capacity Needs Assessment

Notice of Invitation

SARM believes in rural Saskatchewan. We understand the importance that good governance and effective administration has on building strong rural municipalities. We are furthering our work related to supporting the governance and capacity needs elected officials and administrators feel key to the collective work in the future.

It is most important that we hear from municipalities. We are conducting to separate surveys – one for administrators and one for elected officials. These surveys will be launched within the next two weeks.

2024 SARM June Division Meetings

The 2024 SARM June Division Meetings will be held during the second week of June (10-13). Please find further details below for each meeting.

Please note the start time for the Division 4 meeting has changed from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and lunch will not be offered.

June Division 1 Meeting

Date: June 12, 2024

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Location: Kipling Town Hall, 301 6th Ave, Kipling, SK S0G 2S0

June Division 4 Meeting

Date: June 13, 2024

Time: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Location: Legion Community Centre, 208 1st Ave, Kelvington, SK S0A 1W0

*Please note meeting will start at 1:00 p.m. and lunch will not be offered.

June Division 2 Meeting

Date: June 11, 2024

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Location: Mosaic Place, 110 1st Ave NW, Moose Jaw, SK S6H 3L9

June Division 5 Meeting

Please note there will be no June Division Meeting for division 5.

June Division 3 Meeting

Date: June 11, 2024

Time: 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Location: Coast Hotel, 905 North Service Rd E, Swift Current, SK S9H 3V1

June Division 6 Meeting

Date: June 10, 2024

Time: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Location: Dekker Centre, 623 Carlton Trail, North Battleford, SK S9A 2Y7

Draft meeting agendas can be found on the SARM website through the link below. Please note these agendas are subject to change.

View Draft Agendas

SARM Legal Services Updates

In order to continue to better serve our members, SARM's legal team is streamlining how you contact them. If you have a legal inquiry or require legal services going forward you can now contact: legal@sarm.ca

This general inbox will ensure all messages are assigned to the appropriate team members and your inquiries are responded to efficiently and in a timely manner. Please refrain from reaching out to individual lawyers on new inquiries, and instead use legal@sarm.ca.

Contact SARM Legal Services

Information & Resources

Municipal Waste Management: Updates & Resources

Presented by: Ministry of Environment

Join SARM and the Ministry of Environment for an informative webinar on municipal waste management. Representatives from the ministry’s Environmental Protection Branch will provide updates and helpful overviews of the various waste management resources currently available to municipalities.

Topics that will be covered during this session include landfills, transfer stations, impacted sites funding, recycling stewardship programs, and more.

Date: May 23, 2024

Time: 10-11:00 a.m. CST

Future Topics

We want to hear from you!

Let us know what you would like to hear about in the coming year by submitting suggested webinar topics through the following form.

2024-25 Police Cost Re-distribution Formula

Following the provincial budget release on March 20, the Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety has recently indicated the per capita rates that will be charged out to municipalities for RCMP policing under the Provincial Police Service Agreement (PPSA) for 2024-25, as set out below.

	2023-24 Rate	2024-25 Rate	Increase (1.93%)
With a Detachment	$94.26	$96.08	$1.82
Without a Detachment	$58.31	$59.44	$1.13

For more information regarding the police cost re-distribution formula, please click the link below to read the full letter from the Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety.

Read Full Letter

Resolution 8-23M:

Water Truck Clubs

Exemption Granted

During the 2023 Midterm Convention resolution 8-23M was passed where it was requested that SARM request an exemption from Section 154 of The Saskatchewan Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 1996 pursuant to Section 3-85 of The Saskatchewan Employment Act for residents contracted by rural municipalities to apply water to reactivate dust control products.

We are pleased to advise SARM was successful in obtaining that exemption.

A copy of the exemption is located on the SARM website and linked below. If you have any questions, please contact legal@sarm.ca.

View Exemption Letter

Disclaimer: The following RMs have requested the information below to be distributed and will be billed for using this service.

Looking to Hire:

RM of Marquis No. 191, Seasonal Maintenance Operator, May 24 - Close

RM of Usborne No. 310, Administrator, May 25 - Close

RM of Calder No. 241, Grader Operator, May 30 - Close

RM of Frontier No. 19, Foreman, May 30 - Close

RM of Enterprise No. 142, Administrator - Maternity Leave, May 31 - Close

RM of Wolverine No. 340, Administrator, May 31 - Close

Village of Bethune, Public Works Operator, May 31 - Close

RM of Lacadena No. 228, Mechanical Support Operator, May 31 - Close

RM of Lacadena No. 228, Labourer, May 31 - Close

RM of Morris No. 312, Administrator, Jun 7 - Close

RM of Dufferin No. 190, Maintenance Person, Jun 7 - Close

RM of Newcombe No. 260, Heavy Equipment Operator, Jun 9 - Close

RM of Hart Butte No. 11 & RM of Happy Valley No. 10, Joint Administrator, Jun 12 - Close

Looking to Buy/Sell:

There are no active buy/sell ads.

If you have questions or would like to post in the SARM Classifieds contact: 306.757.3577 or sarm@sarm.ca

Please send your advertisement in a Word Document.

SARM Classifieds

Spring Sitting of Legislature Highlights Saskatchewan's Focus on Classrooms, Care and Communities

As the Spring sitting of the Legislature concluded last week, Premier Scott Moe took time to highlight the significant investments made in education, health care and municipalities in the 2024-25 Budget, which contains the largest ever increases to school operating funding, health funding and municipal revenue sharing.

Be Bear Aware

Springtime is bear aware time! Our furry friends are out of their dens looking for food now that warmer weather has arrived, so be sure to keep watch when outdoors and ensure attractants aren't accessible.

Crop Report for the Period May 7 to May 13, 2024

Producers have made substantial progress in seeding over the last week. Seeding is currently 32 per cent complete in the province, up 20 per cent from last week.

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