The village needs an up-to-date map, according to chief administrative officer Charlie Ashbey, who spoke to council at their regular meeting Feb. 6.
During his council report, Ashbey said it is frustrating that the village does not have a good map to use that is current. He said he even checked with Alberta Municipal Affairs, and the most recent map they have is from 1993.
“It was very clear and concise, and it has every lot number on it,” Ashbey said. “But Municipal Affairs do not provide them anymore, but Geo Discover Alberta, a division of Alberta Environment and Parks, do have current maps available.”
He added that the village has had a difficult time getting the program online in order to view the map.
“You need a different browser than Google to run properly,” Ashbey said. “So next week, when I am in Edmonton for the Brownlee Law Seminar, I will make a trip to Environment and Parks and make sure that I get one that is correct.”
He said that some maps he looked at had lots of mistakes on it.
“Some years ago, our engineers published a map that had errors on it, and it got perpetrated through the system,” Ashbey continued. “It had 3rd Street South and 4th Street South interchanged, and another one had the wrong name beside Aspen. On some of the maps we still have, I still see some of the mistakes on them.”
He said it would be nice to obtain a map with the entire village on it.
“There is also a ton of date that comes with the maps, not just the maps themselves,” Ashbey said. “You could literally kill a whole afternoon just looking at it.”
Joint council
Also discussed in the report was an upcoming joint council meeting with the Town of Athabasca Feb. 26 at the Boyle Municipal Centre.
Ashbey said that a pizza supper would take place at 6:30 p.m., with the meeting to follow right after.
He said some of the items that they will touch on include safety code issues.
“I know that the town has recently re-signed with their inspection group for the next three years,” Ashbey said. “It’s important for us, because if we have the same inspectors as the town or county, then we are going to get better service because we are in the neighbourhood. But with the county bailing out, there is no guarantee with one or three inspectors that could be used.”
Ashbey said he has no idea if the town had any further items they wished to discuss.
Coun. Barbara Smith added they wanted to bring up the school funding resolution that passed at the Rural Municipalities of Alberta and discuss ways to bring a similar resolution to the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association.
Boyle also had a joint council meeting scheduled at the Boyle Legion Hall with the Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement Feb. 11.
Pool contribution
Council members also talked about the village sponsoring the rock wall at the new pool that that is being attached to the Athabasca Regional Multiplex.
At the previous council meeting Jan. 23, Kiteley made a motion that the village commit to a one-time donation of $10,000 for the rock wall with sponsorship recognition, which passed unanimously.
Ashbey said that pool campaign chair Janene Kargus would like to arrange a photo opportunity to show the community’s sponsorship.
“What we do need to do is approve a motion for the mayor to sign the listed agreement to sponsor the rock wall,” he said.
Part of the agreement is that the village sponsors the wall for 10 years starting April 30.
Kiteley also made the motion to allow the mayor to sign the agreement, which again was passed unanimously.