In one case, a resident complained that a tree adjacent to his property is touching the power lines and presents an immediate danger as the tree becomes live when it rains.

Mayor Joanne Labadie said the municipality’s public works department will look into it immediately.

Residents on hand also got an update about the overdue completion of the Quyon Community Centre.

Labadie said the project is getting close to completion and added that the contract for the commercial kitchen’s gas hookup is currently going to tender.

The community centre also needed special approval from the province’s Ministry of the Environment because the bottom of both the stairs and the wheelchair ramp are in a floodplain.

The community centre will be used as a polling station during the upcoming federal election. Elections Canada will have a short period of time to set up a temporary wheelchair ramp and set of stairs for the Oct. 21 vote casting.

It was also revealed at the municipality ha shelled out over $600,000 on flood recovery since the springtime deluge that impacted the area.

Labadie said that not only has the municipality spent $661,000 on flood response, but more bills are coming in.

“There are some businesses that don’t bill as regularly as we’d like,” she said.

For instance, a $75,000 bill for services rendered by the Red Cross – which includes things like cots – just came in.

Council voted to equip the fire department with uniforms. The fire department has $3,000 to buy cargo pants and shirts as well as another $4,000 for safety boots.

The fire department will also be getting six new breathing apparatus setups, at a cost of $1,800 each.

Council authorized the use of the 2014-2018 TECQ grants from the province for priority 4 work, which includes the Quyon Community Centre.

The municipality got approval from the province to use the remainder of the 2014-2018 TECQ balance before applying for the 2019-2023 round of TECQ grants.

Council also voted to postpone the call for tenders for work on St. Andrew and St. John Streets until the 2019-2023 TECQ grants are approved.

Mountainview Turf won the snow removal contract for Sector C at a cost of $496,000 over three years.

The municipality also approved work to begin installing new compressors at the water filtration plant. Since the old compressors are at the end of their life cycle, the municipality will pay $11,500 for new ones.

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