Pelican Lake town hall rescheduled
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The RM of Prairie Lakes has rescheduled a public forum on the one-boat, one-lake policy that was introduced this year.
The town hall — originally planned to take place in early January — has been moved to Feb. 15 at 2 p.m., Reeve Darren Seymour told the Sun on Monday.
The rescheduling was needed because the municipality fell behind on work during the holidays and flu and cold season, and officials are also hoping to get feedback from the provincial government before the town hall.
RM of Prairie Lake Reeve Darren Seymour. (The Brandon Sun files)
The event will be held at Ninette Community Hall.
The RM restricted access to Pelican Lake at the start of the season in a bid to prevent zebra mussels from entering. Just one boat launch was open to the public, and all other launches were available only for locals if they committed to the one-boat, one-lake policy. Inspections took place at the public boat launch. Mandatory fees were collected to help the program pay for itself.
The RM will present figures on the program and also provide a chance for feedback and questions, Seymour said. The municipality is aiming to do this with a PowerPoint presentation.
“What we want to do is just go through and explain to everybody what we took in, the number of boats that were checked and things like that,” Seymour said. “We’ll also have how many boats were sent for further inspection or decontamination.”
As well, he said, “if the government has any things they would like to see us change or do differently, we’re hoping to have some of those answers. And we were hoping to have an idea what their forecast for the financial side of supporting the program was going to be for next year.”
The province provided $120,278 in support during the inaugural year of the program.
The RM also used revenue generated from the program to pay for costs.
» cmcdowell@brandonsun.com