105th Annual Convention - Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities ...
105th Annual Convention - Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities ...
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Education & Breakout Sessions<br />
14<br />
Sunday: Concurrent Sessions<br />
2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.<br />
E6: Tax Collection and Enforcement<br />
Phil Boivin & Brian Sych, Ministry of Municipal<br />
Affairs and Kim Anderson, Robertson<br />
Stromberg Pederson LLP<br />
Many municipalities find it challenging to collect<br />
taxes levied on residents, but failing to collect<br />
taxes creates an unfair burden. This session<br />
will provide municipalities with tax collection<br />
strategies, as well as strategies to implement<br />
effective enforcement procedures.<br />
E7: Strategies to Control Rodent Populations<br />
in Your Community<br />
Travis Quirk, Provincial Council of ADD<br />
Boards<br />
Rodents whether they are gophers, mice,<br />
skunks or rats can be a huge problem for<br />
urban municipalities. Quite often it takes only<br />
a few simple steps to ensure these pests don’t<br />
overrun your community. Attendees will have<br />
the opportunity to hear first hand from different<br />
municipalities on experiences they have had<br />
and tools they implemented to eradicate the<br />
problem. In addition, professional pest control<br />
officers will discuss the many options available<br />
to prevent, control and eliminate pests.<br />
E8: Crime Prevention: Tools to Keep Your<br />
Community Safe<br />
Constable Rene Shank, Corporal Mert Malkoske<br />
& Sgt Doug Coleman, Royal Canadian<br />
Mounted Police<br />
Crime is present in all of our communities,<br />
from break and enters to large scale grow<br />
operations. Municipal leaders need to be keenly<br />
aware of the impact that crime can have on<br />
their communities and how they can implement<br />
certain strategies and tools to ensure the safest<br />
environment for their citizens. Attendees at this<br />
session will have the opportunity to interact with<br />
representatives from the RCMP and learn how<br />
municipalities can implement various crime<br />
prevention strategies.<br />
E9: Ready for Change: How adaptable is<br />
your municipality to climate change?<br />
Norm Henderson, University of Regina &<br />
Jeremy Pittman, <strong>Saskatchewan</strong> Watershed<br />
Authority<br />
Climate change impacts <strong>Saskatchewan</strong>, and<br />
the pace is expected to accelerate. This will<br />
affect many aspects of municipal management,<br />
especially water-related infrastructure. Winters<br />
will be warmer, summers drier, and severe<br />
weather events more frequent. Are you<br />
prepared?<br />
This education session is jointly presented by<br />
the Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative<br />
(PARC) and <strong>Saskatchewan</strong> Watershed<br />
Authority (SWA). The focus will be on the<br />
impacts of climate change on <strong>Saskatchewan</strong><br />
municipalities, especially on water issues, and<br />
on management options to deal with climate<br />
change.<br />
E10: Changes to Municipal Financial<br />
Statements*<br />
Layne McFarlane, FCA, Meyers Norris Penny<br />
In preparation for the 2009 financial reporting<br />
period, this session will serve as a review for<br />
administrators of the changes to the financial<br />
statements that were presented at the October<br />
workshops. The session will be a condensed<br />
version of the October presentation that focused<br />
on the necessary changes from the old system
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