CITY HALL COUNCIL NOTES

THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING IS MONDAY, JUNE 13.

Nearly a year after asking city council to provide water services to its commercial development north of Moose Jaw, Cowan Farms Ltd. will soon connect its operations to the municipal water source.

During its May 23 regular meeting, council voted unanimously to authorize the business’ request for a water connection to the existing four-inch line west at the 16th Avenue Northwest right-of-way and approved city administration to negotiate an agreement for the water services.

The connection point will be at Normandy Drive.

Cowan Farms expects to consume roughly 5,100 litres (1,350 gallons) per day, which, based on modelling from February 2022, should not risk the city’s water network, a council report said.

The future agreement will include provisioning for metering and billing of water services, while the business will bear the capital and maintenance costs, the document continued. Furthermore, city hall will establish the water consumption rate at 2.25 times the municipal rate, similar to other rural water users.

City hall will receive a connection fee payment of $68,750, based on the commercial development’s need to service roughly eight hectares (20 acres) of land out of its total 40 hectares (100 acres), the report added.