Carrying on, the council reviewed the minutes of the April 6, 2021, regularly scheduled council meeting before Councillor Andrews made a motion to accept the minutes as reviewed; motion carried. The council reviewed the correspondence received by the village in the last month including; Assiniboine Water Stewardship Association- Tree for Life Program, Xplornet - offering a new plan, SARM - SUMA, SARM is asking the council to vote no to the name change of SUMA to Municipalities of Saskatchewan, Sask. Public Safety Agency- they have a new address, Sask. Housing Corp. The annual report is online, Assiniboine Watershed Stewardship Association- to lobby the government about the CAP Program. Councillor Cartwright made a motion to send a letter of support to the Assiniboine Watershed Stewardship Association; motion carried. Ministry of Government Relations school taxes have been set, Sask Crime Stoppers is requesting a donation, Municipality of Sask - virtual Town, Village and Northern S
The vision of AWSA is citizens and communities of the Watershed working together to protect the source waters; its tributaries and aquifers within the watershed, he added. The AWSA is one of eleven watershed stewardship groups (WSGs) established by the Water Security Agency (Government of Saskatchewan) after the drinking water tragedies of Walkerton, Ontario (2000) and North Battleford, SK (2001) to assist the Water Security Agency with the protection of Saskatchewan’s Source Waters. The AWSA has two Source Water Protection Plans 1; Assiniboine River Watershed and the Yorkton Area Aquifers, and it’s the only Watershed Group with two SWPPs, detailed the report to Council.