Cherry said there are no layoffs expected, as staff run portable office spaces equipped for standard jobs. “Quite often they’ll carry the necessary materials and equipment with them to conduct the repairs. If there is a larger outage the equipment... will be stored, if not in Carrot River, a centralized location like Nipawin.” Nick Wood, Porcupine Plain’s mayor, said council feels that they are being looked after as well as can be expected with no member of staff on location in the community. “While we, as a council, advocated to have manpower returned to our town, and would prefer to have staff residing closer to town, we are confident SaskPower will provide safe and reliable service to our residents as they move forward with their changes,” Wood said.