Town moving to paperless agendas
The Town of Innisfail is going to a paperless agenda system.
At its regular meeting on May 9 town council passed a motion to enter into a contract with iCompass Technologies to provide the town an electronic paperless agenda system and its electronic records management system at a cost of $19, 780. The cost includes setup, configuration and training.
Council was told $30,000 has been set aside from the 2011 contingency budget for the new systems. The cost includes the purchase of council laptops and additional technical support.
The town is in the process of overhauling the records management system and that moving to an electronic solution would be timely, council was told.
By the going with paperless agendas, council was told, the project would require each councillor to use a laptop and would allow the town to assign each member with their own town email address. Each laptop will cost $1,200.
Sewer camera purchase approved
Town council has approved the purchase of a sewer camera system.
At its regular meeting on May 9 town council approved a $33,975 purchase of a Main Line Camera System.
Council was told the 2011 budge approved the purchase of a Sewer Camera System and nozzles for $55,000.
Since then the town had already purchased a service line camera system for $10,800.
Council was further told the nozzles will be purchased once the jet truck arrives at a value of under $10,000.
The Main Line Camera System will be utilized for infiltration investigation and short/long term sewer system (including sanitary and storm sewers) maintenance programs.
Council support and proclamation
The Friends of the Library will receive a letter of support from town council for its application of a provincial Community Initiatives Program grant to purchase new furniture.
As well, town council agreed on May 9 to declare May 31 as Hunger Awareness Day. The request came from the Innisfail & Area Food Bank. Council was told by the food bank in a letter the goal of the May 31st day is to raise awareness of the numbers of Canadians/Albertans using local food banks and to encourage support for the local hunger agencies.
