Water treatment plant grand opening being planned for September 25
Moosomin Town Council
September 15, 2025, 8:40 am
Kara Kinna
At the Moosomin town council meeting on September 10, Mayor Murray Gray told council that a grand opening for the new water treatment plan is being planned for Thursday, September 25 at 11 am. Gray said he was working on the planning for the event.
“I think it’s pretty important that we celebrate a big win like that,” he told council.
Gray said he would be inviting both the current council and the previous council who spent years working on the water treatment project which got underway in 2017, as well as the engineers and contractors who worked on it, and the town crew and town office staff who have all spent lots of time working to get the project online.
Gray said the grand opening would consist of an approximately 30-minute program with some speeches, however planning is still ongoing. Council said they were happy to have Gray planning the event.
First reading of zoning bylaw amendment for UFA card lock
The town gave first reading to a zoning bylaw amendment to rezone land at 1814 Celebration Drive to accommodate a UFA cardlock and bulk fuel facility at that location. The land needs to be rezoned from commercial to industrial in order to accommodate the cardlock.
The first reading means that the zoning bylaw amendment is made public, with a public hearing taking place on October 8 at 7 pm at the town office, and written submissions accepted until October 3.
Councillor Kyla Fingas said she wanted it recorded that she was opposed to the zoning bylaw amendment. “To be clear, I want UFA here, I just don’t want to rezone,” she said. She said she didn’t think it was fair to the other businesses in that area of town who bought property and built there knowing that it was zoned commercial.
Town chooses option for service to Broadway lots
The town was presented with four options from MPE Engineering to provide sewer service to five lots on the east side of Broadway Avenue. The lots, where Westwind Greenhouse used to be, are owned by the Crossons who would like to sell them for residential development, however the lack of sewer service there has hindered sales of the property.
At an earlier meeting, the town sat down with the Crossons and realtor Kim Setrum to discuss servicing the lots. Due to the amount of services in the ditch and the slope of the road, the only way to service the lots would be to put sewer down the centre of the street and cut through the pavement.
At their meeting on Wednesday, the town chose one of the options presented by MPE for servicing the lots and will cover the cost of servicing the lots as development proceeds, with the land owner covering the cost of repairing the street.
The cost to the town would be $182,412 and the cost to the land owner would be $167,640.
Recovery Centre proposal submitted
In her economic development report, EDO Casey McCormac told council that the South East Recovery Centre board had submitted their proposal for an addictions recovery centre in Moosomin on Monday, and that if they are approved, Moosomin will be able to bid on beds when the government opens bidding.
Meeting with Southeast College planned
In her economic development report, EDO Casey McCormac told council that a meeting is planned with Southeast College for September 22 in Moosomin to discuss options for courses that Southeast College could be offering in Moosomin.
Southeast College recently closed its Moosomin campus but has vowed to work with the town to continue offering courses in Moosomin, despite the campus closure.
McCormac said the EDC is has met with Playfair Daycare and Cobblestone House about offering early childhood education and continuing care assistant courses at their locations, and both organizations are on board. She said they would also be talking to some companies in town about offering mechanics courses at their locations.
Town needs 12 more housing units under accelerator program
In her economic development report, EDO Casey McCormac gave an update on the housing accelerator fund. She said the town is currently sitting at 38 building permits, but is still needing 12 “multi unit other” to be developed to meet their goal by 2027. Multi unit other are multi unit properties that have a shared entry (such as an apartment building).
After receiving $1 million under the federal Housing Accelerator Fund, Moosomin is offering $30,000 for the first door and $8,000 for each additional door for any apartment building, condo building, or multi-family housing development built in town.
Following up with Service Canada
In her economic development report, EDO Casey McCormac told council that she is going to follow up with Service Canada about extending their hours in Moosomin. Currently Service Canada operates out of the legion building providing services such as passport renewal, however the town’s economic development committee would like to see the Service Canada hours extended for Moosomin.
Town approves Christmas greens
The town passed a motion to spent $1,103.63 for Christmas wreaths and greens from Cornucopia Gardens to decorate the town during the Christmas season. The Moosomin Chamber of Commerce will also be spending $1,103.63 to share the cost.
