Redvers mayor Brad Bulbuck reflects on 2025
December 22, 2025, 1:13 pm
Nicole Taylor, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Redvers Mayor Brad Bulbuck says it has been a busy year for the town in 2025. Following are his thoughts on the year.
What were some of the main projects the municipality worked on or got done this past year?
I’m happy that our water treatment plant plans have received final approval and we are now in the tendering process. That’s a big project that we are eager to see come to fruition.
We have a lot of other projects on the go. With a generous donation from the Lions Club, an accessibility ramp and new concrete sidewalk and pad were added at the Hancock lot. We have added new pedestrian control signs on Broadway Street, funded by SGI grants, and new speed control signs throughout town access points funded by SGI grants.
The Lions Club funded dog park has also been built and opened for use, which is a great addition to the town.
Our town beautification and overall planning resulted in a top rating of five blooms from the provincial Communities in Bloom. Many thanks to our local Bloom Committee for making this happen. We are extremely proud of their work.
In a joint effort with the RM of Antler #61, our fire department ordered a brand new fire truck.
We also did an update and review of our Asset Management plan, resulting in a multi-year plan for upgrading of roads, sidewalks and infrastructure. This includes two new catch basins on Souris Avenue installed to remove runoff water, new curbing and pavement improvements on Warren Street north by the Redvers Activity Centre, new pavement, sidewalk and accessibility ramp on the north side of Souris Avenue, and repairing of five swails on our streets to ensure proper water movement. We continue to work on grants for additional sidewalk projects at the School and at the Redvers Health Centre. We have also submitted grant applications for other infrastructure projects, to be revealed when approved.
2025 also saw the replacement of our transit bus which was 100 per cent funded by grants. We were able to expand our ridership on the transit bus to include everyone, including students.
The Pickleball club did repairs to the tennis courts to enable pickle ball play, and there was the assignment of an area in the Redvers Cemetery for cremation burials.
We also planted additional trees in town.
What were some of the big challenges in 2025?
We knew we had a challenge with the recent SAMA reassessments. The biggest challenge was implementing a small tax increase while keeping it fair to the rate payers.
The other challenge was getting our projects completed on time and on budget. In the contractor world, our projects would tend to be on the smaller side. A lot of these smaller jobs get delayed until the end of the season, so the bigger jobs can get completed.
What were you most proud of?
I’m proud of all of the roads and sidewalk repairs and rebuilds we did while improving our accessibility ramps, adding all of the road safety markers in town through grant funding, upgrading our transit bus, and ordering the fire truck. I am also quite proud of our Fire Department for providing assistance to the firefighting efforts in the north.
I’m also extremely proud of our Communities in Bloom rating. Next year we will be in the competitive category.
What are some of the most common things you hear from your ratepayers?
For the most part, people are glad to see repairs to streets and sidewalks and happy to see reinvestment in the community.
They don’t like to see tax increases, but they understand it when we see reinvestment in the community.
People are also happy with how clean and pretty our town is.
What do you want to work on in 2026?
We will continue to apply for additional grants for additional projects.
We hope to see shovels in ground for the water treatment plant, hopefully some time in March or April.
There are a few vacant lots in town, and we would love to see some new businesses open in those buildings.
We are working on a treed green space on the south east entrance to town and plant to have more trees planted in strategic areas.
What do you find most challenging about being a mayor?
Finding a balance between the nice to haves and the need to haves, while trying to act in the best interest of our community as a whole—not just a specific group, segment, or individual person or business.
It can be tough trying to do more in an environment when prices of everything keep rising. This is why we place so much emphasis on grants. We are able to address some of the nice to haves while allowing your operating budget to take care of the need to haves.
It can be hard trying to keep everyone happy.
What do you find most rewarding about being a mayor?
I love the satisfaction when a project is complete and you get positive feedback! It’s always nice to hear compliments from taxpayers and visitors alike.
What are the long-term goals of the town?
We want to reinvest in infrastructure to continue to attract people and business to the community, and get some lots sold and houses built in the new subdivision.
We still need to attract a hotel to the community and we continue to look at problem drainage areas and come up with a solution and investment.
And there are always ongoing repairs to streets.
What do you personally want to see accomplished by the next municipal election?
By the next election, our water treatment plant must be open and operational. We also want to see four major sidewalk projects completed.
