Council approves building permit for water treatment plant upgrade
Redvers Town Council
January 26, 2026, 11:30 am
Nicole Taylor, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
At their meeting on Wednesday, Redvers town council approved the building permit for the water treatment plant upgrade. The town will now be sending the plans for the water treatment plant upgrade to Municode in order to obtain a building permit from Municode.
CAO Tricia Pickard said last week the town hopes to see shovels in the ground in the spring. The tender for construction of the new water treatment plant closes this Thursday, January 27.
“Our engineer will put a document together of all the tenders and contractors and council will review it and then that tender will be awarded to a contractor,” she says.
“We are hoping things can get rolling in the spring.”
The town was approved for $4.5 million through the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program for the water treatment plant upgrade, and is upgrading the existing water treatment plant with an reverse osmosis and green sand blend. The project will cost $6.1 million with 73.33 per cent funded by grants, and the remaining 26.67 per cent funded by the town.
Town receiving grant for two new sidewalks
Under SGI’s Provincial Traffic Safety Fund Grant, Redvers will receive $50,000 for two new sidewalks near the Redvers Activity Centre.
The sidewalks will be installed on a portion of Warren Street, north of McDonald Avenue.
The town also applied for speed bumps and push button crosswalks on that portion of street. They did not receive grant funding for those but plan to apply for it again next year.
Decision on SK Recyclables will be made at special meeting
The town will be holding a special meeting before February 1 to decide whether they want to go with the Community Led or Program Led option under the new SK Recycles program that will see SK Recycles cover the entire cost of recycling services in Saskatchewan.
Under the program-led option, SK Recycles would choose who does recycling collection for the town. Under the community-led option, it would be up to the town who does their recycling.
“Our biggest snag is they have a written section that talks about incentives, so if you sign with them you will get an incentive for the next two years,” says CAO Tricia Pickard.
However the town is also looking at the community-led option in which a number of municipalities have signed on with Red Coat Waste Authority under the program to continue receiving recycling services from Loraas Disposal.
Pickard said last week she would be talking to SK Recyclables to get more information.
A decision must be made by February 1.
Town discusses how to move lots in Perreaux Subdivision
Council is discussing ways to move lots in the Perreaux Subdivision, as well as the town’s 1997 subdivision, where there is one lot left. There are 29 lots in the Perreaux Subdivision. While the town has tried a few different promotions over the years, none have sold and they are continuing to look at ideas.
Tender for empty lots accepted
A tender for 20 Eisenhower Street a tender was accepted. The two empty lots, which were tax title properties turned back over to the town, will go to Phil and Theresa Draper for $10,000. The Drapers will be moving a house onto the property.
