Town residents are left wondering after Senior Administrative Officer Terry Molenkamp left her contract position last Friday. Council made the decision to terminate the SAO’s position during an in camera session last Friday. The town’s Deputy Mayor, Mike Maher, said that he couldn’t release specifics of the length of Molenkamp’s contract, or what amount, if [...]
Monday’s Regular Meeting of Council saw plenty of discussion surrounding the proposed option of credit card payment for the Town of Hay River. A lengthy discussion brought forward the opinions of councillors regarding the 2.39 per cent fee accumulated with using a credit card service. The original motion was to charge that percentage back to [...]
Despite some game changing plays by the Hay River Huskies during this weekend’s novice tournament, they were unable to come out on top after a 6-1 loss in the final to High Level. The Huskies were able to turn around their game against Yellowknife late on Saturday, recovering from a 4-1 deficit. The goals just [...]
Hay River’s $13 million 2011 budget has been passed, after an exhaustive month of meetings for the mayor and council. During Thursday night’s special meeting, an unusually quick meeting allowed the council to pass the budget before discussions crossed over into the month of February. Hay River residents will see no tax hikes or cuts [...]
It was another long night of budget talks during last Tuesday’s Special Meeting of Council. The three-hour meeting provided more of a question and answer period for councillors, after the departmental budgets were discussed on Jan. 17. Tuesday’s meeting began with an overview of the general administration budget, which saw a new line addition of [...]
As of Jan. 1, 2011 the parking lot behind the Godwin Mall will be opened up for public use, following a vote of Hay River Town Council on Nov. 22. After plenty of discussion, council agreed to leave in the current infrastructure, and just turn off the energized parking stalls so the lot can be [...]
The motion made last week by Hay River Town Council to shut off energized parking behind the Godwin Mall and open it up for public use has been tabled to a future meeting. The decision to table the item was made after business owners and residents spoke up against the idea. During the Oct. 18 [...]
