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May 14, 2024
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2024 SARM June Division Meetings
The 2024 SARM June Division Meetings will be held during the second week of June (10-13). Please find further details below for each meeting.
Please note the start time for the Division 4 meeting has changed from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and lunch will not be offered.
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June Division 1 Meeting
Date: June 12, 2024
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Kipling Town Hall, 301 6th Ave, Kipling, SK S0G 2S0
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June Division 4 Meeting
Date: June 13, 2024
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Legion Community Centre, 208 1st Ave, Kelvington, SK S0A 1W0
*Please note meeting will start at 1:00 p.m. and lunch will not be offered.
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June Division 2 Meeting
Date: June 11, 2024
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Mosaic Place, 110 1st Ave NW, Moose Jaw, SK S6H 3L9
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June Division 5 Meeting
Please note there will be no June Division Meeting for division 5.
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June Division 3 Meeting
Date: June 11, 2024
Time: 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Coast Hotel, 905 North Service Rd E, Swift Current, SK S9H 3V1
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June Division 6 Meeting
Date: June 10, 2024
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Dekker Centre, 623 Carlton Trail, North Battleford, SK S9A 2Y7
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Draft meeting agendas can be found on the SARM website through the link below. Please note these agendas are subject to change. | |
SARM Legal Services Updates | |
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In order to continue to better serve our members, SARM's legal team is streamlining how you contact them. If you have a legal inquiry or require legal services going forward you can now contact: legal@sarm.ca
This general inbox will ensure all messages are assigned to the appropriate team members and your inquiries are responded to efficiently and in a timely manner. Please refrain from reaching out to individual lawyers on new inquiries, and instead use legal@sarm.ca.
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Workplace Violence: New Policy & Prevention Plan Requirements
The provincial government has legislated that as of May 17, 2024, all employers in Saskatchewan must have violence in the workplace prevention policies in place that include:
- A commitment to minimize or eliminate risk
- Identification of worksites
- Identification of staff positions
- Procedure to inform workers of the nature and extent of the risk from violence
- Actions to minimize or eliminate risk
- Violent incident reporting procedure
- Documenting and investigation procedure
- Recommendations or post-incident counseling or consultation with physician
- Commitment to training
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The Security of Loads Regulations Changes
Based on earlier consultations, the Ministry of Highways recently updated The Security of Loads Regulations to enhance clarity and better align with the National Safety Code Standard 10 for cargo securement. The regulations have been updated to address public and industry concerns about bulk cargo not being properly secured, leading to broken windshields and other driving hazards.
Effective June 1, 2024, bulk loads not fully contained will require covering by a tarp or other appropriate material that cannot be dislodged during transport.
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(1) Any portion of a load of bulk cargo that is carried by a vehicle on a highway and not fully contained by the vehicle or a load container must be covered with a covering that meets the requirements of subsection (2). | | | |
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(2) A covering required by subsection (1) must:
a) be made of tarpaulin, canvas, wire mesh, netting or another material capable of containing the load within the vehicle or load container; and
b) be secured to the vehicle or load container in such a manner that it cannot separate from the vehicle or load container.
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(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a vehicle used:
(a) to collect refuse while the vehicle is being loaded or being moved during loading;
(b) to carry sand, gravel, crushed stone, slag, salt, or a mixture of them to a location where the load will be applied to the road surface in winter highway maintenance by or on behalf of the ministry or a municipality;
(c) to apply sand, gravel, crushed stone, slag, salt, or a mixture of them to the road surface in winter highway maintenance by or on behalf of the ministry or a municipality;
(d) for construction work within the limits of a construction project on a public highway; or
(e) to conduct snow removal services for the Government of Saskatchewan, a municipality, city, town, village, hamlet, or a regional park and is travelling on a public highway with a lawful speed limit of 80 kilometres per hour or less
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A copy of The Security of Loads Amendment Regulations can be found below. | |
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Municipal Waste Management: Updates & Resources
Presented by: Ministry of Environment
Join SARM and the Ministry of Environment for an informative webinar on municipal waste management. Representatives from the ministry’s Environmental Protection Branch will provide updates and helpful overviews of the various waste management resources currently available to municipalities.
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2024-25 Police Cost Re-distribution Formula
Following the provincial budget release on March 20, the Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety has recently indicated the per capita rates that will be charged out to municipalities for RCMP policing under the Provincial Police Service Agreement (PPSA) for 2024-25, as set out below.
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For more information regarding the police cost re-distribution formula, please click the link below to read the full letter from the Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety. | |
Resolution 8-23M:
Water Truck Clubs
Exemption Granted
During the 2023 Midterm Convention resolution 8-23M was passed where it was requested that SARM request an exemption from Section 154 of The Saskatchewan Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 1996 pursuant to Section 3-85 of The Saskatchewan Employment Act for residents contracted by rural municipalities to apply water to reactivate dust control products.
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We are pleased to advise SARM was successful in obtaining that exemption.
A copy of the exemption is located on the SARM website and linked below. If you have any questions, please contact legal@sarm.ca.
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Disclaimer: The following RMs have requested the information below to be distributed and will be billed for using this service. | |
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Looking to Hire:
RM of Marquis No. 191, Seasonal Maintenance Operator, May 24 - Close
RM of Usborne No. 310, Administrator, May 25 - Close
RM of Calder No. 241, Grader Operator, May 30 - Close
RM of Frontier No. 19, Foreman, May 30 - Close
RM of Enterprise No. 142, Administrator - Maternity Leave, May 31 - Close
RM of Wolverine No. 340, Administrator, May 31 - Close
Village of Bethune, Public Works Operator, May 31 - Close
RM of Lacadena No. 228, Mechanical Support Operator, May 31 - Close
RM of Lacadena No. 228, Labourer, May 31 - Close
RM of Morris No. 312, Administrator, Jun 7 - Close
RM of Dufferin No. 190, Maintenance Person, Jun 7 - Close
RM of Newcombe No. 260, Heavy Equipment Operator, Jun 9 - Close
RM of Hart Butte No. 11 & RM of Happy Valley No. 10, Joint Administrator, Jun 12 - Close
Looking to Buy/Sell:
There are no active buy/sell ads.
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If you have questions or would like to post in the SARM Classifieds contact: 306.757.3577 or sarm@sarm.ca
Please send your advertisement in a Word Document.
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To view past issues of the Rural Dart, visit the Publications page on the SARM website. | | | | | | |
