TOWN OF BREDENBURY
NEWSLETTER JUNE 2025
Newsletters are available to pick up at the town office and on the community bulletin board.
Office Hours:
The office is open Monday to Thursday 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Closed over lunch. Office is closed at other periods of time for meetings, helping public works, helping daycare, banking, etc.
The office will be closed on June 26&30 with possibility of being closed June 9&10. Just a reminder if there is an emergency call our emergency phone line at 306-217-TOWN.
Utility:
Unpaid utility bills for second quarter are now overdue. Please make immediate payment to avoid disconnection.
If you are on automatic withdrawal and you have overages for first 6 months of year, they will be taken out of your bank account in June. You will be notified only if your overages exceed $20. Call office for more information.
Just a reminder everyone should know where their water shutoff is in case of an emergency. Recently we had checked about 6, some of which needed repair.
Taxes:
Everyone should have their tax notice now, if you did not receive one, please contact the town office. To get maximum discount pay taxes on or before July 31, 2025. All taxes must be paid by December 31, 2025.
Garbage Pickup:
Free garbage pickup days were once again a success keeping our town clean, over 30 residents participating.
Just a reminder you can book garbage pickups with the town office; cost is $25 per skidsteer bucket. A few things we don’t take and that need to be recycled: batteries, electronic, paint, tires. We also won’t pick up large amounts of home renovation materials for that please book your own Ottenbreit bin directly with them.
Bredenbury Lions:
The Bredenbury Lions Club will be hosting their annual Community Picnic on Tuesday, June 17 from 5-7. Hamburgers, Hotdogs, beans, watermelon, drinks. Free event but donations welcomed.
Knox United Church:
but these months certainly go by fast. Hard to believe we are almost at the end of another church year. Unfortunately, we have recently received a letter of resignation from our minister Rev. Sarah Giles effective August 31, 2025. This is very sad news, and we know that we will be busy over the summer.
We held another successful craft/trade show on May 10, 2025. At this time, we would like to thank the Town of Bredenbury for the extra help they give us throughout the year. Also, to Sandy Kotzer of Wine & Roses for generously donating a door prize over the years. The winner of the door prize was Amanda Hutchings of Bredenbury. We certainly appreciate the support we receive from everyone for our fund raisers. Looking ahead, we have tentatively set the date of December 6, 2025, for our Christmas craft/trade show.
100 anniversary of the formation of the United Church of Canada, June 8, 2025, at 11:00 am. Saltcoats Regional Park pavilion. Potluck, finger food. Bring lawn chairs. Our final service in June will be our Bredenbury Cemetery Memorial Service on June 15, 2025, at 11:00 am.
A memorial service honoring those who have died. Service will start at Knox United Church, move to Bredenbury cemetery, and return to the church for lunch which will be provided. All are welcome. Please pass this information on to your family and friends.
There will be no services on Pastoral Charge during July and August.
Spring and Summer blessings Bredenbury Session
Golf Course:
If you haven’t done so you can pay your annual golf fees at the town office. The fees remain the same: Family $215. Adult $165. Seniors $140. Under 18 $50. Daily $10. Coupon Book 6 rounds for $50.
You can pay your fees at the town office. E-transfers can be made to bredenbury@sasktel.net. Please put in the memo that payment is for golf membership.
Do you want to advertise at our golf course? A golf course sign is $100 plus $30 to make it if you don’t have an existing one. To order a sign contact Kirk at 306-521-1183. Payments can be made at town office or by e-transfer to bredenbury@sasktel.net but please ensure in memo you put your business name and that it is for a golf course sign. Thanks for supporting our golf course.
This year’s tournaments will be: Open May 31 watch for Posters, Daycare June 21 watch for posters, Members Fall.
Men’s Night will continue to happen Monday Nights at 6:30 p.m. Seniors Mixed Golf will be on Thursdays at 1:00 p.m. and Women’s Golf will be every Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. Subject to change with weather and or daylight hours.
Walking Trail:
The walking trail is open, it starts on 5th Street near Cano’s Automotive. There are doggy bags at the beginning of the trail, take one along on your walk. The trail is about 3 km if you do the whole loop. There are a few sitting areas along the way as well as a garbage can. No quads or bikes on the walking trail. Thanks, Murray, for your continued volunteerism in keeping our trail nice.
Bredenbury Community Daycare:
Bredenbury Community Daycare would like to exend a very big thank you to Terry Kitzul for the donation of our birdhouse! We are excited to watch all the birds!
We would also like to thank Sundown Eaves for the donation of eavestroughs for our water wall that will be going in our outdoor playground.
Ed Lefebre generously donated his time to till our garden! Thank you so much!
Thank you to The Churchbridge Credit Union for choosing us as a recipient for a grant to purchase garden boxes for our playground.
Also thank you to Brenden Pasiechnik for fixing our gates.
Be sure to come out to the 3rd Annual Golf Tournament. Not a golfer? Come on out for dinner and some raffle prizes. Dinner is 25.00, and dinner and golf is 40.00. To register, call Naomi at 306-399-7025, or Dustin at 306-621-3778.Thank you to everyone who has made donations for the raffle table!
On June 17, the daycare will be accepting the final installment cheque at the Lion's BBQ.
Broadway Avenue:
Please note that the RM of Saltcoats owns the West side of Broadway Avenue and they will be doing more maintenance on it once their road around Bredenbury gets completed. Right now only delivery drivers, those needing repairs at local service stations, CPR and a couple local farmers have permission to drive on this road.
Council of Bredenbury is still awaiting estimates for pothole repairs for rest of the streets which we hope will be completed in July. We will not be doing crack sealing this year as there is not enough localized cracks in one area.
Lagoon:
Lagoon discharge has been completed for the spring.
Building Permits:
Just a reminder if you are building a deck, fence, a shed, a shop, a gazebo, etc. that is over 100 square feet you need to get a building permit. This includes sea cans, prefabbed buildings and even car ports. The forms can be picked up at the town office or found on our website at www.townofbedenbury.ca.
Once you fill in a building permit and provide a site drawing you will be asked to call the residential building inspector to discuss if an inspection is needed and if so at what stages. Prebuilt things usually don’t need an inspection but do need a permit, we need that permit to approve through Council minutes and to provide to SAMA.
If you need an inspection, then inspector then bills the municipality, and we bill you. There is no extra charge of administration for the permit, we just charge you what the municipality gets charged. The residential building inspector is a very nice person to talk to and makes the process as easy as possible for you. There are some buildings that do require engineered plans that protects you as the homeowner, especially if you are hiring a contractor. This is the law throughout Saskatchewan including rural municipalities.
Summer Students:
The Town of Bredenbury has hired back Eyob and Brady as summer students; they have started part-time until schools out.
In July we have two more students starting Coby Prince as full-time and Cody Bergen as casual.
There has been a lot of interest in summer students position over the past couple years is very nice to see, we wish we had a spot for all of you.
Churchbridge Credit Union Community Grant:
Thanks to Churchbridge Credit Union for giving Bredenbury Cemetery $1000 to put up a gazebo so visitors can have some shade at cemetery.
Water Repairs:
The hydrant on corner of High Street and 2nd Avenue has been replaced.
A new water main has been installed on intersection of 5th street and Kensington Avenue this is a prelude to future water main line repairs in the upcoming years for 5th Street.