Royal LePage Hodgins Realty got into the giving spirit leading up to Christmas.
The Real Estate company in Melfort provided over $4000 to charities and organizations in the area in their 12 days of Christmas giveaway.
Agent and partner Joline Ozeroff said they were also able to do some random acts of kindness for the RCMP, paramedics, and fire department.
“Coming to the end of the year, we were happy with the success we had and we wanted to share that with as many organizations as we could,” Ozeroff said. “We wanted to say thank you to different people and especially those who put themselves at risk through all of this.”
A letter to the city council from Melfort citizen Lorne Larson was brought to the Dec. 14 meeting. Larson reported that speeding is a problem on that street and would like to see more done to alleviate the problem. The condition of Broadway Avenue South is also questionable given its usage as a heavy truck route. Broadway Avenue South from Saskatchewan Drive to Wesley Street is an option for the 2021 Capital Utility Budget, reported Gerald Gilmore, director of works and utilities. Broadway Avenue North was paved last year given its poor condition, he said. Larson would like to see the designation of the route changed given the heavy truck and dangerous good road runs past a school. However, Gilmore recommended to the council that they keep Broadway Avenue as a heavy truck route but they will be talking with representatives from Maude Burke to see if there are traffic issues with heavy trucks.