About the LUD of Blumenort
- A Local Urban District (LUD) is an unincorporated community that has at least 250 residents
- The Rural Municipality of Hanover has three Local Urban Districts administered by the Municipality
- Each LUD has a Committee comprised of three elected community members who are elected at the same time as the new municipal council along with the Local Councilor
- From the Municipal Act: 117(1) The committee of a local urban district is responsible for:
- (a) preparing and adopting a service plan for the local urban district;
- (b) submitting the service plan to the council before it adopts its operating and capital budgets; and
- (c) the exercise of those powers delegated to it by the council of the municipality.
- The LUD of Blumenort meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 8:00 am
LUD Responsibilities
- While the RM is the local authority responsible for overall operation of the municipality, the LUD has been delegated certain duties:
- Road Maintenance (including repairs, snow removal, street cleaning)
- Drainage and Ditch Maintenance
- Street Signage and Street Lighting
- Sidewalk and Boulevard Maintenance (including mowing)
- Composting and Solid Waste issue not provided by RM program
- Weed Control
- Public Space Management (not recreation)
- Annual Capital Plan for Road Improvement/Replacement
- LUD sets service levels and proposes an annual mill rate for the community
- LUD is not responsible for planning issues (zoning conditional use variances etc.)
- The RM Council and Administration works closely with the LUD Committee on all areas that impact residents
Committee Members
Kevin Medeiros (Chair) – Kevin.Medeiros@hanovermb.ca
Roger Dueck – Roger.Dueck@hanovermb.ca
Floyd Penner – Floyd.Penner@hanovermb.ca
Roberto Hiebert (Councillor) – Roberto.Hiebert@hanovermb.ca