Sagamok Anishnawbek
Planning and Infrastructure
he Planning & Infrastructure Department is very similar to what other communities might refer to as their Public Works Department. The responsibility to the organization is to manage the community infrastructure of Sagamok Anishnawbek. We oversee the planning and maintenance of the existing and future infrastructure.
The services we deliver are safe and reliable road systems, fresh, clean, treated water to homes, and safe and accessible public buildings.
Our main offices are located within the Administration Building located at 4007 Espaniel Road.
Planning & Infrastructure Department is structured into six (6) program areas that deliver services directly to our community members and organization.
TECHNICAL SERVICES
Technical Services is comprised of four (4) staff members:
- Director
- Public Works Clerk
- Project Technologist
- Data Systems Clerk
The Technical Services Unit:
- maintains annual and project budgets supporting the other program areas
- ensures workplans, the 5 year Comprehensive Community Plan and the 20 year Capital Planning Study are reviewed on a monthly and annual basis and are updated as milestones are achieved.
- provides technical support to ensure viable, cost effective and long-term solutions are achieved across the Planning & Infrastructure Department and Sagamok Anishnabek operations.
- ensures all funding reports are in compliance with all federal/provincial reporting requirements, and all funded tasks are completed and submitted to federal /provincial funding agencies by the required deadlines.
- Technical Services provides technical advisory services to the departments.
Community Infrastructure
Community Infrastructure is a program of the Planning and Infrastructure Department responsible for ensuring that our public buildings, parks and recreation areas are safe places to visit, play and work. The goal of the Community Infrastructure Department is to plan, organize, control and maintain Sagamok Anishnawbek's public infrastructure.
The Community Infrastructure Department encompasses the following:
- general maintenance and repairs of band owned public buildings including CMHC homes, parks and recreation areas including the soccer field, baseball field, skateboard park and public playgrounds
- provides property management for the following buildings:
- Administration Building
- Community Wellness Department building
- Shki-Waase Aaban Binoojinh
- Multi-Educational Centre
- Biidaaban Kinoomaagegamik
- Youth and Fitness Centre
- Enji Wii Jii Gaabwitaadaying Agaamik
- the complex at Fort LaCloche
- Saswin
- Niigaaniin Building
- Nogdawindamin
- custodial services
In support of the Sagamok Anishnawbek's goal to provide quality management, the Community Infrastructure Department strives to improve its' operations and works cooperatively with other departments to provide quality services. The Community Infrastructure Department will provide services based on capacity and available resources and where applicable will refer to appropriate technicians and/or contractors (electrical, heating ventilation and air conditioning/HVAC and plumbing).
Roads
Roads is a program of the Planning and Infrastructure Department responsible for managing our community's extensive roads systems. At present, the department maintains 30 kms of roads comprised of 10 kms of gravel and 20 kms of hard surfaced roads.
In the winter, our Roads staff provide snow plowing, sanding and salting services to make sure our roads are safe for users. When there is no snow, our Roads staff grade and provide dust control to our gravel roads and bushing along roadways to improve driving visibility and safety from falling branches. Roads also monitors water drainage in the community - especially around road systems - and they are responsible for clearing and digging ditches, as well as installing and repairing culverts. At all times of the year, they fix washouts and potholes as needed, maintain streetlights, remove litter and maintain and install road signs.
Waste Management
There was a time when Sagamok had little issues with waste. In the past, our people relied on natural materials that were easily disposed of and recycled back into the natural environment.
Times have changed. The way we provide for the needs of our families has changed. The ways we live our lives have changed. We now produce wastes that take many years to disintegrate in our landfill. We also produce significantly more waste than our grandparents did.
We believe that the first step in addressing a problem with waste is to reduce the waste that is being produced. We believe that it is the responsibility of our community members as spiritual beings of creation to manage the amount and types of wastes that they personally produce, to reuse materials as much as possible and to recycle what can be.
Waste Management is a program of the Planning and Infrastructure Department responsible for overseeing how waste is managed in the Sagamok community. Waste Management directly manages the Sagamok landfill site, providing operational and maintenance functions that will ensure the long-term safe and effective use of the existing landfill site.
Water
Water is a program of the Planning and Infrastructure Department responsible for making sure that Sagamok community has access to a clean, safe supply of drinking water to their homes.
A quick look at Sagamok's Water Treatment & Distribution System
- Sagamok's water treatment and distribution systems supply water to 392 homes and 20 band buildings.
- Sagamok's water system is classifed as Groundwater-Supplied with a Sodium Hypochlorite Disinfection Feed System. This means we draw our water supply from underground water sources (aquifers) and we only treat it by adding chlorine. We have some of the best water in the world in Sagamok!
- Sagamok's water is drawn from three wells within two pump-houses. Halfway pumphouse operates off 2 wells and is located on Pumphouse Road. Toulouse pumphouse is located off Fort LaCloche Road and operates off 1 well.
- The elevated storage tank in Sagamok's water tower has a capacity to store 900,000 litres!
- Sagamok's Water Treatement & Distribution WTD Team includes one licensed Water Treatment Pland Operator and one Operator-Trainee.
- Our WTD Team is on-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!
Each day, Sagamok's WTD Team:
- monitors and records the operations of the Water Treatment Plant
- monitors water by performing sampling and lab work on-site. Water samples are collected from various places in our distribution system (from homes and buildings). We bring those samples back to our lab located next to the Water Tower to measure levels of turbidity, pH, temperature, free chlorine and total chlorine. We record all the results from this work so that we can address any concerns and ensure that Sagamok's water is the best tasting around.
Each week, Sagamok's WTD Team collects water samples from various places in our distribution system that are sent to an accredited lab where they are tested for bacteriological and E.coli (Colilert).
Sagamok Anishnawbek holds and agreement with Health Canada that provides Sagamok with a consultation resource and allows Health Canada to collect samples of Sagamok's drinking water each quater (3 months). Lisa Vincent is Health Canada's Environmental Health Officer (EHO) working with Sagamok.
Fire & Emergency Services
Fire and Rescue is a program of the Planning and Infrastructure Department responsible for the protection and safety readiness of our community as it relates to fire protection and other emergency services.
Fire Rescue has two divisions that work collaboratively to offer quality fire protection and safety services, as well as Emergency First Response services to our community.
Fire Rescue responds to all 911 calls concerning requests for immediate fire protection services as well as emergency medical services. Sagamok Fire and Rescue is first on the scene and works closely with other community partners, like the Anishinabek Police Services (APS). Fire and Rescue also provides referral services for victims and patients.
Because safety is important to every community, the Sagamok Fire Department maintains a high visibility in the Sagamok community. Our Fire and Emergency Services personnel engage the Sagamok community providing education and information on fire prevention and safety, as well as participating in all community and organizational functions.
Fire and Rescue is managed and coordinated through our Fire Chief, Bruce Southwind, who is complimented by a volunteer-based fire protection team who respond to fires in our community and a volunteer-based First Response team who are first to respond to all types of community emergencies.
Source: https://sagamok.ca/programs-services/planning-infrastructure-technical-services/
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Teacher
Responsible for the education of the students in his/her charge and for working with students, parents, other teachers and school staff towards achieving the goals set forth in BIIDAABAN KINOOMAAGEGAMIK School’s Mission Statement.
Educational Assistants
The Educational Assistant shall assist the assigned classroom teacher in providing instruction to the class and will assist in the implementation of individual student education plans (IEP’s).
Family Support Worker
The Family Support Worker will work collaboratively to provide support and advocacy for families during and following child welfare investigations.
Family Wellbeing Worker
Contribute to the development of secondary and tertiary prevention and case management policies and procedures in collaboration with Child and Family Unit Team and other relevant partners.