September 18, 2024, Synopsis of Council Minutes

Funeral and Cremation Services Council of Saskatchewan
Council Meeting
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Hardy Room, Atlas Hotel
9:00 a.m. 

SYNOPSIS OF MINUTES 

Present: Lisa Bos-Atchison, Chairperson; Scott Moffat; Shannon Leson; Gay Patrick; Chelsea Krentz; Louise Ernst; Mark Muir; Alan Thomarat; Denny Huyghebaert, Deputy Superintendent of Funeral & Cremation Services

Present by Zoom: Amanda Starosta, Vice-Chairperson; Margaret Lissel

Staff Present: Tanya Chernick-Aldridge, Office Administrator; Kim Eberts, Assistant Registrar & Compliance Officer; Frank Vervalcke, Compliance Officer

Regrets: Colin Bachynski, Registrar

Minutes taken by: Tanya Chernick-Aldridge, Office Administrator

An in-camera meeting was held prior to the Council meeting.

There have been no complaints since the last meeting of Council.  A previous complaint has moved from Preliminary Evaluation to an Investigation Committee. One prior investigation has been concluded with no further action. There have been fifteen compliance reviews completed since the last meeting of Council, four of which were unannounced visits.

The following motions were passed:

  • To accept the MRU Student/CCFS Student/Intern Visual Presentation as presented and post to the FCSCS website.
  • To accept the July 2024 Revenue & Expense Reports as presented.
  • To approve Advisory 31 – Change of Ownership, with the provision of citing of section 22 of The Funeral and Cremation Services Act and Bylaw 6120.

The next meeting of Council will be held on Wednesday, October 16th, 2024.

In the interest of timely disclosure, this synopsis of Council Minutes is posted for your information only.  This is a summary only and is not to be used in place of the office version.  Official Council Minutes are not created until the transcript of the minutes is reviewed and adopted by Council at a subsequent monthly meeting.  To inquire into any matter arising from this summary, please contact the Registrar.