Mayor excited about hall upgrades, pool rehabilitation, upcoming events, and other town projects
Carlyle Town Council
March 16, 2026, 11:41 am
Nicole Taylor, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Carlyle town council met on March 4, and Mayor Jennifer Sedor says it was a busy meeting with a large of focus on projects and upcoming events in the community.
“We’ve been doing our budget deliberations the last few meetings and we did come to some decisions at our March 4 meeting. A lot of our projects are maintenance based. This is a very big maintenance year for us, but I’m always excited about taking care of what we have,” she said.
Sewer relining
“We are in year four of our sewer relining project. It’s not that romantic of a project, but we have done 2,127 meters so far, and this year, we’ve approved another 507 meters of sewer relining,” Sedor said.
“So essentially, this means that our residents won’t have to deal with collapsed sewer lines and their sewer backing up into their homes. If that’s not something to get excited about, I don’t know what is, because it’s something that we don’t often give enough credit to!”
Work on the Memorial Hall
“Another great project that we are in the process of finishing is our accessible entrance way to the Memorial Hall,” said Sedor. “We’re going to be painting the main floor of the hall. We’re putting new flooring in the entry. We’re going to have a nice new light over the door. And then we are replacing the eaves troughs.
“And this is just the completion of one phase of this project. Of course, there’s many phases to the accessibility of our community hall, and so this will complete this phase for this year, and then we’ll start planning for the next one, which will be accessibility to that main floor and accessible washrooms. So we’re really excited to get that part done.”
Sedor says Phase 2 of hall upgrades will be in 2027 with planning for that phase starting this year.
“We are going to start doing some goal setting and planning for that building in 2026.
“We’re starting to collect quotes and planning and exploring grants for that separate phase, which will include main floor improvements. I can’t give a whole list of what will be improved yet, because we have to really comprehensively look at how that main floor is functioning, what accessibility improvements need to be put in, where we can put them, and have the proper quotes done.
“But Phase 2, we’re going to start looking at that right away.
“When we did the ramp, we noticed there was significant foundational degradation due to water damage. And so the eaves troughs are a big part of keeping that foundation in good condition. So we did a big repair ahead of the ramp going in. The foundation is repaired, and we wanted to keep it solid by putting the eaves troughs in.
“What we want to do now is to go through that building. We have an upper level assessment that we did a couple years ago with an engineering company to know where to look in terms of the building needing upgrades and improvements in repair work. We’ll bring that document with us, but we also want to plan for general functionality. We’ll probably be working with the boards that utilize that building most, and take stock of where things would go and how we can improve things like the washroom accessibility, and we have some staircase issues and things like that, that need to be addressed.
“So we are going to actually take a bit of a microscope to that building and look at how it can function better. That is the process that will start in 2026 so that we can communicate to the public what upgrades we want to start doing to that main floor part of the building.
“It’s very preliminary planning work, but it’s such an integral building for Carlyle. We have looked at what it would be like to have a new building constructed, and there’s just something so iconic about the Memorial Hall. It was built as a wartime community project after World War II. It’s a really fundamental building, and it’s really something to be proud of on our main street.
“We really want to make sure that building is well utilized and accessible for the public into the future.”
Pool rehabilitation complete
“We have finished our pool rehabilitation. We did a big pool rehabilitation in 2025 and the last few years we did two short seasons,” said Sedor. “It took a couple years to complete the whole project. We had the pool relined, we had the deep end refurbished, we had a new pump and filtration system put in.
“By last year we had most of the things up and running, but now that work has been completed as of October. So this year, we are looking forward to a full pool season with everything fully functioning and working as it should, which we are very excited about.
“We are in the process of hiring lifeguards right now for our pool season. That is something to be excited about.”
New street lights
“We are adding new street lights on 8th Street west,” says Sedor. “We do have a lot of pedestrian traffic on 8th Street West that’s going to and from the dog park, and so we are very excited to be adding four new street lights down there.”
Curling rink upgrades
“The curling rink is in the process of being re-roofed as part of a wind damage claim. We have a crew that has started on the roof of the curling rink, so that is something to also be very excited about,” added Sedor.
Skating rink upgrades
“We’re in the process of finishing our first season with our upgraded ice plant and condenser, which was another big upgrade that we took on at the end of 2025, and that has all gone really, really well,” says Sedor.
“We’re in the process of looking at a few minor repairs to some items in the lobby, and just doing some refurbishing to some of the heaters in the rink for 2026, but other than that, things are running smoothly.”
Upcoming events
Sedor says council also did some planning around spring and summer events that are in the works.
“We talked about upcoming events—the start of the ball season and the soccer season, and the official spring opening of our walking paths in town, and everything’s going smoothly,” she says.
“Our Lions auction and supper is happening on April 18, and they are hosting Doc Walker. The town’s really excited about that. That will be at our sports arena once the ice is out.
“And then we did some preliminary chatting about Fun Dayz. The fair has been approved to be hosted. That is going to be June 26-28. We’ve approved the midway, and we’ve approved two nights of concert entertainment, so it’s going to be a really good time.”
Economic development and SUMA
Sedor also said the town is starting the process of setting goals for tourism and economic development.
“We do have a meeting set up with an economic development professional who’s coming in, and we’re going to start talking about our goal setting for 2027 and starting to get that workable plan in process for some of the economic development goals and tourism goals and functionality goals for our town. I am actually really excited about that process starting,” she said.
“We are also sending four council delegates to SUMA this year, from April 12 to 15.”
In conclusion
“It was a big meeting,” says Sedor. “We got a lot done, and we had a lot of really good conversations. I’m really excited to have these items on the docket for this year.
“We’re enjoying taking care of all the wonderful facilities that we have. Carlyle really has a lot of great things going on, and we want to make sure that those are well taken care of.”
