Jewell Engineering will prepare a
proposal for rebuilding the Flinton Bridge to be submitted to the
Ontario government’s new Municipal Infrastructure Initiative. The
deadline for applications is February 15, so council will need to
have all the details at their next council meeting.
Council voted to endorse a
resolution from the Township of North Grenville, asking the Ontario
government to commit 1/8th of Provinical Sales Taxes to
municipalities to fund Municipal Infrastructure Programs.
Over the holidays, cars were left
parked on County Road 30 for several days, hindering road
maintenance. Roads Superintendent Royce Rosenblath expressed some
frustration that has not been able to get the names of the owners of
the cars from police. He said they told him they would contact the
people involved.
The OPP will attend the next council
meeting.
Plans are being made for the whole
council to take a roads tour next year. “It will take more than
two days,” commented Royce Rosenblath.
Members of the Weslemkoon cottage
association had attended a recent meeting of the waste management
committee and requested extra open hours at the waste sites. They
requested that the Weslemkoon waste site be open Monday to Friday
and on weekends as well. The waste site attendant told Councilor
Eythel Grant that he doesn’t have the time to keep the dump open
for those hours. Council will look into increasing the open hours at
the waste sites.
The next AHEAD (Addington
Highlands Economic Advisors for Development) business breakfast will
be at the Kaladar Community Centre at 8AM on Friday February 1.
Guest speakers will be Pierre Cliche, former Vice-President of
K Mart Canada, and Gillian Chapman, representative of the PELA CFDC.
Tickets are $7 each.
Council went into closed session
to discuss a bylaw appointing a new building inspector.
