Central
Frontenac Council -
Jan 29/08
By
Jeff Green
Council
approves special waste days
In
response to a comprehensive waste management report, Central
Frontenac Council has decided to set up an e-waste disposal day and a
hazardous waste disposal day this summer.
Township
CAO John Duchene said “I suggest that we hold the e-waste day
before we hold the hazardous waste day, in order to separate the two.
John
Purdon, who is the chair of the ad-hoc waste management committee,
said, “Both these programs are in the process of being set up as
provicial programs. We thought we should wait until the process is
known before we do anything more permanent, so we chose the one-day
option. One event this year does not mean we will have the same thing
next year.”
Councilor
Normand Guntensperger, who teaches at Land O'Lakes Public School in
Mountain Grove, suggested that a program that had been in place in
local schools whereby used batteries were collected and recycled, be
looked at once again, and volunteered to approach the school board to
ses if they are interested.
“It
would have an educational component as well,” he said.
Council
approved the two special waste days, and also gave staff leave to
investigate the potential purchase of a bulldozer to be used at
township dump sites as well as for minor road projects. The ad-hoc
committee was also re-constituted in order to work on some of the
long term proposals in the report that had been presented to council
earlier in January.
More
gravel to be crushed – In
line
with a recommendation from the group that is preparing an
organizational review of the township, an increase in the amount and
quality of gravel is being purchased for township roads this year.
Council approved an upper limit of $253,000 to purchase and/or crush
70,000 tonnes of gravel in 2008.
Infrastructure
dream set - “If
we're going to dream, let's dream big” said Councilor Jeff Matson
in supporting a proposal to apply for $2 million from a provicial
infrastriucture program whose application deadline is approaching.The
application is for upgrades to seven township roads, including Road
509, and Ardoch, Zealand, Fall River, Shibley, Tryon, and Elm Tree
Roads. If approved, the grant provides for improvements and
resurfacing of the Ardoch Road and 509, and for a total of 16km of
paving on the Zealand, Fall River, and Shibley roads.
Before
township residents get their hopes up too high, they should heed the
warning from township public works consultant Bryon Dawn.
“If
we don’t get the grant, we won't do the paving,” he said.
Budget
debate dates set –
Council will meet at the Oso Hall in Sharbot Lake on March 18, 19 and
April 1 and 2 at 5:00 pm to work on the 2008 budget, which, if all
goes as planned, will be approved at a council meeting on April 14 in
Mountain Grove.
