This Saturday October 24, the
Denbigh Recreation Committee will be holding an Open House and
Trillium Grant Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the Denbigh Hall at 1pm.
The township has been approved for
Recreational Infrastructure Canada (RinC) funding to install a roof
over the Flinton Outdoor Rink. Projected costs are $372,000 and the
financial assistance available from RinC is $248,000. The Flinton
Recreation Club is spearheading the project and is in the process of
raising the funds for the municipality’s portion of the project.
Council passed a bylaw at the meeting, authorizing the township’s
signing officers for the project.
Reeve Henry Hogg gave council a
heads-up that an agreement would soon be ratified to unionize the
volunteer ambulance service in the north. Over a period of time the
service will be changed to full and part-time service, the same as
it is in the south end of the county. He said the change would add
over $1 million to the cost of ambulance services for the north.
The KFL&A
Health Unit has notified the township that it will no longer be
performing inspections for septic approvals. The health unit
receives a fee for the inspections, but does not have enough
personnel to carry out the inspections plus do all the other tasks
it is responsible for, such as overseeing the Safe Drinking Water
Act. The decision will affect the requests for initiating septic
re-inspection programs that the township has received from several
lake associations. The township will ask the building inspector to
perform the inspections.
From January to June 2009, 45
building permits were issued. New construction value was $762,900
and additions & renovations were $391,640, for a total
construction value of $1,160,540. Permit fees were $12,064
A bylaw to declare the Line Fences
Act no longer in effect in the municipality was discussed. Under the
proposed amendment the township’s bylaw enforcement officer would
be responsible for fences. Reeve Hogg said it had been a long time
since the township had appointed fence viewers. The bylaw was
deferred pending further consideration.
Deputy Reeve Helen Yanch and
Councilor Louise Scott both reported receiving several phone calls
about potholes on various roads. Roads Supervisor Royce Rosenblath
said that road grading and maintenance is on a schedule but the rain
has made it difficult to keep to the schedule.
