Feature Article,June 24, 2004
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ATVs going wrong - Addington Highlands Council, June 21, 2004There were no delegations at Monday nights meeting in Denbigh.
ATVs: According to Economic Development Committee Chair Bill Brown, many ATV enthusiasts wrongly think they can travel along Hwy 41 all the way to Kaladar. The regulation governing ATV travel on Hwy 41 is provincial, not municipal, and it only allows travel north of Bon Echo Park, on the shoulder of the highway. The traffic counts south of the park are too high for ATV travel to be safe; however Bill Brown said that ATVs are being driven on the highway south of the park and more publicity is needed to make people aware that they are doing so illegally.
On May 14, Nona Cumming was helping to collect garbage from the bin at the township office when the heavy steel lid came down on her hand and took the end of her finger off. She wrote council asking them to install a safety mechanism to keep the lid open. Royce Rosenblath has seen plastic bins costing around $275 that could replace the steel bin and would be safe to use. Council thought it would probably cost as much to modify the lid on the steel bin, and gave Rosenblath the go ahead to buy the plastic bin. It will be chained or secured in some way to prevent theft.
The Land o Lakes Tourist Association (LOLTA), under an OSTAR grant, has agreed to pay the cost of making signs welcoming people to the township, provided the township pays for the cost of installing the signs. Council agreed to pay the installation costs.
A request from Rieta Freeburn to waive the dump tipping fee of $220 per tandem, which she considers excessive, was turned down. Her letter compared rates in Tweed ($48 per tandem) and Madoc ($150 per tandem). North Frontenacs rate is the same as Addington Highlands. In turning down the request, Reeve Hook noted that changing the fee would mean having to change the whole schedule, and that the fee is based on the amount of space a tandem load of garbage occupies at the dump.
Council endorsed a resolution from the township of Killaloe, Hagarty & Richards that the province scrap regulation 170/03, the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Council passed the tax collection bylaw, which includes a $20 levy for bag tags for Weslemkoon ratepayers. The levy is part of the plan to bring the area under the bag tag system, and residents will receive 10 bag tags for their $20 fee to start them off. A newsletter explaining the system will go to Weslemkoon ratepayers with their tax bills.
The township will proceed to get the community halls wired for generators so they can be used for emergencies.
