Demolition of former Sharbot Lake school to begin in earnest in January

Craig Bakay | Dec 11, 2019

Good news for alumni and/or anyone who’d like a keepsake of the old Sharbot Lake Public School.

Andy Dillon, manager of development services/CBO, told Central Frontenac Council at its regular meeting Tuesday evening at Oso Hall in Sharbot Lake that he’s having a number of bricks delivered to the Township offices which will be made available to the public at no cost.

“We don’t want people going on-site to pick up a souvenir as it could be dangerous,” he said. “But it will be one (brick) to a customer.

“That’s so they don’t think they can come and get a bunch of bricks to build something,” he said with a grin.

Dillon said that while there have been some trucks and equipment on-site, the work being done is all on the inside.

“We don’t expect the actual demolition of the building to begin until sometime in January,” he said.

Coun. Bill MacDonald asked where the material that’s being demolished was going, wondering if it would be added to the Oso or Olden sites.

“I don’t really know,” Dillon said. “But it’s somewhere out of Central Frontenac.”

Building values up.

Coun. Bill MacDonald was also curious as to the increase in construction value being more than a million dollars more in 2019 than 2018 ($10,965,340 vs $9,561,283) despite there being one less building permit issued (seven vs eight).

“That would probably be because the average value of homes being built is about $350,000,” said Andy Dillon, CBO.

“That’s good for taxes,” said Mayor Frances Smith.

Dewey elected Deputy Mayor for 2020

Council elected District 1 Coun. Tom Dewey as Deputy Mayor for 2020, replacing Coun. Victor Heese.

Tanker pulled off the road

With tanker 441 out of Station 4 Parham in such bad shape and due to be replaced in 2020, Fire Chief Jamie Riddell told Council he is taking it out of service as of Dec. 4.

“To go a number of months without a tanker in Parham does not sit well with me,” said Coun. Nicki Gowdy.

Riddell said that tankers from Mountain Grove and Sharbot Lake will respond to all fire calls in the 400 and 600 Zones and a tanker from South Frontenac’s Verona station will respond to all confirmed fires in Zone CF6-601.

“I’ve spoken with the the fire chief in South Frontenac and they’re willing to extend the mutual aid agreement in this way until our new tanker arrives,” Riddell said.

“The fire hall in Verona is closer to Piccadilly than Parham is anyway,” said Mayor Frances Smith.