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Don’t forget your WEEE
1998 when Vankleek Hill, West
Hawkesbury, L’Orignal and Longueuil
Champlain
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were amalgamated. The former West
H AWKESBURY
Hawkesbury hall became the town hall
while the former Longueuil hall houses the
studies
building and by-law enforcement
As Hawkesbury’s 2012 spring clean-up campaign continues, residents are
departments.
reminded not to forget their WEEE.
The consolidation of the administration
All waste electronic and electrical equipment can be delivered from Monday to
would improve service to ratepayers who
consolidation
Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. at Recycle Action, 1301 Spence Ave. Also, Recycle
oftenhavetotravelfromoneofficetoanother
Action will be open April 28, May 5, 12, 19 and 26 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. There are also
to get the information they want or need.
outdoor bins where material can be left outside regular hours. A schedule for the special
Richard.mahoney@eap.on.ca
The move would also save time and reduce
collection of rubbish, old furniture and everything not considered domestic garbage is
P LEASANT
C ORNER
operating costs while the new wing would
available at www.hawkesbury.ca.
resolve problems with both buildings.
Because it is a public building, the
About 14 years after four
L’Orignal location must be made fully
municipalities merged to create
accessible to the handicapped. To date, the
Champlain Township, the municipality
township has been refused financial
is considering an expansion of its town
assistance from the Ontario government to
hall in order to consolidate its
carry out improvements estimated at
Assemblée générale annuelle 2012
administration.
$50,000.
Under a proposal presented last week,
Water is an issue, too. At the L’Orignal
a 2,400-square-foot addition would be
building, the township is looking at a bill of
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added to the municipal hall at Pleasant
$7,200 for its water system.
Corner and the township would sell the
Since the Pleasant Corner offices were
former Longueuil municipal hall on
expanded, there have been condensation
County Road 17 east of L’Orignal.
problems. “We have tried to correct the
Municipal council wants more
problem, but we keep getting leaks which
information on the proposal before taking
are damaging the ceiling in the offices and
a decision.
which could produce an electrical problem
The estimated cost of the new offices is
with the lighting,” reports Thériault.
$250,000. The L’Orignal building could
sell for between $240,000 and $260,000,
Ivaco starts work
according to a real estate agent, chief
The March construction permit report
administrator Jean Thériault has told
included one for a $16,475,000 industrial
council.
project. This relates to the bag house being
“The operating cost budget also shows
built by Ivaco Rolling Mills in L’Orignal,
we could save approximately $28,000 per
chief building official Jacques Gauthier
year by amalgamating the two buildings,”
notes.
relates Thériault.
The air filtration system is the first
“Having the administration under one
phase of a massive modernization job at
roof is always preferable than having it
the steel mill. The federal government
separated,” notes the CAO. “It is more
recently approved a $10 million
efficient and in the end saves time and
contribution to the mill’s $80 million
money. Doing this project would be in the
expansion and modernization. The three-
best interest of our ratepayers and staff.”
year construction project will employ 200.
Champlain was officially formed in
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