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tinuing the economic development work begun by the late-warden Jean-Paul St. Pierre. “And continuing to put pressure on the Highway 174 (issue),” said Kirby. “That means seeing that the process moves along as fast as possible.” Kirby noted that the counties have be- come the lead for all of the municipalities that are a"ected by the tra$c %ow situation with the County Road 17/Highway 174 con- nector between the Town of Rockland and the City of Ottawa. Residents in both the City of Clarence-Rockland and Alfred-Plan- tagenet Township commute on a regular
basis to Ottawa and its Orléans suburb for either work or shopping. The idea of ex- panding the present two-lane link between Rockland and Orléans to a four-lane high- way has been an ongoing issue for two or more decades. Kirby also said that one other issue that the counties council needs to look into next year is lobbying for expansion of natural gas service to all of the rural areas of Pres- cott-Russell. Right now heating options for rural landowners are hydro, oil, and tank propane. Kirby said having natural gas as another heating option would help provide more of an economic edge to the local agri- culture sector. St-Amour and Barton The two other returning mayors, François St-Amour and Barton have their own ideas about the immediate priorities for the next counties council in 2015. “Starting with the budget,” said St-Amour. For the past few years the counties coun- cil has managed early approval of its annual budgets, getting them signed o" before the end of December when the current budget was due to expire. This allowed counties sta" to get an early start on any public ten- dering processes for capital works projects and reap the reward of getting contracts at lower costs given that all contractors are anxious at the start of the new year to get
their construction schedules #lled fast be- fore the spring thaw. This way, they know their companies have projects to work on. The 2014 fall municipal election has de- layed the counties budget approval pro- cess because of uncertainty how many, if any, of the mayors sitting on counties council would retain their positions after the October polls closed. In the end, just the three mayors are left of the past term’s eight-member counties council. Both St-Amour and Barton listed police service costs for Prescott-Russell as another issue that next year’s counties council may need to review. The current counties council had looked into whether or not a regional police contract with the OPP might be feas- ible but decided in the end it was not be- cause of the individual di"erences between policing costs for member municipalities. Now, St-Amour noted, the provincial gov- ernment has proposed an equalized rate for municipalities for policing contracts, al- lowing for a “once-size-#ts-all” rate to apply. “Once every municipality is equalized,” he said, “maybe it would be time then to re- open the discussion.” Barton noted that the counties coun- cil needs to lobby the province on infra- structure support funding. “No one has enough (money) to do all the projects that need to be done now,” he said. “That is a main priority.”
L’ORIGNAL | While he does not know if he will be nominated or not and declined to speculate on the possibility he will be the next warden of the United Counties of Prescott and Russell, East Hawkesbury mayor Robert Kirby was willing to com- ment on what he sees as some of the im- mediate issues for the next warden. He thinks a #rst priority would be con-
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