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Photo Richard Mahoney
JasonNeil(standingatright)was
amongthosecomplainingabout
“truce”
the state of roads in Grenville-
sur-la-Rouge.
Richard.mahoney@eap.on.ca
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Despite a truce among Grenville-sur-
la-Rouge council members, some
residents continue to call for the
resignation of four councillors and for
the municipality to be put under
trusteeship.
Members have decided “to put our
differences aside” and attempt to work
togetherfortherestofthetermthatendsat
the end of 2013, Mayor John Saywell said
at a recent meeting.
In January, Councillors Noël Baril,
Alain Carrière, Pierre Lessard and Diane
Monette recently voted for a vote of no-
confidence against Saywell. They have
alsoleftinthemiddleofmeetingsasaform
of protest against Saywell’s decisions.
Those moves, which suspend sessions
becauseofalackofquorum, havesparked
Road woes exact heavy toll
citizens’ calls for their resignations.
Saywell has expressed the hope that
the tone of public comments at meetings
Richard.mahoney@eap.on.ca
also softens. “Hopefully in question
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period, politics will be set aside,” he said.
Photo Richard Mahoney
However, a group of citizens continues
Councillor Pierre Lessard and three
The sorry state of roads in Grenville-sur-la-Rouge continues to be a common
to demand the four councillors step down.
colleaguescontinuetobeslammedby
complaintofresidents,withsomechargingthatattimesthesituationhasjeopardized
In the most recent exchange, a group
public safety.
a group of residents.
criticized Lessard for refuting a demand
The municipality is spending large sums of money to improve a section of Kilmar
by Robert d’Auzac, spokesperson of Le
Road and to finance emergency repairs to roads that were heavily damaged in late
comité des citoyens engagés de Grenville-
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March. Yet at a recent council meeting at the Centre Paul-Bougie in Calumet, citizens
sur-la-Rouge that the Québec government
said the municipality had to do much more to improve the deteriorating roads.
place the municipality under trusteeship.
While appreciating the citizens’ frustrations, Mayor John Saywell insists the
Lessard said d’Auzac’s letters were
municipality is doing the best it can.
“replete with inaccuracies and
sales decline
“I don’t have a good answer but we are pushing harder and harder,” he said during
innuendo,” andwere an attempt to “instill
question period.
anxiety and fear in the community.” In a
Residential sales activity in the area
A section of Kilmar Road south of Concession 10 will be overhauled under a
letter submitted by Raymond LaRose, a
served by the Cornwall and District Real
$1,223,614 contract awarded to David Riddell Excavation and Transport, which
group of residents writes: “If Mr. D’Auzac
Estate Board was down by about 13 per
submitted the lowest bid on the job.
talks about “state supervision,” it is
cent in March, 2012 compared to March,
The municipality is calculating the cost of an emergency situation that was declared
because the population of Grenville-sur-
2011.
March 22 when the thaw resulted in damages to sections of Rawcliffe, Rivière Rouge,
la-Rouge is totally fed up with you and
Home sales numbered 119 units last
Avoca and MacCallum roads. Many residents were stranded while others who
your team, therefore the population is
month.“Demand quieted down a bit in
attempted to navigate the roads damaged their vehicles.
asking Mr. D’Auzac and our group, to do
March compared to the stronger levels of
The repair job, which was completed March 26, involved fire fighters, private
something about it. Mr. Lessard, the
the past few months,” said board
contractors and some roads department employees.
population of our municipality is alarmed
president Lana Barnes. “At the same time
“The bill for the road repairs could be $100,000 to $150,000,” says Saywell.
by your actions and those of your team.
we’ve seen an increase in the number of
However, the money is well spent if it averts problems in the future. “We have resolved
This same population is also fully aware
homes for sale in the marketplace, and
many hot spots,” he allows.
that you and your teamare responsible for
that leading to more balanced conditions
Road work has been impeded by mechanical problems.
the disruption in the democratic process,
andsomeslightlyslower,albeitstillstrong,
While a thaw always creates problems, some citizens believe Mother Nature is not
not the citizens of Grenville-sur-la Rouge.
price growth.”
the only cause of their woes. “The roads are not properly cleared of snow. When the
You and your team should apologize to
The average price of homes sold in
melt comes, you get mud,” said Rawcliffe Road resident Jason Neil. Another citizen
the citizens. Better still, the four of you
March 2012 was $157,337, an increase of
suggested the municipality do more to improve its ditches.
should resign, period.”
10 per cent from the same month in 2011.-
The letter concludes: “This is not a
New residential listings numbered 287
petition. Butshouldyou,thefourdissidents,
units inMarch 2012, up nine per cent from
require a petition in order to resign, kindly
a year earlier.
advise us, it will be done promptly.”
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