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Alfred-Plantagenet Township holds to tight budget plan gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca Plantagenet
Street in Plantagenet and Larocque Street in Alfred. About $155,000 in sidewalk repair work in Alfred, Curran, and Plantagenet is on this year’s budget list along with $52,000 for storm sewer upgrades in the township. Water service rates will increase three per cent on the fixed rate portion of the bill for all residents on the municipal supply system for Alfred, Wendover and Plantagenet. Updated property tax notices will go out in the mail later in the season. Residents should note that the total amount listed on their notices includes the property taxes that the township must collect for the school districts, counties, and other agencies like the South Nation Conservation Authority.
The township is also dedicating $59,600 this year towards renovation work on the Plantagenet community hall and $59,000 towards the Alfred public library for a bu- siness plan for the new library building and the staff to man it. Wendover benefits from this year’s bud- get through $240,000 set aside for purchase of a new tanker truck and self-contained breathing units for village’s fire protection service. The township will take out a bank loan for the fire truck. The public works department has dedicated almost $420,000 for road buil- ding in this year’s budget with about $318,000 allocated for Concession 3 in Plantagenet. The remainder is split up between road improvement for Ottawa
last year’s levy. For the average homeowner, that will mean another $16 for every $100,000 assessed value of their property. Individual property tax demands will vary depending on what the current assessed value is for a house and surrounding land. Commercial, industrial, farm and other types of property have different tax rates and assessments. The big-ticket items in this year’s budget for the municipality include a 6.95 per cent increase policing costs, which works out to a total of $80,743, along with an increase to $87,965 in the township’s professional fee allocation for the professional fees required to ensure that closure of the Curran landfill site meets provincial environment ministry guidelines.
Like almost every other rural municipality in the region, Alfred- Plantagenet is holding the line on its budget this year and sticking to a modest increase for its property tax levy. Council approved a $9 million budget for the township during its Feb. 21 session following the Family Day long weekend. Included is a $1.1 million capital works program. “I think administration has done some great work in preparing the whole thing,” said Mayor Jean-Yves Lalonde. The municipal levy portion of the bud- get works out about $4.1 million in property taxes to collect, a three- per cent increase in
Business owners have a blooming good idea for Alfred
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Now they want to see if they can get some help hanging the baskets in place along the main street come the May long weekend in spring and keeping the flowers watered and cared for over the summer months until the fall when it’s time to take the baskets down and put them in storage for the winter. ‘It’s just a question of time and logistics,” Bercier said. They plan to make a formal request to the municipality for assistance from the public works department with installation and upkeep of the flower baskets. They have already sounded out individual members of council and received off-the-record sup- port for their project. “They adore the idea,” Bercier said. She is a former Alfred native who lived for awhile in the Laurentide region before
returning to her home town to start a restau- rant. One of the strongest memories she has about the Laurentides is all the flower beds set up along the main street. It made the area more attractive to tourists and she wants to see the same benefit for Alfred. The two business owners plan to contact
the Alfred Horticultural Society for sup- port and other ideas on beautifying the village core sector. They also plan to solicit other businesses, both commercial and professional, in the neighbourhood for support and are open to any offers of help. “We will get this done,” Bercier said. “One way or another.”
As the saying goes, no one ever gets a second chance to make a good first impression. Two of the newest members of Alfred’s village core are putting their heads together with a plan to help make the first impression visitors to their area a good one. Mylène Bercier of Eau Bizlou restaurant and Serres Quenneville of the Greenhouses garden supply centre are launching a grassroots beautification project for the village’s main street that focuses on a sim- ple basic idea: flowers are beautiful to see. Between them they have invested some of their own money to purchase $1500 worth of hanging baskets and the ornamental flowers to sit inside them.
Traffic check reaps pot bust
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tion of Du Centre and François Streets when they stopped a vehicle that had a dirty licence plate and an improper light under the Highway Act regulations.. The driver, a 20-year-old man from Saint-Pascal-Baylon was found with a small amount of marijuana in his posses- sion. He now has a March 28 court date in L’Orignal on a possession charge.
The February long weekend proved not so much fun for a Saint-Pascal man during a drive through Wendover. OPP were doing a R.I.D.E. traffic check in the village on Feb. 18 for impaired drivers and vehicles that did not meet traffic safety standards. They were set up at the intersec-
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