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revenue. Provincial and federal grants and PUIFSTPVSDFTPGSFWFOVFNBLFVQUIFSFTU of the total budget. There will be a one per cent increase in municipal taxes, but there are increases planned for the user rates for garbage col- lection, recycling collection, or municipal sewage service.
For homeowners in the township, the one-per-cent tax increase equals an increase PGJOSFTJEFOUJBMQSPQFSUZUBYGPSFWFSZ $100,000 of assessed value for a house and land. Council will confirm the tax rates for all property classes in the township at a later meeting in 2021.
will send a letter of support to the Ministry of Education concerning Bill 172. The bill has passed second reading and could become legislation before the end of 2021. Bill 172 would require all school boards to develop strategies to support students who have Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (FASD) and also all teacher colleges and Early Childhood Education programs to provide FASD training. – Gregg Chamberlain HIGHWAY ISSUES Two outstanding highway issues will be topics for discussion for the United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR) delegation to this year’s Rural Ontario Municipalities Association (ROMA). UCPR council wants meetings with provincial transportation officials about the proposed T-intersection for the Hawkes- bury overpass section of County Road 17 and also get a firm commitment from the province on funding support for the proposed four-lane expansion of the County Road 17/Highway 174 link between Rockland and Orléans. – Gregg Chamberlain UCPR STAFF SALARIES The United Counties of Prescott-Rus- sell council approved a two-per-cent increase in the salaries of all non- union employees. The wage increase took effect January 1 2021. – Gregg Chamberlain
East Hawkesbury Township now has its municipal budget ready for 2021. Two capital project items in the budget that please Mayor Robert Kirby include a OFX SFTDVF WBO GPS UIF&BTU)BXLFTCVSZ Fire Department and plans to change the heating system for the community centre in Sainte-Anne-de-Prescott from electric to propane. “There should be some savings there,” said Mayor Kirby during a December 21 phone interview, adding that reinsulation of the building is also part of the plan. The township will cost share the expense of changing over the community centre heating system through a senior-level government program. The 2021 budget includes a funding allo- cation towards purchase of a fully equipped rescue van for the municipal fire department. "ENJOJTUSBUJPOXJMMNBLFBUFOEFSDBMMMBUFS in 2021 for proposals from companies that specialize in emergency vehicles. Mayor Kirby noted that the municipality should be able to avoid having to get a loan to help XJUIQVSDIBTFPGB SFTDVF WBOi8FBMTP have some money put away for it,” he said. The 2021 budget approved during council’s December 14 session. The total budget is $5,834,918, including a capital XPSLTBMMPDBUJPOPG 5IFNVOJDJ - QBMMFWZXJMMCF 5IJTSFQSFTFOUT the property tax portion of the municipality’s
Un nouveau système de chauffage au propane destiné à remplacer l’actuel système électrique du centre communautaire de Saint-Anne-de-Prescott fait partie de la liste des projets de travaux d’immobilisations du budget 2021 du canton de Hawkesbury Est. Le budget de 5,8 millions de dollars comprend une augmentation d’un pour cent des taxes foncières. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
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