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on Route 300 as a site for a new fire hall for Embrun. The property would be at no cost to the municipality. In exchange the com- pany would receive the service contract to build the fire hall to township specifications. Township administration noted in its re- port to council during the Feb. 4 commit- tee of the whole session that the proposal could mean a $500,000 saving to the town- ship even with all construction costs fac- tored in. The final cost for building a new fire hall won’t be available until the archi- tectural plans are drafted. The township could then negotiate a fixed price for build- ing a new station on the land and the con- tractor would be responsible for any extra expenses that occurred later during actual construction. Mayor Jean-Paul St-Pierre had already in- dicated his support for the proposal when it was presented Feb. 4. The issue that he and the rest of council have to decide on now is whether to allow a one-time-only ex- emption in this case to the township policy against sole-sourcing of major municipal contracts. The township has had satisfac- tory dealings with Robert Excavating in the past on other infrastructure projects. raphie de la région, il a mentionné. Les études démontrent que le pourcent- age d’anglophones dans le district, déjà connu comme le « château fort de la fran- cophonie de l’Ontario », augmente depuis des années. L’ACFO veut mettre l’accent sur la valeur ajout, du bilinguisme, et ces avantages tout en conservant l’héritage française. Lors du Sommet de la francophonie, la communauté a suggéré fortement que l’ACFO porte une main forte à l’élaboration d’une politique d’aménagement linguis- tique municipal. On sait que la Cour suprême du Canada a refusé dernièrement d’entendre l’appel de l’homme d’affaires d’Embrun, Jean-Serge Brisson, et du militant anglophone, Howard Galganov, qui cherchaient à faire invalider le règlement sur l’affichage bilingue dans le canton de Russell. Le règlement, qui a été adopté en 2008, exige, entre autres, que toutes nouvelles enseignes commerciales extérieures soient bilingues. Le maire de Hawkesbury, René Berthi- aume, a dit qu’il présentera l’idée à ses col- lègues. Au moment d’aller sous presse, les maires de Champlain et de Hawkesbury-Est,
EMBRUN| Russell Township council will take at least a month’s worth of “cooling off” time after finishing with this year’s municipal budget before making any kind of decision about a possible money-sav- ing proposition for the new Embrun fire hall project. Council chose to receive and set aside for further review and consideration a report from administration on a sole-sourcing pro- posal for the new fire hall project. Council is not turning down the proposal but wants time to consider all the pros and cons be- fore making a final decision later this spring. The 2013 budget approved in January in- cludes more than $2 million to expand and upgrade the present Embrun fire station. The money allocated includes a provincial grant, municipal reserve funds, and money from development charges and short-term loans. Now the township has an offer from Rob- ert Excavating, a local firm, for a 1.5-acre lot L’Association canadienne-française de l’Ontario de Prescott-Russell veut que toutes les municipalités des comtés ap- puient officiellement l’affichage commer- cial bilingue. L’organisme veut que Hawkesbury, Alfred- Plantagenet, Hawkesbury-Est et Champlain mettent en vigueur des règlements tels que ceux adoptés par le canton de Russell il y a cinq ans. La Nation, Clarence-Rockland et Cassel- man ont également adopté des politiques qui exigent que les deux langues officielles soient utilisées dans toutes les enseignes commerciales extérieures. L’ACFO affirme que l’affichage bilingue est une façon de protéger la langue et la L’ACFO de Prescott-Russell «désire pro- jeter une prise de conscience envers la communauté», a déclaré le co-président Luc Morin. De nos jours, la migration envers les com- tés change d’une façon accélérée la démog- culture des Franco-Ontariens. « Une prise de conscience » RICHARD MAHONEY RICHARD.MAHONEY@EAP.ON.CA
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Council chose to receive and set aside for further review and consideration a report from administration on a sole- sourcing proposal to replace the current fire hall. The township has an offer from Robert Excavating. he property would be at no cost to the municipality. In ex- change the company would receive the service contract to build the fire hall to township specifications.
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