Questions hang over BIA
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by 15 people.
When Thibodeau ask for nominations to
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the board, the response was silence.
“I think that the easy thing to do is to
It is clear that the end is near for the
dissolve and to pay our debts,” said
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businessman Roman Eugster.
Improvement Area Commission. But the
Dissolution will not be quick. To begin
financial status of the organization is less
the process, pro-dissolution members must
certain.
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present to the town a petition signed by one-
The fiscal position of the BIA will not be
third of the membership. A formal vote will
known until the 2010 financial statements
then be organized. Dissolution must be
have been prepared and presented to town
backed by at least 50 per cent of the BIA
council. But the municipality’s role is limited
taxpayers.
to that of a tax collector, stressed Councillor
The future of the organization has been in
Michel Thibodeau at a recent meeting held
doubt since the fall when Charest and
to discuss the fate of the organization.
Marielle Charlebois presented a petition
Any debt or surplus is the responsibility
calling for end of the commission. Council
of the members, noted Thibodeau, the only
did not act on the petition because it was not
BIA board member who remains following
presented in the proper format.
a mass resignation in December. Councillors
In late December, three BIA directors quit
Johanne Portelance and Marc Tourangeau
after the town cancelled its $120,000 annual
have been named by council to form a
contribution to the Société de development
temporary BIA board.
commercial et touristique de Hawkesbury.
BIA members will probably be faced
The society’s board of directors also quit and
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with red ink when the books are finally
closed its office at La Maison de l’île. The
closed. As of December 31, the BIA owed
money had been used to pay the salaries of
$26,227 to the municipality.
two employees who worked for the Society,
Plus, the commission has a lease with
the BIA and the Chamber of Commerce.
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BIA, which was formed in 1985 to embellish
and promote the downtown area. But now
the temporary board is preparing to oversee
the dissolution of the commission.
“The BIA has had its time. Everyone
wants to see it dissolved,” said Roger
Charest at the meeting that was attended
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