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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Hawkesbury Downtown Business
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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presenttothetownapetitionsignedbyone-
The fiscal position of the BIAwill 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.Butthemunicipality’sroleislimited
taxpayers.
tothatofataxcollector,stressedCouncillor
Thefutureoftheorganizationhasbeenin
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
Anydebtorsurplusistheresponsibility
calling for end of the commission. Council
of themembers, notedThibodeau, the only
did not act on the petition because it was not
BIAboardmemberwhoremainsfollowing
presented in the proper format.
amassresignationinDecember.Councillors
InlateDecember,threeBIAdirectorsquit
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
Thesociety’sboardofdirectorsalsoquitand
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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 whoworked for the Society,
Plus, the commission has a lease with
the BIA and the Chamber of Commerce.
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TheleaseonapieceoflandbesidePlacedes
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The original mandate of the three-
member temporary board was to recruit
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BIA,whichwasformedin1985toembellish
and promote the downtown area. But now
thetemporaryboardispreparingtooversee
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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