Express_2011_03_04

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

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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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Russell, notes centre director André Roy.

TheleaseonapieceoflandbesidePlacedes

Pionniers is in effect until August 31, 2015.

The original mandate of the three-

member temporary board was to recruit

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more directors who would administer the

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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they would like to see their elected officials

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taking office soon after the election,”

Joël Pepin

Christian Patry

Marc Ranger

comments Lalonde.

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