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Champlain faces a spate of money problems
Housing development work will be carried out “next y ear at the latest.” The invest m ent in repainting the tank is considered to be a wise m ove be- cause a new one would cost about $2 m il- lion. VANKLEEK HILL | After four years of sit- ting on the drawing table, a new 42-unit subdivision in the east end of Vankleek Hill is moving forward. Cha m plain Township council is poised to approve a zoning change for the Clifton- dale Construction project that will be lo- cated on the south side of Count y Road 10. Consisting of 26 single fa m il y dwellings, eight townhouses and eight condo m in- iu m s, the subdivision will be developed on a parcel of land situated west of Hibbard Street and the railwa y tracks and i mm edi- atel y east of Newton Road. The plan, which was first presented in 2009, had raised concerns a m ong council m e m bers and neighbours about the po- tential i m pact the subdivision would have on current residents. However, now that m ost of those reservations have been ad- dressed, council is expected to for m all y en- dorse the plan at its Septe m ber 12 session. advances newsrooms@eap.on.ca
and costl y project. This will give us all the details and a cost breakdown for this stor m sewer upgrade and will allow us to better plan for our 2013 budget. If we wait until our 2013 budget proposals, and if Coun- cil were to approve this project, then we would not have enough ti m e to co m plete both the preli m inar y design work, and re- construction b y the end of the 2013 con- struction season.” Another large ite m on the “things to do” list is an overhaul of the L’Orignal water res- ervoir. The m unicipalit y has been advised that it m ust spend $205,000 to deal with rust inside and outside the tower. Thériault recentl y suggested that the
The m a y or stressed that the m unicipalit y could not continue m aking financial co m - m it m ents without having the necessar y financing. “We are m ortgaging our future,” he said. The m a y or also expressed frustra- tion with the su m s the township has spent on road depart m ent equip m ent. For the Wharf and Peter Streets work, council has decided to proceed with a stud y of $27,500 to prepare the design of the project. Councillor Paul E m ile Du- val observed that if the township has the details settled b y the end of the y ear, the m unicipalit y would have a better chance to land provincial support so the actual work could take place in 2013. As ad m inistrator Jean Thériault noted, the govern m ent does not have a lot of m one y available and priorit y will be given to those projects that are “shovel read y .” The stor m sewer job has been on the planning board for the last three y ears. In the 2010 and 2011 budgets, the township had allocated $400,000 for the sewer up- grade, public works superintendent Ja m es McMahon recalled in a m e m o to council. “This project is necessar y because the stor m sewer s y ste m in this area (Peter Street & Wharf Street) is ver y old and needs to be re-designed and replaced. As Council is aware we are having reoccur- ring flooding issues in this area and the y m ust be addressed,” he writes. “I feel that we should start with the preli m inar y de- sign in the fall of 2012 as this is a ver y large
PLEASANT CORNER | Dwindling reserves and rising demands for improvements have Champlain Township officials facing some difficult financial decisions. At a recent council m eeting, Ma y or Gar y Barton asked the central question: “Where do we get the m one y for all this?” When it adopted its 2012 budget, the township dipped into its reserves in order to avoid a large tax increase. Meanwhile, the m unicipalit y has received a stead y flow of new requests for spending. “We can hardl y afford to fix our infra- structure,” Barton noted when council dis- cussed proposed drainage i m prove m ents in L’Orignal, where the m unicipalit y also has plans for a new co mm unit y centre and a water tower requires attention. Drainage at the m unicipal park m ust also be upgrad- ed. Meanwhile, it will cost the township at least $400,000 to i m prove stor m sewers on Wharf and Peter Streets in L’Orignal. New charges in attempted murder case newsroom@eap.on.ca HAWKESBURY | A second person has been charged in connection with an al- leged atte m pted m urder in Hawkesbur y in March. The follow-up investigation of a break and enter at a Portelance Street residence March 12 has resulted in charges being laid against M y lène Rouleau Kenned y , 26, of L’Orignal, and further charges be- ing laid against Andrew Kenned y , 23, of Hawkesbur y , who was earlier charged with atte m pted m urder. M y lène Rouleau Kenned y has been charged with being an accessor y after the fact, break and enter with intent to co m - m it an indictable offence, obstructing jus- tice and two counts of breach of a co mm u- nication order, reports the Hawkesbur y Ontario Provincial Police detach m ent. Of- ficers also gathered infor m ation concern- ing a robber y co mm itted in Nove m ber, 2011 in Hawkesbur y . As a result Andrew Kenned y has also been charged with rob- ber y using an offensive weapon, wearing a disguise with intent to co mm it an indict- able offence, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and two counts of breach of a co mm unication order. The atte m pted m urder charged was laid after a m an had cli m bed the second-sto- re y balcon y of a residence and broke into the living roo m . Police sa y he then tried to strangle a fe m ale teenager who was sleeping on the living roo m couch. When a fe m ale resident ca m e to the help of the teenager, the assailant fled the scene b y ju m ping fro m the second-floor balcon y . The teenager suffered m inor injuries.
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