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will need to focus more effort both on police enforcement of traffic rules against speeding BOEXBZTUPNBLFESJWFSTTMPXEPXOBOE be more careful. “I’ve had a lot of complaints from people that their little country road is being used as BTQFFEUSBDL uIFTBJE BEEJOHUIBUIFBMTP has witnessed one illegal “drag race” on a neighbourhood road during his door-to-door DBNQBJHOJOHJO8BSE
from Toronto to Quebec City is an expense UIBU8BSESFTJEFOUTBOEBMM$BOBEJBOT will share through their property taxes as part of future federal budget payments on the national debt. i&WFSZCPEZTIPVMESFBMJ[FUIBU"-50JT not needed and we are all going to pay,” said Miner. Traffic safety is the last major concern for Miner and he indicated that the next council
Gérard “Gerry” Miner may be the longest serving member of Champlain Township council and he wants to continue helping look after the muni- cipality and its people. “I thoroughly enjoy being a councillor,” said Miner, during a phone interview. Miner has spent almost three full decades representing the interests of residents in UIF8FTU)BXLFTCVSZBSFBPG$IBNQMBJO 5PXOTIJQ)FCFHBOIJTDBSFFSJONVOJDJQBM politics starting with a three-year term from UPBTBNFNCFSPG8FTU)BXLFT - bury Township council, before it was later amalgamated by the provincial government into what is now Champlain Township. "GUFSIJTJOJUJBMUFSNPO8FTU)BXLFTCVSZ council, Miner ran for the township’s mayoral seat in 1994. The final ballot in that election campaign saw Miner lose by two votes. An automatic recount of the ballots resulted in a tie vote between the two candidates. Ontario municipal election regulations BMMPXFEUJFCSFBLFSEFDJTJPOTCZBOZTJNQMF means. The names of the two candidates were put in a box for a “lot draw” and Miner’s name wasn’t the one drawn. .JOFS KPLFT UIBU IF iMPTU PO B DPJO toss” and went on to focus on his career JO)BXLFTCVSZTBVUPNPUJWFCVTJOFTTTFDUPS until 2003 when he decided to return to municipal politics and won his 2003 election CJEUPCFDPNFPOFPGUIFUXP8BSE8FTU )BXLFTCVSZSFQSFTFOUBUJWFTPO$IBNQMBJO Township council. i*XBTCPSOBOESBJTFEIFSF 8FTU )BXLFTCVSZ uTBJE.JOFSi*XBTBTDIPPM trustee for eight years before I ran for council.” /PXTFNJSFUJSFE .JOFSSFNBJOTJOWPMWFE XJUIUIFTDIPPMEJTUSJDU XPSLJOHJOUIFTDIPPM transportation service for students. It ties in well with his desire to serve the community where he lives. i5IFPOFUIJOHUIBU*IBWFFOKPZFEXPSLJOH for the municipality,” he said, “is that we have, and always have had, a council with WFSZMJUUMFDPOáJDU8FDPPQFSBUFTPUIBUXF can come to right decision.” Miner lists three primary concerns for him as part of his reelection campaign: maintaining local services, the proposed ALTO high-speed rail project, and local traffic safety. “The biggest challenge there is (for DPVODJM uTBJE.JOFS iJTUPNBJOUBJOUIF TFSWJDFTXFIBWFXJUIPVUIJLJOHUIFUBYFT UPPNVDI5IBUJTPOFUIJOH*XBOUUPLFFQ MPPLJOHBUu )FBMTPXPVMEMJLFSFTJEFOUTUPCFUUFS understand that all the money they pay in property taxes each year does not go to the
municipality. The property tax bill includes all the property taxes that a landowner owes to the municipality, every school district that operates within a municipality, the senior level governments, and various agencies MJLFUIF4PVUI/BUJPO$POTFSWBUJPO"VUIPSJUZ that is allowed to levy property taxes as part of their annual budget revenue. Municipal governments are responsible for collecting all property taxes and then forward the appropriate shares of those taxes to the school districts, senior govern- ments, and other agencies. Miner noted that Champlain Township’s share of all the property taxes it has to collect is about 54 per cent. The rest of the money goes to other government agencies. ALTO is a concern for Miner because his 8FTU)BXLFTCVSZXBSEIBTCPUIBMBSHF number of farmland areas at one end and more residential type neighbourhoods at the other end. )FXPSSJFTUIBUMBOEPXOFSTJOUIFQBSUPG UIFXBSECFUXFFO)JHIXBZBOE1BEEZ Road could be affected if the final decision on the ALTO route goes through or near UIBUBSFB#VUIFUIJOLTUIBUUIFIJHITQFFE rail project is an issue of concern for all of 8BSE i&WFSZCPEZTIPVMECFXPSSJFE uIFTBJE “because we’re all going to have to pay for UIBU QSPKFDU u Miner noted that the final cost for DPOTUSVDUJPOPGUIFQSPQPTFE"-50SBJMMJOL Gérard « Gerry » Miner a passé près de 30 ans à représenter les résidents de Hawkesbury Ouest en tant que conseiller municipal, aussi bien lorsque ce secteur constituait une municipalité autonome qu’après son intégration au canton de Champlain. M. Miner souhaite continuer à œuvrer pour sa communauté ainsi que pour l’ensemble du canton de Champlain. (Photo fournie)
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