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&/#3&'r#3*&'4 LA SAISON DES FEUX La première vague de chaleur de l’été est terminée et, jusqu’à présent, les municipalités de Prescott-Russell n’ont pas choisi d’imposer des interdictions de feu en plein air. Cependant, les résidents doivent vérifier auprès de leur bureau municipal les conditions rela- tives aux feux en plein air s’ils veulent allumer un petit feu pour cuisiner dans l’arrière-cour ou pour se débarrasser de déchets de papier. Le canton de Hawkesbury Est a décrété un moratoire sur l’approbation de nouveaux permis de brûlage jusqu’en septembre et d’autres municipalités pourraient égale- ment imposer de nouvelles conditions concernant les permis de feu en plein air. – Gregg Chamberlain CDSBEO GRAD PLANS The Class of 2021 for the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) will have a virtual graduation ceremony this month. The CDSBEO has directed all of its schools to prepare graduation plans that follow public health prevention protocols for COVID-19. Students will get to wear their cap-and-gown outfits on Graduation Day when they receive their diploma, either through a drive-through or drop-off ceremony. Schools are also preparing special graduation packages containing mementoes and scholarships or other benefits for graduates. Parents should ask about graduation photo time sche- dules at schools. – Gregg Chamberlain ALLÉE FERDINAND LANE Un petit chemin de terre qui mène aux sentiers de vélo de montagne, aux pistes de traîneau à chiens et à d’autres activités récréatives de plein air dans la forêt Larose aura un nouveau nom. Le conseil de Clarence-Rockland a approu- vé une proposition des Comtés unis de Prescott-Russell visant à nommer le chemin d’accès Allée Ferdinand Lane en l’honneur de Ferdinand Larose, un pionnier local de la conservation dont le travail a permis de remettre la forêt Larose dans un état désertique résul- tant de la déforestation et de l’érosion. – Gregg Chamberlain
LOAN RENEWAL FOR CLARENCE-ROCKLAND ARENA
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Council approved a renewal on the loan the city took out for the Clarence- Rockland Arena. The City of Clarence-Rockland has a debt of about $4.3 million remaining on a bank loan for construction of the Clarence- Rockland Arena. The term of the loan is up for renewal this year and the city’s finance department proposed a method for reducing the amount of money owed to the bank for quicker repayment of the loan. The department recommended the city “borrow” about $2.5 million from itself and apply that to the outstanding loan balance. That would leave about $1.9 million left to pay off over a shorter period to the bank than originally planned. The city would repay its own internal loan at the same interest rate as the bank loan. The repayments for the internal loan would be done through annual municipal alloca- tions for debt payments. The plan would also improve the city’s municipal debt capacity. Council approved the proposal.
Le conseil a approuvé une proposition du service des finances municipales visant à rembourser plus tôt que prévu le solde de la dette de construction de l’aréna de Clarence- Rockland. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
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The Upper Canada District School Board approved its budget for the 2020-2021 school year. The $385.8 million budget includes almost $49 million dedicated to special education programs along with a $50 million capital works projects fund. —file photo
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for mental health support for district schools, $4.6 million in support funding for the dis- USJDUT*OEJHFOPVT&EVDBUJPOQSPHSBN million for ongoing remote and digital lear- ning program support, $1.1 million invested in student technology aid, and $300,000 to support the Kemptville Apprenticeship Program. The district will also invest $50 million in school and childcare capital works projects, as well as additions, upgrades and retrofits to various school and district facilities. The budget has a $2.2 million contingency fund to support the district’s COVID-19 res- ponse plan, including needed purchases of personal protective equipment, and approved sick leaves. This is extra money allocated in the district budget and does not include UIFNJMMJPOUIBUUIF&EVDBUJPO.JOJTUSZ has already provided for COVID-19 response needs.
The Upper Canada District School Board has its budget ready for the next school year. Trustees approved the budget during their June 2 meeting. The 2020-2021 district budget calls for $385.8 million in operations and capital projects expenses. Finance department staff project a pos- sible $400,000 surplus for the budget at the end of the fiscal year if there prove to be some cost savings or additional senior government financial aid. Budget report highlights include $48.9 million dedicated to special education pro- grams and services. This equals 12.8 per cent of the total district expenses for the school year. Other budget highlights include $1 million
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