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Levac new CAO for city of Cornwall
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has held various positions, including design engineer, assistant m anager engineering and m anager of engineering. Levac also spent approxi m atel y three and a half y ears with the National Research Council in Ottawa where he was respon- sible for the National Guide to Sustainable Municipal Infrastructure. Ma y or Bob Kilger, in a press release issued late Frida y afternoon, welco m ed Levac to his new position. “I a m ver y pleased that Mr. Levac has agreed to take on this ver y i m portant posi- tion with the corporation and I, along with the rest of council look forward to working with hi m .” Levac is a fluentl y bilingual native of Corn- wall and graduate of the Universit y of Ot- tawa who attended pri m ar y and secondar y schools in the cit y .
More fraud charges Two more people face charges in con- nection with a major fuel fraud in Corn- wall early this year. Satna m Singh Purba, 28 of Bra m pton and Manjit Singh Brar, 42 of Caledon were arrested on Nov. 26. The y are accused of obtaining fuel fro m a Brookdale Avenue gas station b y using a reportedl y stolen credit card in March and April. The y are facing charges of fraud, using forged credit card data and possession of credit card data. The arrests follow the arrest of nine m en in Jul y and August b y Me m bers of the Cornwall Co mm unit y Police Service Fraud Unit after $125,000 in fuel was ob- tained through the use of stolen credit cards between Februar y and Ma y . Stolen property The Cornwall Community Police Service Community Patrol Division arrested two men with possession of stolen property, break & enter and possession of break & enter tools during the early hours of Nov.28. It is alleged that K y le Shaver, 26 and Philip MacDonald, 43, both of Cornwall, were found in possession of stolen cop- per wire and break and enter tools after so m eone gained entr y to a Marlborough Street business and re m oved propert y . Further investigation revealed that Shaver was also wanted under the strength of an outstanding warrant for possession of a drug and a bench war- rant for failing to re-attend court on June 7, 2011. MacDonald was released to appear in court on Jan. 8, 2013. Shaver was held in custod y until court later that da y . Parole warrant Shane Cook, 24 of Akwesasne was ar- rested on Nov. 27 under the strength of a parole warrant issued on Oct. 11. He turned hi m self in to the Canadian Border Agenc y Service and was turned over to the Cornwall Co mm unit y Police Service. He was held in custod y until court on Nov. 28. Pushed store employee A Cornwall man faces an assault charge after he was accusing of pushing a store’s loss prevention officer during a shoplifting incident on Nov. 26. Ah m ed El Keri m , 31, was arrested on Nov. 27 after he was accused of shoplift- ing fro m a Water Street store and then pushing the store’s loss prevention offi- cer when she tried to detain hi m . El Keri m is charged with assault and theft under $5,000. He was released to appear in court on Dec.18. The e m plo y ee was not injured in the incident.
GREG KIELEC greg.kielec@eap.on.ca
A long-time city public works employee will be Cornwall’s next chief administra- tive officer. Nor m Levac, m anager of the cit y ’s public works depart m ent, has been selected to re- place for m er CAO Paul Fitzpatrick. Levac was one of two senior m anagers in the running for the position which beca m e vacant when Ma y or Bob Kilger announced Fitzpatrick’s troubled tenure was over on June 29. Cit y planner Stephen Alexander has been acting as interi m CAO while the cit y searched for Fitzpatrick’s replace m ent. Levac is a professional engineer who has been e m plo y ed b y the cit y for 25 y ears. He
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Norm Levac, the city’s manager of public works, has been named Cornwall’s new chief administrative officer.
Condo proposal for Lamoureux Park dead
co mm ittee turned its attention back to a plan to develop the historic Pointe Maligne which was dropped last y ear, shortl y before the co mm ittee began pursuing the condo plan. Rivette has asked that the stud y on the
sessions this past su mm er to gauge the public’s response to waterfront develop- m ent. “The waterfront will alwa y s be a hot topic, alwa y s. And it is alwa y s a hot topic because
An 18-month-old proposal to allow the construction of condos in Lamoureux Park east of the Cornwall Civic Complex will not get off the ground floor. Cornwall cit y council accepted the ad- m inistration’s reco mm endation not to pro- ceed with the controversial proposal at a m eeting last night at cit y hall. “In the end, there was clearl y no support for that and no support overall fro m the Co mm ittee to proceed,” said Waterfront De- velop m ent Co mm ittee chair Lee Cassid y in a letter included with ad m inistration’s rec- o mm endation. The idea – first raised b y co mm ittee m e m - ber Ro y Perkins in June 2011 -- was soundl y rejected b y respondents in both public and online surve y s conducted earlier this y ear b y the cit y . The co mm ittee had proposed the site be- cause it is the onl y cit y -owned waterfront land i mm ediatel y available for develop- m ent. Councillor Andre Rivette said it is ti m e the
site near the old oil tank lands east of Marina 200, which is essentiall y the birthplace of Cornwall, be referred to coun- cil in Januar y for review. “I want it to co m e before council in Januar y . I think it is i m portant we take a look at this stud y . Half the work has been done,” Rivette told The Journal. He also said the waterfront co mm ittee is wasting its ti m e tr y ing to push through devel- op m ent in La m oureux Park.
it’s a powerful econo m ic driver – touris m , econo m ic develop- m ent – and also a social devel- op m ent driver – recreation, ex- ercise and because it’s beautiful and it’s ours.” She said such public feedback exercises are i m portant to cit y council. “The y get people fired up and the y get people talking about what the y want to see for their cit y . We got so m e clear m essages … but we also got a lot of ideas.” So m e ke y the m es, like the
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“You’re wasting y our … ti m e. You’re wast- ing ad m inistration’s ti m e. If the y want a big push, then let the m push Point Maligne.” Councillor Bernadette Cle m ent, speaking at last week’s council m eeting, said pub- lic consultations are “ m ess y , awkward and tense,” referring to the public infor m ation
creation of a boardwalk and whether light co mm ercial develop m ent should be al- lowed along the waterfront, ca m e out of the discussions with the public, Cle m ent said. Council m ust also consider whether the current waterfront plan is still relevant in light of the consultations, she said..
Pigeon fanciers get three-month reprieve from city council
m al control b y law would have m ade the keeping of do m estic pigeons in cit y resi- dential areas illegal as of this Frida y . A m or- atoriu m approved b y council last Monda y dela y s the ban’s i m ple m entation until Feb. 28, 2013. So m e council m e m bers are concerned about health issues resulting fro m drop- pings fro m the racing pigeons. But van der Jagt said at a Nov. 13 council m eeting that the droppings causing co m plaints are m ost likel y fro m feral pigeons. Van der Jagt has forwarded docu m enta- tion fro m various sources and govern m ent m inistries in backing his argu m ent to allow
do m estic pigeon keeping in Cornwall resi- dential areas, according to an interi m re- port on the issue fro m cit y ad m inistration. A m ong the infor m ation forwarded to the cit y are excerpts of ani m al control b y - laws fro m Ajax, and the cities of Ottawa and Ha m ilton. “This infor m ation, together with ongoing B y law Division research, will be the essence of the subsequent 2013 co m - prehensive report to council,” reads the re- port to council. “Para m ount in this report will be do m es- tic pigeon keeping with reference and con- cern to co mm unit y health and well-being,” the report reads.
Cornwall pigeon keepers can feel a little cockier after a ban on their pastime was delayed three months at a city council meeting last Monday night. Council postponed the i m ple m entation of the pigeon-keeper ban to gather m ore infor m ation after it was urged b y Mike van der Jagt of the Canadian Racing Pigeon Union, backed b y a galler y packed with pi- geon fanciers, to overturn the m easure at a Nov. 13 council m eeting. An Aug. 13 a m end m ent to the cit y ’s ani-
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