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proposed municipal recreation complex. Two voices on council objected to the postponement. During the Oct. 7 committee of the whole council session Councillors Pierre Leroux and Craig Cullen did a PowerPoint presen- tation to council on their research on the feasibility and need for a multi-purpose re-
“I think it’s a great idea that we have a spe- cialized group that zeroes in on a topic,”said Mayor St-Pierre during the Oct. 21 regular session, but he suggested council defer ap- proval of a special recreation complex com- mittee until its December meeting sessions. The mayor observed that such a com- mittee needs specific terms of reference to serve as its guidelines and also cited a need for such a committee to align itself with the township’s existing parks and recreation advisory committee and the municipal stra- tegic plan which already identifies a recrea- tion complex as a future need, Cullen and Leroux objected to delaying approval for creating the special commit- tee. “I don’t see any reason why we can’t go ahead with this,” said Coun. Cullen. Councillors Jamie Laurin and Éric Bazinet sided with the mayor. “I didn’t see anything out there that was pressing,” said Coun. Laurin, referring to the PowerPoint presentation information from Cullen and Leroux. “No one is saying ‘No’ to a committee,” said Mayor St-Pierre. “Let’s take the time now and make sure we do things right.”The mayor also noted any actual work for such a committee would not begin until the start of the new year. Consideration of a motion of support for a special recreation committee is deferred until the December committee of the whole session of council. Vote on approval of the motion and creation of the committee will take place during the last regular council session in mid-December. Russell Christmas Parade
creation complex similar to ones in the City of Clarence-Rockland and other municipal- ities. They recommended creating a special recreation committee, with themselves as two of its members, to further investigate the idea, including researching costs and possible funding aid sources, with the aid of an experienced project manager.
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EMBRUN | Mayor Jean-Paul St-Pierre has set aside until next month approval of a proposal to create a new committee for a
This year’s Russell Christmas Pa- rade will be held Sunday, November 24, the Russell Fire Department and Russell Lions’ Club have announced. Organizers are currently seeking participants and ask that businesses, organizations and individuals begin registering their floats and other entries by email at russellchristmas- parade@live.com. The parade will start at 1 p.m. from the arena. It will proceed south on Concession Street then down Mill, Castor, Second and Maple streets back to the arena. Float numbers will be distributed by November 17. Fire departments members will be taking photos of children with Santa. A donation to the food bank is requested. Fire- fighters will also collect food items along the route and Scotiabank em- ployees will be collecting change for the food bank as well.
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