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Hawkesbury council costs rise to $153,100
$17,100 salary, $1,152 stipend as a library
Councillor Alain Fraser was paid
and his phone allocation.
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board member, $229 in mileage and a $480
$20,905. This sum consisted of his $17,100
Councillor Michel Thibodeau was paid
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cellular phone allocation.
salary, mileage of $1,171, meals costing
$17,157, which included remuneration of
Councillor Michel Beaulne received a
$189, registration fees of $1,220,
$17,100 and a training session expense of
M embers of Hawkesbury town council
total of $17,794 – his $17,314 salary and a
accommodation
of
$1,098
and
$57.35.
cell phone allocation of $480.
cost a little more in 2011 than they did in
representation costs of $125.
Councillor Marc Tourangeau got
Councillor André Chamaillard received
2010, according to a report presented to
Councillor Johanne Portelance was paid
$17,348, which included pay of $17,100
$17,697, which included his pay of $17,217
council.
$18,962, which was comprised of her
and a $248 expense for a training meeting.
In 2011, the seven members received
about $153,100 in salaries and
reimbursements, compared to $151,597 in
2010.
Topping the list was Mayor René
Berthiaume, who got $43,237 in his first full
year as mayor.
In 2010, Jeanne Charlebois received
$38,159 when she was the head of council.
Berthiaume’s total included his $32,710
in salary, $3,339 for his salary as a member
of the police services board and $2,721 for
mileage. His expenses consisted of $2,135
in “representation costs,” $1,550 for
registration fees, $579 for accommodation,
and $185 for meals. The list includes the
mayor’s attendance at six provincial and
federal partisan political events.
Such expenses sparked a long and often
heated debate at council recently.
Tight budget
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Like almost every other rural
municipality in the region, Alfred-
Plantagenet is holding the line on its
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budget this year and sticking to a modest
increase for its property tax levy.
Council approved a $9 million budget
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Included is a $1.1 million capital works
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The municipal levy portion of the
budget works out about $4.1 million in
property taxes to collect, a three- per cent
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increase in last year’s levy. For the average
homeowner, that will mean another $16
for every $100,000 assessed value of their
property.
Individual property tax demands will
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Commercial,
industrial, farm and other types of
property have different tax rates and
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The big-ticket items in this year’s
budget for the municipality include a 6.95
per cent increase policing costs, which
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an increase to $87,965 in the township’s
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professional fee allocation for the
professional fees required to ensure that
closure of the Curran landfill site meets
provincial environment ministry
guidelines.
The township is also dedicating
$59,600thisyeartowardsrenovationwork
on the Plantagenet community hall and
$59,000 towards the Alfred public library
for a business plan for the new library
building and the staff to man it.
Wendover benefits from this year’s
budget through $240,000 set aside for
purchase of a new tanker truck and self-
contained breathing units for village’s
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fire protection service. The township will
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public works department has dedicated
almost $420,000 for road building in this
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year’s budget with about $318,000
allocated for Concession 3 in Plantagenet.
The remainder is split up between road
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Water service rates will increase three per
cent on the fixed rate portion of the bill for
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