Express_2012_03_16

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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

program.

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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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assessed value is for a house and

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Commercial,

industrial, farm and other types of

property have different tax rates and

assessments.

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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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works out to a total of $80,743, along with

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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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take out a bank loan for the fire truck. The

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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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