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Michel Thivierge says adieu to City Hall GREGGCHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca pointment to the municipal hydro board when the Town of Rockland had its own hy- droelectric setup.
lines when they should have been.” Thivierge credits the local hydro crew un- der the direction of then-superintendent Maurice Rousseau with keeping the lights on in town during the ice storm. “We had a well-oiled machine,” he said. “It was the best.” One political thorn inThivierge’s side is his disappointment with the bargaining results when the municipality negotiated with On- tario Hydro, later re-named Hydro One, for the sale of Rockland Hydro Electric. The City of Clarence-Rockland received about $4 million in 2000 for its hydro operation. “The biggest regret I have is they sold Rockland Hydro for peanuts,”Thivierge said. The most recent highlights of his time
in office include the construction of the YMCA recreation complex through the partnership agreement between the city, the YMCA, and le Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est ontarien, and later the agreement between the city and the devel- opers of the Canadian International Hockey Academy. He observed that Jean-Marc Lalonde, who in mid-February announced his of- ficial candidacy for the Ward 1 seat, would make a good representative on council for the area and up to the challenge of finding money from senior governments. “I think he’s one very capable person, if there is anyone able to do it,”Thivierge said. “He knows the town.”
He served on the local hydro board for 25 years and has been the Ward 1 representa- tive for 15 years in the Town of Rockland and later the City of Clarence-Rockland af- ter the amalgamation. Looking over the years, one event stands out in Thivierge’s mind because of his origi- nal involvement with the hydro board. “When we had the (1998) ice storm,” he said.“We did not have major power outages in Rockland, when all around us they (other communities) were blacked out. That’s be- cause we did our job. We cut the (overhang- ing) branches and we repaired the (power)
ROCKLAND | Michel Thivierge will say good-bye to Clarence-Rockland council chamber after the fall municipal election this year. The veteran councillor for Ward 1 will not seek re-election, citing personal health as his main reason for his decision. “It’s out of the question,” Thivierge said during a Feb. 20 phone interview. “I’m not going to run.” An electrician by trade, Thiverge first entered into local politics through his ap-
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