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UCPR fire dispatch report lacks financial details
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
each fire department with some firefighters fluent only in either French or English while others have a range of bilingual ability from fluent to functional. The City of Ottawa covers all the cost of its fire dispatch system through its own annual budget. Client municipalities like Clarence-Rockland pay a fixed rate based on local population size. If Ottawa gains more clients for its fire dispatch setup or loses any, it does not affect the fixed rate for client municipalities. Financing for Hawkesbury’s service is more dependent on its clients. Three-quar- ters of the cost is covered through client fees based on municipal populations, average number of calls per year, and the number of fire stations involved. If a new client, like Clarence-Rockland, were added, then costs for the other municipalities would decrease. The report noted that the Hawkesbury service fee will be $4.46 per capita in 2016. If Clarence-Rockland signed up, the fee would drop to $3.33 per capita. Clarence-Rockland currently pays $3.25 per capita for Ottawa dispatch service. Joining the Hawkesbury setup would mean both an increase in the per capita fee plus a one-time $38,000 set-up cost for Clarence-Rockland. If any of Hawkesbury’s present clients chose to switch over to Ottawa, they would have a lower per capita fee of $3.25 for fire dispatch. The costs for those staying with Hawkesbury would then increase from the current $4.46. If enough municipalities de- cided to switch to Ottawa, then the Hawkes- bury service could prove too expensive to maintain and it would shut down, forcing everyone to contract with Ottawa. The report did not have details on all the radio equipment upgrade costs to switch over to Ottawa.
A consultant’s report on fire dispatch ser- vice for Prescott-Russell municipalities has the answers to every question except one. Local mayors want to know how much it would cost their own communities to sign on with the City of Ottawa for fire/rescue dispatch service. The United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR) council reviewed a 60-page report from Willow Falls Consulting on the cur- rent fire service dispatch setup for Prescott- Russell.The report lists the four options the UCPR and its member municipalities could follow concerning future fire dispatch but several mayors commented on the lack of specific details on cost benefits for indi- vidual communities for each of the options and they want a follow-up report focusing on that. «I would like to see a cost per munici- pality,” said Warden Robert Kirby, mayor for East Hawkesbury. “Is that what we’re going to get?” “I will ensure that, sir,” saidMichel Chré- tien, UCPR emergency services director. Both the City of Ottawa and the Town of Hawkesbury provide fire dispatch service for parts of Prescott-Russell. The City of Clarence-Rockland contracts with Ottawa while the other sevenmunicipalities contract with Hawkesbury. The report noted that both setups provide bilingual service for callers. Radio commu- nication between the dispatch centre and trucks out on a call is also bilingual for the Hawkesbury setup while Ottawa Fire Dis- patch uses just English for its radio com- munication. There is a range of English/ French language skills among members of
BEDFORD / LALONDE John, fils de Gérard Bedford et Constance Leahy, naît à Québec le 30 novembre 1940. Il est le troisième enfant d’une famille de quatre. Il passe son enfance à Québec. Marie-Reine, fille d’Olivier Lalonde et Aurore Duval, voit le jour à Plantagenet le 10 février 1947. Elle est la quatrième enfant d’une famille de six et passe son enfance à Plantagenet et Alfred. Marie-Reine et John se rencontrent le 20 novembre 1965 sur le perron de l’église à Plantagenet par l’entremise d’un ami de John. Ils unissent leur destinée le 20 août 1966 en l’église St-Victor d’Alfred. Ils habitent à Plantagenet pendant 6 ans pour ensuite acheter une maison à Alfred où ils demeurent pendant 18 ans. La famille déménage à Rockland au début des années 90. Marie-Reine travaille au restaurant «Le roi du hamburger» à Plantagenet et «Ontario Café» à Alfred. Depuis plus de 35 ans, elle est serveuse chez Georges, maintenant «Dunn’s Famous», à Rockland. John doit abandonner son travail pour un congé de maladie. Dans leur temps libre, Marie-Reine aime jouer au bingo et aux cartes tandis que John préfère jouer aux quilles. Ils sont les parents de trois garçons Michel, André et Patrick. Ils ont un petit-fils Shayne.
John et Marie-Reine le 20 août 1966.
John et Marie-Reine (2014).
De g. à d., Léon Levac, Jeanne- D’Arc Lalonde, Marie-Reine, John, Jeannine Lalonde et Jean-Louis Simard.
Michael J. Houle Q.C./C.R., B.A., B. COMM., LL.B.
ROCKLAND 613 446-6411
CELL.: 613 794-0024 mjhoule@clllp.ca
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