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Dubois Street homeowners have ditchwater flooding woes gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca St-Pascal-Baylon a natural result related to the state of the neighbourhood road and ditch. “My question to council,” said Murphy, “is when can we expect results?” Guibord and Chief Administrative Officer Pierre Tessier both noted that the city must make certain through its inspection program proper drainage exists.
made sincere efforts to try and help the householders along Dubois Street. He blamed the accumulated problems of the past four years on the previous physical services director, noting there is supposed to be a drainage easement between the newly-developed section of Dubois Road and the older neighbourhood but it doesn’t exist. Coun. René Campeau said that it is the developer’s responsibility to make sure drainage swales exist. Mayor Marcel
Some homeowners along Dubois Street in St-Pascal-Baylon have water problems that have nothing to do with their plumbing. The ditches along their road are overflowing into their backyards turning them into miniature lakes and their basements into indoor ponds. “My whole backyard is under water,” Paul Murphy told Clarence-Rockland council at its May 14 regular session. He reported that the flooding situation is overwhelming sump pumps in some of the homes and the standing water is starting to stagnate, creating health concerns. A sink hole is also starting to develop at one point along the road. Another householder reported at least $30,000 worth of damage to his basement from flooding, with growing mold and other problems related to the continuing damp. His homeowner’s insurance may notcoverthecostofrepairstohisbasement because the insurance agency is claiming the flooding is not a result of disaster but Vous êtes invités à assister à l’Assem- blée générale annuelle de la Corporation le mercredi 20 juin 2012, à 19 h, au bureau central, 250, rue Principale Est, pièce 210, Hawkesbury. Le Comité des candidatures avise ses membres qu’ils peuvent présenter des candidats au poste de Directeur/trice au Conseil d’administration. Pour obtenir une copie des Statuts et règlements ou pour soumettre une candidature, veuillez téléphoner au 1 866 363-3210 ou au 613 632-7837.
Murphy and his neighbours complained to the physical services office four years ago about the problem with the roadside drai- nage ditches along Dubois Street and “nothing happened.” Last year the householders met with, Yves Rouselle, the new physical services director about the situation, and Rouselle promised to try to do something to fix the matter. Rouselle told council that he had his student interns survey the area and he estimates at least $6000 needed for backhoe work to deal with the critical sections of ditching and get the overflow water drained. He told council that his original $10,000 ditching repairs budget for this year “is already spent” thanks to a bill from the City of Ottawa for ditching work along the Canaan Road boundary dividing Rockland from Orléans-Ottawa. Murphy told council that Rouselle has You are invited to the Annual General Meeting of our Corporation on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at Main office, 250 Main Street East, unit 210, Hawkesbury. The Nomination Committee informs its members that they can present their candidacy for a position on the Board of Directors. To obtain a copy of the Rules and Regulations or to submit a candidacy, please call the office at 1-866-363-3219 or 613-446-7847.
“We do have a certain responsibility when inspections are done,” said Tessier. “We will move on this quickly and report back to council.” Tessier noted that staff will try to find an immediate solution to the present problem and then work out a long-term answer for the follow-up report to council.
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during the spring thaw until the ground dries out. “We’re doing lots but we also still have lots more to do,” he said. “We’ve got 250 kilometres of road. My goal is to have all of my concession roads paved in such a way to make maintenance easier.” The mayor also noted that there are a couple of bridges in his township that will need upgrading work in the near-future. Later on that same day after the meeting with Chiarelli, Lalonde and other mayors in the Glengarry-Prescott-Russell riding of newLiberal MPPGrant Crackmust rush to St-Isidore in The Nation Municipality for a late-afternoon workshop at the vil- lagecommunitycentrewithTedMcMeekin, the new agriculture and rural affairs minister, and Kathleen Wynne, who heads municipal affairs and housing now. That precedes the annual Liberal Trillium Dinner which will take place at the St- Isidore Community Centre later that evening and feature both ministers as the special guests of honour. Mayor Lalonde anticipates that infras- tructure will be the focus of talks between mayors and Wynne while the ongoing farm tax issue will the chief topic with McMeekin. at their home. Some of the clothing they turn over to people they know or to one of the churches in Casselman for re-sale at the church thrift store. During a recent visit to the Curran landfilltheyweretoldbyatownshipbylaw officer on an inspection visit that the mu- nicipal regulations for the landfill do not allow individuals to salvage stuff. The contractor managing the site sorts recyclable materials into separate piles until there is enough accumulated to war- rant collection by a recycling dealer who then pays the township for the materials. Council refused the couple’s request for an exemption to the no-salvage rule at the landfill. Township administration noted in a later interview that municipal staff are warning away other people found trying to scavenge at the landfills. Repeat offenders may face trespassing charges.
The last week of May features some high-profile visits from Queen’s Park to Eastern Ontario First is a May 24 gathering that the Township of Perth has organized for an information-and-idea exchange session with Ontario Infrastructure Minister Bob Chiarelli. Alfred-Plantagenet Township Mayor Jean-Yves Lalonde is looking forward to the meeting. “It’s an informal discussion,” Mayor Lalonde said during a May 11 phone inter- view, adding themain focus is on continued long-term financial help from the province on municipal infrastructure projects. “Also what our necessities are,” he said. “Wewilltryandputtogetherfortheminister short- and long-term ways for the ministry to help municipalities.” Mayor Lalonde noted that one of his township’s priorities is getting all of its remaining gravel roads in the more rural parts of the municipality treated with the double-surfacing method that has proven to be an effective and economic alternative to full-paving. Many of the concession roads, he said, are still in a “seasonal state” where they become difficult to drive on Recycling stuff nobody else wants is common practice nowadays. But the unwritten code of salvage rights does not include any of the landfills in Alfred- Plantagenet. Council reviewed a letter from a St-Isi- dore couple asking for permission to scour the Curran landfill for any items they might be able to use around their house and yard. The Curran landfill is one of the regular places for their picker expeditions for the past three years and some of the stuff they have retrieved and recycled include a refurbished door for the front of the house, pieces of exterior siding, a solid-wood bedroom set circa late 1950s/early 1960s, clothing, and several bags of high-end priced dog food for their pet. Not all of the stuff they salvage ends up
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