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Grenville-sur-la-Rouge town hall bill $1.5 million RICHARD MAHONEY richard.mahoney@eap.on.ca
figure will be up to a maximum of $1.5 mil- lion,” said Councillor Robert D’Auzac, chair of the finance committee. Landco, of Piedmont, had been awarded the construction contract at a price of $1.2 million. Municipal council recently approved the payment of additional costs of $21,170 that the firm has incurred during the construc- tion of the building at 88 rue des Érables in Calumet. The work began in September 2013; the municipality moved into the new premises
at the end of March. The project will be fundedwith themoney that the municipality had received when it sold its shares in a hydro power dam at Bell Falls on the Rouge River. The sale generated a surplus of over $1 million for the municipality in 2013. The municipality has sold its former town hall on Maple Street in the village of Gren- ville for a sum of $400,000 to a group from Montréal. The sale has forced the relocation of the food bank to the Calumet library.
CALUMET | The final bill for the new Gren- ville-sur-la-Rouge town hall will come in at around $1.5 million. As of now, the invoice is $1,466,000. “Other expenses are still to come, so we do not yet have the final details. The latest in- formation leads us to believe that the final
Robert D’Auzac
La rondelle lancée aux organismes C’est maintenant aux utilisateurs de présenter un plan de match afin de conserver la glace numéro 2 au Complexe sportif Robert Hartley. Il y a encore des chances que la patinoire soit ouverte en 2015, si les organismes peuvent trouver les moyens d’effacer l’encre rouge des livres du complexe. Lors d’une réunion jeudi dernier, le comité du complexe sportif, qui a terminé son mandat, a appuyé une résolution du conseiller André Chamaillard qui a suggéré que le conseil nomme un conseiller si les utilisateurs veulent poursuivre la recherche de solutions. Ēŏ/1.,(1/ The United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry (SDG) finished 2013 with a surplus of $242,000, according to the counties’ auditors’ report. Over the last five years, SDG’s expenses have increased by a total of only 1.5 percent, less than the rate of inflation while over this same time period, dwindling federal and provincial grants have increased pressure on tax rates. Like many municipalities in Ontario, SDG conti- nues to meet more demands for public services than dollars to meet the demands. Council and staff are keenly aware of financial pressures, stated treasurer Vanessa Bennett.
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