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Quest for a town hall
heads cut off.” However, Baril assures tax- payers that council does indeed have a plan to procure a new municipal hall. De- tails are to be revealed in the near future. Since it was formed April 10, 2002, when Grenville Township merged with the vil- lage of Calumet, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge has been based in the former township’s town hall situated on Maple Street in the village of Grenville. In 2008, the munici- pality purchased the former Roman Cath- olic church and rectory in Calumet with a view towards converting those buildings into the town hall and municipal offices. But that plan was scrapped when renova- tion costs were deemed to be too oner- ous; the buildings were later sold. Potential sites for a new centre have in- cludee land beside the municipal garage on Highway 148 and the Centre Paul-Bou- gie in Calumet, where council meetings are now held.
GRENVILLE-SUR-LA-ROUGE | The quest for a newGrenville-sur-la-Rouge town hall continues with four of the seven coun- cil members hoping to have a new base ready by late next year. By the end of the current term, which expires at the end of 2013, the municipal- ity hopes to have completed a new town hall, say Deputy Mayor Diane Monette and Councillors Noël Baril, Alain Carrière and Pierre Lessard. In the meantime, the mu- nicipality continues to try to sell its current hall, located at 40 Maple St., in the village of Grenville. The decision to extend realtor Gilles Drouin’s mandate to sell has been ex- tended by six months. But the decision was not a unanimous one. Mayor John Saywell fears the municipality is “playing with fire,” since if it receives an offer it cannot refuse on the Maple Street site, GSR will be home- less. “There is no plan for the town hall,” he said at a recent meeting. The issue is one of several that underline the divisions among council members. At an earlier meeting, Councillor Teresa Foreman had suggested the realtor’s man- date be extended. But following Saywell’s comments, she opposed the decision. That prompted Baril to declare: “Incredible! She proposes it and now she opposes it.” Say- well refuted suggestions he was trying to influence Forman’s vote, saying a member could reconsider a position if new informa- tion surfaced during a debate. Some tax- payers also feel council has not fully stud- ied the question. Before people move, they ensure they have a new home, observed Carole Gratton during question period. “If the town hall is sold, where are you going to go? It seems that you are doing things backwards.” She later criticized the mem- bers for behaving like “chickens with the
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Since Grenville-sur-la-Rouge was founded, its town hall has been located in the village of Grenville.
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