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&/#3&'r#3*&'4 CALENDRIER BUDGÉTAIRE Le personnel et le conseil municipal de Hawkesbury seront occupés en janvier à préparer le budget 2023 en vue de son approbation en février. Le conseil devrait avoir la première ébauche du budget disponible pour examen lors de sa séance du 12 janvier. Une session spéciale de deux jours pour discuter du budget aura lieu les 18 et 19 janvier. L’objectif est de terminer le projet final d’ici la fin janvier et de le soumettre à l’approbation du conseil lors de sa première réunion en février. – Gregg Chamberlain RECYCLING REPORT Less used and broken electronic equipment is ending up in the regional landfill that serves Hawkesbury, East Hawkesbury, and Champlain Township. The November report of the Joint Recycling Committee noted that Recycle Action Inc. collected and processed for salvage 70.01 tonnes of electronic and electrical waste items during the period from January to October this year, compared to 63.94 tonnes for the same period last year. – Gregg Chamberlain DG DE HAWKESBURY EST Le conseil du canton de Hawkesbury Est a approuvé le règlement 2022-58, lors de sa séance du 12 décembre, afin de reconfirmer Luc Lalonde à titre du direc- teur général de la municipalité, avec un salaire de 122 250 $ pour l’année 2023 ainsi qu’une augmentation de salaire de trois pour cent pour 2024 et de deux pour cent pour 2025 et 2026. Le règlement confirme également une allocation de voyage de 1000 $ par année pour le kilométrage lorsqu’il doit voyager pour les affaires municipales. – Gregg Chamberlain NEW REYCLING COORDINATOR Jennifer Ashfield is the new recycling program coordinator the Hawkesbury and Area Joint Recycling Committee. Her appointment takes place effective January 1 2023. She takes over the position from Robert Lefebvre, who steps down from the post at the end of December. – Gregg Chamberlain GREFFIÈRE INTÉRIMAIRE Le conseil municipal de Hawkesbury a confirmé la nomination de Sonia Girard à titre de greffière intérimaire de la municipalité, lors de sa séance du 8 décembre. Sa nomination est rétroactive au 28 novembre. – Gregg Chamberlain CHAMPLAIN VOTER TURNOUT RESULTS Voter turnout in Champlain Ward 1 and 3 averaged 57%, which represents a 5.8% drop from the 2018 elections. 72% of votes were cast by internet, as opposed to 70.9% in 2018. In her report to council, Champlain Clerk Alison Collard writes “Council could consider whether voting by telephone would still be a viable option for the 2026 elec- tions.”– Antoine Messier STORM WARNING Another snowstorm is expected to hit the Eastern Ontario region in time for the Christmas weekend. Mixed rain and snow are predicted. Residents should stay home and avoid travel if possible.
La dernière version du budget proposé pour 2023 pour le canton de Hawkesbury Est comprend une augmentation des taxes de 3,5 %. Le conseil municipal examinera et approuvera le budget en janvier s’il n’y a pas d’autres changements à y apporter.. —photo d’archives
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session. Lalonde presented the new draft of the proposed 2023 budget based on sugges- tions from council during last month’s original presentation. The proposed budget calls for $5,183,162 in operations and capital works expenses. Almost half of the township’s expenses for next year will be covered through senior government grants and other funding
sources. That leaves a municipal levy of $2,481,333 that the township must raise through property taxes. This year’s budget includes a 3.5-per-cent tax increase to deal with the municipal levy. The current draft of the budget will come back to council in January for final review and approval if there are no further changes.
East Hawkesbury Township council received the latest draft of the 2023 budget for the municipality. “If no changes are requested, then they will be able to approve it,” said Luc Lalonde, township chief administrator, during a phone interview following the December 12 council
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Hawkesbury garage might still not meet all the needs of the town’s public works department for housing its fleet of municipal work vehicles and other equipment or staff needs for office space, work space, and other matters. #PUIUIF-3-&OHJOFFSJOHBOENVOJDJQBM administration reports noted that building a Le service des travaux publics de Hawkesbury aura un nouveau garage municipal d’ici quelques années. Le conseil a approuvé la recommandation de l’administration et d’un ingénieur-conseil de construire une nouvelle installation sur mesure, à côté du dépotoir à neige de la rue Spence. Le service des finances commencera à élaborer un plan budgétaire pour le coût estimé de 7,2 millions de dollars du projet.
needs for such a facility. It would also mean more efficient use of staff and equipment, with all vehicles, equipment, and supplies at one location. Municipal administration has also contac- ted Hydro Hawkesbury to determine if it would be willing to relocate its office and inventory to the new municipal garage site on Spence Street. Hydro Hawkesbury officials will bring the subject up for discussion at a future board meeting. Council voted to accept the recommenda- tion for Option 1 for a new municipal garage next to the Spence Street snow dump site. Administration began the process to acquire a 2.54-acre commercial lot adjacent to the snow dump as part of the municipal garage construction project. During the December 8 session of the new council Bylaw 62-2022 was approved. The bylaw confirms the town will buy the lot on Spence Street owned by the Hawkesbury Community Industrial Strategic Planning Association (HCISPA). The lot is adjacent to the municipal snow dump and will provide the space needed to construction of a new municipal garage and also provide more space for the snow dump. The finance department is now working on a separate budget plan for the municipal garage project, including determining finan- cing options, to present to council as part of the 2023 budget discussions in January.
Hawkesbury’s finance department staff is working out options to finance construction of a new municipal garage. One of the last major financial decisions for council under Mayor Paula Assaly before the October municipal election was approval of a recommenation from administration on the best option for replacing the existing municipal garage at 855 Main Street, which “is obsolete and no longer adequate for public works services.” A report from the consultant firm, LRL &OHJOFFSJOH EFTDSJCFEUIFUXPPQUJPOT available for replacing the existing municipal garage. The first option was to build a new facility adjacent to the municipal snow dump site near the intersection of Spence Street and Tupper Street. This would require buying about 2.5 acres of commercial property adjacent to the site for construction of the new municipal garage. The other option was to renovate the Hydro Hawkesbury garage building located on Tupper Street. Both options would be expensive for the municipality. The estimated cost for renovating the Hydro Hawkesbury garage was about $5.5 million while building an all-new facility beside the snow dump would DPTUBCPVUNJMMJPO5IF-3-&OHJOFFSJOH report noted that renovations to the Hydro
new municipal garage at the Spence Street location means having a design plan that meets all the town’s present and future
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