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Million-dollar request may be too much
“Five hundred thousand dollars is already a lot of money,” Desjardins said during an interview during a break in the Sept. 28 ses- sion of counties council. “The budget’s not passed. If I can, I may get a few dollars more. But I want to see the budget first.” Desjardins noted that both he and other mayors on counties council have to consi- der the burden on taxpayers with any extra increases to the current draft budget. Le Centre d’accueil de Roger Séguin is a senior retirement facility located in Cla- rence Creek, which includes senior clients originally from the Clarence-Rockland area and also from other parts of Prescott-Rus-
Hawkesbury Mayor Jeanne Charlebois expressed support for increasing the centre’s allocation as part of the counties’ social service responsibility to senior residents in Prescott-Russell region. But UCPR Chief Administrator Stéphane Parisien expressed doubt whether that might be possible as part of the current 2017 budget process. “The budget is (almost) finalized, it may need a little tweaking,” Parisien told the mayors, adding that his staff are almost ready to present the final draft report, including the proposed 2017 tax rate. “I’ll come back with a number you’re not going to like. It is the preliminary budget, though, it’s not a done deal.” “The 2017 budget
sell. The non-profit group which ope- rates the centre is trying to build up a special reserve fund to help pay for future renovation or reconstruction of the
“The 2017 budget has $500,000 (for the centre)?” said Mayor Charlebois. “So then, I have my proposal on the table.”
has $500,000 (for the centre)?” saidMayor Charlebois. “So then, I have my proposal on the table.” Parisien said
Stéphane Parisien, directeur général des CUPR, annonce aux maires sur le conseil qu’il n’aimeront pas les chiffres du budget 2017. Le maire de Clarence-Rockland, Guy Desjardins qui porte aussi le chapeau de président des CUPR, dois faire face au défi d’équilibrer le fardeau de la taxe pour les résidents de Prescott-Russell et une demande de financement de sa propre communauté pour le Centre d’accueil Roger Séguin. La réponse à la demande additionnelle de financement pour le Centre pourrait être non. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
building to bring it up to the new compliance standards set by the provincial government for retirement and long-termcare facilities. The centre presented two letters in the Sept. 28 agenda package for the United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR). The first was a thank-you for the $500,000 in the 2016 budget. The second was a request for an increase in the allocation to $1million for next year.The centre has received aid in the past from the UCPR for improvement to the facilities, including replacement of the roof. Formation GRATUITE de RCR, niveau « A » Il y a environ 40 000 arrêts cardiaques chaque année au Canada. Jusqu’à 85% d’entre eux surviennent à la maison. Le taux de survie est de moins de 5 %. Par contre, si la réanimation cardiorespiratoire (RCR) est pratiquée dans les toutes premières minutes, le taux de survie et de rétablissement peut atteindre plus de 30%.
some further work on the budget draft is possible but he expressed doubt about the chance of providing Le Centre Roger Séguin with a $1 million allocation for next year. Mayor Gary Barton of Champlain Town- ship suggested that counties council should decide soon whether or not to support or refuse the allocation increase request during the current 2017 budget review. “We’re not going to like the numbers he (Parisien) is going to give us,” said Barton, “so maybe we’d better bite the bullet right now.”
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
themayor for Clarence-Rockland, is not too optimistic about the chances of Le Centre d’accueil de Roger Séguin seeing any addi- tion to the $500,000 allocation planned in the current draft of the 2017 counties bud- get, which still needs approval. The centre received a similar support allocation in the 2016 budget.
The answermay be “No” about the chances of an increase from the counties to subsidy funding in the budget for a seniors home in the City of Clarence-Rockland. EvenWarden Guy Desjardins, who is also
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