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1e s w w â€" a va» joka ki wee C he‘ t card on condition of z4e wiaw Npepenoe®? 1A 23// 4 o y By John Campbell j : cent of the total. The worth of the services they which can cost three times as much. caa ks News â€" Cramahe Township â€" The municipalâ€" provide works out to $43,846 per houschold. "Williams said he favoured making <afos ity has received a grade of D+ for the overall state Mayor Mare Coombs pointed out the municipalâ€" up the: infrastructure deficit over 15 + R -L.{S(;._‘ of its infrastructure and the $1.1 million gap that ity has spent $6 million on its roads over the past years rather than 10 because the recomâ€" P h exists between what the township spends annually . seven years, which the plan fails to reflect in giving mended 2.2 per cent hike in taxes would E. s and what it should to keep its paved roads, bridges, them a grade of D, in large part because the townâ€" be in addition to tax increases that will p “;‘ "Gate r;g water mains, storm and sanitary sewers in good ship should be spending $757,000 more a year than be necessary to cover higher operational ?" t SR repair. it does to sustain its road network. costs. \Â¥# C To make up the difference, says a newly drafted _ Dawe explained the plan doesn‘t take into acâ€" "There will an outery from all the ‘ j asset management plan, Cramahe Township should count oneâ€"time grants the municipality obtained to _ taxpayers" if the increases become too e E F increase property taxes 2.2 per cent annually for the help pay for work done on the roads, b_ecausc that‘s much, he said, and the municipality R 9 & next 10 years to achieve the full funding required not money you can count on in making plans for can‘t count on the federal and provincial s & 7 to sustain the infrastructure over the long term. the future. governments for help. & E But the situation isn‘t as bad as portrayed in a _ Deputy Mayor Jim Williams pointed. out the _ "That is our dilemma," he said. "I f plan prepared by Public Sector Digest and preâ€" municipality‘s pollution control plant was rated as know we‘re not alone. Every municiâ€" 7 f ip ;. sented to council January 14. That‘s because some being in fair condition, based on its age, as part of pality in the province has a large infraâ€" p of the plan‘s field condition data needs to be upâ€" the sanitary sewer network that was given a D+ structure deficit, some a lot larger than _ | dated. grade overall, even though the township has spent ours." e ¢ Bridges and culverts, for example, received the $6 million on improvements to the Colborne facilâ€" â€" Dawesaid Cramahe‘s situation is "acâ€" | inccomemcsrmacte i , worst grade, F, because 86 per cent were found to ity. tually pretty good compared to some" of m\ be in poor to critical condition, based on their age _ Treasurer Mora Chatterson said that data hasn‘t the 85 other municipalities his company « , alone. Not factored in, however, were results of a been entered yet, explaining the plan is "a work in has worked with in preparing asset manâ€" a 2013 bridge study received in December, which progress." agement plans. Public Sector Digest‘s director of business development Matt Dawe exâ€" Public Sector Digest‘s director of business develâ€" . The provincial government told municipalities _ Councillor Ed Van Egmond comâ€" Plained to Cramahe Township the asset management plan his company opment, Matt Dawe, told council will probably they must have asset management plans in place in plained it‘s an *incomplete...flawed reâ€" developed for the municipality. Photo: John Camphell raise the grade to at least a C. order to support applications for funding, and they . port" because "it just looks so bad on the < The more complete your data is "the better deciâ€" were given until the end of last month to submit municipality," and if people don‘t unâ€" "It provides the taxpayers with a good idea of where we sions you‘re going to make at the end of the day," them. derstand there will be changes made to. are, (and) what challenges we face." he said. In its 215â€"page report, Public Sector Digest also it, "it‘s going to cause some crossfire." The municipality will post the asset management plan on ‘The total replacement cost of all the assets Craâ€" advised the township to look at relining sanitary _ Coombs said the plan is "a living its website and make it available at its office. It will also reâ€" mahe owns was estimated at $86.8 million, with and storm sewer pipes where possible to extend document that is meant to be updated all view it annually to assist in putting together the capital and Major internet boost at local business parks By Ray Yarkowski .0 ooo o new industrial park in Brighton is an ing Eastern Ontario to the in a global marketplace, News â€" Brighton â€" The news of expansion to our existing park, with 50 world. "Highâ€"speedâ€" Inâ€" and thanks to this project, contracts awarded to expand internet acres of new industrial land available ternet isn‘t a luxury, it‘s Eastern Ontario will not be connectivity in industrial parks is a for development. This effort will help the cost of doing business left behind." welcome boost to local economic deâ€" us attract and retain local business and velopment. support our economic growth." The Eastern Ontario Wardens‘ Cauâ€" _ "Businesses in today‘s economy *_ cus (EOWC) announced last week must have access to high speed in orâ€" Bell Aliant, Cogeco Cable and Utiliâ€" der to operate efficiently and competâ€" B IE L ties Kingston have all received deals to itively," added municipal economic provide newhighâ€"capaclity, highâ€"speed d;velopment manager. Elisha Purâ€" HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING INC. fibre connections and allow more busiâ€" chase. "We are thrilled to be receiving h: m nesses to connect. The business park support through the EORN program Fireplace Showroom project, valued at about $8.9 million, as this investment will strengthen our +b‘ at is the latest phase of the Eastern Onâ€" ability to attract new business to the tario Regional Network (EORN) projâ€" Brighton industrial park." P ect, a $170 million initiative to expand _ "Thanks to prudent financial manâ€" §MY 0ur.Hame Gomfort rural broadband throughout the region. agement and project oversight, we e Since 1995 | Created by the EOWC, the project is are able to deliver this added value to | i i | supported by federal, provincial, and business parks as part of the EORN i e a municipal funding, and private sector initiative," said EORN chairperson ; | ds e investment. EORN is the largest rural David Burton, in a news release. "We A s l ) [ broadband project in Ontario, serving expect to complete construction to the ( | â€" i a region of more than 1 million people business parks by the end of 2014." i f‘(_ i spread over 50,000 square kilometres. _ In December, the EOWC anâ€" 3 & P_/"“Rl R And the timing couldn‘t have been_nounced the completion of the EORN s ‘ * QNHPOLEE}T-'- e better for Brighton. backbone, which will allow residents 4 Heatng & Ar Condoaing ‘commnncrunces i . The expanded industrial park, curâ€" and businesses improved access to mE ~eeme S fraey ue «l t| erers."" more than 50 locations receiving new _ schedule, of a massive 5,500â€"kilomeâ€" ettest Reco:ery Ventilators / F'replaces fibre connections within the region. tre fibre optic network. WE DO IT ALE" Cogeco Cable was awarded the conâ€" _ The network, built by Bell Aliant [grares tract for the industrial park connecâ€" and Bell, involved laying 520 kiloâ€" 1 %Emggs s tion as well as other area locations metres of new fibre optic cable. to | INSTALLED | at Cramahe Township (Purdy Road connect 5,000 kilometres of existing 'Cornplete starting from J § Industrial Park) and Quinte West lines, as well as building 160 new + sS (Fl:‘z:rg(afrc:(;d) alndTNorfi;l Murray Indusâ€" points of access for highâ€"speed Interâ€" * Sales * Service *« Installation tri . In Trent Hills, Campbellâ€" net services across the region. 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