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0 Tw Mayor breaks tie festyatorncrsartonss A ~ArH_JC « 3 magn iv ChSfure earaiid TDAy pyo d 29/ e 7 | YR 4 â€" o Cld Y n hy aral Council deadlocks on whether _ Therewasa48%costreductionininsurance 300 "a n pra". toextend tOWDShip’S insurance coverage for her business responsibility after a !;; * 9‘ 4 _T ’,"‘- olicy fo going througha review, Deputy mayor Arthur ' -!@ . "Ald policy forayear said, an amount which represented around y D Wjps S $100,000 in savings. \, BB J yÂ¥ Amotion toproceed with arequestforquotes * e Aitmli s 1 3A :";::glh;g:mfinmmv wassecondedby Councillor TimGilligan. After \ 4t 6 i{? o }= wy l ; E fizfirgggz?tgmmahc eile;};gfljeomwhi \-‘-gg‘N Bs s s $of ; > f \, e Cramahe management S PalPt_>> J J 3 TfmAHE â€"That‘s democracy, Cramahe _ staffisnew, and fllfltl‘l&reareonlyhfnmore Ka " u. y olliikes‘ _ ,k,‘(ffr::.;L hy #5,5. 22 ., $ on ths p Mayor Mare Coombs said after _ meetings before yearâ€"end which puts presâ€" s s P s â€" t â€"â€" 2P ied 2 ks IO ier split vote at council Nov. 15. sureongetting tender or RFP documentation #. }5},‘ EAA° ~ ind ts <i.. s atwas his vote that broke the tie to decide. _ together, the motion was amended to ask the * , * l kess i e tss yeDor nay. current insurance broker extend the coverâ€" â€" M ty s~ Pm ‘s. Yi eputyâ€"mayor Sandra Arthur asked why . age contract to Feb. 28, 2017 to givestafftime 4e & > _ hok ~ / e es + council was being asked to extend a fiveâ€"year _ to prepare documentation to obtain quotes. F ce s P0 / ~> \\ â€"'? +t s 1p s ‘* ;"S‘“flmeContract.fqron'eyearbefomasking When it went to a vote, Arthur and Gilligan k o( =j 2 WB [ P %e _ o6 Ga or quotes for municipal insurance coverage. _ supported the motion. Councillor Don Clark F 273 ‘ ds [ %§. “ MsS s ye(;;‘?;r;:.ahe currently pays around $190,000a . and Ed Van Egmondopposed. £ ; f * e n ym 1 insurancecoverage obtained throu Thetie 4 S (9, Â¥ Â¥ i ced s _ = gr}:)kgr McGlennon Insurance of Colbomg::_ the moti:rfnajs Aeiaaiy td e :lf“ R % se â€" @@ o e fiveâ€"year contract expires Dec. 31, 2016. _ Inthesubsequentvoteâ€"toappro y PWthEst: \ Ts e "are Two council meetings ago (Oct. 4), council . ingthe Cufle;?insurancebrokeli-’l: cavveeer’;:tgix}gr zts m‘fii_ t p::xs_sed a resolution to request bids for proâ€" . oneyearâ€" it was once again a tie vote. Mayor (Gp e | V}dmg future coverage. At the Nov. 15 counâ€" â€" Coombs approved. . s S y e lie . Lo cilmeeting, municipalstaffrequested council _ Liability is amajor concern formunicipaliâ€" e _ 425 e _ m . _/ ‘ extendtheexl§tingcontlflctoneyeartoallnw ties, Clarksaid, g=2â€"<>> s ; o 4 pam: â€"â€" §: oo staff enough time to prepare a legally vetted . "Iwoyears ago, atthe Good Roadsconvenâ€" * (we@ nf ie “ { \’l and thorough document to seek quotes. tion, all municipalities had the sameproblem: iz 9 s P ‘ 3y Lfll | ? : | Arthur opposed the extension: "It‘s not liabiljty,”hesa.id,“It’sthebiggestbudgetissué C fern | § e e o °c t ie "T A tad / § that dxffi(fult” to allow prospective bidders _ because payments have been so large." m3 a & j‘ 994 hé’h% x heprnid to obtain information, she said. Having gone _ Cramahe has had "a few claims in the last > 3 on es â€" _ â€" ks :s s t through the process at her place of employâ€" . fewyearsso our (insurance) claimshavegone e Cw & s . n eg.. 4 mentasmanagerofa Cobourgindustrialpark, _ up," Coombs said. "We could be on the hook c ar. efie®t â€"Plaglg | she estimated it would take one staffmember _ for 100 percentofaclaim." Wikres AP s e 3 *u. one to three days to provide the information _ In public question period at the end of s «[ Pi ' > »# A 8 topotential bidders. the meeting, Gritt Koekhl of the Cramahe Dh o § Te i ~oese" jon % \Coombs noted there are only three compaâ€" _ Community Association, confirmed that the â€" [ 0 BC h 4t Sz t ~ M >A nies which provide municipal insurance. The â€" contractwouldbeextendedoneyearandthat § > y l 7.\ h *) es CC n ce k;;\ ols geputymaym agreed but noted that brokers _ Cramahestaffwould, within thatyear, develop @ 2 . . ul ~ s s e en fs ver thdc_\]ffe thn:e companies can come up with _ documentstoseeknewquotes. Shethenasked . Sim es k * Perakce $s c / * m ioi en _ t < SWw ry ditferent pricing. _ __ about theapparent ongoing tieâ€"votesituation 7. > h ie i e es | ". .o ~<4, Coombs said manymunicipalities chooseto _ at Cramahe council. ns es [ < 2. 3+ P ohews <â€" > hA xsd support local brokers, in this case MeGlennon _ "A split vote is democracy," Coombs said. Te i f eA# f‘*fi&*"‘“ *W A ky es m Insuranceand NewmanOliverwhobothhave . "You vote and move on. It doesn‘t always go t i e es i staicalel offices in Colborne. Arthur agreed with supâ€" . your way." yS 8 t 3 1 PETE FISHER/NORTHUMBERLAND TODAY porting local but noted that other brokers, _ Koeh saiditwas "like Trump." olborne Pl._lbllc School music students Braden Griffin, Julia Koehl, Danika Beatty, Tyler Powell, "With.ln Northumberland County, might be _ Coombssaidhehadspent se'.l')e.ral and Laurls'a Davsey decorate a Christmas tree outside the school in preparation for festival of interesteainprecamecest opuonsiacaiit commuinelerenas £wa Top {ezrs ona . trees starting Frl_day at the Colborne Legion. The Festival of Trees has been going for seven fere s aienmenit ces cavicg, Cramane i maeraats. aris"he vo! c’f"'.Fh years and has raised over $60,000 for the Colborne Public School music program. Twentyâ€"six nee ded to be fiscally responsible, o miers" gsare, hesal at‘s _ Christmas trees are custom decorated by local businesses and families for the event in Colborne. S Cl isit Graft anta Claus to visit Grafton Dec. 17 w oArAUAbEAcano T7b DA y DeEc. J/jfi CECILIA NASMITH ® It was several years back that . Halladded, this mightbe the only _ Everyone is invited to linger NORTHUMBERLAND TODAY Alnwick/Haldimand Township 4p.m. one. at the arena for hot dogs and hot acquired its own Santa Claus The route is the same one covâ€" . chocolate from 4:30 to 5 p.m., folâ€" GCRAFTONâ€"Santawill makea . parade, an evening event alterâ€" â€" ered by the Canada Day parade, lowed by skating with Santa from last stop in the area before retirâ€" . nating between Grafton and beginning at the corner of St. 5 to 6:30 p.m. â€" all thanks to the ing to the North Pole to put the Rosencath. The custom hadlapsed â€" Andrew‘s Drive and Old Danforth _ sponsorship of the committee. finishing touches on Christmas. â€" lastyear, and Hall‘scommittee had _ Road.It will travel north, turnwest ‘Walkers and floats of all kinds are At least Kelley Hall of the wantedto revive it. on County Road 2 and proceed to welcome to be partofthe parade. You Grafton Community Sports This is the year, she said â€" and . the arena. Organizers are hoping canregisterbycallingcommitteesecâ€" and Events Committee is given . because it is a Grafton commitâ€" â€" everyone will bring along a nonâ€" retary Jen Kellerâ€"Nelson at 905â€"349â€" to understand that the Dec. 17 tee, the parade will remain in _ perishable food donation for the â€" 3676 0r committee chairman David Santa Claus Parade in Grafton Grafton. local food bank, to be collected _ Harnden at 905â€"349â€"3063. just might be the last Santa And while there are earlyâ€"afterâ€" . along the paraderoute or dropped cnasmith@postmedia.com Claus parade in the area. As she . noon and earlyâ€"evening parades, _ off at the arena. Twitter.com/NT_cnasmith speaks to various people makâ€" ing arrangements to participate, that‘s what they tell her.