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•Continued from page 1 $80 for sanding if required. Justin Martin will be plowing the water and wastewater properties for $250 per event. Village engineer esti- mates the change, if based on 17 snowfalls over 2", will cost the village mar- ginally more than last year, overall, but that the village had been paying the same fixed amount for several years. In the past, contractors were paid the same no matter what the winter was like. Jackson Services was the only company to place a standing offer for snow- bank removal, however the village is seeking more offers in case the amount of work warrants it. There was a discussion initiated by Coun. Mark Parliament who felt there was also an expectation from the public, based on last spring's public meet- ing, that village roads were to be close to the standards of the county roads. Last year, part of the public's frustration was turning from a bare county road in the village on to a street rutted with ice and snow. "We need to deal with the build up of ice, like two years ago," Parlia- ment said. "You would triple your costs with salt and then you have an issue with the MOE and snow dumps (when snowbanks are removed)," village engin- ner Max Christie told council. "And people have an expectation on the envi- ronment as well, that salt works its way into lakes. "The county probably dumped two truckloads of salt in the village for this storm," he said. In the end, council voted to keep the current sand-salt ratio. •Continued from page 1 24, 30 and 31. Delegations can be made to the trustees on March 2, following the staff report. Three weeks later, on March 23, a final decision will be made by trustees at a special board meeting. Parents from Sweet's Corners School, which serves children in the Lyn- dhurst and Seeley's Bay area, will be making a pre- sentation to the ARC in January unlike some of their colleagues within the ARC's Lanark schools which made their case last Wednesday. Among the schools slated for closure with rep- resentatives making pre- sentations last Wednesday were Tay Valley's Glen Tay School on Harper Road, Maple Grove in Lanark Village, North Elmsley Public School, Wolford Public School and Pakenham Public School in Mississippi Mills. Leeds and the Thou- sands Island Councillor Liz Huff was also given permission at Wednes- day's meeting to make comments about the Sweet's Corners closure – a decision made at the meeting as the Board did not get its full complement of eight delegations for the evening. Like other municipal leaders who spoke on behalf of their local schools, CAO Larry Don- aldson of Tay Valley, and Mississippi Mills CAO Diane Smithson, Huff spoke of the staff report's mistaken lack of consider- ation of the potential for the growth of the school community in their munic- ipality. Huff noted Leeds Grenville's anticipation of outgrowth in the area from Kingston up the Hwy. 15 corridor, a trend which has been reflected in the sale of homes to households having work in Kingston. Affordable prices, the availability of high-speed Internet as well as a revi- talization projects fuelled by volunteers in Seeley's Bay and Lyndhurst have added to the appeal of the area noted Huff. Sweet's Corners Ele- mentary School lies mid- way between the two vil- lages, both of which have seen visible improve- ments, and new arrivals in the past two years. "Both of these organi- zations see the elementary school as a critical asset in the heart of our area, and both organizations are committed to working with the School Board and local Parents' Council to ensure the Board has a more current understand- ing of anticipated growth in our region," she said. The public can partici- pate in the accommoda- tion review process through a survey and other online feedback on their website at www ucdsb.on.ca from the green Pupil Accommoda- tion Review tab. Opposition to school closings growing Township of Rideau Lake councilors got a first look at the draft 2017 operating budget at a spe- cial council meeting on Monday. A preliminary estimate of the operating budget for 2017 is $12,856,121, an estimated increase of $560,008 – an increase of 4.3 per cent. Comparison's to last year's budget will be diffi- cult as the draft operating budget evolves under the leadership of Treasurer Cynthia Laprade who started with the township three weeks ago. The operating budget presents little discretion for councilors save for the administration budget's line item 'grants to others' an opportunity which drew applications from 27 orga- nizations totaling $100,838 in requests, $20,500 in recreation grants for existing events, and a $4,000 grant in tran- sition funding for the Chaffey's Lock Heritage Society which took over the Chaffey's Lock Hall last spring. The line in the budget for grants totals $68,350. Among the applicants were cemetery boards, lake associations, and cul- tural, historical and envi- ronmental groups, many of whom continue in their efforts to obtain municipal funding for a portion of their work. The next budget meet- ing is Dec. 19 which will include operating and cap- ital budget discussion and presentations. A further meeting will be held Jan. 16 with further meetings to be determined. 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