South Frontenac Council – June 1/10

Wilma Kenny | Jun 03, 2010

Village Beautification: Sydenham & Verona

Public works Manager Mark Segsworth reported that the Board of the Frontenac Community Futures Development Corporation had approved a village beautification project. This will be a pilot project intended to improve the visual appeal of the business properties and downtown core of Sydenham and Verona. Painting and general maintenance of the exterior of business properties, property clean-up (no haulage) and flower basket planting will be offered to business owners in the downtown core on a first-come, first-serve basis.

In addition, there will be one week of ‘general village beautification’ completed in each village. The businesses will be responsible for all material costs: funding (provided by Frontenac CFDC) will cover labour, safety equipment, and mileage for a student who will be hired by the township, which will also provide safety training and supervision. There will be no direct expenditure by the township. After some discussion, Council agreed to support the project.

Policy re Setting Speed Limits

Council agreed to adopt the “Canadian Guidelines for Establishing Posted Speed Limits” as prepared by the Transportation Association of Canada in December 2009, to establish speed limits within the Township. They also agreed to a posted limit of 40 km/hr in school zones where there is pedestrian traffic. Councillor Fillion said he didn’t like this motion ‘to be written in stone’, and would have preferred the words “in principle” to be added to the motion. Mayor Davison reminded him that no speed zone changes would be made without Council’s approval. There was no support for Filion’s proposed wording change.

Township Vehicles

Mark Segsworth reported that he has been sharing use of the building inspection vehicle for the last year with the technical assistant. It has been heavily used: approximately 2500 km/month. The Chief Building Official has suggested that a smaller vehicle would be adequate for the building department, and he and the Public Works Manager have agreed that it might be a good idea for public works to pay the building department the depreciated value ($13,000) of the vehicle, which could be put towards the purchase of a smaller truck for the building department. Council agreed to public works’ purchase of the vehicle, but said the Chief Building Official would have to come to them with a separate request for a replacement vehicle for his department.

Waste Management RFPs

Mark Segsworth recommended that Council award the submissions to RFP 2010-01 for garbage and recycling collection for the 3 year period Sept 1,2010 to August 31, 2013 as follows: Garbage Collection: Percy Snider for Loughborough and Bedford, and Larmons Garbage Collection for Storrington: (Township staff do the collection in Portland.)

Recycling Collection: Percy Snider for Portland, Loughborough and Bedford, and WJS Renovations for Storrington. It must be noted that the collection areas are now designated AA, BB, CC, and DD, and although they correspond roughly to the district boundaries, many changes have been made to adjust for greater efficiency. Total annual cost will be approximately $810,000.

Segsworth said that Snider’s bid for Bedford recycling was the second lowest by a small amount, but he was being selected because the many challenges faced in extending waste collection into Bedford make it essential that the contractor work closely with the township, and having one contractor for both garbage and recycling would facilitate coordination.