South Frontenac Council - May 17/11

Wilma Kenny | May 19, 2011

The Lights Go Up!

As a last item of business Tuesday night, and following a presentation by Mike Howe and Paul Wash concerning the Township’s recreational plan, Councillor McDougall rescinded his motion to delay installation of the lights on the football field at the point. All but McPhail supported a motion to proceed at once with the field lighting, and upgrading the irrigation of the field. Together, the community and the high school have raised over $31,000 toward the project.

Council also agreed that although the Point and its needs are high profile, township-wide there are many other recreational issues to be addressed. To this end, they also passed a motion to “allocate additional funding, from reserves if necessary, to extend the recreational coordinator’s position (presently three days a week) a further 16 hours a week until September 30.”

Mayor Davison reminded Council that concerns about parks maintenance, such as emptying garbage, putting out benches and picnic tables, etc, were a separate issue from recreation, and the responsibility of the various contractors recently hired for parks maintenance.

Community Improvement Policies

Council received a report regarding an official Plan amendment that would designate the settlement areas of the Township as Community Improvement (CI) areas, and that would establish CI policies to revitalize and redevelop land and buildings within these areas. Final approval will rest with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Stowe noted that Burridge and Salem should be added as settlement areas: this can be considered at the time of the Official Plan Review.

Recycle More Plastics

Mark Segsworth reported that a wider range of household plastics are now being accepted for recycling: all kitchen and bath containers and packaging, including “clamshell” egg, salad and berry containers, can now be successfully recycled. This should help increase the volume of waste diverted from landfill. Not included are plastic furniture (chairs, etc), toys, or hard plastics such as toolboxes.