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News – Trent Hills – Water and sewer rates are going up two per cent in Trent Hills, against the wishes of the mayor and a recommendation from staff that there be no increase. In a polled vote he requested, Mayor Hector Macmillan was joined by Councillor Meirion Jones in opposing the rate hike supported by Deputy-mayor Bob Crate and councillors Kim McNeil, Gene Brahaney and Bill Thompson January 7. The increase, effective January 1, were formally put into effect with the passage of a bylaw January 21. For typical household water users whose average consumption is 15 cubic metres a month, the new rates will increase their bill by $4.12 every two months to $210.15, and raise an additional $68,490 overall for the water and sewer systems in Campbellford, Warkworth and Hastings. Director of ďŹ nance Shelley Eliopoulos argued in favour of a rate freeze at the public meeting because users “have faced a number of drastic changes over the past few yearsâ€? while the municipality moved toward a blended rate structure in which residents and businesses in all three centres pay the same rate. Trent Hills ďŹ nally achieved that goal in 2013 when water rates were raised four per cent and sewer charges were raised 12 per cent. Macmillan said users “need a breakâ€? and he sided with Eliopoulos in saying the charges should remain the same for another year while a working group of council re-examines the rate structure. He challenged staff to come up with “alternative means of either saving money or raising it in a different fashionâ€? as part of the analysis, which the ďŹ nance director said would be completed before August.
Maurice Goulet, manager of the laboratory at the Campbellford Memorial Hospital, had to take the plunge solo this year as his partner in the plunge was unable to make it because of the winter storm. As member of the two-man Chillie Willies, he did the Penguin walk again for the second year in a row, to raise money for the hospital.
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Allison Brown wins prestigious award
By Bill Freeman
News – AsphodelNorwood – For Allison Brown the Norwood Fair is an “amazing example of what a group of likeminded can accomplish.â€? Brown, the ďŹ rst and only woman to serve as n o president (2002-03) of ! e ic Serv the Norwood AgriculturR0012489061 al Society, was presented Campbellford Chrysler with the prestigious Ag 'RAND 2D s ricultural Service Award last week during their an-
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