Council Briefs: Minor baseball receives grant to change uniforms
Council has approved a community assistance grant to the Creemore Minor Baseball in the amount of $1,400.
The clerk’s office received an application from Creemore Minor Baseball Association requesting the amount for the purpose and objective of the request is to provide children of Clearview with an opportunity to play baseball and to purchase/alter their uniforms so as not to include any Indigenous images.
Free compost and mulch available
Clearview is getting 88 cubic yards of compost and mulch from the County of Simcoe to be distributed to designated spots in the township where it can be picked up by residents for free on a first-come, first-served basis.
The public works department will pick up the materials and deliver truckloads of compost and mulch to communities throughout Clearview on Friday, May 14, and it is not expected to last long
The pick-up sites are: The EcoPark in Stayner, the Creemore Library, Nottawa Hall, New Lowell Park, Dunedin Park, Brentwood Hall and Duntroon Hall.
Culvert replacement approved
As budgeted, council has approved a tender for the replacement of Culvert 146-23 on Centre Line Road and some roadwork south 1,000 metres from County Road 9.
The job went to the lowest bidder, Seeley and Arnill Construction in the amount of $2,029,981.87.
Eleven tenders were received ranging up to $3,387,993.47.
In the 2021 budget, $1,860,000 was budgeted for this project ($880,000 for the bridge work and $980,000 for the road works.) Deputy director of public works Dan Perrault noted the tender is higher than the budgeted amount but factoring in the township’s HST rebate the total amount of this tender is $1,832,373.01.
Police service board reviewed
An in-camera session led to council support for a proposed new 12-person police services board for the Huronia West OPP, which serves Clearview, Wasaga Beach and Springwater Township. A recommendation from the Ontario Solicitor General for a new governance structure has prompted the change.
“We’ve been encouraged to come up with a board composition that’s consistent with the Ministry,” CAO John Ferguson.
He said the 12-member board would include the mayors and CAOs, plus a member of each community and provincial appointees representing each community.
The details were not discussed in open session but Councillor Thom Paterson called it a “good move toward a better governance model between the three municipalities.”
Wasaga and Springwater are voting on the same proposal and the recommendation has to be submitted to the OPP by June 7.
