HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1991-05-08, Page 16THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1991. PAGE 17.
Work should begin soon on Brussels apartment
Construction is likely to start soon
on a new 10-unit apartment building
on Elizabeth Street in the village of
Brussels.
Councillors passed a bylaw Mon
day night, allowing the sale of the
former tennis court property for
$40,000 and Village Clerk-Treasurer
Donna White told council that the
deal was to close on Tuesday. Coun
cil approved a building permit for the
construction at the same meeting.
Earlier council had received a letter
from the Ontario Municipal Board
saying an appeal against the zoning
change necessary for the apartment to
be built had been dismissed.
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The dog catcher will be getting
help from a Brussels councillor to try
to make his job more efficient in
coming weeks.
Councillor Mary Stretton volun
teered to travel the streets with the
dog catcher to point out where the
dogs that have been causing the most
trouble live. Mrs. White said that the
phone has been ringing off the wall
with complaints about dogs. Many of
the complaints revolve around own
ers who walk their dogs on the street
and leave a mess behind that gets
tracked into stores.
Councillor Greg Wilson was
unhappy about the number of dogs
that were being apprehended by the
dog catcher. When it was suggested
the dog catcher might do extra patrols
he said "I'd like to see results before
we spend more money."
Meanwhile councillors agreed to
hire someone to go to homes to col
lect dog licence fees. So far only 55
of an estimated 125 dog owners have
purchased a licence.
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Council approved a grant of $500
to the Brussels Horticultural Society
for the work the Society does in
beautifying the village. Council also
clarified that the property it had pur
chased in the west end of the village
was a different piece of property to
the land now used by the Horticultur
al Society in the wedge between
County Rd. 16 and the former route
of the road. The land in question is a
small triangle of land on the other
side of the paved roadway.
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Councillors rejected a proposal
from Canadian National that it lease
land on which two holding ponds sit
at a rate of $50 per year. "No way,"
said Reeve Gordon Workman.
"They're just trying to get people to
pay something now for property they
got for free 100 years ago." He
argued that the property was in better
shape now than before council build
the ponds.
Councillors approved the naming
of a new street. The lane south of the
Callander Nursing Home has never
had a name, Mrs. White told council
and she wondered if they wanted to
name it. Councillor Hastings suggest
ed Smith Street since the street had
Smiths living on it for many years.
Councillors agreed.
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Dave HastingsCouncillor
expressed frustration at the inability
of council to get Bell Canada to
install a public pay telephone on
main street. Currently the only public
phone is on Mill Street outside the
Bell building but it isn't visible for
people travelling down main street. "I
can't see why they're bucking it,"
Councillor Hastings said of the tele
phone company's reluctance to
change. He said it was terrible the
number of people who stop in local
businesses asking where there is a
telephone. The phone has to be visi
ble for people driving through, he
said.
Mrs. White was given permission
to explore the possibility of getting a
grant to subsidize the cost of back
yard composters to reduce the
amount of garbage going into the
landfill site.
The Clerk-treasurer said that an ad
last fall asking how many people
would be interested, was responded
to by 15 people. Councillor Hastings
didn't think that response was high
enough to warrant further action but
Councillor Greg Wilson suggested
that if the grant from the Ministry of
Environment to pay for half the cost
was still available, the council look at
going ahead with the plan. With the
grant the Ministry would pay for half
the price of the composter and the
homeowner would pay for the other
half.
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