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Septage Gets Dee
In HE
by Barry Hendry
There were fewer members of the
Papineau Lake Cottagers' Association
(PLCA) at the most recent session of
Hastings Highlands Council on
September 7. However, this time,
those 10 members faced a full council
when their delegation time arrived.
In his shortest speech to date,
PLCA President Harold Harris
thanked council for "opening up the
search by advertising for other possible septage disposal sites as well as
looking for other types of facilities. "
Harris added, "We understand that
private haulers, the Bancroft sewage
plant, a biomass/biogas facility and
others sites are now being considered."
Harris pointed out that the municipality's consultant suggested forming
a stakeholders- grOtltr.to aid the
process of finding a site which the
PLCA also recommended on August
17. He then suggested to council,
"When this stakeholders committee is
formed PLeA will be happy to provide you with representatives."
Harris asked for a timeline for when
this action might occur, at which time
Councillor Lorraine Fell requested that
she could respond with a prepared
statement about the ovef!lll issue. (See
the article "Septage Facts Revealed").
Following
Fell's presentation
PLCA Vice President Ian Salgo
requested an unscheduled presentation of his own, which Mayor Ron
Emond said he would allow.
Salgo repeated some of his previous requests including suggesting the
municipality conduct studies which
are already required by the Ministry
of the Environment such as a hydrogeology study.
The vice' president admonished the
council with, "Furthermore, we believe
politicians should not ignore environmental considerations such as noise
pollution and impact on air quality."
Salgo added, "Any site which
adversely impacts the image of the
area as a pristine natural area is there2.
Left to right: Cutting the ribbon is Doug Ferkol the Deputy Chief of Quality and Development, Carl Tinn
the Reeve of Faraday, Bancroft Mayor Bernice Jenkins, Doug Socha the Chief of Hastings-Qui
Emergency Services, Jo-Anne Albert the Warden of the County of Hastings, Deputy Mayor of Bane
Wayne Wiggins, and John O'Donnell the Deputy Chief of Operations. - photo by Kristena Schutt
by Kristena Schutt
The Hastings-Quinte Emergency
Medical Services (Hastings-Quinte
EMS) invited everyone to the grand
opening of their new Bancroft
Ambulance
Base
on
Friday,
September 9th. Construction for this
4,100 square foot base started in the
fall of20l0 and the staff moved in on
February lstof20ll.
The base consists of four bays, a
paramedic crew area, a superintendent
office and medical supply and oxygen
room, and a storage depot for a portion
of the National Emergency Stock Pile
System for Disaster Management.
There are currently two ambulances
staffed by both Primary and Advanced
Care Paramedics 24 hours a day, seven
days a week, 365 days a year. As well
there is a spare ambulance located at
the base to be used as an Emergency
Response Vehicle.
This base was made JXlssible by
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Bancroft. The town found the location of the base and gave HastingsQuinte EMS a 40 year land lease for
the land the base uses.
The original Bancroft base was on
Cleak
Street,
but
eventually
Hastings-Quinte EMS outgrew that
location. They receive 3,000 calls a
On Saturday, Sept.
11th The Bancroft
Times Fall Concert
Series was kicked off
with the Elvis! Elvis!
Show. Superstar tribute
artist Gino Monopoli
brought Elvis to life in
the Bancroft Village
Playhouse with the
help of tribute band
Rudy and the Angels.
Firstcomingon stage in
a red sports jacket,
then in the trademark
white jumpsuit, Gino
had the audience feel..
year and the number keeps
The area that Hastings-Quinte
covers is quite large as crews
called out to places as far a
Belleville, Peterborough, or T
This new base will help H
Quinte Medical Services to
serve those who need them.
.:resident admonished the
urtbermore, we believe
not ignore environt:o;;SX:JeraiU'ons
such as noise
on air quality."
"Any site which
the image of the
natural area is there,:e:::mlent to the economic
area Moreover, any sepmust also be affordable
- ~holds. A rash decision
_·c IIDdueongoing expenses
impact the Hastings
• 3.,{ base."
g he said, "As an organi• rt the full participagroups who would be
-- .; any possible site which
We believe the full
-::he community is required
.
any solution will be
;- the community."
characterized
the
as a "decision" rather
.on by a consult-
by Kristena Schutt
The Hastin_ -Quinte Emergency
Medical Senices (Hastings-Quinte
EMS) invited eyeryone to the grand
opening of their new Bancroft
Ambulance
Base
on
Friday
September 9th. Construction for this
4,100 square foot base started in the
fall of20 10 and the staff moved in on
February 1st of201l.
The base consists of four bays, a
paramedic crew area, a superintendent
office and medical supply and oxygen
room, and a storage depot for a portion
of the National Emergency Stock Pile
System for Disaster Management.
There are currently two ambulances
staffed by both Primary and Advanced
Care Paramedics 24 hours a day, seven
days a week, 365 days a year. As well
there is a spare ambulance located at
the base to be used as an Emergency
Response Vehicle.
This base was made possible by
the Investing in Ontario Grant, which
gave $640,000 to the construction of
the new base, and the Town of
DRUG BUST
On September 6, members of
the Organized Crime Enforcement
Bureau
(OCEB),
Drug
Enforcement Unit (DED) - Project
Longarm and Ontario Provincial
Police
K-9 unit executed
a
Controlled Drug and Substances
Act (CDSA) search warrant at a
property on Old Hastings Road in
Wollaston Township, Ontario.
A large outdoor commercial
grmy operation was located as well
a quantity of marijuana plants was
eized. The seized drugs had an
estimated street value of approximately S900,000.
The investigation is continuing.
Bancroft. The town found the location of the base and gave HastingsQuinte EMS a 40 year land lease for
the land the base uses.
The original Bancroft base was on
Cleak
Street,
but
eventually
Hastings-Quinte EMS outgrew that
location. They receive 3,000 calls a
year and the number keeps rising.
The area that Hastings-Quinte EMS
covers is quite large as crews can be
called out to places as far away as
Belleville, Peterborough, or Tweed.
This new base will help HastingsQuinte Medical Services to better
serve those who need them.
On Saturday, Sept.
11th The Bancroft
Times Fall Concert
Series was kicked off
with the Elvis! Elvis!
Show. Superstar tribute
artist Gino Monopoli
brought Elvis to life in
the Bancroft Village
Playhouse with the
help of tribute band
Rudy and the Angels.
First coming on stage in
a red sports jacket,
then in the trademark
white jumpsuit, Gino
had the audience feeling as if they were
watching the "King"
from the beginning of
the show to the end.
Gino sang to a sold out
crowd and made the
audience feel like they
were back in time
watching the original on
stage. He walked out
into the crowd greeting
people, shaking hands,
kissing cheeks, and
stopping to sing a line
or two to different pe0ple in the crowd. The
next show in the Fall
Concert line-up is the
superstar tribute band
"Endless
Summer".
They will be performing
the numerous hits of
the Beach Boys band
and other songs from
the 1960's. - photo &
story by Kristena Schutt
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Septage Gets Deeper In H.H.
Mayor Emond responded with,
"I would like to remind the members of the PLCA that we have been
very cooperative with you, in light
of the fact that you engaged a
lawyer. By rights, we should not be
discussing this with you after you
engaged a lawyer. Some of you are
businessmen, and you know this!
"This council had one preliminary meeting before any 'hydro-g'
study had been done and the only
fact was that there was a preferred
site. At our last meeting there was a
motion to look at other sites.
"But now, when you put ads out
for private lands with dollar signs
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on it, leads me to believe the township has been bought!"
Ian Salgo interrupted the mayor
with, "I'll take full responsibility for
that."
Mayor Emond paused then
repeated, "This tells me we have
been bought! Before we gave an
approval we held a public meeting."
The advertisements the mayor
referred to were placed in public
places including the store in Maple
Leaf. They appeared before the
municipality's own advertisements
could be printed in the newspaper.
Upon first hearing about the ads,
Chief Administrative
Officer
(CAO) Craig Davidson told The
Bancroft Times, "They have affect-
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ed any future negotiations with private landowners, and not in a good
way."
The CAO advised Harris the
stakeholders committee could be
formed in October.
Chief Building Official Frank
Mills produced and presented a new
work plan for the septage management strategy to include considering alternate sites and conducting
the required studies in more detail.
His itemized plan showed all the
additional individual costs.
The consultations will cost
between $8,050 to $13,800 and will
include a one weekend day workshop to allow all parties to participate. The evaluation of alternative
approaches will cost between
$5,250 and $7,250. Evaluation of
alternative sites will cost between
$6,750 and $11,250 and the cost of
the environmental study report will
cost between $18,750 and $40,000.
The total additional costs for this
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phase will be between $38,800 and
$72,300.
There was some discussion of
alternative solutions including
using the Bancroft Sewer Treatment
Plant ((STP) which Councillor
Mike Leveque recalled, "Didn't we
beat that thing to death years ago?"
CAO Davidson agreed adding,
"Yes, and it was over $2M to buy
into it, plus $500 per load of septage. We estimated the STP wouldn't be big enough.
"However, the town staff said it's
built now and its bigger and they
may consider a lower buy in."
Councillor Gregg Roberts said,
"We looked at biomass in Renfrew."
CBO Mills noted, "There are
three biomass proposals in North
Hastings now."
Mayor Emond said, "We'll investigate every opportunity, but I agree
Mike, we did beat it to death."
The CBO's work plan was
accepted by a vote of council.