Dissolution process plus...

June 17. Regular Committee of the Whole meeting. Public input at the end of the meeting.
 
June 19. 9:30 AM. Fire Hall. Preliminary Hearing. Utility and Review Board will meet in Hantsport. Reports will be filled that day, according to CAO Rob Frost. He was speaking at the June council meeting.

June 25.  7 PM at the Fire Hall. Town Hall meeting. Council will consult with the public.

In the fall - the final hearing of the UARB on the merits of dissolution.

In late fall or early winter, the UARB will issue its decision.

Late winter or early spring. the UARB will issue the final order.

( I called Rob June 5 for the names of the transition team and the name of the transition co-ordinator.)


Both CLLR Faye Hill and DM Bulger want more information about the taxes which will be levied by either West Hants or Kings on the residents of Hantsport. It should include the town $1 million debt, street lights, and Holmes Hill. Hantsport residents will be responsible for paying for Hantsport's infrastructure, according to CAO Rob Frost.

Mayor Rob Zwicker is counting on significant financial support from the province. "Canso got a good deal," he said.

Once the town is dissolved, DM Harold Bulger is concerned about the future of HMCC and the school. The Mayor dismissed his concerns.

The Mayor read a letter from Eleanor Caldwell on School Street complaining about the condition adjacent to hers. She had written the town before without receiving a reply or any action. The town now has a part-time by-law officer, according to the Mayor.