Council reviews plans for 2015 Pan Am stop on Manitoulin
Northeast Town staff provided council with an update on Little Current being included as a stop during the 2015 Pan Am Torch Relay.
“Staff is currently working with TO2015 to finalize the Northeast Town’s participation in the Pan Am Torch Relay,” states the report. “The Northeast Town looks forward to hosting the Pan Am flam here next year and will announce the details of our community’s participation in February 2015. Three-thousand torchbearers will proudly carry the flame and share its welcoming Pan Am spirit on the 41-day journey towards the lighting of the cauldron on July 10, 2015 to officially open the games.”
Little Current will be one of 130 communities that the Pan Am flame will be stopping at during its route.
“Residents are encouraged to enter the TO2015’s torchbearer contest for their change to be a Pan Am torchbearer in our community next year,” the report continues. “Posters and flyers will be distributed throughout the Northeast Town and we encourage residents to visit www.toronto 2015.org/torch-relay/torchbearers to enter the contest. The contest is open to individuals 13 years of age on or before May 30, 2015 and closes on December 1, 2014.”
The Northeast Town will also be selecting its own special community torchbearer to run on the town’s behalf when the flame comes in early 2015, however details were not finalized by council on how this individual will be selected.
Council reviews financial reports
Council reviewed the financial reports with town treasurer Sheryl Wilkin at last week’s administration and finance committee meeting.
After reviewing the municipal vouchers for October 2014, Ms. Wilkin went over the October accounts receivable reports for water/sewer and taxes.
She reported that there had been $157,031.25 in payments and that there were currently 36 accounts over $500, of which two were due to penalties applied for October and 26 due to recent billing and which resulted in eight disconnections.
As for taxes, Ms. Wilkin said that there had been $181,606.14 in payments made in October.
Town to hire accounting intern
Town CAO Dave Williamson reported to council that the town had received funding from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) to hire an accounting intern for one year.
“NOHFC will provide 90 percent of the funding, leaving a $3,200 cost to the municipality,” explained Mr. Williamson. “It is an opportunity to give a recent graduate experience while training someone for the future. If we have an opening in the future we will have a trained individual—it’s good planning.”
The administration and finance committee made a recommendation to council to support accepting the funding and the hiring of an intern.
