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CANTEEN AT THE ARENA

Town Hall is disappointed that the canteen did not open last night at the arena.  Over the past couple of months, it has put out a tender for the lease of the canteen.  Staff contacted local businesses to ensure that the tender was well publicized.  There were no offers.   Next, the Village advertised to hire canteen employees and the Village would run the canteen.  Again, no response.

Drink and snack vending machines will be in the arena in the next couple of weeks, however that has also been a slow process through no fault of Town Hall.

If you have any suggestions or wish to be involved with the Arena Canteen, please contact CAO Paul Snider @ psnider@villageofwestport.ca or 613-273-2191.

 

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Ontario Renovates Program

UNITED COUNTIES OF LEEDS & GRENVILLE administers the Ontario Renovates Program.  If the below criteria fit your situation, please consider checking it out. Here is the link for you.

https://www.leedsgrenville.com/en/services/ontario-renovates-program.aspx

Contact information for the programme:

Housing Department
Community and Social Services Division
25 Central Avenue West
Suite 200
Brockville, ON K6V 4N6

Telephone: 613-342-3840 ext. 2450
Toll Free: 1-800-267-8146
TTY: 613-341-3854, 1-800-539-8685
Fax: 613-342-8908

FROM THE UNITED COUNTIES OF LEEDS & GRENVILLE WEBSITE …..

Do you own your home? Does your home need repairs or changes to make it accessible for someone in your household? Ontario Renovates provides a loan to low income households to make necessary repairs to their home. The loan is interest-free and will be forgiven if the household lives in the home for at least ten years.

Repairs that may qualify include:

  • heating systems
  • vents
  • chimneys
  • electrical systems (not solar panels)
  • windows and doors
  • plumbing
  • roofs
  • septic systems
  • walls
  • well water and well drilling
  • floors and ceilings
  • louvers

Qualifying accessibility repairs include:

  • ramps
  • handrails
  • chair and bath lifts
  • height adjustment to countertops
  • cues for doorbells/fire alarms
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WESTPORT – TAKE A BOW!!!!

When I was elected Mayor in 2014, I had three main goals.  They were: (1) Resolve the issues with the waste water system, (2) Improve the relationship between Town Hall and members of the community and (3) Enhance the perception of the Village of Westport outside the municipal boundaries.  Goal # 1 has been accomplished and efforts have been made for goals #2 and #3.  And when there is an opportunity to celebrate achieving one of these goals, I think it is important to share it far and wide.

On August 11, the Manotick Antique and Classic Boat Show occurred in our harbour for the second consecutive year.  Staff worked hard to prepare for the show, which included hours of cleaning up the seaweed that has been a significant challenge this year.  Hundreds of people made their way to the harbour to see these wonderfully cared for vintage boats.  The weather was perfect, the boaters were pleased, the visitors to the harbour enjoyed themselves.  It was a great show

I received this email on August 15 and have permission to reprint it from its author.  Unsolicited and to the point.  Congratulations Westport! We are a gem, a perfect diamond on the Rideau.  And our people are among the friendliest, most caring and most proud of their Hometown.  Awesome.

P.S.  Thank you to our Harbour Master, Kevin Kardash.

Aug 15, 2018

Hello Mayor Jones:

When we decided to exhibit our Kavalk at the boat show this past weekend, we didn’t expect to enjoy our day as much as we did.  The Village of Westport is beautiful and very hospitable. We spoke with many locals who were friendly and very proud of Westport.  Even the tourists who attended the show were of a different ilk in their enthusiasm.

Another thing which jumped out is the level of Westport’s pet friendliness.  We met and spoke to so many dog owners who were just too happy to share their pets history, and allowed us to pet and adore them.  We saw and met more dogs than we can count.  This was especially precious for us as we are still mourning the loss of our Minnie (English Cocker Spaniel).  

We will be back in September and intend to spend the night so we can visit Scheurmann Vineyard and Winery and not have to drive the hour and a half back. 

Regards and looking forward visiting Westport in September.

Tony and Marice (Kavalk Boats). 

PS  The dock master was also very nice and quick to welcome us to his dock.  

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Weeds in Upper Rideau Lake

Staff at the Harbour have been spending hours every day raking the weeds and pulling them out of the water.  Most days at least 20 garbage bags of weeds are removed.  It has been a very unusual summer.

The Village hires a contractor annually to cut the weeds and this year that occurred on Friday, July 6.  The contractor removed the weeds from the water and delivered them to a local property owner who used them as fertilizer.

I suspect every home and business owner on the Upper Rideau this year has the same challenge.  If anyone wants to help out at the Harbour, please contact Harbour Master Kevin Kardash.  Or if you want some of the weeds for fertilizer, come on down to the Harbour and help yourself to a few bags!!!