Environment Canada issued a tornado warning for Westport and area at 8:19p.m. Pls be careful.
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Reminder – Planned Power Outage on Sunday from 6:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Please make your plans for next Sunday taking into consideration that Hydro One has scheduled a power outage, which will affect us in the Village. It will begin at 6:00 a.m. and power should be back on by 11 AM.
Happy Labour Day!
September – a month full of new activity. Students are getting ready to begin a new year, a new class and are excited about returning to school and catching up with friends they haven’t seen since June. For parents, it is arranging schedules to get their children to sports and other organized activities as well as driving older children to colleges and universities. And for businesses in Westport, it is time to catch their breath!
I hope that everyone enjoyed a hot and sunny summer and are looking as forward to the cool, crisp days of autumn colour as I am.
A couple of things to share with you. You may have seen lots of activity at the arena last week including yesterday. I learned this morning that all of the new ice making equipment is now installed and running very well. Looks positive for the first Rideaus game on Friday night @ 8:00 pm.
You may also have noticed some water on the road in the area of 26 Bedford St. This situation is being closely monitored. At this point in time, the repair is planned to begin on Tuesday morning.
Council meeting this week is Wednesday night @ 7:00 p.m. Please join us if you can.
Update from AMO conference
Just finished Day 2 of the AMO (Association of Municipalities of Ontario) conference in Windsor. Have had several meetings with different Ministries including Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services and Ministry of Infrastructure.
The Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services listened to concerns about the skyrocketing cost of policing and agreed that there was a need to look at providing the service in a different way that would allow sustainability for the municipality. More to follow in the fall or spring session of legislature. I am looking forward to seeing what changes are proposed.
Early this morning I met with MPP Peter Milczyn, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Infrastructure, Bob Chiarelli. With the recent Cabinet shuffle, I felt it was important to establish contact with the Minister who replaced Brad Duguid. It was immediately clear that MPP Milczyn was fully informed about our waste water treatment plant deficiencies and that we have been working hard with MOECC to resolve the issues. I left the meeting with a feeling of confidence that the provincial government DOES understand our challenges.
We will be preparing our application for the Ontario Community Infrastructure Grant – intake 3 (OCIF) in the next few weeks. Premier Wynn announced on Monday at AMO that an agreement had been reached between the Federal and Provincial governments for the Federal Green Infrastructure and Water and Waste Water Grants and that intake will open for this new funding in the fall – and we will be poised to apply for it as well.
A BBQ tonight was a nice way to do some networking. Here is a photo of some of the Leeds Grenville Mayors – Ron Holman, Joe Baptista, Doug Malanka and Pat Sayeau.
Our new dentist is open for business
Dr Zulfar Moledina opened his doors today and began seeing patients. I toured the refurbished office with him and took in the new design, new equipment and spent time talking to some our residents.
For now, the office is open Mondays and Wednesdays. He wanted to open in August so that the kids could get their check ups before heading back to school. His office door still opens off the spring – the “opening soon” sign in the Main St window was to announce his arrival and some folks have wondered if you access the office from there.
WELCOME DR MOLEDINA – It was a pleasure to meet you and your staff today.
Robin, The Mayor 
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