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Vol. 17, Issue 23, February 16 2013
More concerns brought forth by committee By Mario G. Lafreniere
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et another committee chairperson approached Mayor and council at last Monday’s council meeting. Chairperson, Pierrette Ouellette in a presentation to Council brought forward concerns that her committee was practically at a standstill since May of 2012. At that time the committee received a memo from the Township advising
them to suspend any upcoming meetings until the committee met with council. After eight months, as of Monday, February 11th, the Public Works committee was still waiting for a memo to schedule a meeting with Council. There was no Public Works Committee meetings from Nov. 2011 to February 2012. The chairperson at the time resigned because it
was felt that issues had not been dealt with and that he was still waiting for precise answers from the Town Council pertaining to expectations of the committee. Specifics will be needed for both infrastructure and equipment repairs as both of the above are direct responsibilities of the committee. Requesting a performance evaluation six times a year for the
chairperson and its Committee members proves to be a sour point with the committee chairperson. “I'm really not sure if volunteers will accept to be 'evaluated' as they are not paid.” said Pierrette Ouellette. Is there such an evaluation process for for paid employees ? Is Town Council really interested in evaluating volunteers?” H o w c a n
interest and real concern be evaluated? We are present at meetings as volunteers interested in making Chapleau a better place. We only want to have each dollar count for the best of the whole community.” she added. It states in the Standing Committee By-Law that committees are to be aware and follow Township ByLaws and policies. In order to follow that by-
law the chairperson asked if a binder with a copy of all current bylaws be available. Such a binder should have been made available to all committees at the beginning of their term. The provision of proper tools along with good communications will certainly help in eliminating the perception by committee members that an albatross is tied around their necks.
Another successful ice fishing derby By Natalie Tessier ishermen from near and far braved cold temperatures on Saturday February 9th in hopes of reeling in the big one! Although the start of the derby was, shall we say, a little brisk with temperatures in the -30 Celsius range, the afternoon was much more pleasant. This was the 16th pike ice
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fishing derby for Chapleau and although attendance figures were a little lower than we liked, a good time was had by all. Along with a change in leadership with the Rotary Club now looking after the derby, another first was observed: only 5 qualifying fish were caught. For this reason, prizes for 6th place to 10th place were drawn at the arena. Anecdotal evidence seems to suggest that many pike were caught but fell short of the qualifying mark. There were also reports of anglers catching nice walleye in the 4 to 5 pound mark. Prizes were awarded as follows: Early Bird draw, $500 : Allan Pellow; 50 – 50
Shown above is first prize winner Corey Young being presented with a cheque for $10,000.00 by Natalie Tessier, Michael Levesque and Luc Tessier.
draw, $543 : Janet Hazen (ticket 0131);
Furthest from Chapleau prize, a
Wavespin reel : André St-Martin; Stick and
tag return, a set of filet Cont’d on P.6
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