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July 11, 2013
SUMMER CAMP
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COUNTRY TUNES
Crooning country at Hollyrood.
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GNOME AT CHROME
Shiny and bright beside the canal.
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TWANGER SHORN
EMC News - Belleville - Fire Chief Mark MacDonald delivered a thorough report to council on Monday night detailing salary and overtime costs for the department for 2009 to 2012, and the statistics show that Belleville pays a higher rate of overtime than many other comparable cities. However, MacDonald said that minimum stafďŹ ng requirements as speciďŹ ed by the collective bargaining agreement are to blame for much of the disparity. In 2009, the city paid over $347,000 in overtime wages, but by 2012 that number had grown to over $507,000. Of those overtime wages, $266,600 was paid because of minimum stafďŹ ng requirements. Comparing these numbers to other municipalities across Ontario, Belleville pays a higher overtime rate than just one other city included in the study, paying 8.42 per cent of their 62 career ďŹ reďŹ ghters salaries in overtime in 2012. Chatham-Kent paid 10.47 per cent in 2012 to 68 career ďŹ reďŹ ghters, Quinte West 7.44 per cent to 16, Kingston 6.88 per cent to 145, Cornwall 4.81 per cent to 60, Waterloo 1.78 per cent to 128, and Mississauga paid just 0.11 per cent to 654 career ďŹ reďŹ ghters that year. MacDonald said that the minimum stafďŹ ng requirements for Belleville are relatively rare compared to most other municipalities, something that directly contributes to overtime hours paid. Belleville requires ďŹ ve staff at each of the two ďŹ re stations and one dispatcher at all times. Belleville ďŹ reďŹ ghters earn between two and six weeks of annual leave a year, with more senior members earning additional annual leave, meaning a signiďŹ cant percentage of Belleville ďŹ reďŹ ghters earning four to ďŹ ve weeks of leave per year. As a result, one ďŹ reďŹ ghter off at each station for annual leave often equates to that shift being short two members 30 to 40 weeks per year. Council took the opportunity to question MacDonald about the ďŹ gures contained within the report, with many dialling in on almost 2,000 additional sick leave hours in 2012 as compared to the previous year. Sick leave usage tends to vary from year to year, MacDonald said, and added that the department is taking concrete steps to improve sick leave management, including requiring doctor’s notes for absences longer than two days. It’s unclear what direct impact this stricter management policy has had, however, the trend for 2013 has seen sick leave usage decrease by 35 per cent.
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From left to right, Eva Barnes, Carolyn Dowdell and Sarah Terpstra from the Heritage ambassadors of Kingston share a laugh during the Glanmore National Historic Site Victorian Fair on July 7. Photo: Steve Jessel Please turn to page 5 for more.
City council aids ballet school By Steve Jessel
EMC News - Belleville - City council came to the rescue of the Quinte Ballet School of Canada on Monday night, agreeing to serve as guarantors for a $150,000 loan to the school, to be repaid in December of 2013. “We really appreciate the support that the council and senior staff of the City of Belleville has provided for the Quinte Ballet School of Canada at this pivotal time,� stated Marilyn Lawrie, executive director of the school in a
release shortly after the meeting. “The Quinte Ballet School of Canada has had proven success since 1972 and this recent support will help us to continue our tradition of excellence as a cultural leader in Belleville.â€? After undergoing a personnel situation in the beginning of the 2011 season that had a negative impact on enrollment at the school, the QBSC was then told by their previous ďŹ nancial institution on July 2 that they could no longer be given a line of credit. Despite valuing their
current building at roughly $4 million, the QBSC does not own the land the building sits on, rendering it unable to be used as collateral for a line of credit. The ďŹ nancials had become so dire that serious consideration was given to cancelling the annual summer school. “We are in a very tight situation,â€? said QBSC treasurer Boyd Kalnay. By becoming guarantors of a line of credit for the school, the city will now be on the hook for the total amount
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