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O’Hara asks is it cheaper to build
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Hundreds look for marijuana jobs
Petrolia Councillor Ross O’Hara thinks it may be cheaper to build storage than to rent it.
Works Department and Victoria Playhouse Petrolia.
year for renting, maybe it will be cheaper to build.”
There was a steady stream of people at Petrolia Town Hall as Lambton College hosted a job fair for Tilray
- the BC company which is opening
working with the municipality to come up with a site plan agreement to go to a public meeting.
He’s asked staff to study the idea after a discussion about the town’s latest agreement to rent 395 Fletcher St. – a property now known to be owned by a numbered company for which Petrolia Chief Administrative Of cer Manny Baron has signing authority.
“Basically, I want to see what it would cost if we did own a building like this,” O’Hara tells The Independent.
Of cials say three company of- cials were on hand to interview people from across Lambton applying for the 25 positions. By 1 pm, 140 people had arrived with their applica- tions.
During the Oct. 10 council meeting, O’Hara asked about the building near the Farmers’ Market.
“I don’t see why we couldn’t build another building at the public works yard,” he says adding it could be similar to an agricultural building with
And the VPP will also pay $17,500 for storage with money generated from its ticket sales.
Tilray bought the former En- niskillen Pepper Company. It is reno- vating for the plants that will come from the company’s BC facility. It is also planning to build a warehouse facility behind the 13 acres of green- house on LaSalle Line. Mayor Kevin Marriott says Tilray executives are
But even with other medical mari- juana facilities in Ontario, MPAC doesn’t have a category for the plant. That leaves the municipality asking what the tax rate will be.
O’Hara says staff told him it was costing the town $2,500 a month to rent the space. It is being shared by the Public
a concrete oor and minimal heating.
Council is considering inviting MPAC advisors to Enniskillen to take a look at the operation. “We need to have this clari ed.”
That prompted O’Hara to ask for the report.
An analysis of the draft 2018 budget, unveiled two days later to councillors, shows the amount of money the town and its divisions pays for storage is actually much higher.
a medical marijuana facility in En- niskillen.
But Marriott says the township has been having a hard time guring out how to classify the operation which will grow and sell – and possibly in the future process – marijuana for medical use.
“It seems as though we are spending a lot of money every year on storing equipment.”
Parks and Recreation has budgeted $17,572 for storage this year. The Oil Heritage District Community Centre also has a budget line for $40,041 which includes storage – although it is not clear exactly how much money has been allotted to storage.
“MPAC (the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation) doesn’t have a listing that they would fall into. Is it like peppers and tomatoes or is it something else?”
O’Hara thought the cost would be up to $30,000.
Meantime, Enniskillen Township wants to know if the new medical marijuana facility should be viewed as agricultural or industrial property.
“If you look at it over 10 years, if we’re going to be spending $25,000 to $30,000 a
It’s not clear how long the staff analysis of the issue will take.
Police have yet to ID Wyoming man killed in crash
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Planning for improving BIACC moves ahead
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A Wyoming man lost his life in a car accident in Tilbury. Chatham-Kent Police say
vehicles crashed on Queen’s Line near Tilbury. At the time there was fairly heavy fog.
recover. But the other driver, a 24 year-old unnamed Wyoming man, died.
around 6 am Oct. 13, two
A Chatham man was taken to hospital with serious injuries and police say he is expected to
Police have charged a Chatham man with criminal negligence causing death.
A plan to make improvements to the upstairs of the Brooke-Alvinston- Inwood Community Centre could cost almost $275,000.
Enniskillen looks at lighting up Petrolia Line
That’s according to estimates received by Randy Hills, public works manager for the municipality. The municipality has been looking
at improvements saying there is a need for a new kitchen and accessible washrooms.
$75,000. It would take another $193,000 to bring the kitchen up to re code, he added.
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Lane.
And while Marriott says more
installing the lights along the roadway.
It might be very costly for Enniskillen to light up the sidewalk from Meadowview Villa to Petrolia.
lighting would be good, he’s not sure it is going to be possible.
Normally, residents requesting the lights would contribute to the cost but since the residents are in a nursing home, Marriott isn’t sure how that would work.
Councillor Frank Nemeck voiced concern about the cost saying he felt it was important to provide accessible washrooms but the kitchen would wait.
Mayor Kevin Marriott says Meadowview resident Jim Stapleton wrote to council concerned about the lack of streetlights from the county nursing home, which is in Enniskillen, to the town limits of Petrolia. There is just one light, at the corner of Howlett
Marriott says the poles on the north side of Petrolia Line are telephone poles and much shorter than an average light standard. He says that would mean the municipality would not only have to buy the lights but also purchase new light poles as well.
Staff will look at the request and what it would take for the municipality to light that part of the street.
The plan would see the current upstairs washroom become an accessible washroom. The male
and female washrooms would then be moved to an area which is now storage space and the room used by the Brooke-Alvinston Figure Skating Club.
Council agreed and Hills will get more technical drawings.
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Marriott says that would more than double the cost of
“There are so many things that are complicated to do that, it doesn’t look hopeful,” says Marriott.
Hills says the washroom renovation alone is estimated to cost about
Nemeck says the washrooms are needed. “We really have to watch ourselves to be competitive... we have to have a facility that people will want to rent.”
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