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Kevin [email protected] • Scott 519-843-5083 www.theauctionadvertiser.com/[email protected] Life Happens….We can HELP! 50% discount on our commission for the month of Maywww.theauctionadvertiser.com/KMcArthur Now is NOT the right time to sell your home, however we would like to help Town facing multi-million dollar expense to those who find it essential. Your LOCAL Realtor with Heart Your Hometown Agents…Looking out for You! Thankful for our Introducing… Dave Crowe & Claire Knight update its Water Pollution Control Plant We are your neighbours in the Shelburne community. Collectively we have 5 children, and wonderful clients, together as a family we work and play in this community, just like you. This is whatfriends, we can neighbours Written By PAULA BROWN solids treatment and storage. The potential something he hasn’t seen since 2002 dueoffer you and your family when you Sell or Buy with us… to LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER cost of this option is between $11.8 million the Walkerton tragedy. and community during • Over 15 years experience in Real Estate Sales with Award Winning this Festive Season. and $14.9 million. “We are seeing a very similar increase dueMarketing & Service (Claire was ranked 73/100 top Re/Max Agents in Canada in 2012) Happy Thanksgiving from The Town of Shelburne is potentially fac- “If we were to do nothing and not move to all levels of government and private •sec We Know Farms & Rural Properties as we ow- n one in the area! • Common Sense approach to business….with Heart! Our Family to Yours ing a multi-million dollar cost to maintain or forward with an expansion, adjust to take tors investing in infrastructure,” said •Bur Professional Photography, Virtual Tour, Home Staging and Home Cleaning - Claire & Dave update its Water Pollution Control Plant. the existing plant up to the current regula- nett. Services and our Courtesy Trailer for your moving convenience “The costing has significantly increased tory, operational and optimization levels Total non-construction costs for extendedCall us TODAY for your ClaireFREE, no obligation Knight-Crowe HOME EVALUATION and find out what you can do since numbers were originally presented that would be proposed we would be in that aeration is $29.2 million, and $25.4 millionNOW to prepare to get most value for your home…when you are ready. GoWithCrowe.com Sales Representative about two and a half years ago,” P. Eng Ste- $11.8 to $14.9 million range,” said Burnett. for membrane bioreactors. The high end 519-993-6226 Dave Crowe & Claire [email protected] Sales Assistant Sales Representative Brokerage, Independently owned and operated phen Burnett recently informed Shelburne Council was also presented with the op- cost range of the two options is dependent (Realtor Licence in Process) [email protected] [email protected] Life Happens….We can HELP! Council. tion of upgrading the current technology in on the balancing tank for wastewater. 519-925-3766 519-993-6226 GoWithCrowe.com Brokerage, Independently owned and opera 50% discount on our commission for the month of May The Town’s elected officials received a the plant (extended aeration), which would Coun. Walter Benotto questioned how Now is NOT the right time to sell your home, however we would like to help report from the municipality’s contracted see a potential cost range of $29.9 million to set the numbers were for the options, with those who find it essential. engineer S. Burnett & Associates Limited, $32.7 million. The current technology would Burnett confirming that the numbers have during a recent council meeting on Monday need upgrades with clarifiers, disinfection, been updated, but are based on a conceptu- Your Hometown Agents…Looking out for You! (Sept. 28). The report given by Stephen Bur- and solids treatment and storage. Council al design and could change with the design Introducing… Dave Crowe & Claire Knight nett showed the options for upgrading the was also presented with membrane biore- process. We are your neighbours in the Shelburne community. Collectively we have 5 children, and together as a family we work and play in this community, just like you. This is what we can sewage treatment capacity and the potential actors as an option, which “would replace Burnett said they are leaning towards offer you and your family when you Sell or Buy with us… costs based on design concepts. the extended aeration technology” and have membrane technology and that the upgrade The report detailed three possible options a potential cost of $25.6 million to $26.9 mil- would either be the last aeration or the first • Over 15 years experience in Real Estate Sales with Award Winning Marketing & Service (Claire was ranked 73/100 top Re/Max Agents in Canada in 2012) that the Town can take, which include a lion. membrane, based on the cheaper cost of the • We Know Farms & Rural Properties as we own one in the area! “do nothing” option, upgrading the current “If we are looking straight at the construc- latter technology. • Common Sense approach to business….with Heart! • Professional Photography, Virtual Tour, Home Staging and Home Cleaning technology in the plant (extended aeration), tion cost it is approximately $20.9 million for Addressing how the Town will pay for the Services and our Courtesy Trailer for your moving convenience or upgrading to new technology known as the extended aeration option and $17.8 mil- project Carey Holmes, Treasurer, said that Call us TODAY for your FREE, no obligation HOME EVALUATION and find out what you can do membrane bioreactors. lion for the membrane bioreactor option,” they will be relying on development charges, NOW to prepare to get most value for your home…when you are ready. The “do nothing option” would include said Burnett. grants, and a possible phased approach. upgrades to the existing WPCP so that it Construction costs Burnett says have in- “Long-term borrowing is definitely in our Dave Crowe & Claire Knight Sales Assistant Sales Representative (Realtor Licence in Process) would meet regulations of clarifiers and creased significantly in the last two years, future for this,” said Holmes. [email protected] [email protected] 519-925-3766 519-993-6226 Brokerage, Independently owned and opera PURCHASE A BAG FOR ONLY 226 First Ave, Shelburne 519-925-6857 www.gianttiger.com & HELP Mon - Fri: 8am-9pm YOUR LOCAL AD MATCH Sat: 8am-7pm GUARANTEE! WE’LL BEAT Sun: 9am-6pm $ FOOD BANK. ANY PRICE! HALF SAVE 5 PRICE! $2! Page 2 The SHELBURNE FREE PRESS, Thursday, October 1, 2020 Town staff proposes 6 percent tax levy increase in 2021 budget Written By PAULA BROWN said Holmes. “This special levy will assist LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER with offsetting the operational costs asso- ciated with COVID-19 impacts that we have Shelburne staff are proposing a tax levy been experiencing.” increase of up to 6 percent for local rate Most of those increased costs relate to a payers in 2021. drastic increase in cleaning protocols, with “We are suggesting that the overall levy all park washroom facilities cleaned seven increase be approximately 6 percent,” said days per week. The additional money also Town Treasurer Carey Holmes. covers costs associated with port-a-potty Shelburne Town Council received a 2021 rentals, installation of cameras, additional budget framework report during their lighting and staffing increases.