MESSAGE FROM THE REEVE: BUILDING INPECTOR Another year has passed and how things have changed in my Chief Building Official – Ray Scissons Township of life. On Oct. 12-2005 I retired from Schneider Foods having CBO Office Hours are: worked there for 42 ½ years. My retirement did not last long th Drummond/North Elmsley for on Dec 20 I was acclaimed to the position as Warden for Monday – Thursday: 8:30 a.m. – noon for 2006. I hope you feel as honoured as I do Please contact Township Staff, at 267-6500, to schedule a to have the Warden come from Drummond/North Elmsley required inspection in the afternoon or all day Friday. Township. I wish everyone a very happy and prosperous new year. Permit Application forms are available by visiting our web- Reeve - Aubrey Churchill site, by mail, by fax and in person at the township office.

MUNICIPAL COUNCIL Permit Approval is required for: • All swimming pools (where water depth can exceed 18 Reeve - Aubrey Churchill (613) 264-8404 R.R. #5, 310 Port Elmsley Road Deputy Reeve - Gordon McConnell (613) 267-2631 inches & is capable of being used for swimming/diving, wading or bathing); Perth, ONT K7H 3C7 Councillor - Russell Foster (613) 267-1742 Councillor - James Lowe (613) 257-2450 • Most building renovations, additions & new construction 2006 INTERIM TAX BILL Councillor - Michael McEwen (613) 267-3371 (incl. decks/porches) that are over 100 sq. ft; • Woodstove, fireplace and outdoor wood furnace Municipal Office: (613) 267-6500 COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE 2006 installation Road Superintendent: (613) 267-6500 Fax: (613) 267-2083 All meetings are open to the Public and are held on the 2nd ANIMAL CONTROL and 4th Tuesday of every month at the Council Chambers at Office Hours: Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. 310 Port Elmsley Road. Animal Control Officer - Anita Stuart E-mail: [email protected] All inquiries, concerns and complaints regarding domestic Web: www.drummondnorthelmsley.com Exceptions to the above schedule are: ¾ July 25th – Meeting will be cancelled pets should be made directly to Animal Control at (613) TAX BILLING DATES FOR 2006 ¾ Dec 26th – rescheduled to Dec 19th at 7:00 p.m. 259-9998. The Interim Tax bill is payable in two installments due Special Budget meetings will be held on: DOG TAG LICENSING February 28th and April 28th, 2006. This bill is based on 45% ¾ Feb 7th at 5:30 p.m. of the previous year’s tax rate. th Council has appointed dog tag collectors to ¾ March 7 at 5:30 p.m. license dogs. The license fee for 2006 has ¾ May 2nd at 5:30 p.m. The Final Tax bill will be issued in late June, also payable in been raised to $15.00 for each dog and two installments. These installments will be due on July 28th Meetings not listed above will be advertised in the EMC and Kennel Licenses are available where and September 29th. posted on the Municipal Web site. applicable (fee of $30.00). Owners of dogs with a registered micro-chip implant will be TAX PAYMENTS MAY BE MADE BY ANY OF THE DRUMMOND/NORTH ELMSLEY TAY VALLEY FIRE RESCUE charged a one time Licence fee of $7.50. FOLLOWING METHODS: ¾ Change of Fire Dispatch License fees remaining unpaid will be added • Pay in person at any of the Chartered Banks; In December 2005 the Lanark County Fire Dispatch changed. to your tax bill. • Pay in person via cash, cheque or debit card at the If you have a monitored alarm system, the phone number that Dogs are prohibited from running at large and are required Township Municipal Office; the alarm system monitoring company calls will change. to be licensed in the municipality. On payment of the • Send by mail to: Have your alarm monitoring system company contact the license fee for a dog, the owner shall be provided with a Township of Drummond/ North Elmsley Drummond/North Elmsley Tay Valley Fire Rescue Admin- R.R. #5 dog tag which must be kept securely fixed on the dog at all istration Office at (613) 267-2596 for details. Perth, ONT K7H 3C7

times. Please include your Tax Bill stub. If you require a receipt, ¾ Burning Permits The Fire Code restricts all Open Air Burning unless FEDERAL please include your complete tax bill. We will receipt this approval has been given or if the burning consists of small , M.P. bill and return it to you. confined fires used for cooking. The Municipal Bylaw for 6 Lake Avenue West, Unit 1 • Telephone/Internet banking bill payment service through Fire Permits provides the approval. However, an activated Carleton Place, ON K7C 1L2 any of the Chartered Banks; • After hours payments may be dropped off in the mail slot permit is required for each day of the year. Fire Permits Parliament Hill 1(866) 277-1577 at the Township Office. (Please, no cash in the mail slot) issued since January 1, 2002 can be activated for 3 days at Carleton Place Office (613) 271-8121 a time by calling the Drummond/North Elmsley Tay Valley Email: [email protected] • The Township offers pre-authorized monthly or installment Fire Rescue office at (613) 267-2596. New Fire Permits are payments. Please contact the Township Municipal Office issued at either of the following locations: PROVINCIAL for more details.

• Drummond/North Elmsley Township Office The Honourable Norm Sterling, M.P.P. PROPERTY RE-ASSESSMENT • Drummond/North Elmsley Tay Valley Fire Rescue 130 Lansdowne Ave., Unit #5 office at 14 Sherbrooke Street East, Perth Carleton Place, ON K7C 2T7 Please note that there has been a reassessment of property values for 2006. If you have concerns with your assessed ¾ Smoke Alarms Legislative Office 1(800) 267-1020 property value, please call the Municipal Property Assessment May 2006 – Ontario Fire Code requires that every household Carleton Place Office (613) 253-1171 Corporation at: 1 (866) 296-6722FOR 2006 TAXATION have a working smoke alarm on every level of your home. A Email: [email protected] penalty of $235.00 may be imposed. DRUMMOND/NORTH ELMSLEY WASTE SITE CURBSIDE BLUE BOX RECYCLING PROGRAM HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE (HHW)

745 Code Road (Drummond Ward) Inquiries regarding pickup of Waste and Recycling may The Carleton Place Hazardous Waste Landfill Site Attendant - Brian Dobbie be directed to the contractor, Waste Management of facility is open every Saturday from mid Tel.: (613) 267-6991 , by calling 1 (800) 267-7874. June to mid September 2006 between the Hours of Operation: hours of 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon. Monday, Tuesday & Friday ¾ 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. The facility is located in the Town of Saturday.………………… ¾ 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Carleton Place at the Compost Site, on Closed all Statutory Holidays Patterson Crescent.

WASTE & RECYCLING COLLECTION

Garbage & Recycling Contractor – Waste Management of Canada - Tel.: 1 (800) 267-7874

Pickup times for curbside Recycling and Waste may vary from week to week, therefore our contractors have requested that residents have their recyclables and waste at the curbside by 7:00 a.m. on their scheduled BOXBOARD day for curbside collection. Includes single layer boxes (e.g. shoe, cereal, detergent), egg HOLIDAY PICKUP INTERRUPTIONS cartons, tubes, brown paper bags and manila envelopes. FLATTEN, remove any food and liner bags and stuff into large In the year 2006, curbside Waste and Recycling boxboard box. DO NOT include milk cartons, laminated collection will be interrupted by the following statutory cartons (frozen food), drinking boxes or waxed paper. holidays. Please note the revised schedules for these dates. An updated listing of pickup interruptions may be CORRUGATED CARDBOARD Must be flattened and tied in bundles no larger than obtained on the Township Web site. 30”x30”x8”next to your blue box. No waxed or coated boxes.

WASTE PICKUP INTERRUPTIONS HDPE #2 PLASTIC

¾ Monday, April 17th – will run as scheduled ONLY small mouth screw top plastic containers marked with nd rd #2 on bottom or side. No lids, tubs or pails. Rinse. ¾ Monday, May 22 – pickup on May 23 rd th PET #1 PLASTIC ¾ Tuesday, May 23 – pickup on May 24 ¾ Monday, July 3rd – will run as scheduled ONLY small mouth screw-top plastic containers marked with ¾ Monday, Aug. 7th – pickup on Aug 8th #1 on the bottom or side. NO lids, tubs or pails. Rinse and To access this facility, you are required to show ¾ Tuesday, Aug. 8th – pickup on Aug 9th flatten to save space. identification and state your street address. th th ¾ Monday, Sept. 4 – pickup on Sept. 5 METAL AND ALUMINUM CANS ¾ Tuesday, Sept. 5th – pickup on Sept. 6th Place loose in blue box. Includes food and beverage, empty (HHW) Waste Items Accepted th th paint cans (lid removed), empty aerosol and crushed clean ¾ Monday, Oct. 9 – pickup on Oct. 10 • Motor Oil, Antifreeze, Oil Filters th th aluminum foil and trays. ¾ Tuesday, Oct. 10 – pickup on Oct. 11 • Flammable Liquids (Gasoline, Solvents, Strippers, ¾ Christmas and Boxing Day pickup will be GLASS BOTTLES & JARS Turpentine) announced in the next Newsletter Place loose in blue box. Food and beverage containers only. • Latex Paint, Oil Paint & Stain

DO NOT include broken glass, windows, ceramics, pyrex, light • Organic Flammables (Adhesives, Driveway Sealant, RECYCLING PICKUP INTERRUPTIONS bulbs or drinking glasses. Caulk, Resin) th ¾ Monday, April 17 – will run as scheduled NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINES & MIXED HOUSEHOLD • Propane Cylinders nd th ¾ Monday, May 22 – pickup on May 29 PAPER • Lead Acid Vehicle Batteries or Dry Cell Batteries rd ¾ Monday, July 3 – will run as scheduled Place in paper bag beside blue box. Keep separate from • Aerosol Cans th th ¾ Monday, Aug. 7 – pickup on Aug 14 boxboard and cardboard. • Acid or Base Corrosives (Cleaners, Drain Openers, Rust th th ¾ Monday, Sept. 4 – pickup on Sept. 11 Remover) th th DO NOT include hardcover books, construction paper, ¾ Monday, Oct. 9 – pickup on Oct. 16 wrapping paper, carbons, laminates or envelopes with • Pesticide ¾ Christmas and Boxing Day pickup will be windows • Oxidizers (Pool Chemicals, Fertilizer) announced in the next Newsletter • Fire Extinguishers

This schedule and information on Recycling and Waste For more information please contact the Town of Carleton Management services are available at the Municipal Place Public Works Department at Office and on-line on the Township Web site at: (613) 257-2253. www.drummondnorthelmsley.com