We certainly don't need a $5000 road study on Old Hastings Rd in Warkworth to determine if the speed limit should be permanently lowered to 40km/hr. If the roads manager cannot conduct their own study and come up with a decision what are they even paid to do? Time to trim some fat in this township.
This budget appears to be a Xmas list, it is time for the Mayor to lead in cutting out some of these requests and bring them forward for the ratepayers to see. Example fire and there 500,000. Is this two vehicles. Last year they budgeted for a boat but no one came up with one. However they received a side by side with tracks which wasn’t in the budget. There is an item that appears on all three water plants GAC replacements. This is a big ticket item. Did an engineer request these? Half ton at 88 thousand is this with a trade in, dump truck. There is a number of software and telephone requests. Trent Island has a road that is sinking, sewer hole collapse that is just covered in asphalt, many water main breaks and possibly sewer breaks. But Crate says no money to fix them unless other grants are received. The pumping station on Trent Drive has received a lot of attention lately like yesterday Quinte Sewer were there and a tanker at Parkview and Tanner. I asked the driver what was going on. He said they are fixing a problem at the pumping station and he was back up if they didn,t get it fixed. Yes Bob this problem has been going on too long. You mentioned crickets about the Prov. Govt., I say Trent Hills is moving like earth worm with this problem. I read that the $500,000 for the Sunny Life will not effect the budget as it has been budgeted for a number of years. Well who put the money in the tooth fairy.
In conclusion ratepayers should not be happy with this Xmas list. It is up to the Mayor to lead and make sufficient cuts in this budget. He could start by examing the number of staff and vehicles. The budget in 2024 shows capital at 12.52 and 2025 at 10.97 which says it all. Our tax dollars are going into operating.
I appreciate your work, Art, but you have fallen for the biggest public health fraud in human history. I urge you to look for yourself to find the truth.
Except they do not work. I am speaking in confidence as my profession is in occupational health and safety, I perform fit testings of masks and respiratory protection and its a fact that the particulate size of whatever they deem is SARs COV2 is fat smaller than that of any off the shelf mask available.
Masking is good only for large droplets, not aerosol.
This lie is what helped push the convid narrative, and obviously still does to this day. People blindly follow these guidelines without thinking or doing 5 minutes of investigation for themselves.
Take antidotal "evidence" out of this equation, because I am certain that same statement of being protected by wearing a mask cannot be repeated without fail in other situations where one was worn.
We certainly don't need a $5000 road study on Old Hastings Rd in Warkworth to determine if the speed limit should be permanently lowered to 40km/hr. If the roads manager cannot conduct their own study and come up with a decision what are they even paid to do? Time to trim some fat in this township.
That whole discussion was odd. I hope to right about it today or tomorrow.
This budget appears to be a Xmas list, it is time for the Mayor to lead in cutting out some of these requests and bring them forward for the ratepayers to see. Example fire and there 500,000. Is this two vehicles. Last year they budgeted for a boat but no one came up with one. However they received a side by side with tracks which wasn’t in the budget. There is an item that appears on all three water plants GAC replacements. This is a big ticket item. Did an engineer request these? Half ton at 88 thousand is this with a trade in, dump truck. There is a number of software and telephone requests. Trent Island has a road that is sinking, sewer hole collapse that is just covered in asphalt, many water main breaks and possibly sewer breaks. But Crate says no money to fix them unless other grants are received. The pumping station on Trent Drive has received a lot of attention lately like yesterday Quinte Sewer were there and a tanker at Parkview and Tanner. I asked the driver what was going on. He said they are fixing a problem at the pumping station and he was back up if they didn,t get it fixed. Yes Bob this problem has been going on too long. You mentioned crickets about the Prov. Govt., I say Trent Hills is moving like earth worm with this problem. I read that the $500,000 for the Sunny Life will not effect the budget as it has been budgeted for a number of years. Well who put the money in the tooth fairy.
In conclusion ratepayers should not be happy with this Xmas list. It is up to the Mayor to lead and make sufficient cuts in this budget. He could start by examing the number of staff and vehicles. The budget in 2024 shows capital at 12.52 and 2025 at 10.97 which says it all. Our tax dollars are going into operating.
Yikes... Masking. Still?!
I think it's a matter of courtesy to protect people you interact with when you know you're possibly spreading a cold or something else.
I wore one on a plane this summer when I wasn't well but wasn't sure what I had.
I appreciate your work, Art, but you have fallen for the biggest public health fraud in human history. I urge you to look for yourself to find the truth.
And this one:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2811136
I have no desire to go over all the covid-era discussions, but since I did happen to see two studies recently I thought I’d pass them along.
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20240523/Study-confirms-face-masks-effectiveness-in-reducing-disease-transmission-calls-for-improved-public-understanding.aspx
Except they do not work. I am speaking in confidence as my profession is in occupational health and safety, I perform fit testings of masks and respiratory protection and its a fact that the particulate size of whatever they deem is SARs COV2 is fat smaller than that of any off the shelf mask available.
Masking is good only for large droplets, not aerosol.
This lie is what helped push the convid narrative, and obviously still does to this day. People blindly follow these guidelines without thinking or doing 5 minutes of investigation for themselves.
Take antidotal "evidence" out of this equation, because I am certain that same statement of being protected by wearing a mask cannot be repeated without fail in other situations where one was worn.