Residents share security and privacy concerns over new health centre at Dorchester prison
On today’s show, we listen in to a public meeting in Dorchester as Correctional Services of Canada announces the location of a new Health Centre of Excellence planned for the Dorchester Penitentiary. About 25 residents showed up Thursday evening to ask questions about the security of the new facility, the impact it could have on local services like water and sewer, and the potential for the project to incorporate improvements to local roads.
Plus in briefs, a policy and a bylaw that Tantramar council rejected last week are back on the agenda for Monday’s committee of the whole meeting, a new bank of EV chargers is coming to the Amherst Canadian Tire, and Sackville’s longtime Town Crier, David Fullerton, has died. … Continue
Tantramar council to be sworn in at Dorchester community centre; and last meeting for Sackville council next week
The swearing in ceremony for the new town of Tantramar council is slated for Tuesday, December 20, at 630pm at the Veterans Community Centre in Dorchester.
Newly elected members of the council shared the news on social media, and new Tantramar CAO Jennifer Borne confirmed the location. Borne says that details of the swearing-in ceremony will be posted on both the Dorchester and Sackville websites when available.
Borne also said that the first regular Tantramar council meeting in January would take place at Sackville Town Hall, as the “required technology is already in place.”
Borne said that once the new municipal council assumes office in January, they will decide on a plan regarding meeting locations, “to ensure civic inclusion for all of Tantramar.”
Borne was unable to provide updates regarding the senior management positions and structure of the new municipality, or the budget for 2023. Provincially appointed transition facilitator Chad Peters is responsible for writing Tantramar’s first budget, and for appointing officers such as Clerk and Treasurer for the new municipality.
Borne said that “over the coming weeks, an organizational structure will be communicated to both staff and the general public.”
Sackville council final meeting next week
The town of Sackville council will have its final meeting on Wednesday December 14 at 4:30pm.
The council will approve payroll for the month of November, and also be asked to approve a transfer into the town’s reserve funds.… Continue