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Higgins awarded jubilee medal

Coun. Dawn Luhning announced during Monday's council meeting that Mayor Deb Higgins has been selected to receive a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

Coun. Dawn Luhning announced during Monday's council meeting that Mayor Deb Higgins has been selected to receive a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

Published on February 12, 2013
Published on February 12, 2013
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Federation of Canadian Municipalities , Times-Herald , Canada

Mayor Deb Higgins has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

Coun. Dawn Luhning made the announcement during Monday’s regular council meeting.

“The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has selected Mayor Higgins on honour of the contributions that you have made to your community and to all of Canada,” said Luhning. “FCM chose you to receive this distinction for your exemplary efforts to make your community a great place to live. It recognizes the important role municipalities and their elected leaders play in ensuring our prosperity and high quality of life.”

Also during Monday’s council meeting, council approved the bylaw to provide a dust control program in certain areas of the city this year. The rates for the program, levied against abutting property owners based on frontage of benefiting property, are $25.92 per meter if payment is made in full before Nov. 15. The cost is $27.48 per meter if charges are levied against the property.

The city has a special tax bylaw to raise revenue to pay for a specific service or purpose, but an annual bylaw with specifics of the program is required before work can be done for a certain year. It also requires public notification. Any individual property owners affected by the work will be notified and given the chance to petition against the work.

Other items considered during Monday’s meeting:

• Coun. Brian Swanson gave a notice to introduce a motion at council’s next regular meeting to have administration “prepare a report for city council detailing the annual capital expenditures for the past 20 years in the water utility, sewer utility and for sidewalk rehabilitation and arterial, collector and residential road rehabilitation.”

For more information, see an upcoming edition of the Times-Herald.

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    B
    - February 17, 2013 at 16:52:13

    j Just who do you call legit contributors? Would they be the clowns that put this city in debt for the next 25+ years and didnt plan ahead for real needs, not the wants. I don't know about you but I cant drive down any streets without hitting multiple potholes or being detoured around another watermain break. What about safe water and sewage treatment for a growing population? Im positive that Deb will do her utmost to do the best job she can for us taxpayers with the limited resouces at hand. That said, BUGOFF.

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    Stu Griffin
    - February 15, 2013 at 22:56:53

    Right you are ol' chap!..Of all the people who are deserving, they give it to her???Really what has she done besides collect dust and a paycheck!

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    J TAYLOR
    - February 13, 2013 at 15:49:25

    Soooo, after all the ceremonies honoring legit contributors to the community, they had a tub of 1500 medals left over and essentially picked a radom list of mayors across the country. What has she accomplished since taking office? There are some very hard working people that got snubbed by nothing more than lazy bureaucracy.

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