BUDGET OFFICIAL
Stirling-Rawdon has its budget for this year.
No changes were made to a draft budget presented to the public Monday night so Stirling-Rawdon residents will see a less than a one percent increase on the average home valued at $240,000.
With education and county taxes included the increase on the average house will amount to about $49 a year.
As far as capital projects go, tenders are going out soon for the reconstruction on much of the village’s downtown core, work that won’t be complete until next year sometime.
MUNICIPAL VOTING METHODS
Stirling-Rawdon council is making changes to the way voters will vote in the next local election.
Council has decided voters will be voting online or by telephone only. There will be no mail-in ballots.
However, there will be at least two locations with one of them being at the municipal office, where people can go and vote by phone or internet, with assistance from staff.
WARD SYSTEM
Stirling-Rawdon residents will still be using the ward system in the next local election.
Council had decided to consider doing away with the two wards, one the former Rawdon Township and the other consisting of the village of Stirling and had asked for the public’s response in an online questionnaire.
Mayor Bob Mullin says less than 10% of the population filled out the questionnaire with most of them being in favour of keeping the ward system so no change will be made.
