It was a lengthy council meeting on Wednesday, but it looks like good news for the village of Tweed.
The discussion centred around a gravel pit for the village.
Tweed has been working with a consultant for the past 12 years on a proposal for a gravel pit on Esker Road.
Mayor Jo-Anne Albert tells Quinte News the zoning and Official Plan changes required have gone through a number of stages.
They would allow use of the gravel pit by the municipality.
Albert says, “It’ll be a huge saving for the local taxpayers.”
“We have a budget of over $250,000 a year in gravel, so this will definitely help us.”
The pit would be used for the next 20 years.
Mayor Albert expects the final approval to take place later this fall.
In other Tweed news:
The village is studying a plan to give residents a chance to downsize.
Mayor Albert says, “The option is to go smaller in a home than the normal 1,500 square feet. You know that basically what we’ve done is just to give people who don’t wish to go into a big home that option.”
She added, “We don’t know how many people will take us up on it … the people who came to the (public) meeting on the issue. There weren’t that many but were very pleased with it.”
It will require a zoning by-law.
Regarding COVID-19 vaccinations, a staff report will come back to council.
Albert says, “It’s just a policy for ourselves (members of council) and staff. Just to have something in writing. Not demanding people have vaccinations, for sure, but just having a policy in place that everybody would be treated the same.”
