Page 40 - Sports Energy News, Cornwall, Issue No 133

40 Issue #133 February 2024 www.sportsenergynews.com

Two Minutes in the Box

process. What you might not realize is budget. If you want to read more about how
that this same process is quite lengthy. New this year, the City of Cornwall the budget process works, simply visit
It all starts in August, when City of hosted their first ever Resident Café. www.Cornwall.ca/2024budget
Cornwall departments begin crunching The event, held at the Cornwall Civic One last goodbye...
numbers and see if they require Complex, was a way for administration You might not know this — unless
By Francis Racine anything to maintain their level of to hear from community members you’re my father-in-law and yes, he’s
service — such as plows, equipment, about what they wanted — or might
an avid reader of Sports Energy — but
or even more staff members. If there not want — to see in the 2024 budget. come February 12, I will be moving
is, they include them in their budget The City of Cornwall also gave to a different role within the City of
submissions. residents the opportunity to conduct Cornwall. As such, I will no longer be
y the time you read this, From there, city managers and the a survey ahead of the budget process. writing this column.
BCornwall City Council will financial planning team review these This survey was also used to garner
I want to thank Mike Piquette for
have approved its 2024 budget and same submissions and examine the feedback, which was then presented to giving me the opportunity to write
with it, will have concluded the budget overall impact that they have on the council during a Town Hall Meeting
this column every single month. My
on January 29.
Sports Next up was the adoption of utility background is in journalism, therefore
Sports
Sports
Sports
I always looked forward to putting pen
Ne
Ne
Ne
Ne
ws
ws
ws
ws
ws
ws
Ne
Ne
ws
Energy
Energy News
Energy
Energy
Energy
Energy Ne ws rates — water and wastewater — in to paper (or finger to keyboard in this
Energy
Energy
Ne
Energy
December.
Budget deliberations began on case).
Stories And More About The People In Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry
Would like to thank all our advertisers, who have teamed January 23 and continued on the I’m confident that whoever
up with us to share some remarkable, positive local sports 24th, 30th, and 31st. Between these becomes the City of Cornwall’s new
meetings, Cornwall Council hosted Communication Officer will take over
success stories, from all ages, young and old. the reins of this column.
a Town Hall meeting. This was used

to get feedback from residents, and to Thank you, dear readers, for

hear from certain organizations that spending so many two minutes with
were seeking funding. me in the city’s box.

Thom’s Trivia
Answers
Questions on page 25
1A) Flamingo Motels scoring ace was Dave Ezard.
2A) Russ Alguire perfected the plaster cast during the
early days of goalie masks. He charged $100. That’s about
$802.00 today.

3A) That would be the Long Sault Arena after heavy snow
tore apart a fifth of the arena roof.