March 4 was a long day for Mapleton council members.
The regular council meeting, originally scheduled for March 11, was moved up to March 4 and the day began at 9:30am with a closed session to meet with the municipality’s insurers, the Frank Cowan Company, regarding a claim for the municipal works garage, which was destroyed by fire on Nov. 29.
An open session to work on the township’s 2014 budget was scheduled to begin at 10:30am. After a lunch break, council resumed in open session for their regular meeting, which lasted until about 3:30pm.
Council then went back in-camera for a session, which involved three items:
– a report from CAO Patty Sinnamon on organizational restructuring
– further discussion on the fire claim; and
– a CAO’s report regarding River Run Road in Drayton.
The latter item was considered in-camera under a section of the Municipal Act that allows councils to close a meeting for “receiving of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose; consideration of a request under the Municipal Freedom of information and Protection of Privacy Act.”
