{"id":6364,"date":"2024-01-08T16:09:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T20:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=6364"},"modified":"2024-01-08T16:09:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T20:09:29","slug":"queens-place-canteen-contract-online-voting-on-councils-agenda-on-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2024\/01\/08\/queens-place-canteen-contract-online-voting-on-councils-agenda-on-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens Place canteen contract, online voting on council\u2019s agenda on Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Region of Queens administration building. Photo Ed Halverson<\/p><\/div>\n

By Rick Conrad<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Queens Place Emera Centre canteen contract and electronic voting are among the topics on the Region of Queens council agenda<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Staff are recommending that the Kiwanis Club of Liverpool be awarded a one-year contract to operate concessions at Queens Place. Councillors had previously agreed that the Kiwanis Club would be a good fit to operate the canteen, rent free, for one year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Under the proposal, the club would be responsible for ensuring food safety and insurance compliance. Volunteers from the club, Queens County Blades and the Queens County Minor Hockey Association would operate it.<\/span><\/p>\n

The three organizations would share proceeds from concessions sales. The groups have joined together to operate the canteen at some previous events.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Kiwanis Club also told council that it would step aside if another operator came forward during their one-year term.<\/span><\/p>\n

When Queens Place opened in December 2011, the region operated the canteen. Since 2016, however, either private businesses or community groups have run it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Electronic voting<\/strong> may not be possible for the 2024 municipal elections, according to a report from Cody Joudry, Region of Queens chief administrative officer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Twenty of Nova Scotia\u2019s 49 municipalities offered online voting in the 2020 elections by contracting with a private company, he says. If the region wants to follow suit, it is probably too late to join with those other municipalities. It would have to issue a tender on its own and find a service provider, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The possibility of e-voting in Queens came up at a previous council meeting. And Joudry is recommending that council ask for a staff report on the feasibility and cost to implement it in time for the October 2024 election.<\/span><\/p>\n

Staff is recommending<\/strong> that council approve two requests to name private roads. Terry Whynot of Kent Fields Estates and the Quarterdeck Resort made both applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first is to name a private road off Cobbs Ridge Road in Liverpool Lingley Lane. The other application is to call a new road off Willow Lane in Summerville Centre Audrelyn Lane.<\/span><\/p>\n

Councillors will hear<\/strong> a presentation on Pemsik Conservation Mosaic. It is a proposed conservation area that would connect the Tobeatic Wilderness Area to the lands and waters around Port Mouton, Port Joli and Port l\u2019Hebert, as well as Broad and Sable rivers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Pemsik project partners want to protect the cultural and natural values critical to the livelihoods of Mi\u2019kmaq and rural communities throughout southwest Nova Scotia.<\/span><\/p>\n

The council meeting begins at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the council chamber at 249 White Point Rd., Liverpool.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Email: rickconradqccr@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Listen to an audio version of this story below<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/counciladvancejan824.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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