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REPORT
OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT
Meeting:
GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Date: JUNE 6, 2005
Report #: OPD- 008-05
File#:
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By-Law #:
Subject:
SENIOR CITIZENS AND PHYSICALLY DISABLED
SIDEWALK AND DRIVEWAY WINDROW
SNOW CLEARING PROGRAM
Recommendations:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration
Committee recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report OPD-008-05 be received for information.
Submitted by:
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Fred Horvat
B.A., R.D.M.R, RRF.A.
Director of Operations
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W Franklin Wu,
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REPORT NO. OPD-008-05
PAGE 2
BACKGROUND:
The Senior Citizens and Physically Disabled Sidewalk and Driveway Windrow
Snow Clearing Program was a popular program again this past season. Since its
introduction in 1993 the program has significantly expanded across the
Municipality. Although there were 89 participants that did not return to the
program this past season, there were 64 new participants and 573 residents who
returned to the program, totaling 637 participants for the 2004-2005 season.
50
23
6
2
4
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o
2
2
o
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89
Did Not Return to Program from 04-05
Total Participants in 03-04 Program
Bowmanville
Courtice
Newcastle
Newtonville
Orono
Solina
Burketon
Enniskillen
Hampton
Maple Grove
Mitchell's Comers
350
121
52
9
18
4
1
o
10
2
6
573
89
662
34
16
7
o
3
1
o
3
o
o
o
64
384
137
59
9
21
5
1
3
10
2
6
637
Increase to the 04-05 Program from last Year
For residents to be eligible for this service, applicants must be 65 years of age or
older or be physically disabled, occupy a single family, dwelling which fronts onto
a Municipal street in the specified urban areas or the urbanized areas of the
specified hamlet's, and have no able bodied persons under the age of 65 years
residing on the property. Senior citizens must provide a copy of a birth certificate
or Senior Citizens Number; physically disabled applicants must provide a doctor's
certificate.
REPORT NO. OPD-008-05
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BACKGROUND cont'd:
The snow clearing service on municipal sidewalks starts when a snowfall ends
and only when there is more than 2 cm (approximately 1 inch) of snow on
sidewalks. The driveway windrow snow clearing service is not undertaken until
the snow ploughing on all Municipal streets has been completed.
Below is a table of call-out statistics for this program from 2001 to 2005:
Call-Out Statistics
November December January February March April Total
2001-02 0 6 10 10 7 0 33
2002-03 2 11 23 14 11 4 65
2003-04 1 6 23 23 8 0 60
2004-05 2 13 20 7 9 2 53
The cost of this program in 2004 was $89,201. The cost to date 2005 is
$60,940.45, leaving a balance of $29,059.55 for callouts in November and
December.
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