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Township to repair airport hangar 

Township to repair airport hangar 

 
By Chad Ingram
The following are brief reports of items discussed during a July 18 meeting of Algonquin Highlands council.

Algonquin
Highlands will make repairs to a large commercial hangar at the
Stanhope Airport, a hangar known as Hangar D, before the space can be
rented out to new clients.
An inspection of the hangar – built
larger than the airport’s other hangars at 2,500 square feet in order to
attract commercial operations – revealed a couple of issues that need
to be dealt with before the space can be rented out. 
A
staff report shows the heat pump/air conditioning unit will need to be
replaced at an estimated cost of $5,500 plus taxes. In addition, leaks
in the roof of the hangar have caused damage to the building’s
insulation, and mould has also been discovered on the insulation. Once
the insulation is removed, staff are recommending use of a spray foam
insulation material. The township will put out a tender for that work,
with bids coming back to council. 
The hangar leases for approximately $9,500 a year and has been vacant since January.
 
Energy management plan 
Council
adopted an energy management plan for the township for the years 2019
through 2024. The plans, mandated by the province, track energy
consumption in an effort to reduce it. The plan shows that in Algonquin
Highlands, more than half of municipal electricity consumption is
generated by its municipal offices in combination with the Dorset
Recreation Centre. 
“If
you look at the very bottom line, our use has increased,” said chief
administrative officer Angie Bird. However, Bird stressed the township
has constructed a new public works garage and that requirements for the
new plan meant including buildings that were not included before. 
The
energy management plans from each of Haliburton County’s four
lower-tier townships will feed into a climate change plan that is being
undertaken by the county.
 
Newhook appointed clerk 

Councillors
voted to appoint Dawn Newhook as the new municipal clerk for Algonquin
Highlands. Newhook has most recently held the position of clerk with the
Township of Minden Hills, and was previously employed by Algonquin
Highlands. Matt Gower, who had been clerk in Algonquin Highlands for the
past couple of years, took a job with the Town of Bracebridge this
spring.