Regional Councillors have voted unanimously to get rid of their travel allowance.
Under the allowance, councillors could claim a flat fee of 140 dollars a week, regardless of their amount of travel.
Councillors will now get reimbursed for the actual travel they do on municipal business.
The vote took place during yesterday’s general committee meeting of Council at City Hall in Sydney.
Music Nova Scotia announced today Nova Scotia Music Week will be held in Sydney this year.
The event will take place from November 5th to 8th.
Music Nova Scotia estimates the annual event attracts over 5,000 local and visiting music fans, with a 2 million-dollar economic spin-off for the province and about a million dollars brought into the host community.
Destination Cape Breton and the Cape Breton Music Industry Co-operative will be the primary partners in the 2020 edition of the event.
Music Nova Scotia says information on venues, tickets and other details will be announced over the next few months.
Municipal staff have recommended against putting in a by-law to deal with the litter created by flyers.
The Municipality’s Planning Director Michael Ruus told council today such a by-law would require hiring more staff.
He says that would be a challenge given the financial difficulties the municipality is already facing.
Some councilors expressed concern a bad message might be sent out if by-laws under consideration can’t be brought in because of financial challenges.
Today’s presentation came after council asked for an issue paper following complaints from constituents about the litter created by the flyers.
Regional Councillor Kendra Coombes has decided to run in an upcoming provincial by-election.
The District 11 Councillor will be running for the New Democrats in the Cape Breton-Centre riding.
This comes after the area’s current MLA, New Democrat Tammy Martin, announced she’s stepping down for health reasons.
The NDP says Coombes will be nominated at a meeting at the Italian Community Hall in Dominion on Thursday when Martin officially steps down.
Former MLA Dave Wilton will be running again for the Liberals in the riding.
There’s been another roof fall at the Donkin Mine but the provincial Labour Department says no one was injured.
The roof fall happened over the weekend and there’s a stop work order in place for part of the mine.
The Labour Department’s Senior Director of Inspections and Compliance Scott Nauss says workers discovered the roof fall when they came in for backshift on Sunday.
He says the Department is now investigating.
Nauss says the Department has ordered the mine to clean up the area where the fall happened and to do its own investigation of why the fall happened and how similar falls can be prevented.
