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Yarmouth town capital budget includes more for street paving

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A lot more paving will be done this year in the Town of Yarmouth.

Council approved $1.6 million in their $7.1 million capital budget for street paving, that includes provincial grants.

Mayor Pam Mood says that’s up from $400,000 last year.

“It doesn’t mean all the roads will get paved, because it can take up to $4 million to pave one street once you dig up all the infrastructure. This of course is dependent on this grant,” said Mood.

The budget also includes $3 million toward the Mariners Centre expansion and $1.6 million for the wastewater treatment plant.

The Mariners Centre expansion amount represents the rest of the town’s portion of the $10 million shared commitment toward the project between the Town of Yarmouth, Municipality of the District of Yarmouth, and the Municipality of Argyle.

The expansion building, called the ‘Credit Union RecPlex,’ is scheduled to open this fall. It features a swimming pool, leisure pool, fitness centre and a walking track.

There’s also close to one million dollars for two new fire trucks for the Yarmouth Fire Department, expected to be delivered in the fall of 2027.

The trucks will replace a tanker, a rescue unit, and two engines, they cost a total of $3.5 million.

This budget also includes $160,000 for work on ferry dock pontoons at the Yarmouth International Ferry Terminal.

And, $100,000 for future upgrades at the Yarmouth Curling Club.

Mayor Mood says it’s a good budget, and they’re looking forward to moving ahead with it.

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Town of Yarmouth bans ‘public urinating and defecating’

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When nature calls, stay out of sight in the Town of Yarmouth.

Council updated its public places by-law to add a ban on urinating and defecating in a public place.

Mayor Pam Mood says it’s not because of any particular incidents.

“It’s not happening all the time, but we have gotten some reports. The RCMP have to have something to go by if they’re going to write tickets for these incidents. It was simply an add to the by-law, that’s all this was,” said Mayor Mood.

She says they did a scan of other jurisdictions.

“To see what other towns and cities in the province have in their books, they have this. We are just adding a few words to say that you can’t do this.”

The Mayor posted the information on social media.

Mood says she posted it in jest, because she can’t understand why they have to tell people this, but says apparently there are reasons.

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Yarmouth to host spring NSFM conference

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Mayors, wardens and councillors from across the province are coming to Yarmouth.

The spring conference of the Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities takes place at the Rodd Grand Hotel April 29 to May 1.

Yarmouth mayor Pam Mood is excited for the area to host.

She expects provincial budget cuts to be a topic.

“How do we manage? Because budgets have been cut. What are other municipalities doing? That’s a benefit of conferences like this, and we do it twice a year, we learn from each other,” said mayor Mood.

Some agenda items include success stories, stormwater strategies, an update on a policing review and the use of AI.

“You don’t have to be right next door to each other to benefit from what other units are doing. We’re looking at the best way forward for what we’re all going through right now.”

Mood hopes all local councillors take part.

“We’re thrilled to have our colleagues in Yarmouth, and we’ll get to discuss all the big issues right here at home.”