Fauquier-Strickland meets with Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Officials with Fauquier-Strickland, which is heavily in debt and has threatened to cease services, have met with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
Town in financial crisis meets with the province
In a phone interview with CTV News, Madeleine Tremblay, the mayor of Fauquier-Strickland, said officials with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing met with her on Wednesday to review the municipality's financial crisis.
Last week in a letter to residents, mayor and council announced it would have to cease most of its core services by Aug. 1. The municipality has accumulated $2.5 million in debt in the past decade.
That means it can't afford to pay for services such as road maintenance, landfill, cemetery and fire without financial help from the province.
Tremblay told CTV News that the meeting went well and the municipality now awaits recommendations from Minister Robert Flack's office. She said no timeline has been given.
In the meantime, Tremblay said she's working on finding a solution to be able to continue providing municipal services.
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