CBVRSB report

The Education Minister will be appointing the new Chair of the Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board.

The members were sworn in yesterday at Sherwood Park Education Centre and voted to select a Chair.  But that vote ended in a tie twice between Lorne Green who has been the Chair for the last nine years.

After a second vote still ended in a tie, the rules say it’s up to the education minister Karen Casey to break it and choose the winner.

Water rates

Public hearings will be held in January by the Utility and Review Board into a water rate increase requested by Richmond County.

The County is looking for big increases of 21.3%, 19.4% and 14.6% over the next three years.