The city will provide feminine hygiene products free of charge in some of its washrooms.
Brockville council on Tuesday endorsed that recommendation by its planning committee, but with a slower rollout, starting in facilities that are easier to monitor in order to address concerns about possible misuse or vandalism.
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The recommendation initially directed city staff to procure and install feminine hygiene product dispensers in 30 publicly-accessible washrooms.
Staff recommended taking the $16,500 needed for the dispensers from the city’s fiscal policy reserve, while the estimated annual maintenance or refill cost of $5,200 would be added to the operating budget.
The city will provide feminine hygiene products free of charge in some of its washrooms.
Brockville council on Tuesday endorsed that recommendation by its planning committee, but with a slower rollout, starting in facilities that are easier to monitor in order to address concerns about possible misuse or vandalism.
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Try refreshing your browser. Council approves feminine hygiene product dispensers Back to video
The recommendation initially directed city staff to procure and install feminine hygiene product dispensers in 30 publicly-accessible washrooms.
Staff recommended taking the $16,500 needed for the dispensers from the city’s fiscal policy reserve, while the estimated annual maintenance or refill cost of $5,200 would be added to the operating budget.
The city will provide feminine hygiene products free of charge in some of its washrooms.
Brockville council on Tuesday endorsed that recommendation by its planning committee, but with a slower rollout, starting in facilities that are easier to monitor in order to address concerns about possible misuse or vandalism.
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Try refreshing your browser. Council approves feminine hygiene product dispensers Back to video
The recommendation initially directed city staff to procure and install feminine hygiene product dispensers in 30 publicly-accessible washrooms.
Staff recommended taking the $16,500 needed for the dispensers from the city’s fiscal policy reserve, while the estimated annual maintenance or refill cost of $5,200 would be added to the operating budget.
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From nurses in Guyana to children in Belarus – and Santa’s visits to Brockville – it has been an eventful century for the city’s Rotarians.
Saturday marked the 100th anniversary of the Rotary Club of Brockville, a milestone that, like all other events, must be marked in an unanticipated way because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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“Sometimes I feel like I’ve been there since the beginning,” Doris Hallett, the club’s treasurer and co-chair of the 100th anniversary committee, joked on Friday.
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