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City Of Dryden Outdoor Patio Rules

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The City of Dryden is ensuring area businesses are aware of their outdoor patio guidelines.

Although Phase 3 of reopening in our region allowing restaurants to reopen on Friday, outdoor patios may still be used more for space or preference during the pandemic.

Such guidelines include ensuring 2m of distance between seating, must be accessible, exits must be unobstructed and a fire extinguisher must be available on the patio.

The full list of guidelines can be found below.

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Upcoming Closure To Second Street In Dryden

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The City of Dryden is warning of a road closure coming up in the north side of the city.

Public Works says Second Street from Mary to Myrtle Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic from Monday at 7:30am to Friday at 4pm.

The closure is needed to complete repairs and upgrades to the water and wastewater systems.

If you have any questions or concerns you can contact Public Works at 223-2367.

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City Of Dryden Reopening Select Facilities

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As a part of the Province of Ontario’s first step of reopening the province, the City of Dryden is reopening some municipal facilities.

The Pedestrian Overpass, Dryden Skate Park, Milestone Rink, Earl’s Court, Duke Street Dock, Roy Wilson Suspension Bridge and the Mosaic Art Installation in Johnston Park are all open now.

Essential and emergency services continue to operate.

The full list of what is now open and what remains closed can be found in the release below.

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City Of Dryden Update On Payments

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A reminder to residents of Dryden that although city offices are closed to the public, amounts owing to the municipality are still due.

The City says payments can still be made by online or telephone banking, dropping off payments at the front entrance of City Hall, mailing payments by post, or paid by credit card though an online system HERE

The City also says they understand that there could be challenges paying these bills in the current situation so they have decided there will be no penalties or finance charges for amounts owing on property taxes, and sewer and water bills up until the end of June 30th.

The time frame will also be evaluated and may be extended even further.

Pre-authorized payments may also be suspended by contacting the City of Dryden’s Finance Department and can be contacted by email (financedept@dryden.ca) or by calling from Monday to Friday between the hours of 8:30am to 4:30pm at (807) 223-1113.

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Dryden Council Won’t Proceed With Name Change

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There is a definite appetite to change the City of Dryden name back to the Town of Dryden.

However, it won’t be happening any time soon after a motion to proceed was defeated in a 3-3 vote by Council last night. (Monday)

Voting in favour of moving towards the next step in the name change proposal included Mayor Greg Wilson, Dave McKay and Michelle Price.

John Carlucci is in support of the “Town” name, but voted against the move, stating it will slow down their re-branding and strategic planning process.

Martin MacKinnon and Shayne MacKinnon also voted “No”.

Norm Bush wasn’t in attendance.

Shayne MacKinnon has been strongly opposed to the move.

“It should have, at least, been involved in the re-branding right from the start of the planning. Also, we are undergoing a strategic plan and that should have been brought up during the strategic planning.

A staff report states “Throughout the recent consultation process for our municipal strategy plan development and re-branding initiative, a name change for the City of Dryden has not been a focus point in conversations or surveys.”

MacKinnon adds “When you’re making a change in a community that really affects the fabric of the community, I think that everyone in the community should be able to chime in.”

Staff warned Council that proceeding with a potential name change would cost a conservative $28,280 to start, plus another estimated $18,000 to $25,000 for public consultations.

Costs resulting from any changes due to re-branding were not factored in those estimates.

That includes changing and replacing signs as well as direct costs associated with replacing stationary such as business cards, printed letterhead, envelopes, and other items.

Staff also warned that it would take another three months of planning to set-up public consultations, tying up valuable staff time and resources.

They stated they don’t know the direct impact on businesses, organizations and residents and would need time to hear from them.

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Dryden Council Agrees To Look At Name Change

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The name debate in Dryden isn’t going away anytime soon.

Council directed staff last night (Monday) to investigate the steps and cost of changing the City name back to the Town of Dryden.

The motion was presented by Greg Wilson.

“For me it’s something that I wanted to bring up during this term of Council. I wasn’t in any rush but when administration said that it would be very helpful if we could get it in front of Council and the strat planning committee sooner than later, I thought, O.K., let’s step it up.”

Wilson adds “Administration is wanting to hurry this along, not to rush it, but to make sure it falls in line with the timing of the strat plan delivery.”

The move comes as the municipality is in the late stages of going through a re-branding and strategic plan exercise.

There are some concerns on Council that the strategic plan may now be delayed, stressing that maintaining the current schedule is priority number one.

Wilson says “I don’t think it (cost investigation) will involve too much time and effort, but administration, they’ve got a lot on their plate, so I have to be considerate of that.”

Chief Administrative Officer Roger Nesbitt says they can’t drop everything they are currently doing, stressing it’s going to take at least a month to determine costs.

He notes there will be expenses as the City will have to change letterhead, signage, promotional material and other items.

Some on Council believes the costs won’t be as high as the City is currently rebranding itself.

Staff note there is no financial advantage to a name change.

Only Shayne MacKinnon voted against the motion.

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Dryden. What’s In A Name?

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Greg Wilson is looking to go back to the future.

The Mayor has brought forward a resolution to change the name from the City of Dryden back to the Town of Dryden.

The resolution will be debated at the August 26th Council meeting.

Wilson says we are a small community that has close proximity to the lakes, to camp, to shopping, to work from home, and the commute is very short.

He notes “When you think City, you think a little busier, a little bigger. And that’s good if you want to flex your economic muscles and say ‘hey we got some powers here, we are like a big City.”

Wilson says “When you think about the strengths that Dryden has, why people like to live here, the Town of Dryden seems to fit more than the City of Dryden.”

He adds “It speaks well of us if we walk humbly and call ourselves a Town. We don’t try and pretend that we’re a City and it’s something that, I think, most Drydenites would be comfortable with.”

Wilson doesn’t believe the move will impact any government funding.

Dryden was incorporated as a Town in 1910 and didn’t become incorporated as a City until 1998.

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