County councillors decided to defer any decision on cost sharing related to fees incurred from fighting the Alvin Runnalls Forest fire that happened in September, pending a more detailed report. Article content

The report council discussed on Monday recommended a cost-sharing request from the Township of North Dundas, valued at $46,848, be approved and funded from SDG’s working reserve. The report showed that $35,525 of the request related to firefighter compensation and $11,323 related to costs associated with excavator rentals. Article content

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North Dundas had declared a state of emergency as the large 0.4-square-kilometre (100-acre) fire ripped through forest and was eventually contained.

After discussion among the elected officials around

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