City council is planning to give the Dryden Food Bank a helping hand.
The Food Bank is planning to renovate a building on Grand Trunk Avenue.
The site plan security deposit for the site would be in excess of 30 thousand dollars.
Councillor Martin McKinnon says he has no problem waiving the fee.
“The Food Bank is essential to our community and we’re not setting a precedent here, we’re not going to do it for everybody,” McKinnon told city council at their open meeting this Monday.
“The Food Bank is part of our fabric, and we can’t get by without it. The more we can do to help them the better off Dryden will be.”
Councillor Ritch Noel agreed saying he’s in favour of waiving the site plan security deposit.
“The Food Bank is a very essential service provider in our area. It’s not like if for some reason something happened here, and for whatever reason the construction was slowed, delayed or didn’t happen, they still have another facility they are presently using, so I’m supportive of this.”
The City of Dryden would refund the security deposit once the work is done, but the Food Bank says it would prefer to use that money for construction costs now instead of waiting for the project to be complete.
Al Huckabay from the Dryden Food Bank made a deputation to city council earlier this month, outlining their plans for the Grand Trunk Avenue location.
