Disaster relief following major flooding in Belleville last year is still a long way off.
Flood waters last May caused damage throughout a large area of Belleville’s Thurlow ward.
Nine months later, city clerk Matt Macdonald says the relief committee is getting ready to meet for the first time to consider victims’ claims.
Macdonald says the provincial program, which includes local fundraising, won’t help all the victims.
The three-person committee will meet with a provincial official in the next week, to begin the process.