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Plaintiffs a no-show
for property issue
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
Morris-Turnberry Council's
procedural bylaw was called into
effect when two scheduled
deputations failed to present
information regarding their
presentation and then failed to
appear.
The two presentations, made by a
Mrs. and Mr. Wick, were scheduled
for 8:30 p.m. and 8:40 p.m.
respectively during council's July 19
meeting.
Mayor Paul Gowing explained the
issue couldn't be dealt with due to a
lack of information presented to
council.
"Deputations need to forward at
least an outline of what is going to be
brought forward," he said, explaining
that the township had given the
Wicks additional time to submit their
outlines, which are normally due the
week before the meeting. "We
extended that deadline to [July 18]
and didn't receive it at the office.
Even if they were in attendance, it
would be at council's discretion to
allow a presentation as they haven't
met part of the procedural bylaw."
Councillor Jim Nelemans asked if
said that, as the municipal
representative in such matters, Fire
Prevention Officer James Marshall
was brought to council to address
the issue.
Councillor Dorothy Kelly made a
motion, shortly after 8:30 p.m., that
if the Wicks hadn't shown up by
8:35 p.m., they wouldn't be
permitted to make their presentation
as no outline was submitted.
"We extended the deadline,"
Gowing said, agreeing with Kelly's
suggestion.
Kelly went
understanding
was that the
to claim
on to say that her
of the presentation
Wicks were going
Morris-Turnberry
didn't follow its own property
standard rules.
"They say we don't follow our
own procedure, so let's follow our
own procedure now," she
said. "They haven't met the
procedural bylaw, so the matter is
null and void."
Shared servicing debate heats up
Continued from page 7
it to their ratepayers to find them.
"If it works, it works. If savings
are there, they're there," Steffler
said, but if there are no savings for
Huron East, it's time to move on.
He suggested, however, that
councillors not get caught up in the
process and "throw the baby out
with the bathwater" on shared
services.
Councillor Alvin McLellan
agreed, but said that what's hurting
the municipality is the mayor
presenting the issue as if it's already
been decided when council has yet
to even discuss it. Responding to
Steffler's comment, he said that to
listen to the mayor on the radio, it
sounds as though he's "already
bought the bathtub for the baby".
"You put a microphone in front of
the gentleman's face and he can't
stop talking about it," McLellan said
of the mayor.
Councillor Larry McGrath said
that it didn't bother him whether or
not MacLellan was attending
meetings, because at the end
of the day, a decision still has
to be made by council.
Steffler eventually put a halt to the
conversation, saying he didn't feel
comfortable discussing the mayor's
activities unless he was present at
the meeting to defend himself.
If council wanted to continue the
discussion, he said, the meeting
should move into a closed -to -the -
public session and several
councillors protested, with
Chartrand saying they had "nothing
to hide".
Once conversation halted,
Councillor David Blaney presented
a notice of motion that he wanted
raised for discussion at council's
next meeting on Aug. 9.
The motion states that "due to the
current lack of relevant data
surrounding the shared services
debate and due to the efforts to
expand the number of municipalities
involved in the discussion, and in
consideration of the fact that the two
principals promoting the endeavour
have declared in the press that their
ultimate aim would be single -tier
government, the Council of Huron
East clearly establish the following:
The Mayor of Huron East has only
been empowered to discuss the
possibility of shared services with
the Municipality of Central Huron
and the Municipality of Bluewater
and to seek information concerning
the contents of the agreement
between Morris-Turnberry and
North Huron and that any current
expansion of that mandate is solely
an individual action on the part
of the mayor and has not been
endorsed by the Council of Huron
East..."
The motion then lists a handful of
areas in which Huron East Council
has authorized shared services, such
as fire protection, water and sewer,
landfill, the Brussels Medical -
Dental building, recreation and the
Brussels Cemetery.
The motion will return for
discussion at Huron East Council's
Aug. 9 meeting. That same night,
council will officially debate
whether or not to advance in the
shared services discussion with
Central Huron and Bluewater with
the stated next step being the hiring
of a third -party consultant.
A fundraiser
The North Huron Food Share held its now -annual Zero K Non -Race Race at the Blyth
Business Improvement Area (BIA) Streetfest on Saturday. The race, which requires
contestants to take a single step, is a fundraiser for the organization and helps meet the needs
of the food share during the summer when donations tend to suffer, according to organizers.
The race was started by CKNX AM 920 Morning Show host Buzz Reynolds, on the stage
behind the competitors. (Denny Scott photo)
NH public town hall meeting has no set issues
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
the Wicks were bringing something North Huron Council's upcoming
new to council or opposing a public town hall meeting set for Sept.
decision, to which Administrator 13 will offer ratepayers a chance to
Clerk -Treasurer Nancy Michie said offer feedback on all aspects of life
they wanted to bring a property in the community.
standards issue involving the During council's July 18 meeting,
municipality to council. Michie then Councillor Trevor Seip asked about
the specifics of the meeting and was
told it would be a very open meeting.
Seip asked if there would be
specific topics set and Reeve Neil
Vincent said that the meeting would
be "more or less" open and
ratepayers would be welcome to
bring up whichever issues they
saw fit.
Sharon Chambers, the Chief
Administrative Officer for North
Huron, reported that, while the
meeting was set to start at 7 p.m. and
scheduled to end at 8 p.m., the time
line is not "hard and fast".
"We have had the case where there
are two people who show up and
leave halfway through the meeting,"
she said. "Brief presentations will be
made and then we will allow for
public input. If we don't need the
extra time, we will adjourn the
meeting."
Vincent said council didn't want
to put a premature end to any "good
discussion," but did want a time set
to end the meeting officially
recorded. Council can pass a motion
at any meeting to allow it to go
longer than anticipated.
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