HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2016-10-27, Page 30PAGE 30. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2016.
Zinn pushes for `official' municipal notifications
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
Councillor Sharen Zinn wants
notifications sent out by Morris-
Turnberry to look a little more
official, however her fellow council
members feel there has to be some
accountability on ratepayers to read
their mail.
The issue was raised by Zinn
during Morris-Turnberry's Oct. 18
meeting, when Zinn said that a
recent flyer that was sent out by the
municipality was missed by several
ratepayers because they thought it
appeared to be an advertisement.
"I would like a policy put in place
regarding forthcoming messages,"
she said. "Any notification from the
municipality should be an official
letter in an envelope that goes out to
the properties. I don't want to see a
post card or a flyer or anything that
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The Wingham Community Garden has grown to include a new small orchard this year that will
come into production in the next few years. The garden grows food for the North Huron Food
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Mutual Insurance Company. The garden grows potatoes, carrots, onions, beets, peas, beans
tomatoes, cabbage, watermelon and leeks, while the orchard will soon produce apples, pears,
apricots and blackberries. From left: Carol Bowyer, Eileen George, Phil Beard, Hauke
Reisenbichler and Clara Blake. Absent was Doris Galbraith. (Photo submitted)
resembles an advertisement.
Councillor John Smuck said he
was under the impression that letters
are sent out for certain things, but
Zinn wanted all notifications to be
handled in such a way.
Council members said they felt
that wasn't necessary, but Zinn
answered each with the same
sentiment — it can't look like a flyer,
it has to be on township letterhead.
Chief Building Official Kirk
Livingston said he had dealt with a
similar situation in another
municipality he worked with and
getting those kind of notifications
out to the right landowners.
"It's an onerous project for
planners to go through site -by -site
and property -by -property," he said.
"We couldn't pay them to make sure
people got the information and the
easiest way is to put the onus on the
property owner. Giving them a letter
[with the proper wording] is the
easiest way to do that."
Livingston suggested putting any
kind of general mailers, such as
those for the municipality's official
plan changes, in tax bills to make
sure ratepayers are aware of it.
Zinn, however, wasn't happy with
that suggestion either, saying that
people may not read their tax bills.
Administrator Clerk -Treasurer
Nancy Michie explained that the
municipality had sent out a postcard
to every property owner about recent
open house and information
meetings for the municipality's
ongoing Official Plan preparation,
and said the postcard was chosen for
the exact reason that Zinn was
saying they were ineffective —
because people would look at them.
Members of council seemed to
agree with Michie, with Deputy -
Mayor Jamie Heffer and others
saying they had heard positive
feedback about the postcard mailing.
"The information 1 got was that
people looked at the postcard, called
and were told they could be part of
the process," he said. "I think it was
the right thing... I had only positive
comments"
Mayor Paul Gowing agreed,
saying it was cost effective and that
regardless of the approach used, not
everyone would see the letter.
"Mine is sitting on the centrepiece
of the kitchen table," he said. "A
letter would have been filed, but the
postcard drew attention and is there
because of it."
Councillors Dorothy Kelly and
Jim Nelemans both said that some
onus does need to be put on the
ratepayers, with Nelemans likening
it to a committee he was on where a
member wouldn't attend despite
getting e-mails telling him where
and when the meeting was.
"He would say someone should
call him before each meeting," he
said. "We can't do that, there has to
be some responsibility from the
ratepayers ""
Council did not pursue the issue.
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