The Citizen, 2013-07-25, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2013.M-T prepares to sell surplus Belgrave fire hall lotsMorris-Turnberry Township
Council has decided to prepare to
declare a large lot in Belgrave
surplus that had previously been
considered a place for the
municipality’s fire hall when talks
with North Huron Township were
not proceeding as council members
had hoped it would.The lot, which fronts on to JohnStreet, Parker Drive and LondonRoad in Belgrave, will be split into
four separate, half-acre lots and sold
off. Council will make the final
decision on Aug. 6. After an appeal
period, the lots can either be sold by
tender or through public auction,
though Chief Administrative Officer
Nancy Michie stated the latter would
require a different, more involvedprocedure.Deputy-Mayor JasonBreckenridge wondered why council
was selling the lots as four
individual ones instead of three and
charging more for each as a means
of getting more money from the
property.
Mayor Paul Gowing responded
saying that the lots, at a half acre
each, are already fairly large.“Once you’re dealing withproperties this deep, the extra spacemay not add that much,” he said,
citing his own examples. “They get
to be such deep lots that people may
not be willing to pay additional
funds.”
Councilor David Baker agreed
with Breckenridge’s idea, but said
that with the land the way it is, four
lots was the way to go.“It’s a very good comment,” hesaid. “Under normal circumstances,with smaller lots, I think we would
look at exactly that course of action,
but these aren’t normal
circumstances.”
By dividing the properties
themselves, the municipality can
save the end owner or developer
those costs.
Council was informed by Michie
that, as there are only going to be
four lots, a nitrate study would not
be required and, as they have fewer
than six lots, it wouldn’t be
considered a subdivision. They were
also advised that the lots had
municipal water but not drainage
and that the zoning would be
changed from zoned institutional
and village residential to village
residential only.
By Denny ScottThe Citizen
NEWS
FROM BELGRAVE
Morris-Turnberry council has
hired Cheryl Heath as their
economic development assistant on
a six-month contract to help Chief
Administrative Officer Nancy
Michie implement suggestions from
the Business Retention and
Expansion report that was presented
to council earlier this year.
Mayor Paul Gowing said that the
municipality was glad to have her
joining the municipality and that
she would be working “hand in
hand with economic development
professionals from [Huron]
County.”
Heath, who appeared at Morris-
Turnberry’s July 17 meeting when
the bylaw was passed that
confirmed her hiring, said she was
looking forward to the role and
welcomed input from councillors on
how they thought the municipality
should be proceeding.
The first order of business for
Heath will be meeting the business
and retention committee that
Morris-Turnberry set up as a result
of the aforementioned report at a
yet-to-be-confirmed meeting.
Heath previously worked as editor
of the Clinton News-Record and she
freelances for The Citizen.
Heath hired to help with development
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
To build the community
Cheryl Heath, right, was recently hired by the Municipality
of Morris-Turnberry as its economic development assistant
to help implement the changes suggested in the
municipality’s business retention and expansion report.
Heath is pictured with Morris-Turnberry mayor Paul
Gowing. (Denny Scott Photo)
Continued from page 3
scripture was from Matthew 25: 40-
45.
Sadie’s message to the
congregation was about her mission
trip to Nicaragua. Nicaragua is one
of the poorest countries in the world.
Seventy-nine per cent of the people
earn only $2 a day. Ninety per cent
of the people have no clean water.
Her team’s goal was to build a
reservoir for clean water. Another
group will go and finish the
reservoir.
The biggest problem they had was
understanding the language and
most of the people spoke Spanish.
Their project was the Education and
Water Project. Water only came to
the village every two weeks, so the
people had to store it in containers
until the next delivery.
During her message she showed
pictures of her mission. The pre-
school children went to school in the
morning and the elementary school
children went in the afternoon. The
team was there to build the
foundation for a reservoir, which
was hard work. Many of the people
made money by farming or as craft
vendors along the street. They went
to a place to see how the coffee
beans were dried. The children
learned to play games that the team
knew and the children in turn shared
their games with the team. They
went to see a pottery school in
which the people sold their items to
make a living.
Sadie said the food was very
different than ours. The people were
happy to give what they had, which
wasn’t much. Sadie enjoyed her trip
and hopes to go back some day.
The prayers for the people were
said in unison followed by the
singing of The Lord’s Prayer. The
offering was received followed by
the singing of the response, “What
Can I Do?” and the offertory prayer.
The last hymn was “Lord Speak to
Me” followed by the commissioning
and benediction and the singing of
the “Three Fold Amen”.
Floyd Herman thanked Sadie for
sharing her story with us. Everyone
was invited for coffee and to talk to
Sadie after the service. Well done
Sadie!
Chalmers tells church
of trip to Nicaragua
Get information
on Huron County
attractions on the
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