HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-08-11, Page 24PAGE 24. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2011.North Huron to equalize its garbage fees
Clinton doctor
dies in accident
Coming away with bronze
The Abi’s Awesome Angels team from the Brussels area participated in the Relay For Life last
weekend at F.E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham, an event that raised over $57,000 for
cancer research. Abi’s Awesome Angels alone raised well over $7,000 in preparation for the
weekend event. (Jim Brown photo)
After a conversation between
Councillor Bernie Bailey and North
Huron Director of Public Works
Ralph Campbell, the North Huron
Committee of the Whole decided to
equalize the cost of garbage disposal
across the municipality at its August
8 meeting.
Bailey, who had originally opened
up the questioning to try and make it
possible for residents to more easily
drop their garbage off in bags with
North Huron garbage tags at the
northern landfill in East Wawanosh
Ward, ended up bringing to light the
fact that there is an inequity in the
way garbage is handled.Users of the more southern landfillsite in East Wawanosh are able tobring their garbage in, however,
Campbell stated that the site is the
more expensive of the two, as it
costs far more to run than is
collected through tipping fees and
garbage tags.
Councillor Alma Conn suggested
that it was time to start dealing with
issues like these as a whole and not
have different methods in different
sections of the township.
In the end, council agreed to have
the system used at the northern site
applied to the southern one. A $10
fee will be applied to everyone
bringing in garbage up until a certain
weight and any garbage found to notbe sorted will result in twice that fee.There is no scale at the southern
landfill site, so some system will
need to be devised by township staff
before the charges will be
implemented.
As this is a Committee of theWhole decision, it will not be anofficial decision of council until it isbrought back before council and
approved.
This is typically done at the next
council meeting, which will be held
on August 15.
North Huron Chief AdministrativeOfficer Gary Long said that councilmade the decision in hopes ofmaking the southern landfill site
more cost effective, but that, with the
lack of scales, the implementation of
the program would most likely take
some time to be realized.
Dr. Jan Raczycki, a 49-year-old
family doctor from the Clinton
Family Health Team, died on July
31 as the result of a scuba diving
accident in Lake Huron.
Raczycki leaves behind a 22-year-
old son and an 18-year-old daughter.
He was predeceased by his wife
Roxanne (McKinnon) Raczycki
several years ago. He had practiced
medicine in Clinton for over 15
years.
Raczycki had been a doctor for 25
years who graduated from the
University of Toronto in 1986. He
was the head of the doctor
recruitment in Clinton.
Raczycki was discovered in Lake
Huron at approximately 3 p.m. that
day around Tobermory. He had been
diving at The King wreck with a
commercial diving boat.
A celebration of Raczycki’s life
was held last Friday at the Regional
Equine and Agricultural Centre of
Huron in Clinton.
As expressions of sympathy,
Raczycki’s family asks you consider
a donation to the Clinton Public
Hospital Foundation or to Doctors
Without Borders.
Raczycki’s death is currently
being investigated by the Canadian
Coast Guard, Fathom Five National
Marine Park and the Ontario
Provincial Police.
By Denny ScottThe Citizen