HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-12-22, Page 42CARDIFF (Fred). In loving memory
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With sorrow I still bear,
It helps to bring me comfort,
Knowing he is happy there.
– Remembered always, Thelma.
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North Huron drops committee meeting
North Huron Council decided to
change the meetings they work
during their last meeting of the
calender year on Dec. 19, however
the changes weren’t as far-reaching
as expected.
Originally council had intended to
make two major changes to their
meeting format: they would only
hold two council meetings per
month instead of two council
meetings and a Committee of the
Whole (COW) meeting and they
would remove the public forum
section of their meetings.
The COW had recommended both
actions to council at their Dec. 12
meeting, however Councillor Alma
Conn felt that both decisions would
have serious drawbacks.
“I don’t believe the COW serves
any purpose,” she said. “We can’t
make motions or change anything
really until the following council
meeting. I think we should just
make it three council meetings.”
Conn was worried about the time
that would be spent if three meetings
were compressed into two and used
the fact that the Dec. 19 meeting,
which was preceeded by two special
meetings, was already running
late.
She stated that, if councillors did
accept the two-meeting schedule
that they reserve the right to change
back if they find the meetings
routinely run past the 11 p.m.
deadline set in their policies.
Council did decide to switch to the
two meeting schedule and will begin
it in January. This means that staff
members will be present for council
meetings, a practice typically used
in the COW meetings that have now
been discontinued.
Conn also felt that the public
forum section of council can serve to
fill voids in the public’s
understanding of the proceedings of
a night.
Originally the idea to remove
public forum came as part of a
rehaul of the policy and procedures
bylaws that would see council delay
the final reading of contentious
bylaws if they felt it necessary thus
giving residents time to have
themselves put on the agenda for the
next meeting. Conn, however, feels
that it’s important for the public to
be able to ask clarifying questions
regarding decisions or debates that
were held throughout the evening
provided the questions are kept to
issues that have arisen as part of the
agenda.
Councillor Bailey took the
opposite side of the argument stating
that the open forum at the end of
council meetings is held at the
wrong time and that, with other
changes council is considering, it
makes more sense to have people
request a deputation and formally
address council.
“Having the public speak at the
end of the meeting doesn’t work,” he
said. “It’s too late for people to make
any contribution to the process
because the decisions are already
made.”
He said that the way council was
going to proceed, if they adopted
both recommendations from the
COW, would provide citizens with
more input than they currently have.
After some discussion the
recommendation regarding
removing the open forum from
council’s proceedings was pulled
from the consent agenda and the
recommendation to switch to two
council meetings was accepted.
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
At its Dec. 19 meeting North
Huron Council decided to defer a
final decision that would see the
Blyth United Church manse severed
and sold as a residential property.
Currently listed as a community
centre under zoning and planning,
the house hasn’t been used by the
church for some time, according to
applications presented by Huron
County planner Sally McMullen.
There were several questions from
citizens through council members
including five calls that Reeve Neil
Vincent received.
People are concerned about
parking spaces in the area and
possible congestion, especially
during church meetings.
“If the manse wasn’t going to be a
house, it was advisable to have a
parking lot there instead,” Vincent
said, stating this was what ratepayers
had told him. “If there was some
way of developing more parking it
should be looked at as per the
congregation’s wishes.”
Vincent asked if there was any
way to make more parking available
since some parking fronting on Mill
Street in front of the house could be
lost if changes were to be made.
The current parking lot that the
church has will be retained
according to documents provided by
McMullen and additional parking
could be considered on the street,
according to the applicant, if council
decided to remove the current no
parking zone that was near the
manse and church due to the location
of the old fire hall.
Council passed two of the three
bylaws necessary for the severance
to occur but held back on the third
until Official Plan Ammendment 7, a
site specific ammendment to the
North Huron Official Plan, is
approved by Huron County Council.
The issue will be revisited pending
that approval.
Blyth Manse may be sold
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
At its Nov. 30 meeting, Huron
County Council learned that when it
comes to asbestos, there aren’t a lot
of options with insurance coverage.
Derek Sarluis, vice-president of
claims at Frank Cowan Company
Insurance was at the meeting to
discuss the county’s insurance claim
on the Huron County Courthouse in
Goderich, in which small traces of
asbestos were found after the Aug.
21 tornado.
Sarluis said that whether the
asbestos in the courthouse was there
prior to the tornado or if it made its
way to the courthouse from a different
building in Goderich, there is nothing
the insurance company can do.
He said that the cost of cleaning
asbestos from the building “cannot
be borne by insurers”.
Sarluis said whether the building
was directly or indirectly affected by
asbestos, as far as the insurance
company is concerned, it makes no
difference.
“If a building next door blows
down and some asbestos gets into
your house, we cannot cover that,”
Sarluis said.
And it’s not just Frank Cowan
Insurance, Sarluis said. Huron
County would be hard-pressed to
find any company that would offer
any sort of coverage against asbestos
in any form.
“There are some things insurance
companies just aren’t willing to take
on,” Sarluis said. “The premium just
can’t be high enough.”
Few options on asbestos
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen