HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2010-05-27, Page 7THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2010. PAGE 7.
The Belgrave Women’s Institute
met on Tuesday, May 18 at the
United Church with 13 members and
four guests in attendance. The
president, Doreen Marks, read a
poem called, “Gardening in our
blood”. The Opening Ode and Mary
Stewart Collect was repeated.
The minutes of the previous
meeting and the financial report
were given by Dorothy Coultes. The
roll call was answered by giving the
number of volunteer hours.
The District Annual meeting will
be held in the Auburn Hall on
Monday, May 31 with registration at
9:15 a.m. Belgrave Branch is
responsible for the In Memoriam
and entertainment, as well as any
items for the WI display table.
Belgrave will also donate a
decorated cake to mark the 110th
anniversary of Huron West District.
Nancy Jardin asked the members
to consider hosting a workshop in
the fall to make greeting cards.
The program convenor, Isabelle
Craig introduced Sylvia Nonkes,
from Spring Breezes Greenhouses
who spoke on care of hanging pots
and various shrubs. She had several
new varieties of perennials and wave
petunias on display.
After answering many questions
from the audience, Sylvia was
thanked and given a gift by Isabelle.
Each person was presented with a
potted geranium.
The membership voted to give a
cash honorarium to the president and
secretary for their past year’s work
and to make a donation to the
Belgrave Kinsmen Club, the
Belgrave Community Centre Board
and Knox United Church.
Refreshments were served by Wilma
Higgins and Dorothy Coultes.
The next meeting will be on June
15 at 7:30 p.m. at the church.
Brought on by letters and verbal
requests, the Township of North
Huron is preparing to address its
policies regarding interment fees at
cemeteries.
Currently, anyone not living in the
North Huron area does not receive
any kind of resident discount,
regardless of the amount of time
they have spent as a resident of
North Huron, or have spent away
from the township.
One verbal request brought
forward to council involved an
individual who had been living in
North Huron for 60 years, moved to
a long term care facility that was
outside of North Huron, due to a
lack of availability in North Huron
facilities, and passed away two
months later. The family requested
that the non-residence fee be waived.
Councillor Alma Conn stated that
council needs to get working on this
issue to answer several outstanding
questions.
“We need to set standards and get
our act together,” she said. “We have
to answer these questions; At what
point is a person considered a
residence? How long do you have to
live [in North Huron] before you are
a resident? What constitutes a
resident? And how do we deal with
people who moved out of the area
due to a lack of a long term care
facility.”
Councillor Brock Vodden said the
by-law should largely remain
untouched, but have a clause added
in to deal with those seeking long
term care and made a motion to have
the by-law amended.
“We should make no change in the
by-law as it presently stands, except
that we add a clause that, in the case
of a North Huron resident that is
obliged to go to long term care and
remain there until the point of their
death, that they can be considered a
resident,” he said. “The onus would
be on the family to provide proof
that [the resident] had been at a long
term care facility.”
Vodden said that the township
needs the income to maintain
cemeteries and feels that this will
prevent the charges for
groundskeeping from being laid
against North Huron, or its
neighbouring municipalities who
have residents in North Huron
cemeteries.
Vodden withdrew his movement
as councillors decided to deal with
the issue at a later date when more
information can be provided by staff.
Morris-Turnberry decided tocrackdown on open burning at alocal business after receiving apetition from eight neighbourscomplaining the fires limitedoutdoor activities.
The petition was supported by
video shot by Jared Cayley, fire
education officer, at the property at
C-Line and Brussels Road in
Turnberry Ward. Cayley said he
agreed with the neighbours that
when the smoldering fire was
burning in the wood waste from the
industrial operation they would not
be able to be outside.
Such burning of industrial waste
in an open fire is not lawful under
the provincial fire code and Cayley
said he could lay a charge which
bears a $235 fine for a first offense.Chief Building Official SteveFortier also said he could deal withthe issue under the propertystandards bylaw but that would be amore expensive route for the
municipality.
Fortier said he has spoken with the
businessowners before and been
promised that a system of bins for
the disposal of waste would be set
up, but that has never happened.
“Evidently we haven’t got their
attention yet,” said Councillor Paul
Gowing.
Councillors eventually came back
to the stand that Cayley should lay
the charge under the fire code and
they should consider the bylaw at a
later meeting.
Council to address cemeteries
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