HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2010-08-19, Page 20PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2010.
Members of the groups Central
Huron Against Turbines (CHAT)
and Huron East Against Turbines
(HEAT) made a presentation at
Central Huron Council’s August 9
meeting to bring councillors up to
speed on what members of the
groups call one of the most
important issues facing councils
today.
The presentation, which was
identical to the presentation that was
made by the two groups, united in a
20-minute presentation, to Huron
County Council at its August 4
meeting, detailed the perceived
impacts that industrial wind turbines
would have on the communities
within Huron County and on the
residents of those communities.
The joint presentation detailed
several aspects of the world of
industrial wind turbines, including
the fact that in many cases, big
money is behind the developments
and, more often than not in the case
of Huron County, that the funding is
coming from other countries. Some
projects listed in Huron East
resident Rob Tetu’s presentation
were funded by groups in Texas,
Florida, Spain, Toronto and
Mississauga.
Tetu told councillors that while
the provincial government is
promising an infusion of money into
local economies due to revenue and
jobs from wind turbines, he
disagrees, saying that the
construction of wind turbines will
provide for transient construction
jobs, but very few jobs for HuronCounty residents and even fewer
dollars generated by these wind
turbines will be retained by and
spent in Huron County.
Tetu also expressed concerns with
the renewal of contracts, saying that
some companies may opt out of
their contracts with those who agree
to lease their land to wind turbine
developers. Tetu said that contracts
can be opted out of by developers
and under many agreements, the
landowners can be stuck with
decommissioning costs as well as
liability.
He also said that in many
agreements, companies are given
first right to refusal to the land,
which Tetu said can cause
complications down the road when
property owners want to pass their
farms down to their sons, daughters
or relatives, and may not be able to.
Tetu brought up the bylaw that
was passed by Huron East Council
late last month and another bylaw
that is being investigated by Huron
East’s solicitor. In the end, no firm decision was
made, but Central Huron staff was
directed to begin discussions with
Huron East staff in regards to the
municipality’s options in the matter.
In addition, staff will be collecting
information for an upcoming
council meeting where further
action can be voted on by members
of council.
Deputy-Reeve John Bezaire said
that the councillors had been
advised by their solicitor that they
should want no part of supporting
the controversial bylaw passed by
the Township of Arran-Elderslie
because of potential legal
implications.
Bezaire, who was chairing the
meeting as Reeve Bert Dykstra had
declared a conflict of interest, along
with councillors Jim Ginn and
Alison Lobb, asked the remaining
councillors if they had any
objections to the municipal staff
seeking a meeting with Huron East
staff. No one objected.
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Brussels and Grey communities over
the public school issue, Blaney
said there is very little that
council can do to help the public
along.
“Emotional issues are the worst
issues to deal with in politics.
They’re deeply important to people
and often not easy to deal with in a
mechanical fashion,” he said. “We’re
not somebody’s mother, we can’t
just kiss it better.
“All we can do is continue with
what we’ve been doing, which is to
be fair.”
Blaney to run again
Anti-turbine groups presentto Central Huron Council
Making the turn
One of the youngest groups of riders, the four-, five- and
six-year-old riders made the turn in the 50cc class on
August 12’s motocross action at the 19th annual Walton
TransCan, warming the course up for the next three days of
motocross action that it would see. (Jim Brown photo)
Swing and a miss
The Londesborough Mites held their year-end tournament
over the weekend and it was tough sledding at times,
including this missed pitch while Londesborough took on
Seaforth. (Jim Brown photo)
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