HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1990-11-07, Page 23THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1990. PAGE 23.
Brussels council briefe
Council interested in
interest in composting
With recycling week upcoming,
Brussels village council plans to
start putting a possible composting
plan in place for 1991.
Donna White, clerk-treasurer
asked council’s permission to place
an advertisement for Recycling
Week in The Citizen and to ask for
those interested in getting back
yard composters to leave their
name at the village office. This
would give the council some idea of
the interest in the program so it can
budget for the composters in the
1991 budget she said. She was
hoping council might consider
$1,000 for a composter program
next year, she said.
Councillor Bruce Hahn said he
was in favour of a community
composting program where all
compostable garbage would be
composted in a central location but
he didn’t like the idea of stinky
compost piles in individual back
yards. But Councillor Greg Wilson
said his family had a composter and
it didn’t smell. “It sure works,’’ he
said.
Mrs. White said the hope is that
groups of neighbours could work
together to use one composter
thereby reducing the number of
composters needed.
*****
Councillors approved applying
for a Pride grant for the 1991-92
year for $200,000 in improvements
in the village. Under the program
the province would provide
$100,000 while the village would
have to come up with the other half
of the funds. Council identified
sidewalks, street light rewiring and
other projects as areas to be
undertaken.
Reeve Gordon Workman said he
had been approached by people
saying more trailer park space was
needed in Brussels and he wonder
ed if council should look at Pride
money to help develop a park. But
Councillor Wilson with the village
had just developed one project, the
industrial park, and shouldn’t get
involved in another development.
The village should encourage oth
ers to develop the park but not get
involved itself, he said.
*****
Brussels firemen continue to
have that sinking feeling when it
comes to their trucks. Problems
with the floors in the fire hall have
seen the floor sink 10-12 inches,
Fire Chief Howard Bernard told
council. He speculated the cement
floor might have been poured over
wood which has since rotted out,
undermining the floor. Fireman
had earlier dug out another part of
the floor and refilled it with gravel
and council approved doing the
same for the latest problem areas.
Meanwhile the department and
council continue to dream about the
day they'll have a new fire hall.
Chief Bernard presented a rough
sketch of a proposal for a 40 by 50
foot building. Mrs. White said so
far she had struck out in trying to
find grants that might help get the
building constructed.
*****
Gerti Kellington and Sheila Cou
sins appeared before council asking
that council consider putting
money it its 1991 budget to pave
Burgess St. in the village’s east
end. Councillors promised to con
sider the request when it comes
time to design a road program.
*****
Donations of $500 to the Brussels
Horticultural Society and $350 for
the Brussels Santa Claus Parade
committee were approved for pay
ment.
Council will ask the Huron
County Health Unit not to issue any
permits for septic tanks for lots on
James St. near the arena. Mrs.
White explained to council that the
Health Unit doesn’t bleieve in
issuing permits for septic tanks
when sewer service is available but
when lots aren’t directly serviced
by the sewer and council hasn’t
issued a request, the Health Unit
has to grant the permits.
Mrs. White said it makes sense
for the landowners in the area to
agree to jointly pay for the sewer to
be installed and the village do the
work to make sure it meets village
standards.*****
Tender for snowplowing village
streets was awarded to Bauer Farm
and Garden at a rate of $45.50 per
hour plus $20 per day standby. The
bid beat out one from McKercher
Construction at $55 an hour and
$50 a day standby.*****
Don Crawford was appointed to
the Brussels, Morris and Grey
Community Centre Board replacing
Max Demaray who resigned.
New building permit
procedure in Brussels
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Brussels chief building official
Alex MacDonald will be setting up
regular office hours every Friday to
meet with people wanting building
permits.
Donna White, Brussels clerk
treasurer, told council of the
changes saying that under the
building code the chief building
inspector should be playing a
bigger part in the issuing of
permits. From now one, she said,
permits will be read out to council
for councillors’ information but Mr.
MacDonald, in consultation with
the Public Utilities Commission
which will inform him if the
required services are available, will’;
approve the permits.
Councillor Bruce Hahn dis
agreed with the process claiming
that since the chief building official
is hired by the village, he doesn’t
have the authority to issue the
permits and council should do the
issuing. Mrs. White said however,
that under the building code, only
the chief building official has the
authority to issue the permits.
Reeve Gordon Workman said he
didn’t like the set-up either and felt
the village should have a say in
what permits were approved but
after attending seminars recently it
was obvious that wasn’t the way
things worked.
Mrs. White said that she’ll keep
council informed of all building
permits but she refused to sign any
more on behalf of the village when
she wasn’t the person with the
knowledge to do the signing and as
a responsible person, she didn’t
feel council should be signing the
permits either.
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