HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-12-14, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1988.
Brussels council briefs
Council looks at garbage re-cycling alternatives
At its inaugural meeting Decem
ber 6, Brussels village council
agreed to invite Jim Anderson of
Blyth to a meeting to present his
proposal in seeking a contract to pick
up and dispose of recyclable waste
materials from Brussels, a system
which will be necessary once a
recycling bin is in use at the Morris
Township landfill site. Council is
also awaiting details of a similar
Fate of 4-Hers' claims
to FPB still unknown
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result of a claim would likely be
reversed.
It was the five-day clause which
caused a lot of the heated discussion
at a meeting in Bluevale November
19 between beef producers who had
lost money in the stockyards'
bankruptcy and OMAF and FPB
representatives, including Minister
of Agriculture Jack Riddell. Many of
those present argued that the
five-day limit wasn’t long enough,
especially in a rural community, but
were told that if they wanted to
change the provision they would
have to go through the Ontario
Cattlemen’s Association, which had
originally set up the FPB in response
to the industry’s demand.
At the same meeting, producers
were assured that their best bet in
recovering 90 per cent of their losses
was to abide by the rules of the FPB,
and to apply to the Brus?»els
Stockyard’s trustee in bankruptcy to
try to recover the remaining 10 per
cent, which was later estimated
would pay back about 77 cents on
each dollar claimed.
Glenn Coultes of RR 5, Brussels,
who represents beef producers on
the FPB, declined tocomment on the
situation, referring all questions to
the Toronto office. But Bruce
McCall, former owner and present
operator ofthe stockyards, was more
vocal.
“Why can’t they (the FPB) ever
tell the truth?’’he raged. “They
have been treating (these produ-
ers) like criminals all along. They
could make the payouts if they
wanted to ... they’re sitting on a $4
million fund contributed by these
very same people, a nd the reason
they have so much money there is
because they never pay back a
damned cent. It’s just not right, no
matter how you look at it.’’
Mr. Shaw declined to comment on
therumourthattheFPBwill also pay
90 per cent of the losses of the four
Bruce County 4- H Club members
who lost money in the Brussels
Stockyards collapse, despite the fact
that the youngsters are clearly
outside the FPB’s guidelines.
“I feel that this is confidential
information that should only be
released by the producer,’’ he told
The Citizen, despite the fact that
another high-ranking FPB employee
had told CKNX farm editor Murray
Gaunt last week that the board will
be making “a once-in-a-lifetime
exception’’ in covering the 4-H’ers’
losses.
Patti Weber of RR 3, Mild may,
was one of the 4-H'ers who lost
$1,416 when the bank refused to
honour her Brussels Stockyards'
cheque following the business’s
collapse. But when The Citizen
contacted her family on Monday
evening, her mother said Patti had
not received a cheque, and had never
been contacted by anyone from the
financial protection board.
Meanwhile, Mr. McCall has
personally offered to pay back
“every cent” of the money lost by
the 4-H members, upon receipt of
their invoices; he would then apply
to the bankruptcy trustee to recover
his payout So far, none of the four
have taken him up on his offer.
proposal from Leyser Enterprises
Inc. of Stratford before making any
decision.*****
Councillor Bruce Hahn was detail
ed to seek a suitable location in
Brussels at which to locate an
Extended Service Office (ESO) for
the Ontario Provincial Police, a
service which council agreed would
be of benefit to the village. An ESO
“Somebody's got to show faith in
our young people,’’ Mr. McCall
said. “These are the farmers of the
future."
Now the big question for some
producers is how much of their
losses will they recover, and how
long will it take? It is unlikely that
Dunwoody Ltd., the bankruptcy
trustee, will be able to start paying
out on claims until all are settled in
other areas; and if farmers rejected
by the FPB decide to appeal, the
whole process could take months.
Only one thing is clear: some
producers definitely won’t have
extra dollars in their pockets this
Christmas.
has already been installed in
Dungannon, and others are being
urged by the OPP iiran attempt to
raise the police profile in smaller
communities, as well as providing
patrolling officers with office space.
Under the system, an OPP officer
would spent some time at random at
the local office each week.*****
Brussels Fire Chief Howard Ber
nard attended council meeting to
request permission for the fire
department to erect a large Christ
mas tree in front of the Medical-
Dental Building. Permission was
given along with a grant of $50for
decorations for the tree, and it was
agreed that a planted tree at the
same location should be considered
by next spring, as a permanent
Christmas tree for the village.*****
Council discussed a situation
which has arisen at the site of a
proposed new residence on James
Street in part of the McDonald-Bry-
ans Subdivision, with all members
agreeing that the situation was
“unfair,” but that nothing can be
done to change it at this point. The
subdivision agreement states that
the village will provide “all servic
es’’ at that particular site, with
several councillors upset that “peo
ple who have paid taxes for years
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Council is seeking two persons to
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