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BLUE
RIBBON
AWARD
Meetings should be open
The Lucknow Sentinel has been reporting that the
sewage treatment facility to service the Lucknow Sewage
WorkN; IN to be located on property in West Wawanosh
• Township owned by Chester Finnigan for. more than 15
months, wht'n in fact the proposed treatment facility .is to
loi awl un property owned by Michael Snobelen of
etv.41Y4sim Ns Products. Only a portion of the tile bed
'.41siptii to service the sewage system will be located on
ithlpytIti ',Wald byChester Finnigan.
• thy
.mot arose because the, decisions by. Lucknow,
1000 4 Mined, to take options to purchase the two.
0441of SIPA .WOrti made attwo specielimeetings of Lucknow
Mae 4 outwit dented June 1 and August 3, 1983.
thy ittitIlIvation of the Finnigan option was made by The
' 4.oattityl In August of 1983 when the Sentinel editor found
1411414114611491 In the minutes of the special meeting in
$$L V elittip) eilioncil minute book. Since- that time the
nottitiles (of the special meetings. held by council from
• Ationst. 1983 to December, 1984 have not been published
01441 I he Sentinel .editor was unaware the Snobelen
•ntopytty was involved.
• 4110 Information that Michael Snobelen's property ,
*Mild by used for. the treatment facility did not become
public knowledge. until it was mentioned by the village
• 01111100011 at a meeting called by Lucknow Village Council
'so explain the proposal November 22.
On various occasions in reports:of council and stories
• about the objections raised by the West Wawanokh
ratepayers, The Sentinel has always stated the treatment
facility was to be loc ted on property owned by Chester
Finnigan. Members o council say they never thought to
• contact The Sentinel to a vise that the information was not
correct.
LucknOw council is. conducting serious debate and
discussing important council business at these special
• meetings, which are called on short notice without
notifying either the press or the public. While , the
meetings are not held in closed session, they are in effect
closed, because the public is not aware they are taking
'place and does not have the opportunity to attend.
It is legitimate to discuss the details of an option to
purchase land with the property owner in a closed session
at a special nteeting. But following the finalization of the
option, it is council's obligation'to release the details of the
option including the purchase price. of the property.
The province's Municipal Act should be tightened up to
•deal with this not unusual practice of municipal councils
conducting business at special meetings. Some delibera-
tions must be secret, personnel matters, or court cases in
which the city or town is involved, or discussions which
could affect, a third party's business interests. And it is
impossible in any case to expect officials to do all their
dealings in public. They can always talk over issues with
their colleagues at home or over the telephone.
The Municipal Act should establiSh the general rule that
public issues are to be debated and decided publicly. As a
provincial -municipal committee recommends. the act
should allow secrecy only when it is legitimately required
and list when this is the case and when it is not.
In the mean time, Lucknow Village Council has agreed
,.to send copies of the minutes of all special meetings to the
Lucknow Sentinel to inform the press and the public of the
business conducted at these meetings. When possible, the
Lucknow Sentinel will be informed of the special meetings
and a reporter will be invited to attend.
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Maei Little Lamb, at the school Christmas concert December 15: Oockwise•from
ry had a little lamb Students at Lucknow Christian School presented the musical, Mary Had A
the upper left photo are the iambs, Michelle Slotegraaf, Laura Mulder, Aaron Visser, and Angela Jurjens; the pig, 'Nandi!
'GuichelaM; the donkey, Harold Vanniejenhtili and the cow, Denny Broer; Tiny, the lamb, Angela Jurjens and the camels,
Raymond Kikhert, ItOmume Brom/ and Kenny TeRaa. 'Photos by Sharon Dietz]
Adam Simpson carne to Redtrees looking
for the owner of the lumber mill and was
r atly surprised to find the person he was
seeking was a woman! Lucy Murdoch did
not invite him into the house. He .was a
shabby looking man with several days of
bearded growth on his face, and she might
have diplomatically turned him away had
he not been a Scot.
"I came frae the Ottawa Valley,
ma'am," he told her in a respectful and
somewhat cultured voice. "I managed a
big mill -there which employed twenty men
. in the busy season. Unless you have a man
here with my experience, perhaps you
might have a job for me."
Lucy was in no position to assess the
newcomer's qualifications and decided to
take him to the mill, bit it was past quitting
time, and she met her- husband, Teddy on
his way home from work.
"This gentletrian is looking for work,"
she said. "He ran a big mill out east. Is
Mr. Chisholm still working? 1 thought he
might have.a word with mister ?"
"Simpson, ma'am. Adam Simpson."
Teddy's eyes opened. wide. •If the
stranger had so much experience, he might
be the ideal person to replace Chippy
Chisholm, provided Teddy could persuade
his wife to make the change.
They went together to the milland Adam
Simpson looked at all the machinery and
how it was laid out. When the tour was
completed, Teddy asked the newcomer
whit he thought about the arrangement.
"It's alright I suppose, frae a beginning.
But it's no set up right yet. It looks as if
there is 'too Much man handling -lee be
done with the lumber - too many
operations. Ye'd make more profit wi! less
men, if it were laid out properly."
Adam Simpson went into a lengthy
explanation regarding the technicalities of
REDTREES
by Don Campbell.
efficient saw mill management whilst they
walked back to the house, and both Teddy
and Lucy were impressed with his know-
ledge.
"I think yon would be a great asset to
our business, °' Lucy said at last. "Perhaps,
you would like to start work on Monday,
Mr. Simpson.
"As the foreman, ma'am?"
Lucy blushed. She had not expected the
stranger to ask for such a position.
"Well, not for the time being. We
already have a foreman, and I am quite
satisfied with his work."
A smile came to the face of Adam
Simpson, as if her statement was as naive
as her knowledge of the lumber business.
"Then ye will no be needin' me, ma'am.
Wi.' my experience, I don't take orders
from a man who know i less than I do. I'll
bid ye good -day."
He left .the young couple standing
outside the house and walked down the
patch whistling a cheery melody, as if he
didn't have a care in the world.
"We need that man!" Teddy said, and
there was a note of anger in his voice,
because his wife's lack of business acumen
had turned the stranger away. :'He can,
make us a lot of money!"
Lucy smiled sweetly and linked arms
with her husband.
"We are not suffering for the want of
money Teddy," she said in a soothing
tone. "I am Wore concerned for the
feelings of Mr. Chisholm."
py's getting old. Yon man is what
we need. Let us call him back - I'll tell
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