The Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-02-16, Page 2news
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Huron municipalities say landfill criteria impractical
B'tae
Criteria for landfill sr _ as
handedclowi by the Ministry
o R` '"` Environment, are not
practical for rural
municipalities says Grey
'"Township Reeve teaeot a ,Arm-
strong,
Mitnicpalities ate att+emp
ting to make the
m
in
mute of tseeking heir e�
port trom Huron
Cl and the
Rural Ontario Municipal
As etatieon (ROMA),
Reeve Atvastrong said
representative of the
tower of Md►1op, Mor-
ris, &wick, INtstiberry anted
Grey met on Jan.10 to
dtseuss the Ministry's
criteria,
"They're (Ministry) tell-
ing us - they're really
pushing a that we eart't burn
anymore," said Reeve Arm-
des not being allowed
to burn anything but wood -
related materiels, the Weise
at the. land fill site is to be
compacted and covered with
diTey don't rye the
eCL s," noted Mrs. Arm-
She pointed oust heavy
egtliptlt. would have to be
to a omtpaect the
refits*, the public would
have to be a ducAteed to
separate gauge and it isn't
feasible to over the ride
with dirt in the winter.
"Prom a riven, . it we
don't burn, the dumwill be
eoveertn with hats,`cora-
ttteentee?'d Reeve
Another cent eria that has
Just upset municipalities is
that test wells on the Noun-
nary of the site have to meet
drinking water levels. ht
Grey Township, the nearest
well to thee 7,5 acre site is a
halt mile away and there
have never been any emit -
plaints mgarding the water
avert or arovliere else in the
township said Mrs. Artn-
dpalles ate cur-
rently in the process of
developing land till site
development plans whiee °h
have to be submitted to the
Ministry by JWy 1. The Grey
Township eevee said the
Ministry allotted VON N to
her township to developthe
plan, but base ot ecru
changes, it has tog the
municipality over $10,010.
would like
to smote theArmstrong
� Mist k
away from one blanket
polity regarding the land till
situ and, as the rural
municipalities have site
away trom urban centre,
"Were trying to get the
government to not be so
Arid", •
She foveae the small
dumps being closed down it
Huron'Perth Separate trustees
rollback honorarium increase
By Stephanie ue
`t tthhe�t Huron -
Perth Separate School Board
have rolled back their
honorarium trotn an 11 per
ee^rent Immo to a five per
gent increase,
The sub Beet of telling back
the honorarium has been
raised at ahnost every board
meeting since the 11983
board took over in
December, The decision was
prreovteddgat the board's Jan.
meeLast fall, the 1882 board
had approved an 11 perecent
increase for the trustee' sti-
pend. At that time ft was
raised from $180 per month
to per month eeffeetive
Dee1, 1982, per month
effective Dec, 1, 1983 and
$250 per month effective
Dec, 1, 1984, For the provin-
cial control year of 1983, the
trustees will receive $189 per
month.
Chairman Ron Murrayof
RR. 1 Dublin said trustees
had not received an increase
since 1980 and an increase of
$9 over three years isn't
hlgh.
"Sure It's not very much.
Int our ease it is a sitz per eee ht
decrease which is b matter _
of $11 per month, but it's
stnlh a thorn issue that 1
theootgh I'd bring ft before the
board"" said Mr. Murray,
"I thought we had decided
to wait until the (provincial)
government sent us the in=
t+�oe'tnation we needed?" ask-
ed
skeed Trustee Vincent McInnes
of RR 2 Wingitam.
lie said he isn't opposed to
taking the decrease, but
thought that a decision had
already been made, Trustee
Louis Maloney commented
that government regulations
had already been made,
Director of edueation
William . Eckert. (although
recuperating from a heart
attack suffered last Bell, was
in attendance at the
meeting) told trustees that
while the provincial legisla-
tion is in place, the
guidelines on how to imple-
ment the legislation has not
yet been received by ad-
ministration.
"I am most willing to ac-
cept exactly what the
oveernmeent says," stated
Mr, Monne,
sty does somebody else
have to tell us what to do?"
asked Trustee Louis
Maloney of Dublin, He sug-
geested the board show
leadership
perr renty limit,
t't am on both the person-
nel and teacher negotiating
committees and if we don't
roll back, we don't hate the
right to negotiate with other
lee," commented Mr,
Maloney.
Chairman Murray agreed
staling, "lf we don't take
less how can we expect
anybody else to take less."
Trustee Ernie
Vandeerschot of RR 7 St,
Marys said that for the $11
less a month, the trustees'
honorarium should remain
at the levels set by the
previous board.
"It's percentages, they
(people) look at the rceen-
tagee," commented Mr.
Maloney.
All trustees voted in favor
of the roll back.
Professionai development days
questioned by separate trustees
By Steephanlee Levesque
The need for professional
development days was ques-
tioned as trustees of the
Huron -Perth Separate
School Board learned of the
changes to the school year
calendar at its Jan. 24
meeting.
A memorandum from the
Ministry of Education outlin-
ed that the board has the
authority to designate up to
nine professional activity
days each school year.
"Does the administration
feel nine professional activi-
ty days are needed?" asked
Trustee Ernie Vanderschot•
of RR 7 St. Marys.
Acting director of Pcluca
tion John McCauley stated
that most of the days are us-
ed for r'urriculum.
A Hat-(1 Ice
prepares board cur-
riculum...in order to imple-
ment the curriculum, it re-
quires time," stated Mr. Mc-
Cauley noting that profes-
sional activity days allow ad-
ministration to gather all
teachers together at one
time.
The acting director of
education noted the school
system has gone past the
days of handing curriculum
material to the teacher
without any in-service train-
ing. Mr. McCauley added
that professional activity
days are also used for parent
interviews and activities of
the identification, placement
and review committee
relating to special education.
"P'S a gerestinn on
ever\ lwriv `,; r.eireer Min isn't
involved in PA days," said
board chairman Ronald
Murray of RR 1 Dublin
noting that the Ministry has
now requested evaluations of
the days,
Changes in the school year
calendar which are effective
Sept. 1, 1983 affecting the
Huron -Perth Separate
School Board include: two
complete weeks for
Christmas vacation, mid-
winter break is moved up
one week, and Remem-
brance Day is discontinued
as a holiday.
In other business, the
board formed the 1983 focus -
on -faith committee compris-
ed of trustees Gerald
Groothius of Seaforth, Ray
Van Vliet of RR 7 St. Mares
and Louis Maloney of
1)uhlin.
rural municipatities have to
with the Ministry's
a. Also it residents
are made to travel another
20 miles to a land till sft
Weise may be dumped in
woodlots or places other
than the land till site, noted
Mrs. Armstrong.
The Grey 'township reeve
expects the letter seeking
support will first be dealt
with by Huron County Coun-
cil's executive committee, of
which she is a member, and
then brought before council
as a whole at its 1eb. 3
meeting. She added that
Howick Township will bring
the tatter before ROMA at
its upcoming convention.
Huron supports opposition
to waste disposal regukitions
By S ,.ttiee
th i �► e ty r Levesque i sup-
ports opposition to the
regulations being put on
small viral waste. disposal
sites.
Council, at its February 3
session, agreed with a letter
tram Grey Township oppos-
ing the ministry of environ-
ment's regulations regar-
ding burning, compaction,
covering and water equality
criteria at small rural waste
disposal sites.
Grey Township Reeve
Leona Armstrong said there
shouldn't be a blanket potiecy
for the disposal sites in
southweesteern Ontario. She
has said in the past that the
costs relating to covering
cord competing the gar-
bage, such as equipment
purchasees, would be exorbi-
tant for the rural townships.
The possibility of hav
the small sites closed
one large site made, also
doesn't enthuse Mrs, Arm-
strong, as she visualizes peo-
ple dumping garbage in their
own woodlots and fence cor-
ners. The water quality
criteria enforced by the
ministry is eonsidered to be
too high, as Mrs. Armstrong
notes there hasn't been any
eomplaints in her township.
-We ask that the ministry
of the environment review
the intent of these polities
and reconsider their recent-
ly stated enforcement ap-
proach to allow less reestrie-
tive operation procedures
and water quality control
criteria on more of a ease -
by -ease basis for small rural
waste disposal sites,,' states
Grey's letter.
Howieck Township Reeve
Bill Newton noted his
township will be presenting a
resolution at the Rural On-
tario Municipal Association
meeting this week. He added
that the ministry is passing
ott as�rtion what is ae-
tually pro
"As far as we're conceern-
eed, they ( ministry) would
like us to agree to something
we can't agree to," cotn-
melded Reeve Newton,
The Howlett reeve added
that letters from the
ministry indicate that it
tnunicipahttees don't comply
with the tegulatinus they will
be cha + and fined
Turn a erry Township
Reeve Brian McBurney
noted that while the re
tions may not affect all end the
county's mimicipalitiees now,
"wait until you have to ob-
tain a new site. Turnberry
is going through that process
now and the reeve said just
to plana site will cost the
township $40 per resident.
Mr. Mc urney said he had
asked a teepreesentative of the
ministry if it is logical to
have the same regulations
for the 'township of Turn-
berry as the City of Kit-
chener. His answer said Mr.
Mcgurneey was, "it isn't fair
to ask if it is logical, it's
poticy".
Grey Township's letter is
being forwarded to the
ministry of environment as
is the county's support,
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