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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-11-02, Page 1PUBLISHED IN LUCKNOW, ONTARIO Wednesday, November 2, 1994 550 G.S.T. Included Council lets winter tenders Lucknow Village council was busy at the Oct. 11 meeting opening and awarding tenders for snow removal and fuel. Dave Seabrook had the lowest 'tender for snow removal on the connecting link, at a price of $55 per hour for a 4 yard loader, and $38 per hour for dump trucks. Bill Kempton Construction and Lloyd Collins also tendered. Rcavie Farm Equipment had the only tenders in on snow removal from sidewalks, the fire hall and the medical centre. The company's tende"r at $36. per hour was ac- cepted. The tender for the fire hall and medical centre are subject to approval by the respective boards. Reeve Stuart Reavis vacated council chambers while the above tenders were opened and discussed. Doug Raynard was awarded the tender for snow removal, other than sidewalks, at $40 per hour; with work to be designated by town foreman. Hamilton Fuels had the lowest tender for •furnace oil for the firehall. It was 4¢ lower than the other tender from to Lucknow District Co-operative. The awarding of this tender is also subject to the fire board's approval. Delegations • A delegation from the Lucknow Legion, headed by president Paul Finlay, discussed with council the balancd of Nevada monies placed in trust with the'village sometime ago. Council explained the lottery licen- ° sing policy procedure which must be followed, and •agreed to check with the Ministry of Consumer and •see Council, page 2 • Nicole Willits (left) might have been dressed as a witch, but Bradley Ritchie, always being a gentleman couldn't resist her charms. The children were part of a large group that took advantage of the fun Halloween evening sponsored by the Lucknow and District Kinettes last weekend. (Pat Livingston photo) Municipal candidate profiles • .. nside • This week in The Lucknow Scn-. Tinel, readers will find •profiles on candidates seeking a position on• Nov. 14 in the Village of Lucknow and the Township - of West Wa.wanosh. • Next week, profiles on candidates. in Ashfield and Kinloss Townships will be carried, along with those running for trustee of the Brucc • 'Grey Roman Catholic Separate School Board. All candidates meetings take place tonight (Wednesday) at' the Kinloss. . municipal building. and St. Helen's • ' . #-Iall, West Wawanosh. ' Don't.forget the first of two vancc polls take place •. in . municipalities this Saturday, with the second next. Wednesday, Nov. .9. County. will rent out more space. Bruce County has negotiated a lease to rent out more space in the - buildings it owns on Cayley Street • in Walkerton. Finance committee chair Paul Eagleson said the Ministry of Government Services has agreed to lease another 225 square, feet in'thc. Cayley Street complex, Meanwhile renovations promised in the original lease arrangement are 99% complete, Eagleson told'. county council. Elevators have been installedfor access to both court rooms in the complex, and air conditioning is now available in the . main court room. •see Youth, page 2 Shared-useof landfill sites not 'favored by Pat Livingston • he prospect of sharing one's landfill site with another municipality appears to be the im- petus needed to get the attention of Bruce County residents. A meeting Last week in Tees - water, to gather public input on criteria for screening existing Bruce County landfill sites for inclusion in a "shared -use system", garnered around 90 people. Last spring, county council adopted a system which would achieve a 50 per cent reduction of material going into landfill sites, by the year'2000. The system includes a host of programs to fit the Year 2000 model. At the September meeting of county council, approval was given to proceed with investigating the idea of sharing some of the municipally - owned landfill sites in the county. This could delay the need for a new site by 15 to 20 years. At that time it was reported that county council- lors were split on whether they eventually want those sites owned locally or by the county. Stuart Rcavic, chair of the waste management steering conunittcc, said with a shared use scenario, many dollars could be saved for the county. "With shared use, we can get 15 to 20 years more out of the present sites giving time to lookt new technology. Quite a few (sites) have 15 to 20 years left," said. Reavic. Dave Merriman, the county's waste management consultant, said a new landfill site for the county would cost between $6 and $12 million. Kinloss Township is one municipality that voted against shared landfill. Councillor John Husk questioned Merriman .on the costs of trucking waste from one municipality to another. Merriman replied this could be done for under $10 per ton compared to $40 to $80 per ton for tipping fees at a new site. In a later interview, Husk explained. "Once our dump is filled,, we will need either a depot Or to have the garbage picked up, which is very costly; and then trucking from there to the mega - dump. We are not a rich township; we have no big industry or residen- tial base." Husk also questioned how many sites have over 20 years capacity, to which Merriman replied, "seven or eight technically have a capacity of 20 years." "If we can achieve the 50 per cent target by,2000, then individual sites ,in a shared system could last 20. years," said Barry Randall, coordinator of the master plan study. "Over that period, there opportunity for new technology. to extend the life of the systems, or, on the best scenario, to have, no ilandfill at all." The feeling from the majority of those who vocalized was they weren't keen on sharing their landfill sites. One person did take issue with that thinking saying, "You have to think of the county as a whole." "If people within the county are not willing to take responsibility and share, the county will have to look for .one .. The county could Landfill sites in Bruce County St. Edmunds Township. Lindsay Township Eastnor Township Albemarle Township Amabel Township Southampton Port Elgin Arran Township Chesley .,Brant Township Bruce Township Greenock Township Kincardine Township Kincardine . Huron Township Kinloss township Tceswator 'Carrick Township Mildmay' take over • all sites; decide which will close and which will be used,' said Randall. • Last,Tuesday's meeting was held in the form of a workshop, with' attendants filling in a questionnaire regarding criteria preference for shared landfill. "The tighter we arc with any. of these (criteria)," cautioned Merriman, "the less chance of coming up with a .shared, site." Following is ad abbreviated form of areas addressed in the question- naire: impact on agriculture; • aviation (proximity to airports); • biology; design and operations; geology/hydrogeology; land use and social environment; surface water/hydrology. • The last question was "Are you willing to revise these criteria to ensure enough capacity is available . in the existing system to• meet the county's needs for the next 20 ' years'?" Meetings were also held in Wiar, ton and Paisley last week. Reavis• says die results from the completed 'questionnaires will be•°uutlyaied h� the Merriman and Rafidall and forwarded to the waste nianagen .'ni steering contnuttee.