HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1989-12-19, Page 16PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1989.
Portrait pays tribute to Hanly’s 34 years of service
Bill Hanly may be gone from
Huron County Council sessions
since his retirement Dec. 12, but
he’ll still be looking down on the
proceedings of council in the form
of a portrait hung in the council
chambers.
The portrait was hung at the
Dec. 7 meeting of council, Mr.
Hanly’s last monthly session before
his retirement. Grant Stirling, a
past warden and longest serving
member of council made the pre
sentation. Saying he had spent 22
years looking up to Mr. Hanly and
one year beside him. He praised
Mr. Hanly for his 34 years of
service to the county.
In his reply Mr. Hanly said he
would no doubt remember the good
things that came of working for the
county and thanked the councillors
for all the good things that had
happened to him.
Later in the meeting Judge F. G.
Carter officially swore in Nigel
Bellchamber as Clerk Administra
tor of the county. Mr. Bellchamber
also paid tribute to Mr. Hanly.
From his years of work with the
Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Mr.
Bellchamber said, he knew in what
high regard Mr. Hanly was regard
ed across the province. He thanked
Mr. Hanly for his help and advice
both over the years he had known
him and since coming to work for
the county this fall.
*****
Council passed, with no debate,
a recommendation from the execu
tive committee that it support a
resolution from the City of Orillia
opposing Bill 8, the French Langu
ages Services Act.
The Orillian resolution says that
non Francophones will lose some
jobs now and many in the future.
Council also voted to support the
position of the Ontario Progressive
Conservative party regarding Bill
119, the Ontario Lottery Corpora
tion Amendment Act. In a letter to
council Andy Brandt, Interim PC
Leader, said the bill would give the
government legislative carte
bianche to alter the flow of provin
cial lottery revenues from recrea
tional and cultural activities to
Ontario’s hospitals. The Conserva
tive position is that 35 per cent of
net lottery profits should be dedica
ted to recreation and culture and
that a trust fund be set up for
presently unallocated lottery funds,
the proceeds of which would be
dedicated to recreational and cul
tural activities.
*****
The council had to choose be
tween some expensive alternative
solutions to problems the Ministry
of Environment says it has with the
sewage treatment facility at Huron-
view. After complaints from the
MOE about the Huronview sewage
treatment plant, the county hired
B. M. Ross and Associates of
Goderich to draft an Environmental
Study Report on the plant. The
study showed unacceptable efflu
ent quality from the plant and
recommended one of three possible
solutions.
One modification to the plant
that would construct a mechanical
pre-treatment system and modify
the sewage lagoon for effluent
polishing would cost $644,700 to
complete and cost $35,000 a year to
operate.
The second modification would
see lagoon storage with spray
irrigation for disposal and would
cost $373,600 in construction costs
plus yearly operating costs of
$24,300. The final option would be
to build a pipeline from Huronview
to link into the town of Clinton’s
sewage system. This would cost
$389,500 to construct but would
cost only $8,000 a year to operate.
The report also points out that
piping the sewage to Clinton
relieves the county of the responsi
bility of sewage treatment.
The council approved entering
into an agreement with Clinton to
link up with the town system.
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A protest from a Blyth developer
against a new county fee for
approving plans of subdivision has
led to the county amending its
bylaw to bring the law into effect
Dec. 29.
John Van Den Assem had com
plained that he had not been told of
the implementation of the new fee
which will charge subdividers a
basic fee of $1,000 plus $50 per lot
in the subdivision for the county
planning committee to look at their
plans. Mr. Van Den Assem com
plained that the county planning
department was aware of his
application well in advance of the
deadline for the fee being submitt
ed but he was never told it was
coming into effect. The pertinent
information for the plan was also
completed before the deadline. His
argument led to the change in
implementation of the deadline.
Meanwhile the town of Exeter
was also upset about the new fee
and wrote the Planning and Devel
opment Committee to register its
disapproval. Exeter said the Plann
ing Director had told Exeter that
the acquiring of subdivision ap
proval powers for the county (sub
divisions used to have to be
approved by the provincial govern
ment) would involve no extra costs.
The town feels it does more work
and incurs more expenses in .re
searching and approving plans’ of
subdivision than the county does
yet the town charges no fee but the
county does. The Planning and
Development committee recom
mended the Planning Director re
ply to the complaint.*****
Council, against the wishes of
some councillors, approved esta
blishing a list of suitable lawyers
familiar with environmental law to
assist the county in preparing for
the presentation of the county’s
Waste Management Master Plan
before government hearings. Ask
ed why a lawyer would be needed,
Dr. Gary Davidson, Huron County
Planner told council the county is
preparing a document (the Master
Plan) that might have to be
defended before environmental
hearings. The county, he said, was
not hiring a lawyer at this point,
merely doing the advance work so
that one familiar with environmen
tal law could easily be hired if
required.
Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle was
uneasy about taking the step. “The
more I hear the more nervous I
get,’’ he said of the county’s
planning for waste management.
He said he felt the county was
prematurely moving toward the
selection of a waste disposal site.
“I don’t think council has ever
agreed to move toward purchase of
a site.”
Dr. Davidson assured Reeve
Mickle that when the master plan
study moves from stage 2, the
indication of possible sites and
alternative methods of waste man
agement, to stage 3, selection of a
site, the council will have a chance
to decide if it wants to take the last
step.
Computers are either already
installed or on the way for most
libraries in the county to help
library users have access to all the
books in the library system.
The computers are up and runn
ing in libraries such as Blyth,
one library branch that has not
computer is Brussels.
Wingham, Seaforth and Clinton
and on the way for places like raised enough money to install the
Bayfield, Hensall and Kirkton. The computer is Brussels.
May your holiday joys be boundless.
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Controlled deer hunt a success
“The first deer hunt held in
Perth County since 1975 was an
overwhelming success” says Mike
Malhiot, a biologist with the Wing
ham office of the Ministry of
Natural Resources.
Included in the 407 hunters who
were issued tags for this years’
hunt, 251 were farmer-landowners
and 156 were successful in a
lottery-type draw. Overall, 91 per
cent of the hunters were residents
of Perth County.
The Ministry operated two check
stations during the hunt. The 90
deer that hunters brought to these
check stations were examined for
age, weight, and overall condition.
Fawns and yearlings comprised
almost 70 per cent of the deer
checked. The heaviest animal
checked weighed 209 pounds
dressed weight or approximately
265 pounds live weight. Only five
animals were over four and a half
years of age. Malhiot estimates the
Perth harvest will be about 110
deer.
“There were no complaints of
trespassing, shooting from the
roadside or unethical behavior
reported to our Wingham office”
said Terry Matz, Wingham District
Enforcement Co-ordinator and Fish
and Wildlife Management Officer.
Four charges were laid during the
deer hunt: two for carrying buck
shot during deer season and not
being the holder of a deer licence,
one for hunting without a valid deer
licence, and one for the transfer of
a coupon (using someone else’s
validation tag).
“All hunters checked knew of
the new regulations prohibiting the
possession of loaded firearms be
tween the fences of roadways”
says Matz. “They also knew that
large gang sizes could give the
perception of unethical and unfair
hunting practices. Hunters also
realized that since most hunting in
Perth County is on private land,
they needed permission to hunt
from the landowners involved”.
HUNTERS ARE REMINDED
All hunters who received a
validation tag to hunt in this fall’s
controlled deer hunts in Huron and
Perth Counties also received a
questionnaire concerning the hunt.
These questionnaires must be com
pleted, whether you hunted or not,
by December 21 to the appropriate
Ministry of Natural Resources’
district office. Hunters who fail to
return their questionnaire will not
be eligible for a controlled hunt
validation tag next year.
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