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full operation).
Mr. Metzger said all these con
cerns would be taken into account
when grading which of the sites
would be least detrimental to the
county (once an environmentally
safe site had been found).
Mary Boyle pointed out the size
of some farm operations and the
quality of the buildings. "I don't
know how you can pick that for a
dump," she said. "I don't know
what’s wrong with your heads."
Mr. Metzger assured her that the
size and quality of farm operations
would be taken into account when
grading sites.
But Grant Johnston questioned
whether the site was environmen
tally safe. The St. Augustine Creek,
he said, drained a 1.349 acre St.
Augustine Complex wetland area.
Dave Lee, reeve of Blyth and
chair of the meeting, said informa
tion like that was why the meetings
were being held. If the sites are
located in this provincially signifi
cant wetland it could not be suit
able for a landfill site, he said. Mr.
Metzger said that not only can't a
class one provincially significant
wetland be used, but the site (a total
of 62 acres is needed) is not
allowed to come within 120 metres
of such a wetland.
Others questioned why existing
landfill sites couldn't be expanded.
Some wondered by the Holmesville
site couldn't be enlarged. Bill
Camochan, reeve of Tuckersmith,
one of the municipalities using the
Holmesville site, explained that it
is now near capacity and the Min
istry of the Environment won't give
permission for it to be expanded.
The clay underlying the site is like
a dish, he explained. "You can't go
W. Wawanosh
taxes to rise
With a jump in education taxes
of over five per cent by both the
public and separate school boards,
West Wawanosh residents will be
hit with a mill rate increase.
The public board portion will lift
residential taxes by 3.53 per cent
and separate school supporters will
see an increase of 2.95 per cent.
The municipality and the county
were able to hold the mill rates at
the 1993 level.
Councillors also approved the
budget information at the May 5
meeting which recognized a
decrease in the mill rate for the
street lights in Auburn and Dun
gannon.
The drops of 14.99 per cent and
40.95 per cent respectively are due
to the fact that Ontario Hydro will
no longer be maintaining the lights.
A maintenance fee has not yet been
established for the private contrac
tor. That amount will be reflected'
in the 1995 rate.
Council authorized the signing of
the recycling agreement for Auburn
and directed Clerk-Treasurer Joan
Armstrong to obtain the signatures
of the other parties; Hullett, East
Wawanosh and Auburn.
Ms Armstrong was authorized by
council to obtain quotes for the
construction of an access ramp to
the municipal office via the council
chambers door to the west side of
the building.
R.J. Bumside and Associates was
appointed by council to survey and
plan the proposed drainage works
in Dungannon.
Samuel Miller's minor variance
application requesting relief from
the side yard measurement of 60
metres was approved.
The road and general accounts
were approved for payment in the
amounts of $17,302.43 and
$10,880.08 respectively.
higher because the leachate collec
tor system can't handle any more.
There is a chance the leachate
could escape into the creek and the
ground water. We have a whole lot
of people in Holmesville who want
a safe site just as you do here."
Ross Durnin questioned why
each municipality shouldn't look
after its own garbage instead of
hauling garbage from all over the
county to one site. But Mr. Lee
explained that each municipality
would have to go through the same
kind of expensive search as the
county is currently undertaking.
That's why the county decided to
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look al one site for all municipali
ties.
Mr. Camochan said his township
had, along with Seaforth, tried to
find a site in their area. Hundreds
of thousands of dollars were spent
but no site was found. If individual
municipalities wanted to find their
own sites, "I suggest to you your
property tax would probably
quadruple."
West Wawanosh Reeve Bob Hal
lam said he was worried about the
disruption the site selection process
was causing in the lives of people
in his township and had urged
county officials to get on with elim
inating sites as quickly as possible
so people could get on with their
lives.
Mr. Metzger, in answer to a
question from the audience,
pledged to let people know as soon
as possible if their property had
been eliminated from the list of
candidate sites because an inspec
tion had shown it did not meet the
criteria. As soon as they could get
on the land to test they would be
able to tell people if their land
could be eliminated, he said.
At the same time the county did
not want to hurry people into
allowing the testing. "We want to
give people the lime to discuss it
and think about it."
Steven Thompson, vice-president
of the Huron County Federation of
Agriculture said his group would
be happy to meet with landowners
and make them aware of their
rights. Il might be possible, he said,
that landowners could gel funding
to go to the environmental hearing
over the site.
This week another meeting will
be held at Carlow at the Colbomc
Township Hall Thursday night at 8
p.m. for those near sites in Col-
bome on Concession six and Con
cession four.
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