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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1996 County wants twin studies on landfill alternatives Spurred by Ashfield Twp. resi- dents' concerns about the impartial- ity of the county's consulting firm, Huron County councillors Thurs- day voted to hire two firms to con- duct studies into landfill alterna- tives. Council had been pressed by the Concerned Citizens of Ashfield and Area (CCAA) and by some mem- bers of council, to conduct a study into alternatives to landfilling the county's garbage, especially now It costs considerably less per vis- itor to operate the Huron County Museum than a letter to the editor in county newspapers claimed, Claus Breede, museum director and curator told county council, Feb. 1. A letter which appeared in The Citizen and other newspapers claimed that when you took the cost of operating the museum and divided it by the number of muse- um visitors, it cost taxpayers $19 for every visitor. However, Breede Consultants for the Huron Coun- ty Waste Management Masterplan Study will be asked to speak to county council next month to explain their reasons for concluding an Ashfield Twp. site should not be ruled out as a candidate site. Council decided to ask Gore and Storrie Limited and the hydrogeol- ogist on the project to attend both the Planning and Development committee meeting and the March 7 meeting of council on the sugges- tion of Dr. Gary Davidson, plan- Huron County may be a long way from having a solution for its waste management problem but taxpayers will start preparing this year, and one county councillor is unhappy about it. The county will budget more than $1 million this year for a reserve for an eventual waste man- agement facility. This portion of the budget had originally been used to finance the building of the new Huronview and Huronlea homes for the aged. When those were paid for, the money was allocated for the renovation of the old Huron- view building into offices for the Huron County Library and the Board of Health. Now that this pro- ject is completed the money has been allocated this year for a reserve for future waste manage- ment needs, even though the county is a long way from finding either a landfill site or some alternative waste disposal. That has Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle steaming. "I think this money should go back to the people," Mickle told the Feb. 1 meeting of council. This would help lighten the burden of provincial government cuts on municipalities, he said. If and when a county-wide waste management facility is approved, there should be that the provincial government has lifted the ban against incineration. The Planning and Development Committee had voted to commis- sion Gore and Storrie Ltd. to exam- ine alternatives, starting with looking at exporting waste out of the county. The study will cost $24,800 for this first phase with a study of all alternatives to cost $39,800. But Don McNay of CCAA cast doubts on the impartiality of Gore says, the figures in the letter took in all the costs of running the museum including the Huron Historic Gaol and the Marine Museum but did not include the visitors at those facili- ties. Including these visitors would drop the cost to $7.90 in tax sup- port per visitor, Breede said. This is midway between the high and low costs for museums in the province. As well, county residents are paying for the preservation of 50,000 museum artifacts and the ning director. Davidson was reacting to concerns expressed by Bob Hallam, reeve of West Wawanosh Twp. "I feel I was sold out," Hallam told council saying the results of drilling on the Luclurow-area site contained in the Stage 2D Summa- ry report, did not seem to fit the cri- teria councillors had been given for the hydrogeological safety of land- fill sites. Pointing out that he had stood up for the integrity of the site selection process Hallam argued ''I alternate ways of financing it, such as tipping fees. "There is a perva- sive sense that we politicians are becoming mouthpieces for the sta- tus quo rather than being creative leaders of new options," Mickle said. Others like Howick Twp.'s Norm Fairies, however, felt that since the money was already in the budget the county should keep it there. "If you're going to take it out, you're going to get really whacked when the project comes along," he warned. and Storrie who are already under- taking the massive waste manage- ment study for the county. McNay said the company seemed to have already rejected energy from waste or incineration as alternatives based on outdated information and a bias toward large systems. There are newer technologies that would operate efficiently on 25 to 100 tonnes a day of garbage, he said. If only one study was to be done on waste management alternatives, Huron County Archives which holds 250,000 documents and which sees researchers spend more than 2,200 hours a year looking up records. The museum staff also takes leadership in helping promote a wide range of county events through membership in the South- western Ontario Tourism Associa- tion and attendance at travel shows, Breede said. All this costs about $5.50 per resident in the county. feel I've been used. I stood up to my friends on behalf of the county. I'm not a consultant but this is not anywhere near the criteria we told the people." Warden Bill Clifford, noting that the report had not even been stud- ied by the Planning and Develop- ment Committee, suggested Hallam bring his concerns to that commit- tee. Davidson then suggested that the consultants be asked to attend to answer such concerns. Henry Exel of Brussels was awarded the contract to provide air exhaust systems for smoking rooms for residents at both Huronlea and Huronview. The homes will allow residents a warm room to smoke in while keeping the rest of the build- ing smoke free. Staff are not so lucky, however. Cathie Brown, homes administrator explained that in negotiations with a committee representing smokers, no suitable solution to providing an indoor smoking area had been Continued on page 7 McNay asked that it not be done by Gore and Storrie. However, he asked the county to consider doing two parallel studies, one by Gore and Storrie and one by another firm. He presented a letter from R. Cave and Associates Engineering Ltd. of Oakville which stated it could do a complete study of alter- natives for $20,000 to $25,000 (plus expenses for attending meet- ings, printing, etc.). Council support for a second study of alternatives was led by Brian McBurney, reeve of Turnbcr- iy. The rules have changed many times since the county embarked on its waste management master plan study in 1987-88, he said. "Maybe it wouldn't hurt to have another company do a study. We've been on this train toward landfill for nine years now and they (Gore and Stor- rie) might not want to get off." The company might have a vested inter- est in supporting ,a landfill option, he said. But Dr. Gary Davidson, director of planning and development, pointed out to council that the gov- ernment has put deadlines on com- pletion of different phases of the master plan study. If council does not meet the deadline, it could lose $55,000 in funding, he said. Gore and Storrie was prepared to pro- ceed at once but if council asked for tenders for a new study it might take six weeks to award a contract. Several councillors worried about the credibility of any report Gore and Storrie might bring in. "I'm not on to pay consultants but it's not a big amount (of money) when you look at the size of the budget," said McBumey. "If you have no faith in the consultant doing the study, it isn't worth anything." Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle agreed. "We need to be quite sure that in the public's mind it (the study) is independent from the direction we're going. I would feel more comfortable that this parallel study be done by someone else." To save time, McBumey suggest- ed that no tendering be done and that the contract for the parallel study be given to R. Cave and Associates for the price they had quoted and for the time frame they had quoted of four to five weeks. The motion passed. Speaking in the public question period at the end of the meeting, McNay thanked council for its action. 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