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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1996-03-13, Page 6ALL-YOU CAN EAT PIZZA & SALADS (Every Monday until April 29th) Menu: PIZZA: Your choice of 4 different pizza combinations. SALADS: Fresh tossed garden with choice of dressings and/or Caesar salad (with our secret dressing). BEVERAGE: 2 flavours of fruit juices (all you can drink), coffee/tea, all the ice water you can drink. DESSERT: Fresh homemade cookies. SERVING TIME: Mondays only from 11:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. PRICE: All the above for only $5.95/person. (Children under 12 - $3.50/person). Plus taxes. Take-out available but some restrictions apply "Best Pizza In Town" Watch for JR's all you can eat Chesterfried Chicken Night (George)! Brussels 887-6951 PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1996 County gets Stage 2D masterplan report Two huge books, comprising the Stage 2D report of the Huron County Waste Management Mas- terplan Study were received by county councillors at their March 7 meeting. With representatives present from the study's authors, consulting firm Gore 8Storrie Ltd. and Gold- er Associates, who did hydrogeo- logical studies on the proposed Ashfield Twp. site for a county landfill, only one councillor had serious questions about the study. West Wawanosh Reeve Bob Hal- lam queried Dan Brown of Golder Associates about the findings of test drillings on the site which Hal- lam said cast doubts on the site's safety. Quoting results from the drilling, Hallam said there seemed to be significant deposits of sand and gravel in some areas of the site. But Brown said granular pockets indicated in the drilling were all fairly close to the surface of the With local abattoirs shut down because meat inspectors are part of the Ontario Public Service Employ- ees Union strike, the Huron County Health Unit has been asked to explore the possibility of taking over inspections. Pat Down, reeve of Usborne, pointed out the closure of these Huron County council has given its support for further study of using plutonium from U.S. nuclear weapons to fuel the Bruce Nuclear Power Development reactors. Terry Squire of Ontario Hydro told council that if the use of the material is okayed by the U.S. gov- ernment, the plutonium from decommissioned bombs would be mixed with other materials to reduce it from 90 per cent pure to two per cent, the strength needed for the Bruce reactor. This would be transported by road into Canada and through the county to the BNPD site at Tiverton. There would actually be less road traffic than for the present uranium used at BNPD because the fuel would be 10-15 per cent more effi- cient, Squire said. Answering a question from Bob Hallam, reeve of West Wawanosh, Squire said Continued from page 4 the Sweeney Report 47 per cent of the educational dollars are spent outside of the classroom. Whether this is true in Huron County or not, it is still a reality that the minister must deal with - he is the provincial Minister of Education! I understand that you are not pleased with the tool kit. I can only speculate that you would have liked us to open collective agreements and do the negotiating with the proposed site, west of Lucknow. This area will be excavated as preparation of the landfill site any- way, he said. There are no signifi- cant deposits of granular material below the excavation level that might allow effluent from the land- fill to seep into the water table, he said. If there are granular deposits closer to the surface in areas that will not be excavated, they will be eliminated by engineering methods, either drains to capture effluent or barriers to prevent it from leaving the site. "I fear you are putting the safety of the site in engineering methods, not the impermeability of the soil," Hallam responded. But Brown said that all good modern landfill sites have engineer- ing done to create extra safety beyond that provided by the soil type. Eventually Hallam's questioning was cut off by Warden Bill Clifford in order to allow other councillors to ask questions. No one did and small packing plants is a hardship for both the plant owners and for people who depend on having their animals processed there. She asked that the Health Unit hurry its deci- sion on the matter. But Warden Bill Clifford said the Board of Health will consider the matter at its March 13 meeting. "It this would create less waste than the current uranium fuel does. Ura- nium is converted to plutonium in the Candu reactor used at BNPD so the spent fuel will have the same Continued from page 1 returned this year. But Jack Coleman, reeve of Stan- ley Twp., wondered what cuts would be caused to the road budget because of the $96,000 still going to urban road rebates. Sandra Law- son, acting county engineer, said she was able to balance the budget by reducing some staffing, patching work and tree cutting. Bob Hallam, reeve of West Wawanosh worried about the effect of the rebates given the fact the province is going to turn over teachers. You have always had the option to negotiate with the teachers. We have removed the need for the board to employ and therefore pay department heads, which was previously legislated. We have rtibbiled the floor for sick leave which was previously legislated. We will also have the results of the studies released by the summer with respect to lay people employed in specific areas. Each of these items can bring about savings in the next round of the motion to accept the report was quickly passed. The report now goes to the public and the Ministry of Environment and Energy for comments. Dr. Gary Davidson, director of planning, explained to councillors that before the county can move to the next stage of the process, coun- ty council will have to gives its approval. That's why a study is now being carried out into possible alternatives for landfill which have come along through government policy changes or technological advances since the study of alterna- tives was first undertaken at the beginning of the Masterplan study. That assurance answered a con- cern of Mason Bailey, reeve of Blyth, who worried about spending more money on the search for a landfill site in a time of fiscal restraint. Bailey said he was still hoping that as the alternatives arise something will come along that will reduce the need for the county to be in the landfill business at all. would be premature at this point" to try to give an answer, he told Down. Ron Murray, chair of the Health and Seniors Committee said the Board of Health is looking into the possibility but there are some road- blocks such as liability and the lack of labs to test samples of suspect meat. characteristics as the current waste, he said. The support of council is only for more study of the proposal. Highways 83, 84 and 87 to the county system, all of which- are in need of major work. Lawson said, negotiations are still ongoing as to what work is needed to bring the roads up to county standards but the county's preliminary estimates are $6 mil- lion for resurfacing and $1.2 mil- lion for work on bridges. Meanwhile the town of Exeter wrote a letter to the county asking to be exempted entirely from the taxes assessed for county road pur- poses. Council ignored the request. negotiations and will lead to savings for the taxpayers of Huron and Ontario. I am sure that your board and the parents of Huron are not prepared to close the school system in the spring and can use these tools to find savings. Paul, if you are not able to manage the difficult decisions this will require, please do not hesitate to let me know and I will inform the Minister. Yours truly, Helen Johns, MPP.. Early in the meeting Don McNay of the Concerned Citizens of Ash- field and Area urged council to take a look at the long term costs of incineration as an alternative. Since only five per cent of material incin- Prodded by growing pressure on municipalities to amalgamate, Huron County will host a strategic planning session March 23 to for- mulate principles and guidelines for mergers of municipalities. At its March 7 meeting, county council agreed to invite all local councils and their administrators to the meeting to be held at Central Huron Secondary School in Clin- ton. The session will try to develop guidelines for municipalities to use erated is ash left to be buried in a landfill, he said, current landfill sites would have 20 years longer in their lifespan and if it was built, the county landfill would have an 800- year life expectancy. when they discuss amalgamations. A draft set of guidelines would be developed by the county's strategic planning committee then brought to another meeting with all councils and administrators for their review. With the provincial government now having the power, under Bill 26, to unilaterally dissolve munici- pal boundaries and amalgamate municipalities, several Huron municipalities, particularly in the Exeter area, have been discussing amalgamation. County's Board of Health looks into meat inspection County councillors support further study into 1110X fuel Urban road rebates cut MPP responds to comments County sets date for discussions