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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1996-07-10, Page 7Barracuda challenge Members of the Brussels Barracuda Swim team took to the water July 4, to raise money with a swim-athon. Each member of the team had to swim a certain number of laps dependent on their age. Brooklyn Wheeler, left and an unidentified team mate check their lap numbers as they take a breather. County refuses to discuss nasty 'facts' Val Gauley OPEN TO SERVE YOU New & Used Quality Vehicles Sales Dept. Summer Hours Open Mon. to Thurs. 9:00 - 8:00 p.m. Fri. till 6:00 Sat. & Sun. by appointment - Service Dept. Open Mon. to Fri. 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM HART ro 1-900-698-9267 .• Call '. Today! 527-1010: '•••••••• THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1996 PAGE 7. Bailey says, 'Don't waste money' hi a recorded vote, Huron County councillors refused, Thursday, to go into a closed session to discuss anonymous letters circulated by one or more persons unhappy with- the administration of the county. The issue of the widely-circulat- ed, often vicious newsletters about some senior county staff and politi- cians called "Huron County's Fast Facts" was raised by Bill Mickle, reeve of Exeter, after it was revealed the Administration, Finance and Personnel Committee had gone into closed session to dis- cuss a legal matter. After some questioning as to the nature of the legal matter, Mickle was told it was to discuss the "Facts" sheets. Mickle said some of the charges in the newsletters were indicative of problems within the county administration. "I don't normally place credence on documents that are unsigned," he said. However, council couldn't afford to leave the letters unanswered, he said. "I strongly believe a response should be made. Not to do so is to leave a cloud (over the county administra- tion). The public should know that the charges have been thoroughly investigated." Bob Hallam, reeve of West Wawanosh, said he had read the charges and did his own investiga- tion to assure himself that they were groundless. Other councillors could do the same, he said. "It's easy to accuse people and then run away and hide behind someone's back", he said of the authors of the documents. Saying that too often nothing was done about such issues, Bill Van- stone, reeve of Colborne Twp., made a motion to go into closed session with only Clerk-Treasurer Lynn Murray and council present, to discuss the letters and the con- duct of council. When Hallam objected to council going into closed session to discuss its own conduct, Vanstone clarified the motion saying it was a personnel matter to discuss with Murray. When Murray finally read the motion and council voted on it, however, it read only that council go into committee of the whole to discuss the letters. That drew the opposition of councillors who wanted to give no comfort to anonymous complainants. Warden Bill Clifford, reeve of Goderich, said 'his position had always been that he would not discuss the issue unless someone came forward who was willing to tie their name to the complaints. "I have a problem with dis- cussing the letters," said Bruce Machan, reeve of Wingham. "I'm not sure we should discuss it until we get signed letters." But Tom Cunningham, reeve of Hullett, felt council should investi- gate the charges made in the letters to see if there was any basis in fact. "I personally don't like a vendetta against anybody," he said, but somebody had obviously felt strongly enough to go to a lot of effort and expense to compose and print the newsletters and distribute them widely to county employees, politicians and the media., Mason Bailey, reeve of Blyth, said it was important to discuss the issues because, from his talks with politicians beyond Huron's borders, people were questioning what was going on and "casting aspersions on Huron". When the recorded vote was called, however, councillors voted 32-29 not to go into closed session to discuss the issue. (In a recorded vote the voting is weighted accord- ing to population with large munic- oipalities having extra votes.) Wingham church hosts outdoor concert St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Youth Group, Wingham, is hosting a special concert, featuring the music of High Power, at Cruickshank Park on Saturday, July 20. High Power is an up and coming Christian band from the Kincardine area. They are presently touring the U.S. The concert, which begins at 7 p.m. will, in the event of rain, be moved to F.E. Madill Secondary School. Cruickshank Park is located in downtown Wingham, just off Josephine St. Huron County shouldn't be spending money studying the capacity of municipal landfill sites when some of the municipalities arc not in favour of the county using these sites, Blyth Reeve Mason Bailey told county council July 4. "The Blyth-Hullett Landfill Site Committee talked and we are not in favour of Huron County taking over the management of this site," Bailey told Craig Metzger, waste management mastcrplan co-ordina- tor. "Our council is quite adamant that it is not in the best interest of our ratepayers. Why waste money with studies before you have an agreement with municipalities to operate the sites?" . Metzger said it is important to know the capacity in the various Three reeves from the southern part of Huron County will chal- lenge for the position of warden for 1997. At the July 4 meeting of council, Patricia Down, reeve of Usborne, Murray Keys, reeve of Hay and Bill Weber, reeve of Stephen, all announced their candidacy for the warden's chair, to be elected by council members in December. All of the municipalities involved have taken part in amalgamation talks landfill sites in the county to be able to study how much capacity is available in the county and how much waste would have to be exported. There are three options for the county in regard to management of municipal sites: the county can operate the sites without owning them; the county can assume own- ership of the sites or, most intrigu- ing, the county can adopt a program used in Bruce County where the municipalities continue to operate the sites but the county works as a broker between munici- palities with capacity and those with waste. None of the three options is appealing to Blyth and Hullett, Bai- ley said, suggesting a fourth option that allows municipalities to contin- ue to operate as they do now. "I think we have a lot of talking and a for a new, large municipality in the southern part of the county but Hay Twp. has since dropped out. lot of looking to do before we turn operation of our dump over to peo- ple who know less than the people who are doing it now. We don't think there is anybody on staff of the county that is more qualified and can do it more efficiently than it is being done now." Municipalities want same thing says Blyth reeve Despite a lack of support from county municipalities for a resolu- tion five northern municipalities, everyone is generally on the same wave-length on amalgamation, Blyth Reeve Mason Bailey told Huron County county county, July 4. "I apologize if (the resolution) was worded wrong," Bailey told councillors. 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