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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2005-01-27, Page 17THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2005. PAGE 17. Morris-Turnberry council briefs Council considers hiring drainage superintendent Would the Municipality of Morris- Turnberry be better served if it had its own drainage superintendent? Councillor Jim Nelemans raised this concern at the Jan. 18 meeting of council during a discussion of the drainage superintendent and maintenance program for 2004- 2005. Council approved the billings from R. J. Burnside and Associates of Wingham for drainage work done by superintendent George Guse from Feb. I to Dec. 31, 2004. The total was $34,910.69, with the council applying for a grant of $17,455.34. Nelemans felt that money would be better spent if the municipality directed that money to its own employee. He added maybe it's something council could consider some time down the road. He indicated another person could be hired to help out the public works co-ordinator who would also become the drainage superintendent. Another office person may also have to be something. “It is just something .(to be considered), I think we could be looking at,” said Nelemans. “I realize we are applying for a grant to cover half the superintendent’s salary.” He said it wouldn’t be tor this year, but maybe council could look at the situation for 2006. Mayor Dorothy Kelly said there is a lot of work involved in being a drainage superintendent, but agreed it was something the municipality could think about. Guse is going to the Drainage Superintendent’s Conference being held in London, Jan. 26-27. Morris- Turnberry agreed to pay his $80 registration fee with the travel costs being divided among all the municipalities using the services of Burnside. The theme of this year's conference is Current Water Issues. *** Five members of council and public works co-ordinator Barry O’Krafka will attend the Ontario Good Roads Association (OGRA)/Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) being held in Toronto at the end of February. Kelly is going b'ut is attending as a representative of the county. Also attending will be councillors Edna McLellan, Lynn Hoy. Neil Warwick and Nelemans. Attending a Cohen Highley seminar on better local government on Jan. 28 will be deputy-mayor Bi 11 Thompson, Hoy, Nelemans and Kelly, along with clerk-treasurer Nancy Michie. *** Council fully supported a resolution from the Municipality of Clarington to amend the Municipal Elections Act to provide for' a four- year term of office for municipal council members. “1 really like this,” stated Kelly. Thompson said there would be less cost to the municipality. Resolutions from Northumberland County and the Town of Halton Hills were filed. 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