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M-T discusses
landfill site at
public meeting
Morris-Turnberry council held a
public meeting last Tuesday evening
to discuss the Morris ward landfill
site.
Three representatives from Huron
East were in attendance. The Village
of Brussels, which is now part of
Huron East, uses the Morris ward
landfill site.
Under the terms of the agreement
with Huron East, the length of the
agreement is for five years, effective
from Sept 1, 2001 to Aug. 31, 2006.
Huron East pays a tipping fee of
S40 per tonne, with a guarantee of
300 tonnes of solid waste per
year.
However, it was noted that in 2003,
there were 183.47 tonnes from
Brussels and 136.14 tonnes in 2004.
Huron East still paid for 300 tonnes
of solid waste. Morris-Turnberry
imposes the tipping fees as part of the
general revenue to operate the site.
Morris-Turnberry must operate the
site, adding Huron East to the
Ministry of Environment’s
Certificate of Approval, while Huron
East is responsible for arranging for
the collection and the delivery to the
site as well as providing a recycling
program and issuing bag tags.
Morris-Turnberry must also report
to Huron East on the operation,
prepare closure plans and manage
and carry out all perpetual care
activities.
A meeting will be held annually,
where a meeting had not been
required before.
The operating surplus will be
placed into a reserve account to
reduce the perpetual care costs.
Huron East mayor Joe Seili asked
how long the site was good for.
It was noted the current site is good
for five years, the new area is good
for 10 to 20 years and the unapproved
area, which has not been used, is
good for 50 years.
“We might as well use it (the
current area),” said Morris-Turnberry
mayor Dorothy Kelly.
Clerk-treasurer Nancy Michie said
the current numbers are from the
Ministry of the Environment.
“They keep coming up with new
numbers.” she said.
Even though the agreement was
approved by both municipalities in
2001, the public meeting was held to
satisfy the MOE.
Achievement
Tina Ropp received the
CanSkate award for most
outstanding
intermediate/senior skater
from the Brussels Skating
Club. (Vicky Bremner photo)
Well done
Two members of the Brussels Skating Club received their
level 3 gold award. Ryan Sholdice, left, and Adam Cousins
received their gold medallions from coach Michelle Blake.
Their names have been added to the power skating plaque
in the trophy case upstairs at the Brussels arena. (Vicky
Bremner photo)
Threats, harassment among list of offences
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be tracked, they often seem shocked.
"It's pretty powerful,” agreed system
principal Maggie Crane, who
oversees the internet safety program
for the board.
Childerley listed several offences
which have been committed through
computer activity: threatening,
harassing someone repeatedly
pretending to be someone they’re
not and secretly publishing private
information.
In the case of the recently split-up
boyfriend and girlfriend, charges
were laid and the photos were
removed from the public venue oi
cyberspace, but “it wasn’t until
everyone else already knew about it.
so the embarrassment was already
out there.”
To protect against such offences,
suggested Vercruysen, "we need to
be safer and smarter, we need to
have policies and laws and we need
to raise awareness.”
At the school board level, policies
are in place. Based on those policies,
schools have instituted “acceptable -
use procedures.” And just about
every household has rules for
computer use. “whether they follow
that or not,” she said.
The biggest goal of the new
police/school board program,
therefore, is to raise awareness. “We
don’t want to cieate fear; we don’t
need to create paranoia,” Crane
explained. “But as educators, it’s our
job to educate.”
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