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Goderich trash down 50 per cent over 2008 figures
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der clause four," will be based on anticipated
tonnage over five years, capital recovery for
equipment and site improvements, operating
costs, administration, site replacement, clo-
sure, perpetual care, environmental rt c and
royalty.
Clause four says Central Huron, Goderich
and Huron East will give South Huron 12
months' advance notice of the date they pro-
pose to start using the Exeter landfill.
Coun. Deb Shewfelt (Goderich) said he
was happy to go ahead with the agreement
and that a bylaw must still be passed by coun-
ty council approving the agreement.
"There have been a lot of meetings and
if your concerns were that important, you
should have had someone there," he told Ma-
cLellan.
County planner Scott Tousaw said that
while county council must approve the final
solution, it is up to the lower tier municipali-
ties to work out the details.
Coun. George Robertson (South Huron)
said negotiations have been "dragging on for
a long time" and agreed with Shewfelt that
Huron East should have sent someone to the
last meeting.
"We have a landfill site and we have to
run it. Maybe we don't need anyone else," he
said.
Coun. Bill Dowson (Bluewater) said he un-
derstood South Huron's need to proceed with
the agreement but asked if waiting another
month would "be the end of the world."
"Hopefully, they've got the message now
that they need to show up," he said.
MacLellan responded that while he agreed
negotiations had been dragging on, Huron
East has only missed one meeting "and un-
fortunately that was the last meeting."
He said that while he didn't blame South
Huron, a change of council and administra-
tion at South Huron had caused the need to
"start the process over again."
Sifto to create Mill
Road storage site
Gerard Crosses
signal -star staff
As construction intensified on the expansion
of the Sifto Salt Mine, so too do the materials
needed to get the job done.
Council gave first and second reading to
a bylaw for Sifto Canada July 31, allowing
temporary storage of construction materials
and equipment along Mill Road on the town's
eastern edge.
The property, owned by Sifto, will be a
short-term storage site, used only until the new
building at the mine is completed.
Councillor Heather Lyons wondered wheth-
er or not this was the best location for the proj-
ect, however, planner Joyce Wilson said it was
the best possible place for the storage, with a
few exceptions to the agreement needed.
The site is already fenced in and there are no
concerns along the riverbank from the Mait-
land Valley Conservation Authority.
According to council, Sifto has set aside
$10,000 for road surface treatment and to off-
set any damages caused by the moving of con-
struction materials.
Once amended, the bylaw was back for third
reading August 10.
"It's not Huron East that's held it up to this
point and we want the opportunity to sit down
before the county approves it," he said.
"I want to make it clear that all three don't
have to agree - we can go ahead and sign it,"
responded Shewfelt.
Coun. Tim Collyer (Central Huron) admit-
ted that Central Huron is also hoping to sit
down again with the interested parties.
"We want to look at the wording as well,"
he said.
Coun. Dave Johnston (Bluewater) said he
wouldn't be supporting the agreement yet ei-
ther since he's concerned about the remain-
ing municipalities, including Bluewater, who
also use the Mid -Huron landfill.
He said he's concerned about Huron East,
Central Huron and Goderich "prematurely
and arbitrarily" pulling out of the Mid -Huron
landfill.
"It goes beyond these three municipalities,"
he said.
Goderich environmental services tech-
nologist Jennette Walker said in an intervier
su
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last week Goderich is ready to commit to 24
months of landfill usage, with an allowance to
review and reconsider the agreement within a
year's notice following that.
However, with the clear bag policy intro-
duced this March for Mid -Huron users, ton-
nages have been reduced by one third of the
previous year.
Waste levels entering Mid -Huron are down
to 65 per cent of 2008 figures, Walker said,
with Goderich throwing out closer to 50 per
cent of its previous
tonnage.
Part of that is due
to the yard waste de-
pot which is opened
op Cambridge Street.
Formerly, that waste
would be collected
and brought to landfill
rather than composted
for town projects such
as the rebuilding of
the Nelson Street por-
tion of the Maitland Trail.
Any yard waste put out for regular garbage
collection will be left at the curb.
Meanwhile, the MHLSB will be meeting
this month with South Huron to once again
see if they can reach realistic figures for tip-
ping fees before an agreement is fully rati-
fied.
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