HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1996-01-31, Page 3News and Views
Bell Mobility
sees no
healthorisk
with•tower
Continued from page I •
moved to a More remote IOC&
because of health concerns
• that living near the site may
cause cancer. _
Bell Mobility sees 110 health
risks with the Operation of a•
toN.er for. cellular phone trans -
mi cutis.
"We consider there to be no
health issues. That again, is set
by industry Canada through
Safety Code 6, the guidelines
and allowable limits. - And
we're only a minute portion of
the allowable rate anyway.-
Ev:n the _office I'm •in, our
head office, has a cell site on
our -roof. We are -very comfort-
ttbl: without question," says
Grant. - • -
Bell Mobility press ntly has a
siguk.cl lease for the property
and a building perrnit.
"i think everybody is just
waiting patiently now to sec
what thc final decision is."
Liquor
seizures up in
December
Continued from pain' I
confirmed.
DRAPES CLOSED
.1 tie acting Seaforth OPP
• Chief reported 53 local occur-
renccs in December anti said
liquor seizu'reS, wore definitely
lie also said detachment
police olliccry now want to
work at the new Seaforih of
lice, which "seems a good
indicator".
The OPP was only in chargc
in 'Seaford) for two ,months in
1995, but if the costs were
projected 'over 12 they would
hay.. been approximately
S zt,`),585 according to tSeafortfl
1PS11.calculations. According to
figures presented at the Jan -8
board meeting, • = the 1996
contract policing ,estitnatc for
.Seaforth is S387,803.
Board members quizzed Staff
,Sgt. Baldwin on why OPP
benefits for` 1996 contracts
seem budgeted for a three per
cent increase, from 23 to 26
per Cent, when this i, "a little
more . than inflation". The
Goderich, cornmandcr • said he
would get details from 'others
in the OPP for the next board
meeting.
The board had also received
a complaint 'so asked'its acting
chief what thc policy is on the
drapes being open or closed at
the -new OPP office on Main
Street in Seaforth. -
Staff SgL Baldwin said there
was no set. policy during the
day but it was force practise to
keep than closed at night for
"officer safety". He 'noted how
recently a gunman •had 'walked -
into an isolated. Quebec detach-
ment -and murdered the lone
officer on duty. -
• "it's fine to be friendly..:," he
-'observed.
At its December nieeting the
board carried a motion that
Sterner "take over secretarial
duties...at the. rate of S100 per
meeting."
The minutes of that meeting
note: Steiner "agreed providing
she did not continue as Chair
of the board. Shc also fclt.this
would not be a problem since
it is expected meetings wits not
be required on a monthly basis
beginning some time in 1996."
A motilin was subsequently
carried appointing Dinsmore as
Chair...
Since the OPP took over the
local hoard now meets the first
Monday of each Month.
Choice between blue bag or box
Continued from page 1
of replacing 20 per cent of
blue boxes every year. -.
A member asked if• problems
are anticipated with the bide
' bag system when people forget
to remove non -recyclable lids. -
Veilleux said there may be
problems. "
"We know we will get more
contaminants so we must edu-
cate about what goes in," he
said.
Municipalities will have the
-option to choose blue, bag or
box. Once the blue bag system
.s tested thoroughly, BRA will
have a fee schedule for both
systems, allowing municipali-
ties to choose the most-eco-
nornical system. -
"We're trying to find ways of
doing things better," he said.
Board chairman Phil Maguire
told members about the advan-
tages of garbage bag tag sys-
tem and cardboard pickup seen
in his muncipality of Grand
Bend. While Grand Bend
saved a lot of money with a
user pay garbage collection
system, he said, the village
generated more revenue last
year by picking up cardboard
from commercial businesses
and selling it_ to Blueivater
Recycling. He said the village
trucked ahe cardboard to Huron
Park twice a week in the sum-
mertime and generated about
$10,000. The village then used
that money for community
improvements.
"We really believe we got the
attention of the business
community now," he said.
Veilleux advised members
that BRA may test"variable
collection" meaning weekly
garbage/recyclable pickup in
the summer and hi -weekly col-
lection in the winter. With this
plan, trucks would he available
and may be used for snow-
plowing possibly in the winter
."••••..----.•••.\
THE HURON EXPOSITOR, January 31, 1986-3
of 1996, said Veilleux.
•Bluewater: Recycling
Association conducted six haz-
ardous wastee-days last year.
Collected one` drum of • PCB
(the second incident) which
has been safely disposed.
"That's why >v . have this,"
said Veilleux. 11 -
• Plans for six more days in
1996 to try to .cover requests
front 18 -municipalities. The
first set of w.iste disposal days
will be between April 26 and
• 28 in Bayfield,- Statta, Parkhill.
Die:sden, Delaware and
Gowanstown. :
• •Over XO() Christmas trees
were collected in this year's'
chipping service.
•.Bltmwater Recycling
Association will, pick up dis-
carded tires at landfill sites for
a fee or individuals can..hring
tires to the recycling plant and
pay $2.50 to $5 per tire to dis-
pose them. Larger tires can._
cost up to S t (. •
Selling recyclables to keep costs down
The Bluewater Recycling
Association must relymore
heavily on selling recyclable
products and user fees to keep
costs down and make up for a
shortfall in government .grants
this year.
General Manager Frances
Veilleux told municipal mein -
tiers at the general meeting
January 24 in Grand .Bend that
grant funding may remain until
March 1998 for those members
•who joined the association.
within the past=five years hut
for all others; there is no grant
money left: _ _
He said 1995 was -a year of
ups and downs for commodity
- prices. with prices ranging
between $123 and $223 per
tonne.
"We expect 1996 to he about
half," he said. "The markets -
seem to he relatively staple."
Good commodity- prices
enabled a 247 per cent increase
in sales over 1994. said finance
-manager Matt Keeley. g'encrat-
ing almost. $2 Million in rev-
enue. Newspaper and ,alu-
minwn were the most lucrative
with B,R'A genciatiog almost
5600.000 in, sale\ of each com-
mtlia...-�.�-�
Policing in Seaforth cost $147 a person
Poiicing •cost 5147 for each average an officer for .every t48), Sarnua.-t'L':tnt:ser 1715►,
person .in Scalorth two -years - 434 people. - Chatham (77). Si. _ Thomas
ago, according to. Canadian The . per -capita cost of (66), . W'oothh,, k t 7t ,:.. Smith -
Centre lint Justice Statistics policing foi. Clinton, Mitchell, goy (59r:_ I iii,,.,1;t)ur• _ (5.7); •
Goderich and Strafford in 1994 Wallacebur_t .I991, *At
(with population per officer in (90i, Dresden ,t.>,.:.Pk troll:f
brackets) was respectively$148 (l07). Rid'etutisn' 0)5). •Nor -
(550), 5133 _(5K3), 5141 (6911 'with (56); I'„iut Edward (59), -
and $141 (669). ' Tavistock r 1,,. :\ytnier (86),
When -it cam c to criminal Ingersoll .(57,: '
code charges Ier. off icer
"Comparisons ,h„uld he done
-Seaforth was alnu)st..hoitorn.of with caiftiun." said the
the list a64'3. Onfy Mitchell, al Canadian Centre for . Justice
35,. and Toronto, at 42, were Statistics. "It is- an indicator,
lower.- that's all.. -I Ire document is
,iCriininaf code charges per produced • a, cul . iutenial
oflicer were, higher for all other document ahs u1(,rtuation is
Ontario municipalities on the for people o h-poli�c
Free Press list in-l9e14: Clinton and police thrnr„•I.,•', io rum- .
(48), Goderich (76); Str.iiford pare. thent,e1,.,• ”
(69), London (88i; Windsor
recently obtained by /he Lon-
don Free Pres.. from Statistics -
Canada in Ottawa
Scaforth was about mid-range
in per capita cost tor com-
parable southwi.stcrn Ontario
centres, with a relatively -low
population per, officer 01,575.
in ritzy Point l•:dwattl down .
by Sarnia, by- comparison, in
Af?14-,i(!g ` rclst
S218 per,
personr ;J:vith oh' 'officer for:
every 400.
The most 'expensi've in On-
tario was Toronto with a per
capita cost u1 5223 and on
Close school system until
finance reform studied
BY MICHELE (;REI'.NE
SSP Ncws'Stalf
Three local.s'chool.hoards
arc patting pressure on, the
provincial government by sug-
gesting a closure of the school
system until education finance
reform is studied. -
.Last Tuesday night. the Penh
County Board of Education
approved a motion from the tri -
hoard committee appealing to
the Minister of Education and
Training -to exempt low spend-
ing boards from further cost
reduction requirements. The
tri -hoard committee includes
representatives from the Perth
board, the Huron -Perth Roman
Catholic Separate .School
Board and the Huron County
Board of Education.
If the exemption is not grant-
ed. the hoards will study the
cost recovery and property tax-
ation impacts of closing down
the school system for a fixed
period cath school year. This
was done in Michigan until the
recent implementation of
finance reform.
Paul Shcrratt, director of
education at the Perth hoard,
said closing down the schools
is not a serious option trustees
are considering. Instead. it is
intended to apply pressure on
the government, The three
boards are low -spending boards
and.don't have many'places left
to make cuts,. They want the
government to recognize this
and concentrate their cuts -on
boards who have- not -peen as -
frugal es them. -
Chairperson Vern Tozer,' of
Listowel, said the motion is' not.
• a serious one but the situation`
is. Because of the ongoing cuts
toffow spending hoards. they
may be forced 'to close if they
run out of money., -
Education finance reform
would look at how boards are
funded and how the current
system of funding doesn't•treat
hoards fairly according to. their
assessment situations. For
example. the Perth hoard is
considered a wealthy hoard
because of the high assessment
in. Perth County. However. the
majority of properties in Perth
are residential, not business or
industry. Any tax increases will
go straight to property owners.
The board has not received
information on its cut in trans-
fer payments from- the
province. Marilyn Marktevitr.
superintendent of finance. said
she hopes the long wait ft)r the
information means the ministry
is putting a lot of time and
thought into the cuts they make
and the situations boards face.
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