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at this time," -said Downs.
The .preparation of the mas-
ter plan .started in 1988 when
Huron County asked consul-
tants Gore -and Storrie- to
develop a 40 -year, county-
wide strategy for reducing:
reusing. recycling, and dispos-
ing of residential waste from
single-family and multiple
family dwellings, as. well as
solid non -hazardous waste
from commercial, industrial
and -institutional (IC&l) estate.
lishments:
Stage One was completed in
May 1989, Stage 2A in
August. 1990, Stage.2B in
April 1994 and Stage 2D in
February 1996.
Following the election of
-the Harris government, how-
ever; regulations regarding
waste management in Ontario
changed and the county's
planning committee agreed to
a CCAA request that a review
of available waste manage-
ment alternatives be complet-
ed prior to a final -decision
being reached with respect to
a county landfill site. -
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Managing waste has
changed
sent the interests_ of the tax
payers.
MacNay said the only thing
left to do is to ensure the
county continues to evaluate
incineration as a viable and
prudent -alternative to shipping
waste out of the area. .
During the question period
which followed the presenta-
tion by the consulting compa-
nies,.Coun. Bob Hallam -of
West Wawanosh Twp. asked
when arca residents would
know whether or not the A3
site was going to be moth
balled or approved.
"You can't leave "the people _
in limbo," said Hallam.
Ushorne Twp. *Coup. Pat
Down, 'who chairs the
Planning and -Development
Committee, responded tit
Hallam's question by stating
that although she understood
his concern, nothing could be
done until the meeting of the
planning committee in May --
at which time she hopes rec-
ommendations for the future
of the site can he formulated
for later consideration by
County Council.
CONTIN
UED from page I Bred in the light of the chang-
the alternatives study which • ing technologies, provincial
essentially nullify the $1:4- regulations and increased pub -
million already spent on lic environmental awareness.
developing a new Huron He agreed'that when the
County landfill -- a process WMMP process -began eight
which was started in I988.. years ago. higher levels of
The County will now have county waste, Tess recycling
to look seriously' at the waste and limited waste manage=
management recommenda- moot options. made a new
tions made by the consultants. county landfill the obvious
Although the county had .choice for waste management,_
not considered an alternatives . hut today all that has changed.
study as part of its WMMP Clifford said changes have
process, Metzger said they; made it necessary to look at
• now realize what the cheapest. the alternatives before dccid-
most efficient options arc ing to develop the A3 site..
"That is where we should The Concerned Citizens of
concentrate our efforts." said. Ashfield and Arca (CCAA),
.Metzger. who have fought against the
Warden Bill Clifford said. landfill ever since it was first
despite the fact the county has selected as.a probable site,
already spent over a million hopes thc county decides to
dollars on the process which Just forget A3.
lead -to the evaluation of the
A3 site in Ashfield, what Don MacNay. the CCAA
needs to he decided now is alternatives committee chair- -
whcthcr to mothball the site or man said the 300 -member -
forget about it completely. CCAA is satisfied the WMMP
He said the expense of try- has changed course from the
ing to Lind a suitable -landfill.. landfill to alternative methods
site may seem like wasted of disposal and hcadded the
money, hut it has to he consid-
new focus will better re
pre -
`Roads are not playgrounds
CONTINUED from page 1
her house at the south end of
the village, she can't see the
traffic coming forthe hill.
She_ looks for cars coming
but she also listens before
crossing to bring in her hluc
box. Parsons puts her riding
lawn mower in high gear to
cross the road when she has
to cut her -lawn on the other
side of the road. Because the
sidewalk doesn't extend to
her house, she walks next to
the road to get her mail.
-"I walk-on the side of the
road and they scoot by me.
I'd likc.to sec the speed come
down," she said.
Const. Marshall said dri-
vers should slow down
through villages but they
aren't. He believes posting
signs would give village resi-
dents a false sense of securi-
ty." If drivers aren't heeding •
.existing signs to slow down, •
they will also ignore •other
signs.
If the county -doesn't post a
sign, Lozicr said some resi
dents are thinking about
putting up their own signs to
caution drivers about their
speed and the reduced visibil-
ity caused by the hills. •
-Mitchell's Acting Chief
Don McInnes said roads in
town. arc no safer than rural
roads. Children living in
town arc at risk if they play
on Mitchell's roads.
"Roads arc not play-
grounds. That's why munici-
palities -go to the trouble of.
building parks and play-
grounds,".he said.
Although there .are some
quiet roads in town, he said
children may go to a friend's
house and want to play road
hockey; not realizing that
street may he busier_ than
their own. -
Trustee votes against budget
increased its tax lev by 2 7
BY MICHELE GR �.. ; . 1 i" I �w c <,J, ,
pereent. at tc . �rtatton Cuts had
Staff SSP News Pit." St. Anne's Catholic School" a significant impatT�°`on the
in Clinton is largely responsi- -hudget.If the grants had
ble for the -.increase. remained stable, Dr. Brown
Increased costs' for the new. said thc new Catholic sec
school include hiring teach- ondary school would not
ors• support staff and adding have influenced the budget so
bus routes. Trustee Marcy much: if the hoard had main -
said the new school will save rained the status quo in the.
Catholic ratepayers in the face of the huge government
long run. in 1995, the board cuts. the hoard would .have
paid surrounding public had to increase the tax levy to
hoards about $5 million in- ratepayers by 14.63 per cent.
tuition - fees to educate "Not only have our costs
Catholic -students in their gone up, hut ourgrants have
schools. • come down like a stone."
With the new Catholic said Dr. Brown. .
school. the hoard hopes to CONTINUED on page 15
educate more of its own stu-
dents and reduce this amount.
St. Anne's is anticipating an
enrolment increase of 145
students in the fall. About 80
more students will attend St..
Michael Catholic Secondary
School, in Stratford. do 1996,
the hoard hudgctted about
$4.3 million in tuition fees.
"I think the increased
enrolment indicates public
confidence in the education
we're offering." said Dr.
James Brown. director of
education.
A $1.5 million cut in per
pupil grants and a $200.000
A Scaforth arca trustee
voted against thc 6.59 per
ccnt hudget increase in thc
$32.9 million budget of the
Huron -Perth Roman Catholic
Separate School Board.
"it was a vote in protest.
'' The government cut signifi-
c;antly.in our board I don't
want to sec undue burden put
on our taxpayers when they
can't afford it." said Seaforth,
McKillop and Tuckcrsmith
Trustee Gerry Ryan. Exeter
and arca Trustee Michael
Ryan also voted against the
budget. -
Trustees approved the hud-
gct increase at a special bud-
get meeting on Monday night
at . the hoard offices in
Dublin. For separate school
supporters in Huron County
with an average assessment
of $86,000. the education
portion on their tax hill will
increase by $44.62. Stratford
,Trustee Ron Marcy. chairper-
son of the management com-
mittce. said the hoard has
delivered low hudgct increas-
es in the last fcw years. Over
five years. thc board has
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