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April 11, 2001
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In brief
Mayor
hoping
council
will be
ready
to make
OPP
decision
Huron East Mayor
Lin Steffler is hoping
April 24 will bring
council within grasp of
a decision on OPP
policing.
Members of the OPP
contract policing
branch will .be at
council's committee
meeting that night to
discuss the contract
which council has been
trying to settle for
several months now.
"I'm hoping it's one
of those meetings we
can roll up our sleeves,
get down to work and
get something worked
out on this," said
Steffler at Huron East
Council's April 3
meeting.
Council has been
working with two main
options for levels and
costs of policing for the
new, combined
municipality of Huron
East and has been
seeking a quote on a
third option for service
from the OPP since late
last fall.
Council is also
willing to investigate a
joint contract with
Central Huron.
The contracts being
considered include two
that would see Seaforth
continue with dedicated
officers in town with
costs of $959,023, or
$1,033,162 for a
slightly greater
increased police
presence in the rural
areas of Huron East.
Council is waiting for
word on the cost of an
option that would see
Seaforth also receive
drive-by policing in the
community with
officers on random
patrols but not
dedicated to the town.
Meanwhile, Steffler
reported that the end of
Seaforth's last contract
for policing came in
under budget with
$1,500 to he
reimbursed to the
municipality.
By Scott Hilgendorff
Rabbit ears...
Max Jansen looks at Dustin Clark's progress during an assignment in Barb Desjardins'
kindergarten class at StJames School Monday. The students made `bunny ears' to wear in
class for the day as they prepared for Easter.
Scott Hilgendorff photo
Seaforth,
Egmondville
water linkage
progressing
By Scott Hilgendorff
Expositor Editor
A committee has been formed to begin working out how a
shared water system between Seaforth and Egmondville, of
the former Tuckersmith Township, would be operated.
While it's been a topic between the two former
municipalities for years, it's now a matter of time before the
two systems will be linked now that the municipalities are
part of Huron East.
"Because we are one municipality, it doesn't mean
everything is the same," said John Forrest, public works
coordinator, of how it can still be difficult to harmonize
different services available in the former municipalities.
Coun. Larry McGrath and Coun. Bill DeJong, both of the
Tuckersmith Ward and Mayor Lin Steffler and Deputy Mayor
Bernie MacLellan, will make up the committee which will
begin to look at linking Egmondville to the Seaforth water
system.
The committee was formed after the Ministry of
Environment approved plans to link the two systems earlier
this month.
Forrest said they are hoping to work out a system in which
the two municipalities are paying the same for water.
However, the committee is tasked with working this out
and faces some issues such as a remaining debenture on new
water mains in most of Egmondville that were built about six
years ago while Seaforth residents have already faced the
cost of a new water tower for Seaforth that would now
service Egmondville, which currently receives its water from
wells.
Thanks to the concerns about computer shutdowns at the
Soo WATER, Pogo 2
Sewage treatment plant could be expanded
By Scott Hilg.ndorff
Expositor Editor •
Huron East and Seaforth Creamery
Ltd. are entering negotiations that
could see a 50 per cent increase to the
size of Seaforth's sewage treatment
plant.
The increase would accommodate
the Bridges of Seaforth retirement
development in Egmondville and
some possible, future expansion such
as constructing sewers for all of
Egmondville.
Administrator Jack McLachlan
said taking the time now to expand
the plant is part of some long-term
planning for Huron East.
The creamery is being asked to pay
a portion of the expansion because of
the extra usage by the facility which
produces products like salad
dressings.
Part of the approximate $1.3
million from the sale of the Seaforth
PUC to Festival Hydro in Stratford
will cover the remaining, as yet
undetermined costs of the expansion.
Meanwhile a minor variance has
been granted that will allow Seaforth
Creamery to construct a facility to
house effluent treatment equipment,
partially on a road allowance on
Railway St.
"To go ahead and get the
equipment ordered and move as
quickly as possible, we need a minor
variance," said Creamery manager,
Clarence Murphy at council's April 3
meeting.
The equipment will help reduce the
amount of waste coming from the
creamery which has been taxing
Seaforth's sewage treatment plant.
Council has been working with the
creamery for about a year to come up
with a way to reduce the amount of
material entering the treatment plant,
also to help preserve the capacity of
the plant for possible expansion in
the community.
Council is still looking at how
large a project is needed and is just
now starting negotiations with the
creamery on what its share should be
for the expansion of the plant.
Warm up
Faye Murray, Carolin Shepherd and Lynn Murray lead a
warm-up for a crowd of Seaforth area residents who
gathered at the hospital Sunday for a fun run and to sponsor
the trio who compete Monday in the Boston Marathon.
Sponsorships are supporting a new Centre For Excellence for
seniors at the hospital.
Clint Wulf photos
Seaforth area residents warm up for a fun run with Boston Marathon competitors.
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