Huron Expositor, 2007-01-31, Page 9News
Debate warms up
about unused arena
heaters in Huron East
Susan H u n d e r t m a r
The topic of unused heaters at
Huron East arenas warmed up the
council chambers once more at the
Jan. 23 council meeting.
While council representatives
returned to Huron East council
stating that both Seaforth's and
Brussels' arena boards stood by
their policy to turn on the heaters
only when the temperature dropped
to minus 4 Celsius, some councillors
were still not satisfied.
Seaforth Coun. Joe Steffler said
he couldn't see the difference in the
ice quality when attending an after-
noon of hockey recently when the
heaters were turned on.
"The puck was still sliding good
and the chap turning on the heaters
was getting praise to no end. I think
they're (the heaters are) great
myself," he said.
Steffler pointed out that the
heaters have been in place for 15
years and ice quality has never
been an issue until recently.
"The ice never melted five years
ago. I can't see it melting now," he
said.
As well, he said that shutting off
the heaters for monetary reasons
didn't make sense to him.
"Do you shut the furnace off at
home because it costs money? No,
it's on for comfort," he said.
Brussels Coun. Frank Stretton
pointed out that the ice surface is
only affected by the heaters during
mild weather, not when the temper-
ature is less than 4 Celsius.
Tuckersmith Coun. Larry
McGrath suggested that if the
arena boards were going to stick to
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their policy of leaving the heaters
off, the heaters should just be
removed.
"There's no sense in having some-
thing hanging over people's heads
and have to explain every 10 min-
utes that you can't turn them on,"
he said.
McKillop Coun. Andrew Flowers
suggested posting a notice that
specified the policy and when the
heaters could be turned on.
"If we post it, it will take the
guesswork out," he said.
But, McGrath said posting proba-
bly wouldn't work.
"You know how much people read
things. This only creates hassle for
the staff," he said.
Brussels Coun. David Blaney said
council should not be directing the
arenas to turn on
the heaters and
still expect them
to meet their
budgets.
"I have reser-
vations about
overruling our
committees with
issues that have
to do with their
budgets without
compensating
them. I know it's
cold but if we're
going to suggest
they have to
reduce costs,
we're trying to
have it both
ways," he said.
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