Huron Expositor, 2007-03-21, Page 9News
The Huron Expositor • March 21, 2007 Page 9
Gasification answer to trash disposal: MacLellan
Cheryl Heath
inEESSEMED
Gasification could be the wave of
the future.
That was the word from Coun.
Bernie MacLellan (Huron East),
Wednesday, at county council's
March session.
Given that area landfills are fill-
ing up and the county is currently
investigating the most cost-effective
methods of disposing of its trash,
MacLellan suggested the latest in
related technology — gasification
— is a step in the right direction.
MacLellan noted there is now a
company that covers the entire cost
of building the facility which, he
Draft county
budget
proposes
7.68 per cent
increase
Cheryl Heath
iiMEMEEMED
Huron County council got a
chance to peruse the 2007 budget in
its draft form March 7.
If the budget is accepted as pre-
sented, Huron County residents
would be looking at a 7.68 per cent
tax hike this year, meaning a house
assessed at $100,000 in 2006 would
be looking at a levy increase of
$48.40.
Treasurer David Carey included a
controllable expenditures appendix
so councillors could see how each
proposed budget item would effect
the budget if eliminated.
The CT scanner purchase, for
example, would drop the levy by .68
per cent if it were removed from the
county's plans for 2007.
Coun. Neil Rintoul (Ashfield-
Colborne-Wawanosh) questioned
whether some of the county's
reserve dollars could be used in the
2007 budget to offset the proposed
hike.
Chief Administrative Officer
Larry Adams said having reserves
set aside is a sound management
plan given that the county's operat-
ing costs are $91 million per year.
The proposed budget was expect-
ed to be further discussed at the
county's March 2,0 committee -of -
the -whole session. There are also
community meetings planned in
Wingham and Exeter.
said, effectively eliminates large
amounts of waste without polluting
the air.
As a bonus, said MacLellan, the
energy created by one tonne of
garbage can power a house for r 30
days.
Further, said MacLellan, there is
no perpetual care necessary for
such a site, as opposed to landfills
that are the municipalities' respon-
sibility.
"This would, basically, get rid of
all of our landfill issues," said
MacLellan, noting he learned of the
plant at a recent Rural Ontario
Municipal Association convention.
Planning director Scott Tousaw
said while the technology is worth
investigating, it is only in its experi-
mentation stages.
Tousaw said that regardless of
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which direction the county goes, an
environmental assessment will
have to be completed.
"I'm quite sure there are some
down sides, too, and that's what we
have to learn about it," added
Tousaw.
Coun. Bill Dowson (Bluewater)
said the idea can be further dis-
cussed at council's next committee -
of -the -whole session.
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