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Bruc• e Power could have hand in new direction for auto plants
'They've contact-
ed us to see if we
along with other
growth industries
will help them to
work with the COM -
Mlles that are look-
ing to re -tool."
Remuneration
Bruce county
ratepayers paid
$208,000 to have
council and com-
mittee representa-
tives in 2008.
Per diems for
county councillors —
who are also may-
ors of their munici-
palities - made up
most of the bill.
The -seven coun-
cillors received an
average $22,000 in
per diems for the
year, while the
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BY PAT HALPIN
Special to the
Sentinel
Bruce Power
could have a hand in
helpiq put growth
industries info
struggling auto
plants.
It's meeting with
the province and
other growth indus-
tries next month to
look at a new direc-
tion for plants will-
ing to refocus their
efforts.
"As the economy
changes we're see-
ing tough: times in
manufacturing
(and) the auto sec-
tor, but there are
areas of growth.
The nuclear busi-
ness is growing, the
wind energy• busi-.
ness• is growing,"
said Bruce Power
spokesperson Ross
Lamont.
Currently, most
components for
wind turbines are
imported.
There's potential
to re -tool auto
plants and 1/4 train
• workers to meet
those new demands,
Lamont. told Bruce'
county council.
"You could see
• auto sector plants
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•
turning out compo-
nents for wind ener-
gy," he said about
the potential switch -
"If you look at the
number of wind tur-
bines and the num-
• ber of refurbish-
ments or new builds
going on in the
nuc1ear industry
there's a lot of com-
ponents that art
required"
The auto industry
has the facilities and
skilled workers to
make the switch,
Lamont said.
"I don't think it's
a pipe .dretun at alt.
Certainly the
Ontario government
is very serious about
it," he said.
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ation regarding
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event locations,'
dates and times
people can go the
township website
at www.InFonkin-
loss.copi.
Clean lion -soiled
Warden's per diem
for meetings related
to county business
added up to
$41,000.
The eight county
council members
have three council
• and committee
• meetings a month,
chair a department
and attend special
• meetings on county
matters.
• Bruce county
council -is responsi-
ble for services
including roads,
planning, tourism
and economic
development, two
long term care
homes, several hun-
dred units of social
housing; a Museum
and library network,
ambulance service,
social assistanCe,
day care, .Ontario
Early Years child
and , parent pro-
grams, emergency
plowing an.d afford-
able housing pro-
grams. The county
has more than 600
employees, and is a
funding partner for
public heath.
The total bill for
council and corn.-
mittee remuneration
_ includes pay for.
library - board
appointees, and
overall mileage and
convention expens-
es that added up to
another $67,000.
Bruce Power
profile
There's a mutual
• benefit for Bruce
County when Bruce
Power is in the spot-
light, Bruce Power'
spokesperson Ross
Lamont told county
councillors at their
February session.
Bruce Power pro-
motes • Bruce
• County .when it
goes to conferences
• and does recruit-
• ment at universities,
• Lamont said. It
• takes Bruce county
information and
uses -the County
Museum video to
showcase the area
and its natural fea-
tures.
"We have to sell
the lifestyle that
comes with Brum
County," he said. •
ff spots for specific ite
• plastic grocery
bags, retail bags #2
and #4 and wide
mouth plastic tubs
#1 and #6 are not
acceptable curbside
pick up items by
either the waste
-collector or the
recycling contrac-
tor. If you tum youi
plastic containers
and plastic bags
upside down, you
will usually find
the plastic and big
identified by a
number inside the
recycling symbol
and/or the letters
• PETE or HIRE
underneath it.
The township
'Win place contain-
ers specific to these
Items in the alley
,/behind the Bank of
Montreal in
Lucknow beside
the cardboard bins.
The township,
stated, if there is
any abuse that
occurs at the depots
the bins will be
removed and it will
be one's own
responsibility to
finda location that
win accept them.
•
Submitted photo
Seen here • is
• McKenna Scott -Of
• the Kingsbridge
• Youth Group who
- recently took a trip
to Costa Rica to
help out orphaned
children.
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