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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 2009-12-02, Page 2WeMoses December 22009 ISP • ... Week 49 - Vol. 136 1 gst included Publications Mail Registration No. 07656 ... • ... Bringing Together Huron & Bruce www.lucknowsentinel.com Local woman to run with olympic torch Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind, -Mary Ellen Chase Santa Claus comes to Lucknow... Photo by Garit Reid Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus wave to the large crowd of people who were on hand to watch the parade go by. All of the children eagerly anticipated Santa Claus at the end of the parade. Children also waited in line with their parents in a Targe line going into the multi purpose room in the arena for their chance to see Santa and tell him what they wanted most for Christmas. Bruce County aiming at zero for 2010 budget BY PAT HALPIN Special to the Sentinel Bruce County councillors are aiming for as close to zero as they can get for the 2010 county budget. • On Thursday they sent back a draft capital budget that would have meant a 3.6 per cent increase in the tax rate. "I don't think it's cut and dried yet, but the message came out .(Thursday) that they hope to hold the line or fairly close to it," Warden Bill Goetz said about council's goal for a tax increase in 2010. Bruce County councillors started the budget cutting in mid-November when they trimmed non-union salary increases to one per cent. That's a reasonable range, Goetz said. "I think it is now," he said. "The Consumer Price Index has actually dropped over last year. Other years they always talked about the Consumer Price Index (in relation to .budget. increases). If they did that this year actually they'd get a cut." Some county councillors keep- ing a close eye on the county budget are worried about the combined impact with their own budgets at the municipal level. Municipalities including South Bruce, Kincardine and Huron - Kinloss are bracing for double- digit increases because of changes to the province's Municipal Partnership Grant. Turbines health study Bruce County is trying to change the province's mind about doing a study on health issues related to wind turbines. .Councillor and Huron -Kinloss Mayor Mitch Twolan admitted there's already research on the issues, but he said council wants a specific look at Bruce County wind projects. "We are different than differ- ent jurisdictions whether it's overseas or whether it's here. We just want to know the flavour of what's happening in our own jurisdiction," Twolan said. "This seems to be where we're getting the concerns." The province has all the say on turbine location under the Green Energy Act, county councillors noted, but that that hasn't stopped complaints about health impacts related to wind farms near Ripley and Kincardine, or public concern about two more planned for the Paisley and Tara areas. "It's a provincial issue but right now it seems to be driven at this level in this county for some reason," Twolan said. Continued on page 3