HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-09-16, Page 21Council discusses
conflict of interest
A meeting at Grand Bend
Monday night designed to in-
form council and committee
members about the
Municipal Conflict of
Interest Act became an in-
formal discussion when the
guest speaker failed to
arrive.
Micheal Smithers, a stu-
dent of the Act and a writer
for Municipal World was to
have explained the Act and
answer any questions coun-
cil and committee members
had.
Nigel Belchambers and
Chuck Godkin of the
Ministry of Inter-
governmental affairs dis-
cussed the issues and the Act
as they understood them.
They discussed several
cases from other com-
munities and hypothetical
cases which involved
problems they thought were
pertinent to Grand Bend.
Council found out that a
conflict of interest occurs
when a member of council or
a board, will have a financial
interest in a situation, or if a
family member will gain
from a contract.
Any member discovering
a conflict is responsible to
declare that conflict before
discussion is begun on the
topic. He is responsible for
verifying the conflict has
been declared in the
meeting's minutes.
Any member found guilty
of conflict of interest can
lose his seat and be ineligi-
ble for running in that office
for up to seven years. The
punishment is up to the
judge hearing the case.
Council was told they are
only responsible for conflicts
which occur in the current
term of office. and cannot be
charged for anything in the
past.
Ratepayers have six
weeks after hearing about a
conflict in which to apply to
have the matter heard in
court.
SEAWARD BOUND—Bud Jones of London readies the 35'
Sandpiper for an afternoon of sailing. He was hosting an in-
vestment club meeting.
Times -Advocate, September 16, 1981
Page 21
Council to host open meetin
A scheduled meeting about
sewer problems in connec-
tion with Grand Cove
Estates has been cancelled
by the residents association
but will be held by council.
The president of Gra6T
Cove Estates Residents
Association, Bob Marvin
notified council Monday
night that the Association
would not attend Thursdays
meeting, because council
had not agreed it was to be a
closed meeting.
Marvin said the meeting
was being cancelled because
he did not have enough time
to notify the 500 residents in
the park that the meeting
would be open to the public.
He said the board had dis-
cussed having an open
meeting, but had decided to
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Weather affects zoo adversely,
Museum
Many Grand Bend
merchants are saying this is
the best year they have ever
had, but one attraction
didn't fare so well and
another could have done
better.
Ted Relouw runs the zoo
south of Grand Bend and
says the weather was too
good. July was too hot, he
said. and the rain in August
didn't help.
While he did better than
last year. he said two years
ago was his best in the 11
years he has been operating
the zoo.
He has 70 displays, and is
located just off Highway 21.
However. in that location, he
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can't place signs for people
coming from the north. Often
tourists don't realize he is
there.
He tries different adver-
tising strategies but says the
signs would be a big help.
The land on the West side of
Highway 21 is owned by the
Ministry of Natural
Resources. and they will not
allow him to erect signs.
He hopes to keep the zoo
open until Thanksgiving, but
that depends on the weather
too he said.
The Lambton Museum had
a successful year, says
curator Bob Tremaine.
There were a number of
New residents
at Grand Cove
The Misses Grace and
Beatrice Wilson of Niagara
Falls, have taken up
residence in Grand Cove.
The ladies are first cousins
of Mrs. Lillian Brown.
Art Bake is presently a
patient in South Huron
hospital, Exeter.
It was announced at the
United church service
Sunday morning that the
first meeting of Ladies
Community Fellowship,
interdenominational get-
together for coffee, flower
arranging demonstration,
book table, special music,
and guest speaker, Gwyn
Whilsmith, will be held
Thursday September 17 at•
7:45 p.m. at Exeter Town
Hall. All ladies welcome.
The first fall meeting of
Grand Bend Women's
Institute will be held
Thursday evening at 7:30
p.m. in the S.S. rooms of the
United Church.
Topic will be Resolutions
with Convener, Ann Russell,
in charge. All ladies
welcome.
Personals
Grand Bend Couples club
met at the United Church
last Saturday evening.
In the social time, Donna
Lovie showed slides of the
Casino fire, and other local
interest pictures taken by
her father, Bill Sturdevant.
Couples in charge were
Larry and Donna Lovie,
Elsie and LeRoy Keyes,
Millie and Morley Desjar-
dine. Lunch closed a
pleasant evening.
The club would welcome
any newcomers that are
interested.
Alvin and Clara Statton
received word of the ac-
cidental motorcycle death on
,Sunday, of their nephew
George P. Dawe, of London.
The funeral service will be
Wednesday September 16,
at the chapel of A. Millard
George Funeral home in
London.
A Desjardine family
reunion picnic was held last
Saturday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Milton Pollock of
Greenway, with more than
20 in attendance.
Out of town folks attending
were Rev. and Mrs. Stan
Desjardine and family
Kitchener, (home on
furlough this year from
Tanzania) and Mr. and Mrs.
Art Krueger Owen Sound.
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spent the weekend with his
grandparents, Alvin and
Clara Station and they at-
tended the Huron Pioneer
Threshers fiddling contest
Saturday at Blyth. On their
way home they stopped to
visit Clara's brother, Mr.
and Mrs. Ron Dawe who are
camping in their trailer near
Auburn.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Oxenforth, Winnipeg,
Manitoba visited recently
with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Desjardine and other area
relatives. Mrs. Oxenforth is
the former's niece.
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special days over the course
of the summer, and these
were well attended. Among
these were a gas -engine
festival. a quilt show of 80-90
locally made. new and old
quilts: a craft show, and an
antique auto rally which
featured 40 locally owned
cars.
The museum. which open-
ed in 1978 is open year round
and employs five full time
employees.
Mr. Tremaine, says they
would have had better atten-
dance if the weather had en-
couraged people to spend
more time indoors.
Over the three month
summer period, 14,000 peo-
ple have visited the
museum. 5.000 of these on
the special days.
Beach lifeguards
report busy time
Lite guarding at the beach
in Grand Bend this summer
was without major incident,
although the life gurads were
kept busy.
The beach had two full
time life guards and one who
worked weekends only from
June 22 to September 3.
According to a written
report given to council by
Dave Wright, the heaviest
estimatedattendancewas the
August 1 weekend. On the
Sunday, 7,500 people used the
beach.
Throughout the summer, a
total of 64 people were given
first aid. One of these was a
heart attack victim. There
were no fatalities. The
lifeguards had'to deal with
heavy boat traffic in the
swimming area, people
going out too far, and sail
There were several lost
children and they were
located without incident, as
well as a few tipped canoes.
The lifeguards reported
only two rainy weekends
throughout the summer.
boats being carried out and
having to be towed in, and
public nuisances.
have it closed. He did not
have permission from the
board to arrange an open
meeting, he said.
"We were trying to make
it simple", he said.
The irony, he said, is we
will have to abide by
whatever decision is made
and have no say in the
matter.
Reeve Sharen said the
meeting was to provide the
public with the information
about the disagreement.
Reeve Bob Sharen said
council members will be in
the chambers Thursday as
previously scheduled to dis-
cuss the problem with
residents who decided to at-
tend.
In a letter dated
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September 9 and mailed to
the residents' association,
council specified "There
would be time allowed at the
end of the meeting for any of
your interested residents
(non-executive) to address
their concerns to the ap-
propriate party."
A letter hand delivered to
council and dated September
10 from the residents'
association states "The
meeting shall be in camera,
involving only members of
the board of directors,
members of council. and
representatives of Ridge
Pine Park."
"The public -at -large,
residents and members of
the press are to be ex-
cluded."
The manager of Grand
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Cove Estates for Ridge Pine
Park, Bob Pearce. said the
only notification he has
received of a meeting is
through the newspaper.
He said Ridge Pine Park
does not care if the meeting
is open or closed.
If there is a meeting that
is useful for us to attend. he
said, we' will be there.
Marvin said he plans to at-
tend the meeting as a resi-
dent of Grand Cove Estates
and will try to answer any
questions put to him as
president of the residents'
association. He said he
would notify other board
members of the meeting.
Money raised
Members of the Grand
Bend Yacht Club raised $192
for the Terry Fox fund
Sunday during their weekly
race.
Before the race started,
they decided the winners of
each of the three divisions
would donate toward the
fund. The winners were Bud
Jones in Sandpiper, John
Warren in Straight Arrow,
and Peter Whatmore in So-
jurn. There were 15 boats in
Sunday's race.
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