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Villagers want to hire
private garbage collectors
By Fred Groves
T -A staff
GRAND BEND - Monday night,
representatives from the executive
committee of the Grand Bend Resi-
dents Association suggested village
council find alternative methods to
charging $2 to collect a bag of gar-
bage.
At the last council meeting, a
new bylaw was passed which re-
quires all residents to tag and bag
their garbage in an attempt to help
eliminate the escalating costs of
waste management in the village.
There is a possibility if all resi-
dents don't use the new system, it
could cost even more.
"If there is a lot of garbage not
tagged, tags will go to 52.50.
Someone has to pay for it," said
Grand Bend clerk -administrator
Paul Turnbull.
The new system begins October
5 and those not following the new
bylaw could face a fine of up to
$2,0tii;.
At Monday's meeting, associa-
tion president John Newbery said
the new bylaw, "presents a tremen-
dous challenge," and called the sec-
tion of the bylaw which limits the
number of bags full of leaves limit-
ed to five, "inappropriate during
the leaf season."
Newbery added members of the
association are willing to pay a pri-
vate contractor to pick up their gar-
bage as an alternative to the user
pay system.
Tonight (Wednesday), the vil-
lage's waste management commit-
tee along with members of the as-
sociation will meet to see if council
would be willing to help them seek
out contractors.
Councillor Phil Maguire, a mem-
ber of the committee said that other
local municipalities are monitoring
Grand Bend's new system and are
waiting to see if it works.
"We're quite aware of the prob-
lems we've had in the past in trying
to charge for garbage," said Ma-
guire.
He said before the village decid-
ed to go to the bag and tag method,
they did contact other municipali-
ties in the province to see if anyone
else was doing it and found there
was.
"We figure that within 12 cents
(of the 52.00) it's our actual cost of
getting rid of garbage."
A good portion of the waste
created m the resort community
comes from tourists who obviously
don't have to pay for trucking the
tonnes of garbage to Watford.
"It's a cost we have to pick up,"
said Maguire of the local taxpayers
responsibility.
Newbery expects problems to
arise from the new system includ-
ing people tossing their garbage
anywhere they please and bagging
their garbage but putting it on
someone else's property without a
Exeter activities
marking Waste
Reduction Week
EXETER - Staff of the Town
of Exeter, along with help from
numerous volunteers, are plan-
ning to join in Waste Reduction
Week with activities of their
own. They will start this Friday
at the Exeter Fall Fair and will
finish on Saturday October 3.
At the fair will be a booth and
displays on the three -Rs of waste
reduction. Monday, September
28 there will be presentations at
the town's schools for Waste
Management Education Day.
On Tuesday there will be dis-
plays on composting set up in the
square beside the Old Town
Hall.
Next Wednesday has been
designated Zero Garbage Day, a
day on which businesses, res-
taurants, shoppers and residents
will be encouraged to find new
ways to dramatically reduce the
garbage they generate.
Also planned are programs
for conservation and waste ex-
change, and community clean-
up days.
Town staff are hoping for full
participation from the commu-
nity and are inviting anyone
with questions or seeking more
information about waste reduc-
tion to call the town office at
235-0310.
Recycling Association
recognizing Waste
deduction Week
GRAND BENI) - Several mem-
ber municipalities of the Bluewater
Recycling Association, the organi-
zation which provides the blue box.
recycling to much of the area, will
be participating in Waste Reduction
Week, which starts Monday Sep-
tember 27.
Although every day is a waste re-
duction day in Bluewater munici-
palities, say organizers, they are en-
couraging everyone to do a little
more during the week.
Monday has been planned as "re-
duction day" for which people arc
encouraged to reduce the amount of
hazardous waste they bring into
their homes -Ey using homemade
cleaning products. For instance,
vinegar mixed with an equal
. amount of water makes an excel-
lent window cleaner.
Tuesday is "composting day" and
people arc being encouraged to
tag.
The village says there will have
to be some self -policing, sort of a
neighbourhood watch to make sure
no one is taking advantage of their
neighbours.
"There are going to be coni
plaints," said Turnbull. "We'll tear
bags of garbage apart to sec who's
they are.,'
Mayor Toni Lawson, who is a
member of the Lambton Count)
Waste Management Comm itte.
said that in three years, the count\
could be faced with a $27 milhrn.
deficit in waste management,
Besides trying to cut the cost o:
waste management in the village
council believes the new bag ane:
tag system could encourage man
to recycle and compost.
consider composting their kitchen
and yard waste, if they don't do so
already, by getting a composting
unit through their municipal office.
Wednesday is "zero garbage
day". Those who take a lunch to
work or school are asked to take it
in a reusable container so no waste
is produced.
Thursday is "conservation day" in
which citizens are asked to take a
look at how much water they use in
their homes each day and to thunk
of ways to cut back.
Friday is to be "exchange or
reuse day". Bluewater Recycling
(1-800-265-9799) say they can pro-
vide locations and dates for paint
exchange days in the area.
Saturday has been set aside for
community clean-ups and people
are being invited to join in making
their communities better places to
live.
Lucan amends bylaw
for sewer hookups
LUCAN - At last Tuesday's•vil-
lage council meeting, council mem-
bers agreed to amend a bylaw al-
lowing a change in the cost of
sewer hookups.
At the passing of the bylaw, prop-
erty owners will pay $25 for each
individual sewer hookup. This
charge will include inspection fees.
The present sewer permit fee of 52
has been in effect for more than 10
years.
Clerk Ron Reymer presented a
memo to council outlining the
frontage and connection charge that
were instituted for Phase I1 of the
installation of sewers in Luaus.
For those property owners paying
up front, the charges were. $6 per
foot for frontage and $112 for each
connection.
For those that chose to debenture
this cost over 40 years, it is 42
cents for each foot of frontage and
59.39 per connection every year for
40 yam.
Tenders are being called for gen-
eral insurance for the village for a
one year term from November
1992 to November 1993.
In honour of the 40th anniversary
of the Royal Canadian Legion
Branch 1 Lucan, village council is
declaring this week of September
19 to 26 as "Legion Week".
Exeter artist Tim Clarke and Huron Country Playhouse manager Kate Burnett draw the winning
ticket in an early bird draw to promote the Playhouse Foundation Dinner Auction for October
16. The winner of the Tim Clarke original watercolour was Barb Dow of Exeter. The auction is
a fundraiser to be held at the South Huron Community Centre to raise money for renovations
and improvements to the popular summer theatre.
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