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Long and short term plans looked at for dump
EXETER — EX)ter has too much of a
good thing when comes to recycling
and the• long term economic health of
the Exeter landfill site. -
In a report by town chief. adMinistra-
five officer Rick Hundey to Monday's
committee of the whole meeting.
Exeter's highly successful waste diver'
sion program (recycling, cardboard col-
lection, composting) on top of increased
costs to run the dump (staff costs, bull-
dozing, taxes, insurance, expansion
study consulting/engineering costs) has
meant the site may not be viable in the
long run.
Hundey said revenues at the dump
don't meet its cost of operation. And
costs will only go up when the town is
granted its Certificate of Approval from
the Ministry of the Environment tp offi-
cially open up 'area B' in an ,expansion
of the site to meet future capacity needs.
Hundey said given the difficulties of
selling the site to Huron County, the
town should attract new customers to
dump their waste at Exeter's site such
as Stephen and Usborne townships,
other municipalities and private waste
haulers to increase revenue.
Some of those revenues would go to
paying for the site's fixture needs.-
Hundey underlined .the town could
keep the door open On selling the dump
toa the county while soliciting more busi-
ness.
Both Stephen and Osborne have sent
letters to the town outlining their inter-
est in using the town dump if they can
cut their waste disposal costs.
Hundey said Stephen is running out of
time when it comes to capacity at their
dump.
"They're in the last throes death over
there," Htnidey said.
Usborne has closed its dump except for
one day a week and is exporting their
garbage to Greenlane Environmental's
facility near T ilbotville through
Bluewater. Recycling.
"I think there's a lot of potential
there," Hundey said of opening up
Exeter'. dump to other municipalities
including beyond the neighbouring
townships.
In the short term, the committee
directed Hundey and his staff to look
into the possibility of acquiring •weigh
scales. Right now waste dumped at the
site is measured fin- payment by volume.
Councillors Robert Drummond, Dave
Urlin and Pete'Armstrong argued mea-
suring -waste by weight arguably is a
more. equitable system for customers
and might attract more business and
past business that has gone elsewhere.
Drummond suggested, Exeter buy
weight scales for about $40,000.
Stephen Township • has weight scales
that the Exeter dump could use come
amalgamation or possibly before.
Reeve Roy Triebner directed Hundey
to come up with an analysis of what the
scalescould mean to the site's bottom
line. •
Hundey said raising user fees to offset
increased costs4ost revenues at the site
"would put fees eventually to unman-
ageable levels."
Armstrong suggested Exeter could
choose to close the dump and haul
waste elsewhere, a scenario other
municipalities have chosen that has
proven cheaper than operating a dump
in the short-term but could also be cost-
ly in the long run.
Armstrong said council should have
updated waste transportation numbers"
Armstrong added.4!ouncil should invite
waste handling profisionals to, speak to
them on possible solutions.
"You can bring in as many municipali-
ties you want but unless you know what
those haulers want you're not going
anywhere," he said.
He added council needed to know
whether the town could pay for the
about $134,000 cost of doing the work
needed to get the MOE to approve the
Certificate of Approval over a few years.
.The committee also debated the cur-
rent practice of having private waste
haulerspay an up front fee for their
business. Drummond argued businesses
would' prefer getting billed for the ser-
vice rather than paying up front.
Clerk -treasurer Liz Bell countered say-
ing some of those private haulers might
choose not to pay when billed, adding
the town's only recourse then in many
cases is to take those businesses to
court.
"You're going to let them get away
with it," she said.
Hundey was* directed to continue with
his analysis of the issue.
Ausable Centre wants to use old village building
By Craig Bradford
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
LUCAN BIDDULPH —
The for sale sign isn't
even up yet, but there's
already a lineup to use
the vacant Village of
Lucan municipal meeting.
The only formal propos-
al to use the building
came from Ausable
Cer t're 'pr'esid`ent Tom'
McInerney and treasurer
Paul Percival who pre-
sented their plans at the
recent Lucan Biddulph
council meeting.
The Ausable Centre
board wants to relocate
its employment resource
centre in the building's
main floor and use the
second floor as offices
and a meeting room (thee
former council cham-
bers). The plan also calls
for 10 new computer sta-
tions and a counselling
room.
The current Ausable
Centre location at 170
Main St. would continue
to be used as an, art
gallery, performance 'cen-
tre and community ceri=
tre.
McInerney said his
group would spend
$50,000 renovating the
municipal building to
bring it up to building and
fire code regulations as
well as making it handi-
cap accessible by adding
a ramp.
In return, the Ausable
Centre wants Lucan
Biddulph to grant them a
10 -year lease at. $1 per
year. The Ausable Centre
would* pay -=for the 'buiildl
ing maintenance and util-
ities.
McInerney supported
his proposal by listing the
Ausable Centre's many
accomplishments since it
opened in March '98.
Those accomplishments
include securing
$225,000 in grants from
Human Resources
Development Canada
(HRDC) for various pro-
grams, creating 23 part-
time or temporary jobs
and the creation of the
Youth Uniting
Communities program
(YUC). YUC provides
young out -of -work and
out-of-school people a
temporary job while they
work on projects to better
and promote the commu-
nity.
McInerney added the
Ausable Centre has
attracted 5,000visitors as
of Nov. 30, 1998, 1,000 of
whom never visited the
village before.
McInerney said while
the would have to apply
for more grants, he Is-
confident the Ausable
Centre will continue to be
supported by HRDC and
other federal and perhaps
even provincial grant pro-
grams including the
Trillium and Millennium
programs.
"We've been lead to
believe we can secure a
grant of a third of a mil-
lion dollars," Percival
said.
He added the board is
currently negotiating the
renewal of the $100,000
HRDC grant that funds
the
employment
resources centre.
Councillors did not com-
ment on the proposal but
agreed to pass it along to
its corporate services
committee:
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Notice of
Liquor Licence
Application
The following establishment has applied' to the Alcohol and Gaming
Commission of Ontario for a liquor licence under the Liquor Licence
Act:
Application for a Sale Licence
Icy Cafe (The)
395 Main Street South, Exeter
Any resident of the municipality may make written submission as to
whether the issuance of the licence is in the public interest having
regard to the needs and wishes of the residents. _Submissions must be
received no later than March 10, 1999. Please include your name,
address and telephone number. If a petition is submitted to the
Commission, please identify the designated contact person.
Note:
The AGCO gives the applicant details of any objections.
Submissions to be sent to:
Licensing and Registration Department
Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario
20 Dundas St.W., 7th Floor, Toronto ON M5G 2N6
Fax: (416)326-5555 •
E-mail at licensing@agco.on.ca
POLICE BRIEF •
Three charged
HAY TWP. — 'three
`swung men are facing
drug trafficking charges
after a traffic stop on
Ilwy. 4 in Ilay Township
on Feb. 5.
Mark Deitz, 23, and
Daniel Dimich, 28, both of
Hensall, and Adam
I3oehler, 21, of Kitchener,
are charged with posses-
sion for the purpose of
trafficking after drugs •
and stolen property were
discovered by police offi-
cers, London OPP Const.
Myra Rusk said. Dimich is
also charged with posses-
sion of stolen property.
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