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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1999-09-22, Page 44 Exeter Times—Advocate Wednesday,September 22. 1999 In the news • •••t".....:4 Water quality study on hold for more talk By Craig Bradford TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF EXETER -- Let's talk about it. That's what Exeter council decided at Monday night's meeting to do about a proposed ground- water management study. The study is recommended by Goderich's B.M. Ross and Associates, Exeter's engineering consul- tants. B.M. Ross's Steve Burns outlined in a report that Exeter could get • a more than 80 per cent grant from the province to pay for the costly study ($200,000+). It would cost about $5,000 to apply for the grant with all of Exeter's share of the study costs coming from Exeter Hydro Electric Commission's water budget. In his summary report to council, chief adminis- trative officer Rick Hundey said the HEC and Burns "feel the study would . be valuable to deter- mine more exactly the nature of the aquifer, of its potential vulnerability and of any steps that might be taken to reduce the risk of contamination of any of the wells" that supply the town's drinking water. After much discussion, council decided to hold off their verdict on whether to go ahead with the grant application till they can meet with Burns at a committee of the whole meeting on either Sept. 27 or 28, depending on Burns"availability. Hundey noted Huron County is doing a similar but much less detailed study on private wells in the townships. Coun. Robert Drummond said he has. a .problem with going ahead with the study since anyone who has lived in the Exeter area for an extended peri- od of time knows where the town's water supply comes from. "The idea that we are going to spend $200,000 on this baffles me," he said. "There isn't an item we don't either know, can find out about and can solve using common sense." Drummond and Coun. George Robertson were the only nay votes for going forward with the grant application. Later in the meeting council agreed to put off applying for the grant so coun- cil's committee of the whole could get more infor- mation from Burns upon Robertson's urging. Clerk -treasurer Liz Bell later said. doing the study would be a good idea when it comes to lia- bility if someone gets sick due to poor water qual- ity. She added the county should include urban areas in its water quality study. Hundey replied the county study isn't complex enough to deal with .urban systems and he didn't get a. "clear answer" from the county on why its. study is so limited in scope. Council also decided to shelve detailed discus- sion on the town's new emergency plan devised by Exeter Fire Chief John Morgan and the parks and recreation planning report titled the `Leisure Services' report. Council received but deferred the new emer- gency plan • so some "fine tuning" could,be done before its adoption. Council noted Morgan used Stephen Township's emergency plan: as, a tem- plate. • Council decided to wait to discuss the parks report to get more of a chance to read the lengthy POLICE BRIEFS • POLICE BRIEFS Equipment stolen from boat GRAND BEND -- Several pieces of equipment were stolen from a boat docked along the Ausable River in Grand Bend sometime between 9 p.m. Sept. 12 and 4 p.m. on Sept. 16. North Lambton OPP Const. Luke George said the value of the property and damages are, unknown and the; investigation continues. Tools stolen from Stephen Twp. STEPHEN TWP. -- A chain saw, wench and drill were stolen from a Stephen Twp. Conc. 12 prop- erty sometime over the last two weeks. document and for the Exeter Recreation and Parks Advisory Committee to take a look at the report at its Sept. 30 meeting. The parks report will be brought back before council at its Oct. 12 committee of the whole meeting. Other odds and ends from the meeting: Lawnbowlers lauded Exeter Lawnbowling Club members Peter and Gloria McFalls were honoured with plaques from council on the club's recent accomplishments. Gloria was a member of a women's fours team that won the Ontario and Canadian champi-_ onships this summer. Team skip Andrea Weigand couldn't attend the meeting. Gloria compared the all -Canadian title to curl- ing's Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's curling championship. Peter McFalls was honoured for winning the bronze medal at the Ontario Singles Lawn ,Bowling .championships and for coaching the women's fours team to the .Ontario championship. 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