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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1980-11-06, Page 14Pose 14 Citizens Neves November 6, 1960 • nri Exp.ns. forirnailer muit Quarries -act major concern at county By SHARON DIETZ • Huron County Council con- tinued their debate of the Pits and Quarries Control Act when they met October 30. The county's mineral aggregate study committee made several recommen- dations to the council which prompted the discussion. The committee's recommendations included that owners of open pits within the county be en- couraged to license their pits prior to July 1, 1981 as there is a simplified procedure for obtaining permits prior to that date; that it should be pointed out that wayside per- mits can only be obtained by municipalities or public bodies for specific municipal or road building projects requiring gravel, and since Huron County has now been designated under The Pits and Quarries Act 1971, that Council support the passing of Bill 127, an Act to Revise the Pits and. Quarries Con- trol Act 1971. It was The last recommen- dation that some county councillors disputed. They believe the designation of the county under the act is not in the best interests of the county's pit owners and operators and they do not ap- preciate the manner in which the county was designated under the old act. County engineer Bob Dempsey explained to the council that he was under • the impression the county would only be designated if requested under the new act. Two months ago the province designated the county . under the old act of 1971. Designation carries: several stipulations. Pit owners and operators must have the pit licensed. The pit must be surveyed and fenced and the operator will be charged 8 cents per metric tonne hauled from the pit to the provincial government • as a security that he will rehabilitate the pit. This security can be reclaimed each time the pit is rehabilitated. If the operator rehabilitates the pit each year, he can- reclaim the security every year. In addition to those stipulations, under the new bill which is to be passed in the near future, the operator will be paying a surcharge of an additional 6 cents per metric tonne for rehabilita- tion of roads. Four_ cents will be paid to the municipality for rehabilitation of roads; '/2 cent to the county for road rehabilitation; 1/2 cent for. rehabilitating old pits and 1 cent for the province to ad- minister the act. County councillors - were divided in their opinion regarding the act. Some feel it is time the county receiv- ed some retribution for the aggregates leaving the coun- ty and others feel the costs involved will persuade some small pit owners, mostly farmers, to close their pits, creating a shortage of gravel for township road construc- tion and_maintenance. County engineer Bob Dempsey told council, the government believes the designation will permit the better management of a non- renewable resource. Dempsey told council, Huron has been designated a supply county for urban areas such as London and Sarnia. He said county road systems are being used by trucks to haul aggregates out of the county because they can avoid all the stops along highway 8. Dempsey said in an inter- view later the -operation of • the county's road program will not change because of the county's designation un- der the act. He said he will still look at the quality of the material In a pit, its prox- imity to the project and decide whether to apply for a wayside permit or use a licensed pit. The , only difference he said, will be if he chooses an unlicensed pit he will have to apply for the permit. Dempsey- suggested "to council that if a farmer can foresee that his pit will. be opened several times in the • next few years, he would be advised to license the pit because each time a wayside permit is granted the pit must be - opened, rehabilitated and closed. The act also means farmers cannot purchase gravel from a pit across the road which has been opened with a wayside permit; while Zn 3 Time for fall ploughdown of FERTILIZER ---with- Dry Blend or Fluid Blend Fertilizer SAVE TIME & MONEY next spring by applying your phosphate and potash requirements this fall. CUSTOM APPUCATION of both dry and fluid fertilizer available. ATRAZINE can be applied with our fluid blend ploughdown this fall to help clean up your twitch grass problems. LJ UNITED CO-OPERATIVES OF ONTARIO HENSALL DISTRICT CO-OP &veefie—fJ Zurich Nensoll 484-9823 236-4393 262-3002 For Responsible Representation in Stanley Township - ON NOVEMBER 10 VOTE PAUL STECKLE FOR REEVE * 10 year member of council, 4 as deputy reeve * Served 4 years on county council * Served as Past Chairman of Huron County Board of Health * Past Chairman of Huron County Farm Safety Association * Member of the Ausable Bayfield Conser- vation Authority * Presently Chairman of Water Management Board * Active member of Zurich Mennonite Church * Life Tong resident of Stanley Township * Employed as a sales rep. for a farm machinery company, and a farmer * Paul Is married with two sons ALLOW THIS EXPERIENCE TO SERVE THE TOWNSHIP OF STANLEY VOTE PAUL STECKLE FOR REEVE Polls will be open in the following places from the hours of 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Poll No. 1: Milton Schreiber, Pt. Lot 2, Plan 2, Con. 1 Poll No. 2: Everett Robinson, Lot 7, Con. 3 • Poll No. 3: Township Hall, Varna Poli No. 4: Gladwin Westlake. Lot 12, Con. LRE Poll No. 3: Russell Snider, Lot 21, 11: Con. LRE For a ride to the polls on election day Phone 565-2147 MR. AND MRS. JOHN KLASEN Jane Rooseboom of Zurich and John Klasen of Hamilton ex- changed wedding vows October 3, in Exeter Christian Reformed Church. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Rooseboom of Zurich and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Klasen of Palmerston. Rev. C. Bischop of- ficiated. Maid of honour was Marg Rooseboom of Lethbridge, Alberta and bridesmaids were Jane KnUI of Arthur, Ont., Cheryl Denomme of Zurich and Sandra Rooseboom also from Zurich. Best man wps Alfred Sperling of Hamilton. Groomsmen were Ed Rooseboom of Sarnia, Pete Hansmaof Kitchener and Stan Klasen. of Palmerston. After a honeymoon trip to the States, the couple will be residing at 968 Trinity Rd., Jerseyville, Ont. BOB FISHER Candidate for Zurich Village Council One or my many concerns at present is the inequity of monies paid towards parks, the Community Centre and Arena deficit, from village taxes and grants from other user municipalites,At present, we are paying over 80% of this deficit, yet less than 50% of the users reside in Zurich Please Come Out and Vote • the township or county com- pletes road work in the area. The farmer would have to purchase his gravel from the nearest licenced pit even if it was several miles away. Dempsey admitted that the government cannot begin to monitor every small pit which faces the back of a farm. "They'll never be able to -count the loads of gravel going across the road to the neighbour's," he said. Ashfield reeve Warren Zinn told council he believes the. act is a good thing because in many municipalities, an un - renewable resource is being hauled out of the county which will generate higher costs for the county in the future. Goderich deputy -reeve Bob Allen said he supports bill 127. He said the flow out ,of the county Is tremendous and without the bill, the county has nothing coming back to the county for all the aggregate hauled out. The bill, he added, is 20 years late in coming. Bill Elston who has op- posed the designation from the beginning, commented that a farmer opening a new pit will encounter several costs: the pit must be licens- ed, surveyed and fenced. In addition he has to pay the security , for pit rehabilita- tion and the surcharge for road rehabilitation. "Little operators will be driven out of business because their operations won't warrant the cost of licensing and many farmers," he said, "haul from two or three small per„ "It will become too even - sive for small municipalities to operate," added the Morris township reeve. Grant Stirling of Godertch Township remarked the designation "just creates . jobs for more fat cats". The Godeilch Township reeve _ said In their township pit, they rehabilitate every day because as they take out a Zurich boviling Team Hot Shots Wildcats Panthers Alley Cats Blazers Spitfires Points 7 3 4 6 4 6 Bon.am girls H.S._Mary Jo Meidinger 153 H.D. Tammy Lesperance 280 H.A. Tammy Lesperance 136 Bantam Boys H.S. Mark Lansbergen H.15. Mark Landsbergen H.A. Mark Landsbergen .Junior Oirls H.S. Cindy Taylor H.I). Cindy Taylor H.A. Cindy Taylor Junior boys H.S. Darren Creces H.O. Darren Creces H.A. Paul Smith Junior League F HA Rob't Vanderhr oeck 420 0 Smith 432 3 LD ShH ane Les_ 460 4 SS Derrick McKinnon 466 5 PP' Jlannie Groot 493 2 Zurich Men's League R Peter Bedard 450 2 F ' Allen G cho 526 5 RR Jim 4 Dow 605 R Ed Neeb 519 0 HR Jim Dietrich 649 7 PC Rick Smale 576 7 D Leo Hbffman 596. 0 HA Jin1 Dietrich 200. Jhn Bedard 200 130 243 101 127 249 125 190 343 150