Clinton News-Record, 1984-04-11, Page 1-
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By Radallts •
BLYTH "At a SPeciar meeting here 04
April 9, Hullett Township Council passedfl,
motion authorizing the Village of Blyth f4
purchase 25 acres of land in an effort to,
ensure their waste disposal site does mit
close within the next two years.
The real estate deal is scheduled tic) 0104
on April 11 and is rePOrtea to he for $.4:-!)49'.,
The muipalities will split the cost 'of the
land purehase. -
The meeting between the councils and
Ministry District Officer Willard Page was
called after Blyth Council received a letter
from the Ministry of Environment
recommending, "that the engineer proceed
with his plan of development and operation)
which, in effect, will be a plan of closure for
this small site."
The word "closure" was council's main
concern since plans had been made to
purchase 25 acres of land to keep the site
open.
Village Engineer Art Clark explained to
Mr. Page that the councils obviously didn't
want to buy the additional land if they only
had two years before a plan of closure would
be implemented.
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Mr. Page apoIogzed and said that• the
wont closure 'Sholildn't hive leen" in the
letter,
"Soimetimes the words, get past you. I
don't want to make excuses but a. lot of
correspondence passes over my desk," Mr:,
Page said.
In a, telephone conversation with Blyth
Clerk -Treasurer Larry Walsh last week, Mr.
Page indicated his letter did not mean that
the site was to be eloseaTii the immediate
future, but it would depend on the engineer's
report as to how many years would be left to
use this site taking into consideration the
amount of refuse and the sloping of the area.
Blyth Councillor Albert Wasson, who was
a key person in the negotiations to purchase
the additional land for the dump site said the
councils need a guarantee.
"We need a commitment from the
ministry. Instead of a five -acre site, we now
are in the process of having a 30 -acre site.
We have put forth more than an average
effort on this issue.
I don't want someone from the ministry
coming up to me in two years and saying hey
guy, you blew it," Councillor Wasson said.
Prior to the meeting, Mr. Page indicated
tO.Clerk Walsh that he would send alettertit_ .
otiittil ennririningthatthe site can operate Wir.-Craticreiniiinengedithat the coultoils
dependini on an erigneer's eAtinate • trove on witha Plan ',of deVelopment for 10 .
"I'm not about to bring things to a years on the exiSting site.
grinding halt. Right now everythinea wide "Webave testedthobilffer area and based
open. We are flexible for a developitent • .on whet our hydragealokist andthe ministry
plan. We are aaking and accepting less than hydregeologist have folind there will be no
if you had a new site," Mr. Page said. Oroblem. Ican see 10.; years with no
The land purchase involves buffer zOnea sroblqm," Mr. Clark said.4
345 feet to the tiOlti„515feetto theSattlii_kg0 AltPageexp1aineL1o4ubLthat *they _ _ _
re -4.10' *Vest and 1180 -feet from -t10v, ege inake a die igen to 0.44i0 tilf.jituniOutside
tO the north end. Mr. Page indicateaithese the five, acre site, then they must get
added buffers, "are likely adequatafel the information to seyf buying the land is
exiting certified site, partici' arlY loony, worthwhile. Arther hydrogeological
considering that the area of waste disposal dtinlievivould,be ren4ired.
will not significantly increase." difficult fskt„ me to tell you the,
in hiS•letter to council dated March 27, Mr. number of years it will be open. But there
Page added that, "provided the seems to be a fair bit of optimism for the
munieipality does not intend on enlaiging dump," Mr. Page salcL
the active land -filling area beyond that Hullett Township Reeve Tom
currently certified (two hectares, five 'Cunningham said that his council was in
acres), we would not request further , favor of purchasing the necessary land.
definition of the hydrogeology." %•,,, "With what 'we've heard, I don't think we
Village Engineer Art Clark said fila have any alternative but to go ahead and
expanding the site beyond its present apt buy the. property:. We'll address the
' soiniething to look at in the future. He aakk :Oroblems as they cOme along," the Reeve
the conneds to look at the present before said. •
they look at the future. Both Hullett and Blyth councils were
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The annual Daffodil Tea was held in Clinton at St. Joseph's Church on Friday. The tea is
a yearly fund raising event for the Canadian Cancer Society. Ada Tebbutt was on hand to W
pour a spot of tea Mrs. Fred Middleton. (Shelley McPhee photo)
Collision sends six to hospital
CLINTON - A head-on collision involving
two vehicles, 1.9 kilometres north of here
early Saturday morning, sent six people to
hospital, two of them with major injuries.
The Goderich OPP reported that on April
7, a 1979 Chevrolet driven by Paul E.
Fargyhar 18, of RR 1 Clinton _was_
nimug-Y—in-4°°"—Purehasing—the-- travellinglsouthbound on Highway 4, when it
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ncillors blast ministry
ump burningp�licy
By Rod Hilts •
- - Blyth and Hidleft Township
attaelted the Ministry of
The Blyth-Hullett Waste Disposal Site was the topic of discussion at a special meeting
held on April 9. Blyth and Hullett Township councils voted to purchase 25 acres of land at .
a cost of $41,940 to ensure the dump remains open. (Rod Hilts photo)
nt's burning policy at a special
discussthe future of the Blytk
te Disposal Site.
un r, Wilkam Howson ri
istry' by saying,
department is being made a complete far
of." •
",I don't know of a single dump around
here that doesn't burn. Why doesn't Your
ministry enforce it instead of hassling us? If
yOu're so concerned; why doesn't the
ministry follow it up?" .Councillor 'Howson
asked Ministry District Officer Willard
_ Page.
• Councillor Howson felt .that burning
certain articles at landfill sites would
lengthen the time they could remain open by
reducing the amount of waste. /
• Mr. Page responded by saying the
province has come up with guidelines
mainly for Northern' Ontario to regulate the
burning of domestic waste. He said the
ministry 'is ,concerned about the dense
smoke emissions that are caused when
domestic waste is burned. Safety was
mentioned as another reason why burning of
domestic waste is prohibited.
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Council approves $16.2 million budget
Huron taxes jump 13.6
By Stephanie Levesque
Huron County taxpayers face a 13.6 per
cent tax hike after Huron County Council ap-
proved a $16.2 million budget by -a 21 to 7
recorded vote at its March 29 special
meeting.
An additional $300,000 to the county road
department approved at council's March 2
meeting and an addition to reserves of
$190,000 account for the large percentage in-
crease.
No councilor suggested eliminating the
$300,000 from the budget, but Exeter Reeve
Bill Mickle wanted the $190,000 removed
from the 1984 budget.
At the end of December, the county had
reserves totalling $1.9 million of which $1
million was. reserve for working capital and
$221,000 was for capital works building
reserve fund. ' The 1984 budget will add
$50,000 to the working capital reserve and
$140,000- to the capital works building
reserve fund.
Reeve Mickle said taking the $190,000 out
of the budget would bring the increase down
to 8.71 per cent.
"If there is no further cutting, at least we
got the major portion out. I hope council
gives serious consideration to this," saidthe
Exeter Reeve.
However, county clerk -treasurer Bill
Hanly explained the $1 million working
capital reserve as necessary because at any
time of the year the county can find itself
owing $1 • million while provincial grant
money has not yet arrived.
"The reserve only covers what we have in
receipts," said Mr. Hanly. •
Reeve Mickle questioned the use of a
capital works building reserve fund. The
clerk -treasurer said this money is put aside
for any capital works Mid OM CohAideretieti
for Huron County is a new museum.
"If council passes a 13.6 per cent increase
and we don't get a big howl from the county -
if ratepayers accept this, then we may have
tough times aeaung win people," said
Reeve Mickle suggesting employees may
request large salary increases next year.
Several reeves said their municipal coun-
cils supported a letter circulated by the
Town of Goderich requesting the- county to
reduce its 1984 budget. The letter was
received and filed by the county.
Warden Tom Cunningham of Hullett
Township noted his council didn't agree with
the ,Goderich letter despite the fact that
Hullett faces the largest percentage in-
crease in its share of the county levy.
Several reeves defended the additional
$300,000 put into the road budget of $5.5
million, however Reeve Mickle said he
didn't want that removed from the budget. ,
"I never said cutting out of the road or any
other committee budget was the answer ...
I'm talking about the money allocated to
working capital. That can stay at $1
million," said Reeve Mickle.
An amendment to the 1984 budget by the
Exeter. Reeve which would have reduced the
budget by $190,000 was turned down by a 20
to 8 recorded vote.
"I personally feel that the reserves are in
the budget to partially protect the $300,000
surplus we had last year," said Turnberry
Township Reeve Brian McBurney.
Goderich deputy -reeve Jim Britnell,
despite voting in favor of reducing reserves
and voting against the budget, commented
that the county portion of his personal pro-
perty tax levy has come down from 17 per
cent in 1975 to nine per cent in 1983.
More than $3.9 million will be raised this
year from local taxation with $9.1 million in
provincial grants expected.
Another large area of revenue for the
county are fees and service charges of $2.4
million. The largest income in this area are
fees frbm Huronview' residents of $2.3
million. This will offset the Huronview
budget of almost $5 million.
The 1983 surplus of $314,000 is included as
"There are -accidents on the road every
day but that doesn't prohibit driving,"
Hullett Councillor Clare Vincent repliee.
"You, you, you andyeu can burn it on your
own property but W3roibinTttOtheduthp
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"Just a flat no burning law is no good,"
Councillor Howson said.
" burning of open face garbage and
thicoke that results is not meeting our
guide es. I can't see any advantages for
municipalities to segregate the amount of
garbage-, that will be burned," Mr. Page
said. 4)
Last year, Mr. Page warned Blyth council
in a letter that no burning of domestic
wastes should be allowed to occur at the site.
In addressing .the problem, Blyth
Councillor William Manning compared the
pollution problems in the city to those in his
municipality.
"When the hammer comes down on the
big guys then we'll'be able to Understand it
(no burning) better at the grains of sand
level," Mr. Manning said. - '
collided with a northbound 1979 Ford, driven
by Ralph Schuurman, 53, of RR 1, Clinton.
OPP said that the Farquhar car was
overtaking another vehicle when the
accident occurred.
The Clinton Area Fire Department were
called to the scene of the accident with the
jaws of life rescue equipment.
Lynn MacDonald, 16, of RR 1, Blyth, a
passenger in the Farquhar vehicle, suffered
major injuries and was rushed to Clinton
Public Hospital. She was later transferred
to Victoria Hospital in London where she is
reported to be in fair cpndition. Another
passenger in the vehicle, Margery Holmes,
16, of Clinton was also transferred to London
hospital.
Farquhar received minor injuries and
was- reporied-in-satisfactory -condition-irr-------
glinton hospital. Murray Sholdice, 19, of RR
3, Walton, a passenger in the Farquhar
-vehicle received minimal injuries and was
released after treatment.
Mr. Schulman received minor injuries,
while his -passenger, Janine Buffinga, 14, of
RR 1, Clinton was admitted to ,Clinton
hospital and released later Saturday.
The OP 'estimated a total of $8,000
damages in the mishap. Farquhar's vehicle
received $3,000 in damages while the ,
Schuurman car had $5,000 in damages.
orno aphy resolutiorn
, 46w: zsititnalittiqvar
supported a resolutioir from Thunder Bay,
opposing the easy access to pornographic:
information by telephone.
In a letter the Thunder Bay council
reported that a telephone number was being
circulated among youth in the city,
primarily in the. schdols, which when dialed
initiated a 60 -second pornographic message.
This number, which is advertised . in
pornographic magazinesas being "toll'
free," has appeared on the telephone bills of
many parents whose children had been
calling thia nuniber.
The Thunder Bay letter , noted,
"Understandably, upon informing
,themselves of the content of the call, the
parents have come forth in opposition and
have investigated means by which this line
can be monitored or discontinued.",
Thunder Bay Telephone has advised that
it is impossible for the present system to
intercet a telephone number which is not
under the control of their company. As well,
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the
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messa' egwe is' sunder con' tcoll oaf the tealeepahone
system-operatmg in that area and is subject
to U.S. laws.
Thunder Bay Telecommunications works
in conjunction with Bell Canada, however
Bell Canada cannot restrict content of
messages.
Clinton council supported a motion from
Thunder Bay council which asks that the
proper communications authorities be
informed of the opposition and problems
arising from "solicited obsene phone calls
via the U.S. toll free number." The
resolution asks authorities to make
attempts to remedy the problem and
suggests- that Thunder. Bay Telephone and
Bell . Canada explore the possibility of
reversing charges on the obsene phone lines.
A -second resolution, asking the ministry
of education to implement study units on the
topic of pornography in the schools was
defeated by Clinton council in a tie vote.
revenue in the 1984 budget.
The largest expenditures for the county
are in social services, which includes
general assistance, Huronview and Family
and Children's Services. This portion of the
budget totals $6.3 million. ,
Transportation services, including $23,000
for the airport, totals $5.5 million.
The rest of the 1984 expenditures include
$1.7 million for health services, $939,062 for
general administration, $901,281 for recrea-
tion and cultural services, $439,808 for plan-
ning and development and $164,315 for
members of council. - ,
Those voting in favor of the budget were
reeves and deputy reeves James Aitchison
of West Wawanosh, Leona Armstrong of
Grey Township, Anthony Bedard of Hay,
Robert Bell of Tuckersmith, Ernest Brown
of Clinton, Tom Cronin of Blyth, Tom Cunn-
ingham of Hullett, Bill Elston of Morris,
Marie Hicknell of McKillop, Dave Johnston
of Bayfield, Russel Kernighan of Colborne
Township, Joe Kerr of Wingham, Harry
Klungel of Hensall, Brian McBurney of
Turnberry, Gerry Prout of Usborne, Jack
Stafford of Howick, Paul Steckle of Stanley,
Grant Stirling of Goderich Town:ship, Neil
Vincent of East Wawanosh, Alan Walper of
Stephen, Ralph Weber of Stephen.
Those voting against the budget were
reeves and deputy reeves John Austin of
Ashfield, Jim Britnell of Goderich, Lossy
Fuller of Exeter, Isidore LaPorte of Zurich,
Bill Mickle of Exeter, and Harry Worsell of
Goderich with two votes.
The vote for the amendment to the budget
(reducing the budget by $190,000) wag the
reverse of the -budget vote, except Reeve
Elston voted in filVOr of the amendment and
also voted in favor of the budget.
Absent from the meeting were William
Campbell of Seaforth, Calvin Krauter of
Brussels and Lionel Wilder of Hay
Township.
More than 600 people jammed the Clinton high school gymnasium
on April 4 to hear Huron County Music Night, a concert
extravaganza put on by six area schools. The Hullett choir took
part In the evening, na well as groups from fiehools in Vanastra,
Clinton, Brucefield, Seaforth and Valton. The highlight of the
evening was the massed cholr number, led by R.J. McCall. (Shelley
McPhee photo)
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