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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1987-11-04, Page 1INCORPORATIVi-THE Bfl TH STANDARD -THE BA) FIELD li1.61,1; WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1987 Bayfield says okay to OPP plan BAYFIELD - By May of 1988 an Ontario Provincial Police ( OPP) office may be established here. Bayfield Council has approved a plan that calls for the setting up of an OPP auxiliary office in the village. The Goderich OPP has proposed that such an office could be operated on a seasonal or year round basis with office accommodation provided by the municipality. Council has suggested that office space could be made available in the municipal of- fice. Space requirements would be minimal, with accommodation necessary for a desk, filing cabinet and typewriter. Parking space for a cruiser is readily available. The proposal to open an OPP office in Bayfield comes from a new police proposal to provide additional services in specific areas already under a general OPP detachment. The Bayfield office would allow greater OPP patrol in the area, particularly during the busy summer tourist season, and would allow officers an office area for filing of reports, thus saying drive time to the main OPP detachment in Goderich. With council support, the proposal to establish an OPP office in Bayfield will be taken to police headquarters in Toronto for further study. Council is confident that the proposal will be approved. Long Hill costs lowered BAYFIELD - The extensive erosion con- trol project undertaken here to secure the collapsed Long Hill Road has received an additional financial boost. Village council learned at their November 2 meeting that the Ministry of Municipal Af- fairs has kicked in an additional $51,997 in unconditional grant monies to the $350,000 project. The grant comes as a well appreciated bonus to the village as the Ontario govern- ment agency had already contributed $170,854 to the works project. In a letter to council, Municipal Affairs Minister John Eakins noted that in total his ministry has given some $222,851 in assistance to the Long Hill Road project. He noted that this contribution helped prevent undue financial burden on Bayfield taxpayers. Students from Kim Dodds' special learning needs class at Clinton Public School got together with the Kindergarten class of Beth Hagan on October 28 to help with pumpkin carving. In this photo, Mrs. Dodds looks on while Mervyn Gass (right) helps Joey Switzer ( left) and Adam Wallace with their work. ( David Emslie photo ) Hour change at dump could cost $1O000 per year By Anne Chisholm CLINTON - If your garbage isn't being picked up as early as it use to be, don't blame the contractor or council. Hours at the Holmesville Landfill Site have been changed due to dumping occurr- ing late in the evening and not being covered until the next day. This hour change has created a problem for Clinton's contractor, Bud Chamney, and may end up costing an additional $10,000 per year. "They have changed the dump hours so that they now open at 8:30 a.m. Before, we use to have all of the garbage collected from the businesses by 8 a.m.," explained Mr, Chamney. With the hour change, his employees can- not start as early and therefore, are unable to get the garbage picked up before cars start parking on the streets. This is where the extra expenses come in. "It takes us an additional five hours a week to collect the garbage. The cars are parked on the street which means they have to go around them and carry the garbage further...It all adds up," Mr. Chamney said. Before explaining his problem to council on November 2, Mr. Charnney attended a landfill committee meeting to express his concerns. At this meeting he was told they could have a man at the site to open the gates two hours earlier, but they decided not to. Mr. ('hamney's presentation did not come as a complete surprise to (Tinton Council on November 2. At their October 19 meeting, Councillor Gord Gerrits who is the town's representative on the landfill committee, filled the council memehers in on the situa- tion, and anticipating this problem, council sent a letter to the landfill committee ex- pressing this same concern. "So far it ( the letter) ha.; been ignored," said Mayor John Balfour. "However, I am told they will call a meeting for all councils and this will be discussed." With being forced to go around the cars and carry the garbage further, Mr. Chamney says it takes five hours longer each week, and at $40 per hour, this adds up to an additional $10,000 a year to collect Clin- ton's garbage. "Even to bring an attendant in a couple of hours earlier and pay him wouldn't boost our costs $10,000 per year," commented Deputy Reeve .John ('ochrane. "You can be assured that we are not pleased with this arrangement," stated Mayor Balfour. "We're not about to receive complaints form residents to suit other municipalities... We'll go hack to the original three municipalities if we have to." Steve Beane tops4-11award winners Many youths honored By Shelley McPhee Haist CLINTON — Steve Beane of RR 1 Brucefield was honored as the winner of the Murray Cardiff Citizenship Award at the Huron County 4-H Agricultural Clubs Awards Night, held here on October 30. Steve was one of more that 35 4-H Club members who were honored at the evening ceremonies. The Murray Cardiff Citizenship Trophy is given to honor the 4-H member nominated for having made outstanding achievements in 4-H work, in home and community activites. Steve completed the 4-H beef project and the youth leader project this year. He was the top novice in the beef section of the Silver Dollar Competition and fourth overall. He represented Huron County at the March provincial 4-H Leadership Camp. He was selected to represent On- tario 4-H members at the National Careers Conference held in Winnipeg this month. A 4-1-1 member for five years, Steve was in- strumental in reviving the Huron County 4-1-1 Youth Council. The council's greatest success has been the Senior Members Retreat, held in September. In the community, Steve has been a "Special Friend" volunteer with Family and Children's Services. He is president of the Central Huron Secondary School Photo Club, co-editor of the school newspaper, and a member of the debating the Reach For the Top teams. Steve also rides and organizes House League Motocross. At the 4-H Awards Night, Steve was also the recipient of the Glen White Industries Trophy, presented by Sid Thompson, for having the top score in Huron County in the Beef Section of the Silver Dollar Competition. Other nominees for the Murray Cardiff Award included Sandra Shelley, Brian Mulvey, Paul Pentland, Kim Rintoul. Anita Bos, Audrey Bos, Lori Bromley, Joan Bergsma, Sheila Marklevitz, Donna Johnston, Bev Hart, Leanne ,Jennison, Deborah O'Rourke. Marie DeBruyne. J,isa Hern, Sylvia Crich, Lisa Storey, Crystal Whyte and Angela VandenElzen. The C.S. McNaughton Trophy was presented to Sandra Shelley of the North Huron 4-H Swine Club. Sandra received the highest number of points on the basis of awards for 4-H work in 1987. She scored 958 out of 1000 points. She was also the winner of the Huron County Pork Producers Association Trophy. Shelley was the first place winner in the Yorkshire Pig division and received the Bill Turnbull Award. Hazel Rae of RR 1 Wroxeter took second place in this competition. Gwen Holland of Clinton was the winner of the Warden's Novice Award, earned for her high scoring as a novice 4-H member. Gwen obtained 941 points out of 1000 in her efforts as a member of the Kippfield Calf Club. Huron County Warden Brian McBurney presented the award. The Huron Cattlemen's Association Award was also presented to Gwen for her first year high standing in 4-H work. Kim Rintoul of the Lucknow Calf Club was the recipient of four special awards. She earned the Jack Riddell Trophy as the Champion 4-H Sheep Showman in Huron County. She earned the Doug Kennedy Award for being the top sheep showman and was also the recipient of the J.A. Anstett Award for obtaining the highest Turn to page 3 , y, t f"; •} Steve Beane of RR 1 Brucefield was named winner of the Murray Cardiff Citizenship Award at the Huron County Agricultural 4-14 Awards Night, held in Clinton on October 30. MP Murray Cardiff presented the award to the Kippfield 4-11 Calf Club member who was chosen as the outstanding 4-H'er of the year. (Shelley McPhee Haist photo) Huron looks at county®wide waste management Garbage disposal is not a subject that in- spires glamorous dialogue or invites much public interest. Yet it is a wide -spread municipal concern of increasing intensity, causing and continuing to cause growing environmental, financial, administrative and political pains and problems. At the recent annual conference of the County and Regional Section of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, held in London, a program session was dedicated to the subject of waste manage- ment. Panelists and participants from the floor addressed the traditional garbage dump method of disposal, but touched also on the more sophisticated energy -from - waste plants (Victoria Hospital in London has one) which Toronto consulting engineer Dick Cave called "Complex, ex- pensive and politically dicey". The delegates were urged to consider such systems among their long -terns plans. The feelings of the assembled municipal officials were expressed by Middlesex County Administrator Ron Eddy, who con- cluded that "waste disposal has become more controversial, difficult, time- consuming and expensive than any other issue facing municipalities". The amount of garbage growing, the environmental regulations are getting tougher, and suitable disposal sites are dwindling. • While the present legislation does not place waste management clearly in county jurisdiction, there is growing agreement that the future waste disposal can be best managed on a county -wide or regional basis and that the time of little dump -sites dotting the countryside is passing quickly. A special provincial study committee reviewing the future roles and structure of county government in general, has a man- date to produce a separate report on waste management on that level. The recom- mendations are expected to be released later in the fall. In the meantime, Huron County Council has formed a special committee to look in- to the possibilities of county -wide waste management in the future. Works building construction underway BAYFIEI.I) - The building permit has been approved. The hole's been dug and the cement is being poured. All systems are go on the construction of the new municipal works shed in Hayfield. The decision to build a storage garage for road and maintenance equipment has been a long debated one in this village. Council has discussed such a scheme for several years and money has been banked to help pay for the costs of putting up such a building. There is more than $65,000 in village cof- fers to help pay for the'$100,000 works shed. The remaining costs will be financed through a hank loan, to be paid back over two years. "It is more palatable to spread the tax balance over two years. It shouldn't change the tax structure as residents have been contributing towards the fund for the past several years," Hayfield Clerk Pat Graham noted. To some taxpayers, a $100,000 garage sounds like an expensive prospect. Council determined the pace cost after deliberation with the contractors and the engineers to reduce the original price estimated of over $143,000. Councillor Cliff Freeman, chairman of the works building, committee says that final cost figures will not run over the $100,000 mark. He noted that council chose to build a works garage that will cost $100,000 in an ef- fort to make it aesthetically compatible to the surrounding residential area The brick fronted, steel clad structure is being built near the Community Centre. New signs and no burning leaves are an inconvenience By Anne Chisholm CLINTON - The no left turn and no travell- ing straight through signs which were recently placed at the corners of Rattenbury and Albert Streets are an inconvenience. says Cliff Ashton. Mr. Ashton, who drives a taxi. says he has to drive out of his way because of these new signs. Mayor John Balfour told Mr. Ashton that council could see his point, but they felt the new traffic regulations were better for the majority of people in town. Councillor Case Buffinga added that he had received three complaints and about eight compliments while Deputy Reeve John Cochrane said he had heard nothing but positive comments regarding the situation. Need A Vacuum Another point raised by Mr. Ashton was that the town won't let residents burn their leaves, yet the residents have to pay 20 cents per bag to bag them. "You make no provisions to pick them up," he said, referring to not having a leaf vacuum. Mayor Balfour said a solution would be to raise the taxes in order to pay for a $28,000 vacuum instead of having the residents pay for garbage bags. However, he did add that the town was go- ing to seriously consider purchasing a leaf vacuum next year.