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The Wingham Advance Times, 1995-05-24, Page 3ite dills council Melody White was appointed to fail the vacancy on the Morris Township council. The appointment was made dur- ing a special council meeting,, prior to the regular meeting held last Tuesday at the township mu- nicipal offices. White, who finished fourth in the race for three council seats in the October 1994 municipal elec- tion, was in attendance to accept her nomination. - After being administered the oath of office by township clerk - treasurer Nancy Michie, White took her seat on council. During the regular meeting of council, White was appointed to sit on the boards and commissions which were previously occupied by former reeve Clem McLellan, before his departure from council in February. She will represent Morris Township on the Wingham Area Fire Board with coun. John Dus- kocy. Coun. White will also sit on the Committee of Adjustment, the Health and Safety Committee, and on the Drainage Commission. Council wants points clarified on building agreement A Joint Building Agreement was before Morris Township council last Tuesday evening. /,And, although the council was ine favor of the agreement, there were still a number of points which council felt should be clari- fied. The agreement is currently among the three municipalities which use the services of Paul Jo - sling as chief building officer, which are the Villages of Brussels and Blyth and the Township of Turnberry. The Townships of Morris and McKillop want to be- come part of the agreement. Chief building officer (CBO) Paul Josling told Morris Township council last Tuesday evening that there would be no change to the way he does things now. .He noted that there would be only about one meeting per year. "Each municipality looks after their own records," said Josling. "Morris Township business would still be done at Morris Township." Coun. Kevin Pletch was con- cerned about the computer, which the Village of Brussels donated, and which will be housed at the Township of Turnberry municipal offices. He added that Morris Township records should be kept at the Morris Township office. Coun. John Duskocy said he didn't want Morris Township building records on the computer at Tumberry Township. CBO Josling said that if Morris Township doesn't want to, it doesn't have to pay for the printer. He added that, personally, he would prefer to use a laptop com- puter. He added that the agreement should be clarified, especially when it comes to cost sharing. Under the terms of the agree- ment, the municipalities share of costs of any courses or seminars Josling is required to attend in or- der to upgrade his credentials. Coun. Pletch said that each mu- nicipality should pay its share of the costs in the agreement, and coun. Duskocy added that the agreement really doesn't need to be changed. "We should pay for the things we use," said coun. Duskocy. "And, we don't need to use that computer (at Turnberry Town- ship)." "We use our own computer (for our own records)," said coun. Pletch. Deputy reeve Keith Johnston made a motion that ,the township enter into the agreement, but parts of the. agreement be clarified as to cost sharing arrangements. The motion carried. New councillor...Melody White reads the oath of office duirng last Tuesday's special council meeting. Reduction efforts expanded; bag tags implemented June 1 Continued from front page Street, from Highway 86 to Albert Street will have recycling collec- tion on Wednesdays. Materials now accepted in the Town of Wingham for recycling in- clude the following: Paper: Newpapers and contents, catalogues, magazines, telephone books. Not acceptable — envelopes, books, waxpaper and fine paper. (Fine white paper can be recycled through the F.E. Madill Special Ed- ucation program, contact George Gibson), Boxboard: cereal boxes, dry food boxes, detergent/laundry boxes. Not acceptable — plastic handles, metal spouts, remove all liners. Cardboard: all -corrugated card- board boxes. No waxed or soiled cardboard. Plastic: food products, household cleaners, personal • care products, beverage containers. Not 'accepta- ble — plastic toys, plastic films, sty- rofoam, flower pots, Glass: food jars, beverage bottles. No ceramics, dishes and cups, win- dow glass and mirrors, light bulbs, ovenware. Metal Cans: beverage cans, food-- cans, ood"cans, aluminum foil and plates, metal lids. Not acceptable — aerosol or paint. -cans, frozen juice cans (un - Bag tags begin June 1 less, metal), -metal pots. Cardbdttrd recycling bini have also been in use at the town works department shed and remain availa- ble forcommercial and public use. Residents taking advantage of these bins are asked to flatten the card- board boxes. If residents do • not yet have a blue box, they are available through the town offices, along with com- posters. Composters sell for $20, blue boxes are free. For any further information on the changes to Wingham's recy- cling campaign, contact,. Linda Cranston at 357-3550. Morris acct, dor Nichol improvement Morris Township council ac- cepted the Hanna and Hamilton Construction Ltd. tender for the Nichol" Municipal Drain Improve- ment work which will be done this summer. The Listowel contracting com- pany had the lowest bid on the work at $18,731.61. Work on the drain will get under way July 10, and will be finished by Sept. 29. A total of five bids were re- ceived for the project. Tenders were also received fr&n N. Ryan Construction of RR 2 Brussels, Robert Nicholson Construction of RR 1 Sebringville, Dennis Wil- helm Excavating of RR 1 Sebring- ville, and H.D. Witter Construc- tion of Neustadt. Andy McBride of Maitland En- gineering Services said his esti- mate for the project was $22,800 with the GST. Three of the five bids were under the estimated cost. In another drainage matter, council agreed to another site meeting for the Bowes Drama. The meeting will be held Friday, May 26 at 9 a.m. with all parties con- cerned getting together at Lot 8 on Concession Road 9-10. McBride said the original peti- tion for the improvement to the Bowes drain was made in Septem- ber 1993. He added that it was an existing municipal drama which was originally built in 1913. McBride said that the tile is deteri- orating andis creating problems on adjacent lots. "The owner wanted the drain improved, but because of the op- position and high cost he had sec- ond thoughts about the petition, so back off," said McBride. "However, I would recommend another -site meeting." Reeve Bert Elliott said he would also like to see another site, so members of council can be brought up to date. Coun. 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