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The Citizen, 2018-6-14, Page 11THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2018. PAGE 11. Hands-on learning The Maitland Valley Conservation Authority was in Londesborough last week presenting its biodiversity seminar to students at Hullett Central Public School. In addition to a presentation, the exercise allowed the students to get hands-on with animal pelts and bones. Here, from left, Emma Buttar, Kortney Hoggart and November Ballantyne give it a shot. (Denny Scott photo) Proposal accepted Continued from page 1 $1 million less than the $1.84 million estimate for the Wingham Ward Police Service. When extending the forecast to 10 years from 2019, staff estimated that a total of $8.3 million would be saved by switching to the OPP. Council had less than a month to decide on the resubmitted proposal that OPP Commissioner Vince Hawkes had directed OPP staff to provide to North Huron after council had turned down the first proposal earlier this year. In an interview after the meeting, Councillor Brock Vodden, who made the initial motion to accept the proposal, said his intent with the motion was to have council proceed with OPP for Wingham. Council decided to have the Wingham Police Services Board investigate the total costs to shut down the Wingham Police Service. Earlier this year, those costs were estimated at $450,000, however, as time goes on, each officer's severance and benefits continue to grow and the cost is now estimated at $500,000. Council also directed staff to provide an analysis of how that $500,000 could be raised. Councillor Yolanda Ritsema- Teeningna, the only councillor to vote against the above recommendations, stated she wanted to see council fully utilize the month to investigate other options, including selling service to neighbouring municipalities. Both Councillor Trevor Seip and Reeve Neil Vincent, however, said those options weren't necessarily available any longer. Seip pointed out that any municipality south of North Huron couldn't be serviced without the Wingham Police Service expanding to East Wawanosh and Blyth, which ratepayers have made clear they don't want. Vincent said that municipalities that had originally expressed interest, have subsequently said they aren't interested. Council next meets on Monday, June 18. At high speed The Wingham Musical Muskrat Festival was held in Wingham over the weekend and included plenty of activities for both the young and the young at heart. Here, a young girl went head -first down an inflatable slide, knowing she'd have a soft landing spot. (Quinn Talbot photo) Loose pigs lead to MT bylaw reconsideration Continued from page 9 prior to its 2013 passing, requiring public meetings and months of work at the council table. Gowing pointed out that, even under an exemption, Somers animals were only discovered as one had gotten out due to a windstorm and was not in his care at that time. Somers acknowledged the incident was a result of a fence being damaged due to high winds, but disagreed with Gowing, saying he still felt the animal was in his care. He said he had already addressed the damage to the fence and made sure it wouldn't occur again going forward. Smuck once again said the question wasn't regarding the particular circumstance, but whether pot-bellied pigs are legal or not. He said he was aware of a "pile of them" in a neighbouring municipality and moved to have council reconsider the animal control bylaw to allow them. 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PAGE 11. Hands-on learning The Maitland Valley Conservation Authority was in Londesborough last week presenting its biodiversity seminar to students at Hullett Central Public School. In addition to a presentation, the exercise allowed the students to get hands-on with animal pelts and bones. Here, from left, Emma Buttar, Kortney Hoggart and November Ballantyne give it a shot. (Denny Scott photo) Proposal accepted Continued from page 1 $1 million less than the $1.84 million estimate for the Wingham Ward Police Service. When extending the forecast to 10 years from 2019, staff estimated that a total of $8.3 million would be saved by switching to the OPP. Council had less than a month to decide on the resubmitted proposal that OPP Commissioner Vince Hawkes had directed OPP staff to provide to North Huron after council had turned down the first proposal earlier this year. In an interview after the meeting, Councillor Brock Vodden, who made the initial motion to accept the proposal, said his intent with the motion was to have council proceed with OPP for Wingham. Council decided to have the Wingham Police Services Board investigate the total costs to shut down the Wingham Police Service. Earlier this year, those costs were estimated at $450,000, however, as time goes on, each officer's severance and benefits continue to grow and the cost is now estimated at $500,000. Council also directed staff to provide an analysis of how that $500,000 could be raised. Councillor Yolanda Ritsema- Teeningna, the only councillor to vote against the above recommendations, stated she wanted to see council fully utilize the month to investigate other options, including selling service to neighbouring municipalities. Both Councillor Trevor Seip and Reeve Neil Vincent, however, said those options weren't necessarily available any longer. Seip pointed out that any municipality south of North Huron couldn't be serviced without the Wingham Police Service expanding to East Wawanosh and Blyth, which ratepayers have made clear they don't want. Vincent said that municipalities that had originally expressed interest, have subsequently said they aren't interested. Council next meets on Monday, June 18. At high speed The Wingham Musical Muskrat Festival was held in Wingham over the weekend and included plenty of activities for both the young and the young at heart. Here, a young girl went head -first down an inflatable slide, knowing she'd have a soft landing spot. (Quinn Talbot photo) Loose pigs lead to MT bylaw reconsideration Continued from page 9 prior to its 2013 passing, requiring public meetings and months of work at the council table. Gowing pointed out that, even under an exemption, Somers animals were only discovered as one had gotten out due to a windstorm and was not in his care at that time. Somers acknowledged the incident was a result of a fence being damaged due to high winds, but disagreed with Gowing, saying he still felt the animal was in his care. He said he had already addressed the damage to the fence and made sure it wouldn't occur again going forward. Smuck once again said the question wasn't regarding the particular circumstance, but whether pot-bellied pigs are legal or not. He said he was aware of a "pile of them" in a neighbouring municipality and moved to have council reconsider the animal control bylaw to allow them. After some debate, council agreed to have staff investigate other municipalities that to allow the animals, ask what kind of problems have arisen from them and prepare a report on possible changes to the municipality's animal control bylaw.