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HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMUER 21, 1990
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CODE wants hearing
BY DAVID EMSLIE
HOL MES V ILLE - The Citizens
Opposing Dump Expansion
(CODE) want a hearing into the
future of the landfill site that
neighbors their community. At a
November 15 meeting to discuss
the closing of the landfill site,
Steve Baker of CODE stated, "We
would like the director to invoke
a (environmental) hearing. Until a
hearing is held, there should be no
new waste put into the site."
CODE believes that the Mid -
Huron Landfill Site (MLS) Board
has not met necessary landfill
criteria, and Mr. Baker suggested,
"We want the minister of the
environment to deny the
exemption."
The MLS board is seeking ap-
proval to legally allow eight coun-
ty municipalities use of a new
landfill site. CODE has opposed
the request, calling for stricter
enforcement of laws to allow
landfill site operation in Goderich
Township.
As the November closure date
of the present site fasthes.
parties on both lidos the issue
have yet to reach agreement on
the future of waste disposal for
some of the county's
municipalities. On November 15
area residents and members of
local councils, attended a meeting
at the Goderich Township Hall to
discuss the current status and
future plans for the site.
Tony Crutcher of Conestoga -
Rovers and Associates, the en-
gineering firm hired by the MLS
Board to look into the closure of
the old site, and the opening of a
new one addressed the audience.
He explained that the existing 15 -
acre site should be closed by
month's end, as work proceeds to
cap the site with clay, and the
area reseeded.
Engineers have been working to
find another suitable parcel of
land adjacent to the existing site
for future landfilling. Mr. Crutches
stated that the site has historical
approval for 55 acres of land
usable for landfill, but it is not
clear where these acres were.
Therefore, approximately 40 wells
were drilled on the site for
analysis, and it was discovered
that there are about 16 acres of
suitable land, next to the old site.
It is believed by the engineers,
he continued,' that the new site is
in a better position than the exis-
ting one, as leachate has been able
to escape from the site.
"We have some leachate getting
into the upper level water, it is
reaching the (Bridgewater) creek,"
he stated, admitting that while
leakage is reaching the creek and
the results were not desirable, they
were acceptable.
This leakage, he continued,
should be reduced in the relocated
site, because it has a different
hydrogeological environment, with
a better clay base. This clay
would cause the water on the site
to move downwards, instead of
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Town accepts no -cost option of $8,000
BY HEATHER ROBINET
Seaforth Town Council has
agreed to a no cost option with
Ross Consulting on the industrial
portion of the Westbranch property
at the end of Railway Street. Sale
price would be $8,000.
Ross Consulting is putting
together packages of industrial
properties for small industries that
Deadline extended
BY HEATHER ROBINET
Employees of General Coach in Hensall have complied with a request
from the Department of Labor, and are holding off on any action until
?lovernber 22. The union was in an official shrike position at midnight
: en November 15, after voting 84 per cent in favor of rejecting a
Company offer that contained a 50 -cents -an -hour wage increase over
Yeats. byGeneral Coach showed
Eighty-three of the 93 workers employed
up at a ratification and strike mandate meeting November 14. Seventy
of those workers voted to reject the company's Offer and 13 voted to
accept it. When a strike mandate was taken, 72 voted in favor, and 11
against.
Ken Fenwick, representative of Local 3054 of the United Brotherhood
>af Carpenters and Joiners of America, said the conpany's last offer of
a three-year collective agreement was unacceptable. It offered nothing
in year one, 20 cents an hour plus some improvement in benefits in year
two, and 30 cents an hour in year three. membership was looking
for at least 35 cents an hour in year one, 50 cents an hour in year two,
and 55 cents an hour in year throe, but has since returned to its original
request for 45 cents in year One, 55 cents in year two, and a further 55
cents in year truce.
Mr. Fenwick noted that the union has promised the Department of
Labor that nothing will happen before November 22, but commented
that he could not say the same of General Coach management. General
Coach has said it will not extend its lockout deadline, which was also
midnight on November 15, but hasn't said it wtn't raced dither. To date
there has been no movement towards a lockout. on the
"We have no idea if the ministry is going w arrange a meeting
22nd or not, but we didn't want a long, bitter lockout like last time,"
said Mr. Fenwick. General Coach employees were locked out for more
than two months in 1989.
Andrew hrrtanse, General Manager of General Coach, refused to
eonnrncnt on the staling* in negotiations, saying he'd rather "stay away
from the press, rather than play this thing out in the media".
EARLY VISIT - Santa Claus was in Seaforth Friday night to check up on the behaviour of area
youngsters. While here, he and elf, Cathy Vida, participated in the town's official lighting of the Christmas
tree. Santa Claus will be back in town for the parade in his honor, on December 7. Robinet photo.
Daycare asks for more funding
BY HEATHER ROBINET
Seaforth Town Council has
referred a request from the Seaforth
Daycare Committee, for more
funds, to its Finance and General
Government Committee for review.
The Town had originally planned to
provide the committee with a grant
for $6,000, and a loan for $4,(00,
towards the establishment of a self-
sufficient, non-profit and affordable
daycare centre in Seaforth.
The daycare committee, however,
has been advised against taking a
loan, by the Ministry of Community
and Social Services, because of the
uncertainty of cash flow during the
first Several years the daycare
would be in operation. Because of
this, and because of changes in the
dollar amounts needed to establish
a daycare centre in Seaforth, the
committee is asking the town to
review its financial support of the
project.
"Since we started the project in
February 1989 there has been an
increase in request for capital fun-
ding," said Mary Verberne,
Secretary of the Daycare Commit-
tee, adding that the total cost of the
project has increased from $55,000
to $70,000 over the past year and a
half.
The Ministry has agreed to pay
100 per cent of the start up budget
for the first month of the daycare's
operation (including supervisor
salary and administrative supplies),
plus 80 per cent of the project's
capital cost. The remaining 20 per
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must come from the community.
Towards this end, the nursery
school itself has raised $2,500, with
another committee of volunteers
raising an additional $1,000 through
yardsales and draw tickets. In order
to meet the 20 per cent requirement
(of $16,405) the daycare committee
is asking the town for an additional
$6,905 grant.
Local service clubs and area
merchants are also being ap-
proached for monetary andlor e-
quipment donations, but the daycare
committee is concerned about the
availability of local support due to
other worthwhile funding commit-
ments - the hospital being one of
them.
"During the past year the Seaforth
Town Council has been taking
positive steps to assure the growth
and future development of our
town," said Mrs. Verberne.
"Many changes, such as the new
streetscape and hospital addition,
are stimulating interest in our town.
A licensed daycare centre in
Seaforth will be an important ad-
dition to the existing services. This
service will be an impotant con-
sideration of potential indbstries,
businesses and young families plan-
ning to relocate."
The present nursery school has
run independently for 13 years, with
the exception of nine years ago,
when it got financial support from
the town during its move to the
Market Street location.
"Since dial time the centro has
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from 45 to 108 children, and now
will be providing a diversified
service of half and full time
daycare. The preschool has a long
standing record of excellence in
childcare and being also able to
offer a licensed daycare, will
provide an excellent childcare alter-
native for parents with careers
outside the home. The town has
previously been able to offer a
terrific preschool and will now be
able to boast of this new service,"
said Mrs. Verberne.
"Our group is enthusiastic that
our mandate to establish a daycare
in Seaforth has become reality. We
have spent many volunteer hours on
this project and everything will
soon be coming together."
Known as the "Seaforth
Cooperative Children's Centre
Inc. , the daycare will be contained
in a 24 by 58 foot portable at the
present Market Street location of
the Seaforth and District Preschool
Learning Centre. Renovations to the
present portable to install a kitchen
and laundry room facilities, will be
done by local contractors, and the
new potable will have two
playrooms, a washroom, and an
office and staff room. With these
changes, a children's centrf will he
formed offering parents the option
of preschool or daycare program
within one facility. The hours of
operation will be from 6:30 a.m. to
5:30 p.m. daily, five days a week,
and the added space will allow for
full day care for 24 children aged
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Minor accidents
investigated
BY SUSAN OXFORD
Seaforth police report a quiT t and
routine week, although there were
minor car accidents to investigate.
Three car accidents resulted in
property damage and charges being
laid in one.
November 12 a minor car ac-
cident occurred on East William
Street when a student driver lost
control of a car in sheer ice con-
ditions. The 16 -years -old student
was practising emergency stops.
There was property damage and no
charges were laid.
Another minor accident occurred
November 13 in a laneway at the
rear of 14 Main Street South when
a vehicle pulled out in front of
another vehicle causing property
damage to the vehicles. No charges
were laid.
Police investigated an early mor-
ning assault complaint at the Con
mercial Hotel parking lot on
November 17 at 1:15 a.m..
A car accident resulted in proper
ty damage and a charge being (aurid
November 16 a pooled truck was
partially Mocking a driveway on
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are interested in relocating out of
major cities. Alf Ross had asked
council to consider a no cost option
on the northerly 5.4 acres of in-
dustrial land for a price it es-
tablishediomavil• lead sat the, price
of the parcel at $8,000 plus the cost
of extending the services to the
property line in the amount of
$37,000. Mr. Ross said he would be
interested in obtaining the option for
a sale price of $8,000 for one year.
The sale would be based on the
developer being responsible for
extending the services to the outside
property line.
Mr. Ross also suggested that to
make the property more marketable
it should be staked with large orange
stakes at the four corners, further
dumping of fill should cease and the
proposed leaf composting operation
should be kept in the southerly
portion of the property.
The Town has also been asked to
provide a final rough grade of the
property to ensure a developer
would not be required to place large
amounts of fill on the property.
Council agreed with the no cost
option,. under the following con-
ditions:
-• council shall have full authority to
approve or disapprove of the in-
dustry,
• the term of the option shall be one
year from the date of signing,
• a full development agreement,
acceptable for Seaforth Council,
must be approved by Seaforth Coun-
cil prior to the sale, and shall
include among other things, the
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Seaforth to recycle
BY HEATHER ROBINET
The Town of Seaforth has finally decided to join the recycling effort
just in time for Recycling Week '90.
At its regular meeting last week, council voted in favor of accepting
a recommendation from its Recycling Committee, that the Town of
Seaforth undertake a rmycling program with Bluewater Recycling. That
means the blue boxes should be coining soon.
Under pressure from the Mid -Huron Landfill Site Committee in
Holmesville to cut down on the amount of refuse being trucked to the
sitcom well as from a number of environmentally conscious Seaforth
residents, the Town of Seaforth has been`debating about recycling for
Some time. More recently its dilemna has been deciding between
curbside, local and/or Bluewater recycling.
According to Seaforth Councillor Bill Teall, the Recycling Committee
felt Bluewater would best serve Seaforth': interests. In comparison, he
said, a local contracinr would be more limited in the things he could
collect, would be unable to provide grant money for implementation of
the program, and would be unable to guaranteed continued service if he
should change jobs, get in, or decide 10 move from the area.
In addition to the blur hexes, Bluewater Recycling also often blue
ttchels for id u r l lrrq, as well as tw►o elf composlera, Tile
shale bcoctts wooled be s' a x I:+ the for approxima y $:30/ho aaelroid. The
soil over would cost $ S$ and the exon. $fes, and would be 50 per cent
grantable. Total Dort of implementing the program is Seaforth is
expected to be wound $30.
We've been trying to come to grips with the kind of' funding the
town would want to do." said Mr. Teall "With the composter and cone
our the town would be able to recoup some money."
lurcher details on how the recycling program will be implemented in
Seaforth are not yet available.
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