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Smith resigns Central Huron Council seat
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
On Monday night, Central Huron
Council officially accepted the
resignation of West Ward Councillor
Genny Smith and will soon be
seeking a replacement.
Central Huron staff officially
received Smith's resignation by way
of e-mail the evening of Feb. 28, but
the resignation became official the
following morning.
Clerk Brenda MacIsaac instructed
council that there are three options
in regards to filling Smith's seat.
The first is to simply appoint
someone from the community
(should they accept). The second
would be to invite nominations from
the public, then council would
interview the candidates and choose
a new councillor and the third is a
by-election.
Several councillors, including
Burk Metzger and Dan Colquhoun
Just in time
With the warm weather that swept through the area this
week, North Woods Elementary School students were
lucky to have gotten in their outdoor snow activity day last
week before the snow all melted. The day included
snowshoeing, special snacks and hot drinks and lots of
sledding, as demonstrated by Rylea McDonald -Inglis.
(Denny Scott photo)
Stolen Brussels truck
results in police chase
Huron County Ontario Provincial
Police (OPP) has charged a 29 -year-
old female from Kitchener with
several criminal charges following
an early morning chase that started
in Brussels this past weekend.
Just before 4:30 a.m. on March 5 a
Sports Park Drive resident was
awakened to the sound of his truck
engine running in the driveway.
Police say the man looked out the
window and watched as the thief
took off in his truck, a Dodge Ram
pickup. The owner immediately
took after the thief following in a
second vehicle, called police and
continued to follow the vehicle.
Huron County OPP officers
located the stolen truck in Seaforth
at the intersection of Centennial
Drive and Alexander Street.
The driver of the stolen pickup
then entered onto Silver Creek
Crescent, a dead end cul-de-sac. At
this point the driver of the pickup
drove across a residential lawn and
rammed the pickup truck directly
into the passenger side of the OPP
Chevrolet Tahoe. A second police
vehicle immediately positioned in
behind the pickup truck preventing it
from reversing. The driver
was then immediately taken
into police custody.
The police officer was not injured
in the collision, however the police
vehicle sustained heavy damage.
Upon identifying the female driver
officers determined she had
outstanding warrants from Waterloo
Regional Police Service and she was
currently serving a probation
sentence. Upon searching the stolen
vehicle officers located two stolen
wallets that contained identification
and securities which had been stolen
from an unlocked vehicle that was
parked on Flora Street in Brussels.
As a result of the police
investigation, the 29 -year-old has
been charged with the following 12
offences:
• Theft of Motor Vehicle
• Dangerous Operation of a Motor
Vehicle
• Fail to Comply with Probation
Order (5) Counts
• Mischief Over $5,000
• Assault a Peace Officer with a
Weapon
• Possession of Stolen Property
Under $5,000 (3) Counts
The accused remained in custody
ahead of a March 8 video
appearance at the Ontario Court of
Justice.
said they were uncomfortable with
choosing the new councillor when it
should be the public that votes, but
found a by-election cost -prohibitive.
In MacIsaac's report, she stated
that a by-election would cost
approximately $20,000 and would,
in terms of time, be the longest
option. Due to various deadlines, the
election wouldn't even be held until
late July or early August, after which
then the new councillor would have
to be sworn in.
Council then passed a motion
officially declaring Smith's council
seat vacant and directed MacIsaac to
proceed with the second of the three
options. She will soon advertise in
area newspapers seeking candidates
from the entire municipality, not just
the West Ward.
Once nominations are received,
the candidates will be brought into a
special council meeting where they
will be able to speak about
themselves and be interviewed by
council, who will then make the
decision of who will next fill the
seat.
Smith was first elected in the
October, 2014 election, winning a
seat in the municipality's West
Ward.
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