The Citizen, 2009-10-01, Page 25THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009. PAGE 25. North Huron tires must go to Reid Road site
North Huron council at its Sept. 21
meeting approved a quote for work
on Sunward Street in Blyth.
The estimated cost is $11,845. The
money will be taken from a budget
surplus of $80,000 from Westfield
Road.
***
Clerk-administrator Kriss Snell
and fire chief John Black have been
authorized to prepare a request for
proposal for a design built process
for the Blyth firehall.
***
Director of public works Ralph
Campbell has been authorized to
purchase four years of extended
warranty for the power-train and
hydraulics on the John Deere loader
at the quoted price of $4,620, plus
taxes.
***
Council supported a resolution
from the Town of Tecumseh
advising the province of concerns
over the harmonized tax. They ask
that the tax not include any items,
goods or services that are currently
subject to only one of the taxes, so
no new tax is created.
***
Permission was granted to the
Girls Guides of Canada to hold a
campfire in Riverside Park as part of
the 100th birthday celebrations in
2010.
No activities will contravene the
11p.m. curfew.
***
John McClinchey has retired as
roads operator, effective Nov. 7. The
resignation was accepted with
regrets by council.
***
Council approved a request for the
placement of a “Please Avoid Engine
Brakes” sign just west of Wingham
on Amberley Road.
***
Council authorized payment of the
bills and accounts in the amount of
$941,208.26.
Payment was also approved for the
water accounts in the amount of
$106,972.59 and the sewer accounts
totalling $44,745.45.
The popularity of the tirerecycling program had North Huroncouncil taking another look at thingsduring the Sept. 21 meeting.
A ratepayer, David Webster, was
in attendance to express his
frustration over being turned away
from the East Wawanosh landfill.
Clerk-administrator Kriss Snellexplained that to register in theprogram as a recipient the townshipcould only have one site as a drop-off point and the Reid Road landfill,near Wingham was chosen.However, Snell said, they thought
initially that they could just transfer
the tires brought to East Wawanosh
to the Reid Road site.
“But we never expected to get as
many as we did,” he said, “so therehas been a change since the initialadvertisement came out.”Snell said they had decided to puta maximum limit on the number oftires that could go to EastWawanosh. “We are only getting 80
cents a tire (from the province) so
we can’t afford to handle the tires
too many times.”
Snell continued, “I certainly need
to apologize to people like Mr.Webster. We just weren’t prepared tohandle that many tires.”Councillor Alma Conn, however,questioned why they were handlingany. “Why four tires? Why not justone site. It’s double handling and
that’s ridiculous.”
Conn noted that as people no
longer had to pay a tipping fee to
drop off tires, travelling to a further
landfill shouldn’t be a problem. “That’s certainly an option forcouncil,” said Snell. “We were justtrying to make it convenient.”“It’s still a good deal,” said Conn. Councillor Archie MacGowanagreed. “It shouldn’t be costing the
municipality a thing.
A motion that all tires be taken to
the Reid Road landfill was made and
carried.
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Morris-Turnberry councillors will
seek talk to try to resolve a noise
issue rather than implement a bylaw
that might have more far-reaching
implications for residents across the
municipality.
Mary Baltessen attended the
Sept. 15 meeting of council
to complain about noise from a
nearby heavy machinery operator
that continued into the night and
on Sundays.
She brought a recording of the
noise level taken inside her house
when the machinery was operating,
saying it was difficult to even carry
on normal conversation when the
equipment is operating.
For councillors, the issue went
wider, including whether a proposed
noise bylaw should go ahead.
Deputy-mayor Jim Nelemans
worried that a bylaw that would
solve Mrs. Baltessen’s problem
could affect many other businesses
including feed mills and grain dryers
that may need to run 24 hours a day,
seven days a week and even farmers’
combines.
Councillors shared his caution
about passing a bylaw to restrict
noise.
“I’d prefer not to pass a bylaw if
we can get anywhere otherwise,”
said mayor Dorothy Kelly,
suggesting the first step should be to
talk to Mrs. Batlessen’s neighbour to
see if the situation can be voluntarily
resolved.
In the long run, there’s a bigger
issue involved, said Nelemans.
“This is why we have to work on
zoning to keep commercial (uses)
separate from residential,” he
said.
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