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The Citizen, 1988-04-13, Page 7THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1988. PAGE 7. Waste Management Study will take 2 years Continued from page 1 the already high cost of the contract for doing the study and wondered what the cost of undertaking the project was going to be. BillHanly, county clerk-trea­ surer said the cost would probably range in from $250,000 to $260,000 later correcting himself to say that estimate was probably low and the cost might be a maximum of $275,000. Thecounty’sshare of these costs would be 50 percent with the Ministry of the Environ­ ment picking up the other half. Robert Fisher, Zurich reeve questioned the need for the hiring of the co-ordinator. Mr. Merrall said the county could have hired the consultant to do this work but it would have cost more money. If a local person is hired to do the legwork involved in preparing the study it can save the county a lot of money. There is a tremendous amount of detailed information to be gathered and sent to the consultants, he said. The county engineer could do this work but if he did the county would likely have to hire an assistant. Tom Tomes, Reeve of Stephen, pointed out that by hiring someone outside the county staff, the county is eligible for a 50 per cent subsidy on costs, a grant that wouldn’t be available if regular staff did the job. Dave Johnston, Reeve of Bayfield also pointed out that the person to be hired would be on a contract and would not become an employee of the county. Mr. Merrall said that having one person as a co-ordinator would also mean there was one person local councils could contact when they had questions or problems. There will be a lot of time spent meeting with councillors and consultants charging by the hour, he pointed Londesboro sidewalk tenders let Tenders for the construction of sidewalks in the village of Londes­ boro were approved at the April meeting of Hullett township coun­ cil on April 5. The tender of Du-Kan Contract­ ing Ltd. of Lambeth was accepted for the sidewalk construction. The cost of the construction is $22,700. Council also accepted the tender of Radford Construction of Blyth to supply, crush and deliver 22,000 cubic yards of “A” gravel at a price of $3.20 per cubic yard. Ratepayers of Auburn were on hand for a reading of the prelimi­ nary report of the Auburn drain. Council moved to have engineer Henry Centen bring in a report for the Auburn drain to include the residentsof Goderich St. West. The drain is to include cellar drains and a five-year storm size, subject to there being a valid petition of property owners. A special public meeting to consider a zoning change was held. When council resumed its regular session a motion was passed to accept the proposed zoning appli­ cation request from Mary Ann Drostfor Part Lot 8, Concession 1, and to schedule a public meeting for May 17 at 9 p.m. Council voted toturn down an invitation from the City of Toronto to offer the township as a possible site for garbage from the city. A by-law authorizing the Reeve and Clerk to sign the operating agreement for the Blyth and District Community Centre was approved by council. The tender of Bryan Gross to cut the grass at four township cemeter- ies at a cost of $10 per hour was accepted. Council held a special meeting on March 28. Council voted to advertise for Experience ‘88 Pro­ gram supervisors in the two local papers. out. But when Mr. Merrall mention­ ed the need for the person to be involved over two years when earlier the term of one year had been mentioned. Reeve Mickle was on his feet again asking if the term was one year or two and saying it was hard to pin down just what was involved in the project. He said he recognized the need to do something about the waste problem but was worried about the escalating costs. “We’re starting to talk a quarter million plus, plus dollars and I think we need to know what exactly we’re getting into,” he said. Mr. Merrall and Dr. Gary Davidson, county planning direc­ tor, were asked to do a quick explanation of what was involved in the project. The first stage beginning about June and continu- ingtoNovember, Mr. Merrall said, would involve collecting the data, studying the existing types of wastes, assessing the existing waste disposal facilities in the county looking at their possible capacity and looking at different potential disposal methods, among other things. A public participation process and an edu­ cation process to make people aware of the serious problems in waste management would also be involved in the first stage. A report from the first stage would go to county council and the council would have a choice of whether toproceedtoStage 2 or not. Stage 2 would look into potential waste management sites and examine potential markets for things like recycled garbage. It would look into waste management administration and what level of government should be looking after waste management. The cou nty was not going into the study with the preconception that it should be the county level of government that should admini­ ster waste disposal, he said. Part of the second stage will also include a ranking of potential sites for disposal. This will probably finish in September 1989, he said. This report will also go to the councilbefore the third stage is undertaken. This stage will include informing the county of what is being done in the formation of the Master Plan and how it is being done. It will recommend what to do in what order and look at the alternatives in order of preference. The end of the .'stage will result in the Master Plan which will go to the county council and the Ministry of the Environ­ ment and be presented at public meetings. Dr. Davidson pointed out that all through the program there will be public participation as well as input from municipal councils and groups such as the Federation of Agriculture. He also pointed out there is a cost control in the program since the county can call off the study at the end of any of the stages. The entire study should take 24 - 26 months Dr. Davidson said. The contract for the public participation co-ordina­ tor will be renewed yearly and the co-ordinator will likely be required for two years at a cost of $23,000 to $25,000 a year. 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