The Citizen, 2006-12-07, Page 26Welcome to the table
The inaugural meeting of Morris-Turnberry council was held on Monday. Back row, from left:
Bill Thompson (Turnberry), Paul Gowing (Morris), Mark Beaven (Morris), Lynn Hoy
(Turnberry), Edna McLellan (Morris). Front: clerk-administrator Nancy Michie, mayor Dorothy
Kelly (Morris) deputy-mayor Bill Nelemans (Turnberry). (Keith Routston photo)
Reducing council costs
goal of M-T mayor
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`Lamb can
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apparently been experiencing? One
of Robin Mark's songs inspired us
to sing along, celebrating that the
God-become-Man 'Lamb' in the
manger at Bethlehem, by love,
servanthood, forgiveness, and grace,
can still today heal our hurts and
bring God's peace and wholeness in
our fragmented, frustrated world...
"You're the Lion of Judah, The
Lamb that was slain,
You ascended to heaven And ever
more will reign; / At the end of the
age When the earth You reclaim, /
You will gather the nations before
You. / And the eyes of all men Will
be fixed on the Lamb Who was
crucified, / For with wisdom and
mercy and justice You'll reign at
Your Father's side..,"
The Lamb can still make a
difference today: in our line-ups, in
our longings, in our suspicion that
there's got to be more to life. When
we feel the 'stab' of life's pain, the
Crucified One understands because
He's been born as one of us. His
resurrection power can reclaim
what's lost, and give us new strength
to love and be patient and show
mercy in the toughest
circumstances.
Back to the store. When we
finally did finish paying for our
purchases and were about to head
out to the parking lot, I turned
around to our new acquaintance in
the toque and said I hoped his
grandson was feeling better soon.
He looked at me, smiled, and with
genuine warmth in his eyes said,
"Merry Christmas!"
"...You have shattered the yoke
that burdens them, the bar across
their shoulders, the rod of their
oppressor...For to us a Child is
born..." — Isaiah 9:4,6
By Keith Roulston
The Citizen
Dorothy Kelly, mayor of Morris-
Turnberry, says one of her goals for
2007 is to reduce the cost of council
expenses.
Speaking at the inaugural
meeting of council, Monday, Kelly
said she hoped to see a cap of $2,200
put on the conference expenses of
councillors but said that while that
would likely involve - attending just
one conference, it a councillor could
work in two at that price that was
permissible.
But while she urged reducing
councillor expenses, she defended
the payments to councillors against a
charge made at an all-candidates
meeting that she was paid more than
any other mayor in .the county, and
she presented figures to show it
wasn't true.
The problem, said Jim Nelemens,
deputy-mayor, is that Morris-
Turnberry is regularly compared to
Howiek and Huron East which have.
among the lowest payments in the
county for councillors. The mayor's
honorarium, which includes
attending two council meetings a
month, has been $10,053, with a cost
of living adjustment coming at the
end of the year. The deputy-mayor
receives $7,396 while councillors
receive $6,299. By comparison,
Report cards went home with all
Grey Central Public School students
on Monday, Nov. 27.
The school band put on a
performance during the Santa Claus
Parade in Brussels. This is the first
full year of the band and their first
parade.
This would not have been possible
without the leadership of Mr.
Bartlett who arrives early to school
two days a week and stays late one
day in order to give these students
Huron.East pays $7,500, $6,500 and
$5,500 while Howick pays $6,473,
$5,527 and $5,498.
When a new councillor, Mark
Beaven, said the total cost of council
payments, including committee
meetings, seems "on the high side",
councillor Bill Thompson explained
that since Morris-Turnberzy has no
arenas of its own but pays to support
four- of them, there are council
representatives on four different
arerta boards, requiring more
meetings.
Nelemans was chosen early in the
meeting at the deputy mayor. A vote
of council had resulted in a tie
between 'him and Thompson. Lots
were drawn and Nelemans won.
Two public meetings to consider
zoning changes for properties in
Turnberry Ward were held with no
public objections lodged. A zoning
change to allow Borrman's Garage
to expand its office was approved
subject to the applicant paving the
entrance off the county road to
county standards.
A zoning change to a property in
Lower Town, Wingham was
approved which will allow for an
addition to a house that is located
within the 120-metre buffer zone
about a provincially significant
wetland. The change will enlarge the
area of the wetlanddesignation.
CouncillorS also suggested the
the practice time needed. The
evening practice is to enable last
year's graduating members to
participate in a band, which is not
available to them in Listowel.
Parent volunteers and students
helped decorate the float.
A group of Grade 1 students in
Mrs. Hemingway's class make use
of the primary Reading Acceleration
Program (RAP). Trained volunteers
assist this group of young readers
every day for 20 minutes per
landowner might want to clean up
the property following calls from
neighbours for the municipality to
hold up approval until the property
was better kept.
That tied in with a discussion by
councillors earlier in the meeting
about hiring a property standards
enforcement officer.
Council will ask Lorna'
VanderPloeg of Listowel,
enforcement officer with Huron
East, to make a presentation to
council. She came highly
recommended by Beavan, a former
Huron East councillor, who said she
was very professional in doing the
job.
The Morris-Turnberry property
standards bylaw currently reads that
it takes a written complaint to
initiate an investigation of a property
for not meeting the standards. Some
councillors pointed out that
sometimes neighbours don't want to
go on record for making a
complaint. Councillor Edna
McLellan said the written complaint
clause had been added when there
were too many frivolous complaints.
Council will discuss whether to
change the bylaw after meeting with
VanderPloeg.
Because of the New Year holiday,
councillor agreed to change the
meeting dates for Janiory to Jan. 9
and 23.
student. Anyone who would enjoy
working one-on-one with these
children should contact the school.
Mrs. Flood's students are
preparing for their role as the cane-
o-gram crew. A specially designed
Christmas card and flavoured candy
cane can be purchased fol50 cents
and sent to anyone else at the
school. Money raised from cane-o-
gram sales will go toward reading
materials for the alternative learning
class.
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Grey Central school band
performs in Brussels parade