Huron Expositor, 2006-10-25, Page 9News
Huron East decides
to leave compost site
at Harpurhey location
While acknowledging that a sec-
ond 2005 fire at Seaforth's compost
facility occurred a week after a con-
trolled burn there by municipal
staff, Huron East council voted to
allow the compost site to remain at
the Harpurhey location near the
Seaforth lagoon after an 8-3 record-
ed vote on Oct. 17.
Huron East council decided in
August, 2005 to move the Seaforth-
area ooinpost facility from
Harpurhey to the Tuckersmith grav-
el pit on Roman Road after a peti-
tion of 50 Harpurhey residents fol-
lowing the fires.
But, council revisited the issue
after it began receiving a number of .
letters from disgruntled Seaforth
residents not wanting to drive the
extra three miles to the new loca-
tion.
Council tabled a motion to allow
the compost site to remain in
Harpurhey in August when Grey
Coun. Alvin McLellan asked if
Huron East's insurance company
will still cover the municipality if
the compost facility remains where
it is.
Clerk -Administrator Jack
McLachlan shared a letter from the
insurance company at council's Oct.
17 meeting, which said the claims
manager recommends moving the
compost site "as long as it is done
safely and a safe, new location is
chosen."
"He (the claims manager) con-
firmed that the claim was denied to
the third party on the basis that the
municipality did not start the fire
and the residents around it knew it
was burning but never notified the
fire department. Therefore, there
was no liability on the municipali-
ty's part," said the letter from
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Canada
Inc.
The letter also said moving the
compost is not a condition of the
current insurance program.
"They're non -committal," said
McLachlan, of the insurance compa-
ny's response.
Seaforth Coun. Joe Steffler argued
to allow the compost site to remain
in Harpurhey.
"In the rural areas, you can have a
burn barrel and in town, you can't,"
he said, adding that Seaforth resi-
dents will end up putting their yard
waste on the boulevard for the town
to pick up if the compost site is
moved.
Council also received a few more
letters in support of keeping the
compost facility where it is, includ-
ing letters from Ray and Adrienne
Hutchinson, Ron and Pauline
Bennett, Murray and Olga Smith
and Catherine Hak.
Seaforth Coun. Lou Maloney sug-
gested putting up a sign that says,
"Absolutely no burning."
Deputy -Mayor Bernie MacLellan
agreed that the site remain in
Harpurhey but added, "If there is
another incident, we up and move
it."
Tuckersmith Coun. Larry
McGrath argued that council is
changing its mind on the issue
because of a dozen ratepayers.
"It's like a dozen residents in
Seaforth write in and ask for a 30
per cent tax reduction - that's what
.we're doing." he said.
"You can't make it safe. I don't
care who you are," he added.
MacLellan responded that there
have been other issues where coun-
cil has changed its mind.
McGrath also argued that there
would be more input against the
decision to leave the compost site in
Harpurhey if residents weren't
under the impression it was going to
be moved.
"What happens when people on
that corner write us after we pass
that (motion to leave the site in
Harpurhey). Now you've got 12 (for)
and 12 (against). What are you
going to do?" he asked.
"It's all of the people in Seaforth,
not just a few of them," responded
Maloney of the support he believes
council has to keep the compost
facility in Harpurhey.
Voting in favour of leaving the
compost site in Harpurhey were
Mayor Joe Seili, Deputy -Mayor
Bernie MacLellan, Brussels Coun.
Frank Stretton, McKillop Coun.
Ferg Kelly, Seaforth Coun. Joe
Steffler, Tuckersmith Coun. Bill
DeJong, Seaforth Coun. Lou
Maloney and Brussels Coun. David
Blaney.
Voting against were Tuckersmith
Coun. Larry McGrath, McKillop
Coun. Sharon McClure and Grey
Coun. Alvin McLellan. Grey Coun.
Mark Beaven was absent.
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The Huron Expositor • October 25, 2006 Page 9
Abandoning CAIS won't
help farmers, says OFA
While its flaws were duly. noted,
OFA vice president Geri_ Kamenz
told its Huron County members
Thursday that abaidoning the
CAIS program would not help
solve the farm income crisis.
"We've got some safety nets that
work, others don't," he said, point-
ing out that under the CAIS pro-
gram farmers who have succes-
sive crop failures are punished.
Kamenz, who has been touring
the province speaking at regional
meetings, was the keynote speaker
at the HCFA's annual meeting,
held at the Seaforth Agriplex
building.
Kamenz noted that the CAIS
program does work for certain sec-
tors and it's not realistic to think
there is one program that will
work for every sector.
"There's not a bureaucrat who
can create the one program that
will take care of all _ sectors.
There's over 200 commodities.
Who would have thought there
would be one solution for. them
all."
"What works, works. What
doesn't, let's fix it, or create some-
thing new," he added.
Kamenz also told those in atten-
dance that a complete change in
the mindset of Canadians is need-
ed.
"Agriculture is this country is in
big trouble. Canadians feel it's
their right to go to the store and
buy cheap food. Other countries
realize there's a cost association
with it," Kamenz said.
He added that the last three
years have been the worst for net
farm income in Canadian history,
while they have been the best in
U.S. history.
"(That's) because the American
government realizes there's a
price to pay (for food)," he added.
Kamenz added that each branch
of the OFA should make it a goal
that the farm income crisis is a
top priority come election time.
"Make it a municipal election
issue, because they have a great
bearing at the provincial level and
they have a bearing on the federal
government," he said.
"As an organization, or individu-
als working as a collective, tell
them this needs to be the funda-
mental issue come election time,.
because you cannot sustainably
produce food at this rate."
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