Lucknow Sentinel, 2009-04-15, Page 1Week 16 — Vol. 136
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recycling bins now
at Kini�ss landfill
There was a lot of dis-
cussion at the Huron -
Kinloss council
-on April 6 a t how the
nnplementatiqn of clear
bags has been gomg. It has
been a trial and error pe
od for many of the resi-
dents of Lucknow, but the
says you
can put truth in
a grave, but it
won't stay
there.
Clarence W.
Hall.
major concern was the
removal of the bms behind
the Bank ofNontreal.
The bins were put there
so people could deposit
the special items that
couldn't be recycled or put
m the garbage.
Bruce Area Solid Waste
Photo by Moe Roynord Recycling (BASWR)
recently took the bins
away because people were
abusing them. Things such
as dirty diapers and regu-
lar garbage was being put
into. the bins.
M •this moment
Lucicnow residents don't
have a place to deposit the
special items such as #2
and #4 bags and #6 -tub
containers.
14-K council discussed
this and declared some-
thing had to be done about
the. situation.
"It's terrible what's hap-
pening to the residents of
Lucknow," said councillor
Jim Hanna. "We have to
do something here, we'll
have to make BASWR
take the plastic bags."
Following the meeting',
director of public • works
Hugh Nichol, said in the
short term there will be
bins located at the Kinloss
landfill site for the plastic
bags. It will be short term
due to the fact the site
closes for the winter in
November. Decisions on
Lucknow takes Walk ofWitness...
A procession of LucknowItes toot( part in the walk of witness on Good Friday, April
10. They walked silently along Campbell Street stopping at various pokits to sing,'
pray and reflect on the story of Christ's Crucifixion.The walk started at Waterworks
Park and ended at Lucknow United Church, where Good Friday service was held.
Concerns raised about coyotes
BY DENNY SCO1T
Signal -Star Staff
• The council chamber
was filled at the most
recent meeting of
Ashfield-Colborne-
Wawanosh council as res-
idents raised concerns
about coyotes in the area
and the time period resi-
dents are allowed to kill
the animals for bounty.
Glen Baird addressed
council about the problem
of coyotes in the area and
the $50 bounty allowed
by the county for a regis-
tered kill following the
death of livestock. He
explained that by the time
a hunter receives
approval from the county
of Huron and Ministry of
Natural Resources within a• set radius (from
(MNR), the time limit
runs out on the bounty.
The timing of the situa-
tion has become problem-
atic. •
"Once a livestock has
been predated, the live-
stock evaluator goes to
the farm and fills out a
form that says; yes, it was
killed by coyotes,"
Beverly Stevenson of the
MNR explained. "The
evaluator sends that form
to the MNR and the stock
owner will have already
contacted a hunter or
trapper."
Once a stock owner has
reported a coyote attack,
all the appropriate forms
haveto filled out and the
hunter or trapper has less
than a month to hunt
five to 10 Ian) from the
• attack, kill the animal and
bring proof back to be
paid the bounty.
Coyote numbers are on
the rise in Huron County
according to Stevenson
and are being attracted to
farms where dead stock
may not have been
removed due to high costs
for disposal. Farmers who
cannot afford to have
dead animals removed,
are • dumping them in
bushes nearby, which
attracts coyotes to the
property.
Animal control officer
Bob Trick explained that
the .system works on the
completion of appropriate
forms.
Continued on page 3
what do after this are still
being discussed by the
Township of Huron -
Kinloss.
2009 budget and tax
rate •
The only thing keeping
the 2009 Huron -Kinloss
budget from passing is set-
ting the tax rate.
Option A was to deliver
a 5.9 per cent increase m
the levy which would
result in a $16 increase
based on a $200,000
The other option,
Option. B, the preferred
option of staff, was an
increase of over six per
cent that would see anoth-
er $29 on the tax bill based
on a $200,000 assessment.
The majority of Council
agreed to Option B and a
draft bylaw will be up for
a vote at the April 20
meeting.
Mayor Mitch Twolan
says this is a re -assess-
ment year and not all prop-
erties went up at the same
rate. -
Lucknow Water
Jackie Wilson of
Lucknow was back at
Huron -Kinloss council on
April 6 night to. hear what
courwil had to say about
the sewage that came into
her house on the weekend
of Dec. 29, 2008.
Wilson was appreciative
that councillors like Anne
Eadie went over every-
thing and discussed the
matter with her in an
extensive manner, but
wants Veolia, the company
in charge of the Lucknow
Water system to be
accountable for supposed-
ly not maintaining the sys-
tem properly on Dec. 29.
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