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Christmas horses - John and Margaret Northcote brought their team of percheron horses, Linda and Roda, from Arthur for the Alma Santa Claus Parade on Dec. 18. Additional photos on pages 2, 4 and 7. Photo by Jaime Myslik
Council re-appoints meeting investigator By Patrick Raftis MAPLETON - Council here has re-appointed John Maddox of JGM consulting as the municipality’s closed meeting investigator. The appointment was made over the objections of some council members who felt the township should consider obtaining the service through the Ontario Ombudsman’s Office. On Dec. 13 council approved the reappointment for a two-year term commencing Jan. 1. In a staff report, CAO
Brad McRoberts provided council with three options for dealing with potential investigations. Option one was not to appoint a closed meeting investigator and allow the ombudsman to assume the role by default. “There is no cost to the municipality for these services. Township staff have had no experience in closed meeting investigations with the Office of the Ombudsman,� the report notes. Option 2 was to appoint LAS (Local Authority Services), which has entered
into service agreements with some municipalities across the province. “The current cost includes an annual retainer of approximately $700, which the township would have to pay, plus the cost of an investigation at $225 per hour,� The third option was to support the County of Wellington appointment of Maddox, a former municipal CAO and regional director with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Maddox is currently the investigator for the
Township of Mapleton and Wellington County, as well as all but one of the other Wellington municipalities. “The closed meeting investigator position functions as an independent contractor,â€? the report explains. “An annual retainer of $300 for each member municipality will be paid by the county in January of each year (the county also pays a $1,000 retainer). The hourly fee of $100 with reasonable, receipted expenses being reimbursed, and the respective municipal mileage rate SEE INVESTIGATOR Âť 8
MAPLETON – Clearly defining what constitutes an accessory structure has becoming a sticking point in the township’s deliberations on a proposed development charge for farm construction. Mapleton’s current development charges bylaw includes a 100 per cent exemption for buildings constructed for “a bona fide farm use.� A proposal presented at a public meeting on Oct. 11 would see the exemption reduced to 75%. That would mean someone building a new barn, for example, would pay 25% of the non-residential rate of $2.65 per square foot of gross floor area, which works out to 66 cents/ft2. The proposal has drawn opposition from the Wellington Federation of Agriculture (WFA) and area farmers. Under the proposal, structures defined as “accessory� to the farming operation would continue to be exempt from development charges. At the Dec. 13 council meeting, CAO Brad McRoberts asked council to provide staff with “direction and clarity� on the definition of accessory use for bona fide farm use. “Staff wish to have the definitions clear without the need for interpretation,� McRoberts explained in a report to council. “In defining accessory
use for bona fide farm use council may wish to ensure that any definition of accessory use for bona fide farm use does not make development charges biased to a particular sector of agricultural farming operations.â€? The report continues, “For example, if development charges on bona fide farm operations were only applicable to structures which house livestock, then the development charges would be applicable to livestock operations and not to cash crop operations. “On a principle basis, the use of development charges is intended to be growth and expanding farm operations, including cash crop operations, are considered to have growth-related impacts. “Excluding cash crop operations would unfavourably place the onus on livestock operations and exclude growth related to cash crop operations. On the other hand, there are certain structures which council could consider accessory such as manure pits/tanks, silos, granaries, generator rooms, etc.â€? Councillor Lori Woodham said arriving at an acceptable definition for accessory structure might prove impossible. She suggested council should not implement the new charges at this time. “I think there’s a easy solution. Let’s just defer it SEE ACCESSORY Âť 7
New maintenance garage completed late, but project is on budget By Patrick Raftis MAPLETON - It’s taken three years but the Mapleton Public Works department is back “home� for Christmas. Earlier this month, department operations were moved into the new township maintenance facility built to replace the previous works shop that was destroyed by fire in December 2013. The township gained occupancy of the new shop on Nov. 7 and over the last few weeks staff have been setting up and moving equipment, supplies and tools.
“We are fully operational as of a couple of weeks ago,â€? stated CAO Brad McRoberts in a Dec. 15 email. Mayor Neil Driscoll said staff and township officials are pleased with how it’s working out. “So far I’m hearing the guys are really happy ... it’s really bright in there and it’s a nice working space,â€? said Driscoll. “I’m really impressed with how it turned out ‌ they really met our needs. It had its little bumps along the way, but now that its finished Chamberlain (construc-
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tion managers Chamberlain Construction Services) I think did a very good job.� The eight-bay garage, which is linked to the Mapleton administration building on Sideroad 16 by a corridor containing a meeting room, additional office space and other facilities, also replaces the Moorefield maintenance facility, which is now closed. Though an earlier completion target in August was missed, Driscoll told the Community News in a telephone interview on Dec. 15 that delays were due to
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minor issues and the project remains on budget. “We’re within our budget for sure,â€? said Driscoll. “There was just some small stuff ‌ where the shop connected to the office there were some things that our (chief building official) wasn’t happy with as far as how the electrical came through the building for fire protection.â€? Driscoll added one of the fire protection tanks wasn’t holding water properly, “so they have that fixed now too.â€? McRoberts said he is
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accounting report will be presented to council in the near future. Facilities in the building include a truck wash area, which will be shared with the Wellington County roads department. The county is expected to begin construction on a new maintenance facility of its own on the same site in the spring. The new facility will replace the county’s current Drayton roads department garage. Driscoll said an official public opening of the building will be held sometime in the spring.
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Police identify man killed in fire PALMERSTON - Police have identified the man found dead inside a house fire here on Dec. 12 as David Hershey. Emergency crews responded to the fire at Hershey’s home on Victoria Street in Palmerston on Dec. 12 at about 2:44pm. “While [firefighters] battled the blaze and searched the residence, the body of a deceased person was locat-
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LISTOWEL 4 Listowel scored late in the first off a scramble at the net. Ray Jantzi scored, assisted by Phil and Josh Shantz. Missionary tied the game but Listowel regained the lead in the final seconds of the period. Brady Franklin scored for Missionary, assisted by Dustin Bults. Josh Shantz scored for Listowel, assisted by Andrew Jantzi. In the second, Brad Gartz and Curtis Wagler scored unassisted goals for Listowel. Devin McGuire and Curtis Bults scored for Missionary, assisted by Javon Martin and Matt Burnett. Missionary scored two quick goals early in the third to take the lead. Brady Franklin and Nathan Rhame scored, assisted by Curtis Bults, Matt Burnett and Dustin Bults. Missionary added two late goals by Curtis Bults and Devin McGuire, with assists to Rhame and Burnett. FLORADALE 7 BETHEL 0 Floradale controlled this game securing a win to stay tied for first. Andrew Martin and Clinton Deckert scored unassisted in the first. Floradale added to their lead early in the third. Cory Wideman intercepted a clearing attempt and
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Last stop - Santa Claus made Alma his last stop in Wellington County before a busy Christmas Eve. On Dec. 18 Santa along with other festive floats, heavy machinery, horses and participants marched through the main street of Alma during the Optimists’ annual Santa Claus parade.
Proud part of Mapleton As 2016 comes to a close, the staff at the Community News would like to thank the Mapleton community for allowing the paper to be a part of day-to-day life in the township. It has been an extremely busy year across the municipality, which has been evident in the pages of the newspaper each week. On our pages we have chronicled the loss of valued community members and numerous devastating barn fires. However, there have been many events that have given residents an opportunity to celebrate: the completion of a skate park in Drayton, a youngster’s successful battle with disease, the exploits of local youth excelling in sports and academia, small businesses competing on national and international levels, seniors programming, service clubs fundraising, theatre and musical performances and the successes of the everexpanding agricultural community. The Community News appreciates the regular contributors to our various columns and features. Your input and expertise are a valuable asset to the newspaper and the community itself. To all our advertisers, we wouldn’t have a paper without your constant support. To our readers, thank you for your letters to the editor, submitted photos and articles and news tips. We are looking forward to sharing the news with all of you again in 2017.
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Letters to the Editor Hope, love, tractors Dear Editor: Santa Claus and the OPP aren’t generally referenced in the same sentence. However one of the reasons our Alma Santa Claus parade was a wonderful success was the safety procedures provided by the local police at Santa’s last stop before Christmas. The children were delighted to see the officers in their cruisers in a community setting. The area churches, businesses, children’s clubs and other groups pulled with tractors and horse-drawn carrigages provided carols, hope and joy. Our township officials and equipment operators with their amazing graders and plows always jump start a sand box imagination. Thank you for the many gifts of the season by being in our parade. Jacobus de Bock, Santa Claus parade chair, Alma
Bundled up - The Girl Guides of Canada braved the cold day to take part in the Alma Santa Claus Parade.
Mooefield Christmas Tree Dear Editor: I would like to say thank you to those involved with the lighting of the Christmas tree in Moorefield. Special thanks to the Moorefield firefighters for putting them up. When we made Moorefield our home in the late ‘80s we were told of a tradition the community and thought it was special. With the help of Lyle Madill and Cliff Campbell in 1991 the Christmas tree was planted so that the children of Moorefield and community could carry on this traditon from the past. They would make the decorations and decorate the tree on a night set aside for them with hot chocolate and cookies. It would be nice to see this tradition begin again and see the children of Moorefield and community enjoy the tree. Meryle Baird Moorefield
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Angelic voices - The choir from Maranatha Conservative Mennonite School in Drayton sang hymns for seniors at the December congregate dinner hosted by the local Seniors’ Centre for Excellence. The choir is under direction of teacher Jaydon Plett. After performing, choir members mingled with the seniors. Photo by Caroline Sealey
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Special treat - One of Santa’s many stops this year was the annual Breakfast with Santa event hosted by the Belwood Lions Club on Dec. 10 at the Belwood Hall. Not only did attendees get to eat a pancake breakfast but children got the chance to meet the big guy himself. Mackenzie Rooyakkers of Moorefield was very excited to meet Santa with mom, Sarah. Photo by Olivia Rutt
Christmas bird count helps feathered friends Throughout the holiday season, many Ontarians enjoy one decadent feast after another. Why not burn off those newly-acquired calories by helping our feathered friends? The Christmas Bird Count, initiated by American ornithologist Frank Chapman in 1900, is a oneday bird census conducted by volunteers. Counts are organized locally by birding and nature clubs. They are free and open to people of all ages and skill levels. This year’s counts will run until Jan. 5, 2017. Visit the Bird Studies Canada (http://bsc-eoc.org/volunteer/cbc) and Ontario Nature (http://ontarionature.org/ cbc) websites to find a count near you. Many of Ontario Nature’s member groups are coordinating counts across the province this season. Always fun and sometimes chilly, each volunteer
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By Rev Calvin Brown Knox Presbyterian Church in Palmerston has a new minister. The people are very excited. After a year of a vacancy they now have a permanent minister and are looking forward to moving ahead once more. Rev. Nick is from Romania and has an amazing story of God’s leading him across Europe to Canada. Nick knows and preaches of the faithfulness of God in this journey but
his personal story is only a small part of the BIG story – the Gospel story - that begins for us at Christmas time and which is the centre of the story Nick shares each week. It is Nick’s job and the task of all ministers to reveal to the congregations how the words of the Bible are to be lived out in our time and place. Every church has the task to be people committed to bring in the kingdom of God – the kingdom of love and peace – and the preacher has the job of encouraging,
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instructing, and unwrapping what God desires his people to be doing. It is not just a matter of revealing his own thinking on what should be done but it is to prayerfully seek the word from the Lord as he wrestles with the holy scriptures. St Paul says this is the very purpose of the bible. “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,” (2 Timothy 3:16) Having Spirit-led and Scripture-taught pastors and preachers is the gift God uses to lead his people. Paul explains this to the early church as well saying: “How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe
in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?” (Romans 10:14) The true minister is one who leads people to God not one who preaches to be popular. The bible says the people have itching ears – that means all of us like to hear what is comfortable and easy but sometimes the word of the Lord is difficult and if we want to hear the truth that will set us free we must be prepared not only to hear the words of blessing from God but the words of correction and the words of challenge. It takes a real man of God to be able to do that. It requires discernment, and wisdom and courage. These are gifts to the preacher so
the preacher will be a gift from God. These are the gifts the church who called Nick to come to be their pastor have discerned in him and these are the gifts they continue to pray God will endow him with. Nick has a lot of gifts and talents and I’m sure he’d love to meet you any Sunday at Knox or just for a chat if you give him a call. Nick will want to listen to your story and then he will speak words to bring you closer to God and make clearer the path to blessing from God. Nick is also a well-trained wrestler but that’s a different story! For now we are thankful for the gift of pastors everywhere who God uses to bring us close to him
- that is part of the story of God coming among us at the first Christmas to become in Jesus the saviour of the world but also the great preacher in his time and place on that first Christmas and for all time afterward. Jesus saw his own calling as being that of a preacher. In Luke 4:18 Jesus says: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised. This is the truth that sets us free and enables us to become all we were meant to be.
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Accessory use definition a challenge in development charge discussions » FROM PAGE 1
and not put in a development charge. I searched everywhere to try to find a township that had a definition that would stand and it just didn’t work,” said Woodham, who suggested the proposal be put off until the next time the township is required to review its development charges bylaw. “I ask we totally defer this and keep our development charges bylaw exactly the way it is.” Councillor Dennis Craven suggested council go ahead with plans to hold a public meeting on the topic. “I think we certainly owe the citizens of this municipality an opportunity to have a public meeting, because I have heard from some people in town that it is not needed,” he stated. Councillor Michael Martin said he had also been unsuccessful in a search for a practical definition of accessory structure. “It seems to me that the issue of fairness that
surrounds this particular portion of the bylaw, in this report anyway, is that the cash crop operations are seemingly exempt ... it seems to be primarily targeting the livestock section of the agricultural community.” Martin said the township is going to have “a very, very difficult time” defining accessory as it pertains to any specific farm. “I’m not even sure I’m qualified to define it at this time because it changes from year to year.” Martin explained that on a dairy operation “everything outside the barn is accessory” but you might have another operation that’s cash cropping one year but not the next.” Martin continued, “There’s so many separating factors that for a one-time charge, I think we’re going to struggle with this. For me that’s one of the biggest issues in this. I don’t support it anyway.” Chief building official Patty Wright pointed out
part of the problem for her department is that “development charges speak to use” so the type of building being constructed doesn’t help with the definition. It doesn’t matter if a building is a Coverall or standard construction. Also, she asked, “Are you going to consider an implement shed an accessory use to a livestock operation and a primary use to a cash crop operation? I do not have an answer for that.” “Is the answer some sort of size limit to define accessory or primary?” wondered councillor Marlene Ottens. “Because if it’s just a small shed on the side of the livestock operation ... your equipment is going to be a lot smaller than if you have a huge cash crop operation that’s holding 10 implements.” Martin suggested all
drive sheds and storage areas should be considered accessory structures. “Particularly for a driving shed, I would like to see that exempt,” Martin stated. “Doesn’t that kind of defeat the whole purpose?” Ottens replied. “The whole motivation for this thought process was that this large equipment is doing harm to our roads? Where that equipment is coming from is cash crop operations that have a lot of large equipment. Where does that go? In large sheds ... so somebody that only has a tractor and a snowblower it’s just going to be an accessory to their operation, but when their operation is cash cropping they’re going to have a need for a lot of storage or a large building.” Craven said he would like more information before settling on a definition. “If you’re a cash cropper
it might be the only building you have is a driving shed. You might have 10 pieces of equipment but those 10 pieces of equipment are going to do more damage to (roads ) than the guy that’s running 300 acres and has 100 cows,” Craven stated. McRoberts reminded council the development charges are applied based on the use of a building, so attempting to limit them to “buildings of a certain size” might not be workable. “Maybe it’s premature at this point to define and determine what an accessory use is,” said McRoberts, who noted council would have the opportunity ask for input at the public meeting on Jan. 26 at 7pm at the Maryborough Community Centre. Martin pointed out “Tractors, combines, large equipment seems to be one of the talking points of people’s
support for the development charge. “If that is indeed council’s target out of all this, perhaps it should be only driving sheds that are addressed. I’m not going to support that ... I’m just throwing it out there.” Mayor Neil Driscoll said the case for farm development charges hinges largely on “what style of road and what condition of road are you willing to give your residents? “Your residents have to let you know that, and I hope they do.” A motion to accept the staff report requesting council provide direction and clarity on the definition was withdrawn. “Pending council’s decision on development charges, it’s a little premature to have it out there,” Driscoll commented.
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will apply when an investigation commences. This fee will be paid by the municipality in which the investigation is being conducted.” Mapleton staff recommend approval of Option 3, contracting the services of Maddox, “given his extensive municipal experience, which would provide a con-
sistent method of investigation throughout the county and further that the retainer would be paid by the County of Wellington.” Noting the current council had not made use of the investigator’s services during its term, councillor Michael Martin suggested council opt for the services of the Ombudsman.
“We talk about transparency a lot and I really believe that this council has made a concerted effort to try and be transparent,” he said. “We have the Office of the Ombudsman out there already that is already paid for by the taxpayer.” While noting “the flip side” is that “people who have had experience with
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING OF COUNCIL UNDER DEVELOPMENT CHARGES ACT
On January 26, 2017 the Council of the Township of Mapleton will hold a public meeting, pursuant to Section 12 of the Development Charges Act, 1997, to present and obtain public input on the Township’s proposed development charges by-law and underlying background study. All interested parties are invited to attend the Public Meeting of Council and any person who attends the meeting may make representations relating to the proposed by-law and background study. The meeting is to be held:
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that office don’t always come away with glowing recommendations,” Martin pointed out, “It’s cheap. It doesn’t cost anything to go with the Office of the Ombudsman.” Martin also noted the Ombudsman might be perceived as less biased. “The perception is, at times or can be ... to go out and hire a municipal staffer or ex-municipal staffer to investigate municipal staff can sometimes be perceived as problematic,” he said. “That sounds like a reasonable idea,” said councillor Dennis Craven. However, he suggested an investigator sent by the Ombudsman’s Office “may also be retired, or semi-retired or former municipal staff as well.” “With all due respect do you know that for sure, Dennis?” asked councillor Lori Woodham. “No. I said may,” replied Craven. Woodham said, “If it’s something that is already available for all citizens to use, why would we pay for something? But I’d like to
understand more of what the Office of the Ombudsman is.” She suggested obtaining more information before making the decision. “As far as history goes,” Mayor Neil Driscoll said, an independent investigator (former municipal CAO Norm Gamble) “was used by the previous council ... and he contacted every councillor for that information.” Driscoll said “someone from the complete outside” would require more time to get up to speed on issues. “We didn’t have to explain the whole process to him.” However, Driscoll has also been critical of Gamble’s handing of an investigation into a closed meeting of Mapleton council in April of 2013. Among the questions raised by Driscoll at the time were: - why Gamble initially sent only a written report on his investigation rather than presenting it to council; and - why other members of council, aside from the thenMayor Bruce Whale, were not interviewed during the
investigation. Councillor Marlene Ottens said having a designated investigator on retainer could be considered an act of transparency. “To me having someone ready to go is kind of the ultimate expression of transparency. It says we’re so confident in our way of conducting our closed meetings that if someone feels something needs to be investigated this person’s there, go ahead,” Ottens said. Woodham replied, “This ombudsman, he’s ready to go. If a citizen wants to call the ombudsman then they are ready to go. I find both are equal so why would we put a burden on our taxpayers?” “You cannot be put in that situation in the first place by conducting an inappropriate closed session. That would be your way of protecting your residents,” said Mayor Neil Driscoll. A resolution to contract Maddox was approved, with Driscoll, Ottens and Craven in favour and Martin and Woodham opposed.
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