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West Lincoln MURS plan offside: Bylsma By Mike Williscraft NewsNow After a 15 minutes discussion about whether or not he could ask any questions, West Lincoln Coun. Dave Bylsma voiced several concerns with the townships processes, calling some actions “serious transgressions”. The core topic of the debate dealt with the township’s plan to spend $23.6 million on a design/build multiuse recreational facility (MURS). The process has been mired in controversy, including a complete reboot of the plan in 2016. After a $14 million plan was rejected due to high cost, West Lincoln Council approved the expenditure of $23.6 million last October. What was voted on and approved by council is not the issue Bylsma has, rather he says many facets of the “Plan B” approved by council have been altered with no discussion, justification or approval by council. He also noted the “tight schedule” has magnified the issues significantly limiting

chances for questions and dissemination of information to the public. “We’re getting the bum’s rush and making costly mistakes we could be paying for for 30 years,” said Bylsma. “I’ve been looking for an opportunity to speak to something very important to our community and I’m not getting that opportunity.” Among Bylsma’s concerns were major changes in the design concept circulated to the public which included a walking track, bandshell and a greenhouse as well as mentioning a museum. “All those were in Plan A. We agreed to go with Plan B. The greenhouse was never discussed in any public forum. It was only briefly discussed in camera. Why did that go out? Who made that decision?...It was not discussed in these chambers,” said Bylsma. Several members of council questioned Bylsma for bringing up these issues at a council meeting as opposed to a sub-committee See MURS, Page 2

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Starfish Nicaragua participants, Suzy Campbell and Raylene Ross mix concrete for the floor of a shed on their latest trip. A gala fundraiser is planned for the organization this Saturday at St. Andrews Anglican Church Hall in Grimsby. See Page 3 for more details.

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Grimsby spends another $100K Grimsby’s CoGen power generator will take another $100,000 investment to conform to Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change guidelines. Council voted last week at its Jan. 16 meeting to erect a sound barrier wall on the front lawn of town

hall to screen the CoGen unit from adjacent neighbourhood. Council mandated last fall that the unit would only operate three months per year – December to February. Last fall, council approved up to $50,000 for an analysis and “silencer” to be added to

the unit in an attempt to get it to conform to the MoE guidelines. In a Jan. 3 report, public works director Bob LeRoux noted, “Unfortunately, the noise testing failed to meet the requirements and the Town’s Noise Consultant was commissioned to design

noise attenuation walls that would allow these facilities to continue to operate and meet MoE requirements.” The work will involve removing some of the existing cement work, replacing chain link fence around it and adding new entrance gates.

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meeting where more substantive discussions typically take place. Coun. Jason Trombetta chastised Bylsma for not attending a Jan. 12 Public Works meeting for which “he extended an olive branch” asking him to attend. “I don’t know where you’re getting this stuff,” said Trombetta, “Or you’re making it up.” Bylsma noted he was told by CAO Chris Carter that council would be the best place to bring his concerns forward since the consultant working on the MURS proposal stage would be on hand for an update. “It is by his (Carter’s) recommendation I am here,” said Bylsma. Saying Bylsma’s comments were “like a Hail Mary” in an attempt to hold up or halt the MURS process to which Bylsma has been opposed, Mayor Doug Joyner told the councillor it was his responsibility to understand and communicate to his constitu-

ents what council was doing. “That’s part of your mandate,” said Joyner. However, Bylsma said because there was no discussion at council about the matter, there was no opportunity to gain an understanding. To that end, he questioned the proposal which went to the public proposing a 12,500 sq ft library when 10,000 sq ft is what was approved as part of the Plan B design. While Trombetta characterized the MURS advisory committee meeting as “informal dialogue” with “nothing voted on”, Carter told council that 20,000 sq ft is what is needed for the library and that 12,500 was put in the concept plan “because we are short there” “There was a dialogue in the working group...that 12,500 is what it should be.” said Carter. Bylsma said that decision, among several others, was a “blatant transgression.” “It is a very serious charge to have an advisory committee change a motion of council.”

He noted he believes the advisory committee has acted “out of order” and has not produced any minutes to make discussions and decisions public. As well, he added that having four members of council - the mayor and four councillors in attendance – constitutes a quorum and minutes must be produced in those instances. Carter said because the mayor does not have a vote on the committee and two councillors attended just to observe the gathering did not constitute a quorum. The Ontario Municipal Act simple defines a quorum as “A majority of the members of a municipal council is necessary to form a quorum.” It does not distinguish why those elected officials may be in attendance. “I will abide by the decisions of council but why are we not abiding by what was agreed to Oct. 17?” asked Bylsma. Bylsma said Tuesday he has initiated an inquiry with the Ontario Ombudsman’s office.

Nicaragua relief program hosts event By Peter Carr-Locke For NewsNow For most of us the past five years has meant going to work, shopping for food, watching our children grow, deciding what to have for supper, planning family vacations and enjoying life’s comforts. But for a child growing up in a small community in Nicaragua, five years is a lifetime. Many children living in this second poorest country in the Americas have little hope or the opportunity to change the direction their lives will take. Like their parents and older siblings before them, they can only look forward to an existence of doing without comfort, education, basic household needs and most of all, hope. For the past five

years a small group of people have tried to make a difference in those children’s lives by offering the opportunities and the chance to realize a life beyond their expectations. This small group have not done this alone. They have been given the resources by many others who also believe in bringing hope to these children’s lives. Starfish Nicaragua, the name chosen as a focus for the group, has raised money through an annual gala evening and other events. The name is based on the story of a child finding a beach covered in starfish, dying in the sun. Realizing the enormity of the task in trying to save all of them, the child began throwing them back into the sea

one at a time making a difference to each one he saved. Like the child, Starfish Nicaragua believes in making a difference one small step at a time. The individuals in Starfish Nicaragua come from the congregation of St. Andrew’s Anglican church in Grimsby and have worked together with others to raise money for the Alejandro Vega Matus school in Masaya. This Saturday at St. Andrews the group will host a fundraiser to support their efforts. From 6:30 p.m., gourmet soups from local restaurants will be served with artisanal bread with supporters taking home a ceramic bowl courtesy of local potters. The cost is $40 per person. Call 905-945-3556 for details..

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Inaugural KIDS bird count takes flight Ten children and their parents turned out Saturday Jan. 14 to enjoy the morning learning about birds and enjoying the park area at the mouth of the Forty Creek in Grimsby. Twenty-three species of birds were observed from the hundreds of birds that were seen by the children on the count. The event focused on giving children an introduction to bird watching. Children enjoyed a presentation

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well. I understand the radio towers have been sold and I think there is 27 acres there as well no idea how many units to be built there. I think I can guess that there will be another 1,000 residences that will be occupied on top of the 700 under construction in the next 3-4 years. Somehow all of those people need to get out of that area. It will be a bottleneck and compared to the rest of Grimsby it could be the beginning of the Bentley Slum. Now, I hear Town council is excited about the GO train coming out this way, but I want

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feel obligated to invite those people to the wedding. They are more likely friends of your friends and not your close friends. · Know the guest list ceiling. Catering halls or reception rooms often can only accommodate a certain number of people. Know this number before making a final list. The limits of the space may serve as the catalyst for trimming the guest list. · Consider coworkers carefully. Think about whether you’d still be friends with your coworkers if the company dissolved tomorrow. If not, you should not feel obligated to invite them. · Have we met? If you don’t remember interacting with a person (your parent’s long lost friend from high school) or the person has never met your significant other, then they probably can be cut. If parents insist on inviting someone you barely remember, they should help defray the costs. · Cut out the kids. Even though children’s dinner costs may be lower than adults’, inviting children can significantly increase the guest list. A no-child policy at the reception can save money. · Avoid uncomfortable situations. Unless you have remained particularly close, keep former boyfriends and girlfriends off of the guest list. · Ask for an unbiased opinion. Give the editing pen to someone else if you cannot make a decision. This person may help weed out extraneous guests. Paring down a wedding guest list can be a difficult process, but couples should work together and respect each other’s concerns when creating their final list.

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Cooperation unlikely: reader Dear Editor, Excellent letter and suggestions by Mr. Roden (Jan. 19 edition). The only thing that I think he could have added was religious education. Classes could be set for those parents that want their children to receive some instruction in their religion: religious history classes for those parents who aren’t tied to any particular religion. Learning about other religions might go a long way towards the understanding and tolerance of other religions. Surely the various gods would approve. But I wonder what Mr. Roden has been smoking when he suggests cooperation between Catholics and Protes-

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Winter Safety tips during variable Capital Budget Overview: Update winter temperatures

This past Monday, staff provided Council an update on the budget process and specifically a look at the capital budget.

the coming weeks. One of the principles of long-term capital planning is to optimize the investment in existing municipal infrastructure to ensure that all assets are in a So what is the capital condition that allows them to meet intended budget? service levels and community expectations. A bal• It is those items like roads, parks, and buildings ance between growth and renewal should ensure that are “hard” infrastructure that municipalities that investments in infrastructure assets maximize must replace and build. benefits, lower risk, and provide satisfactory levels of service to the public. Why is this important? With both an aging and growing community, The Town of Lincoln is responsible for providing balancing investment choices between renewal and and maintaining capital assets and infrastructure growth is a significant challenge. As infrastructure to serve our residents and businesses. This can only ages, more maintenance and rehabilitation is occur if we are sustainable in maintaining our capital required ensureshould that infrastructure is performing Winter safety tips during variable winter temperatures flooded andtodrivers not drive through any infrastructure our financial assets over the flooded well and continuing to meet the needs of citizens. At Mother Nature hasassets been and inconsistent this year with roadway. long-term. the same time, demands arise for new infrastructure winter temperatures. With that brings increased Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority issues Town introduces Keep It Clear •during winter season freezing, thawing, and debris that can wreak havoc and water safety statements Public infrastructure is essential to all residents to support growth. throughout the year on their tochances improving safewebsite passage for residents,Facebook visitors and on storm sewers and catch basins, increase of the (www.npca.ca), and Twitter to keep businesses inThe theTown Townis ofcommitted Lincoln and critical to businessesand andmake ensuring roadways are passable for emergency response flooding in our waterways, driving municipalities and residents informed about water competitiveness of our local and regional economy. This year you will see us look at projects in the vehicles. conditions challenging. There are a number of safety safety concerns The ability to build and properly maintain following ways: tips residents should consider. Roadways This winter season,to the Townwe is can implementing the Keep It Clear notification infrastructure assets is essential ensure 1. Basic renewal projects usually your roads and Storm sewers and catch basins • The Town is committed to improving safe passage to assist with snow removal efforts by the Town. Parking on the street provide services and remain an attractive and cost parks; • Help reduce flooding by keeping basins clear of debris for residents, visitors and businesses and during winter storm can make it difficult or near impossible to effective place to live,awork 2. Preparing forare growth related projects which are such as branches, leaves, snow,and andplay. ice ensuring roadways passable for emergency plow a road. Over theissues last 9occur, yearsplease our capital expenditures funded through development charges and not • If flooding call Public Works atyear response vehicles 905-563-2799 ext. 234 during business hoursOur or the arethe dispatched in anticipation of a freeze or A Keep It Clear notification is: over year have increased and decreased. goal is • Crewson back of the levy; after-hours number at 905-641-0971 winter storm event to assist with keeping roadsthat safeare to ensureemergency we invest as necessary and maintain a level 3. And those transformational projects,  No parking on the street the storm, thefuture Town issues on the Fireofhydrants investment that is affordable. The impact on taxes • During critical for the of ourupdates community. plow activity and also of has10 a new • Help Services the area surround- from Inby place when the weather forecastsnow is predicting a minimum cm initiative called has our alsoFire ranged akeeping - 1.2% decrease in capital Keep It Clear. During storms, the Town may issue a ing fire hydrants clearofand accessible of snow and ice snowfall within the next 24 hours spending to a 0.4 % increase in spending. This year some additional items will also be on the Keep It Clear notification indicating no parking • Being able to access the hydrant quickly and safely is This year, and as of today, we are looking at recommended to ensure investment in services street to assist with efficient snow removalbasic throughout In effect for 72 hours essential during an emergency Lincoln. something in the 0.3% range, plus examining other and infrastructure as well as items that Council Waterways (lake, ponds, creeks, streams, During Keep it Clear staffditches) will be actively• Updates monitoring the progress of snow on throughout winter operations can These be found on specifithe to address our roads infrastructure At identified the year. items • It ways is difficult toclearing predict the strength of theweather icedeficit. so use operations and conditions to determine if the 72-hour Town’s website at www.lincoln.ca, Twitter or the end of the day, Council beice reviewing the bud- cally focus on the Sport, Culture and Recreation caution before walking or skating on duration can bewill shortened Facebook. • Increased rain can result in flooding, especially if get and providing direction and budget guidance in Department (Facilities, Cemeteries and Parks). 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ARC meeting tonight If you’re sitting at home on Thursday night and skimming through NewsNow’s pages, arriving at this spot just after dinner, put down the paper, put on your shoes and coat and head over to Grimsby Secondary School. Jan. 26, starting at 6 p.m. with the public input portion not scheduled to start until 8:15 p.m., the District School Board of Niagara’s Accommodation Review Committee (ARC) will be hosting its third and final installment of public meetings into the proposed closure of Niagara West’s three public high schools. The first meetings in Smithville - which drew respectable numbers - and Beamsville - which drew a tragically low attendance did not move the needle in any way shape or form. If you believe in GSS, get out and support it. It’s that simple. M.W.

Biodigester, Act I, Scene II There has been lots of hubbub in the last 10 days since it was announced the Barnum & Bailey Circus was going to fold its tent for the last time after nearly 150 years in operation. Have no fear, people, you still have West Lincoln council. And I do mean that in the nicest way, really. But I just don’t get how people who are genuinely trying can continually get things so wrong. We’re not just talking about one error that keeps occurring, but systemic, ongoing miscommunication errors or just downright horrible decision making. I am not going to relive the whole MURS (multi-use recreational site) process debacle from last year when the original $14 million proposal was rejected as too expensive, only to have a $23.6 million cost approved. That – all on its own – is a head scratcher. Fast forward through a ton of gobbledygook and you get to Monday night’s council meeting. For some reason, an update report for what is easily the largest capital investment the township will make in decades was brought right to council. This is an unusual step in any municipality, especially for a major project, but such is life in West Lincoln. Sub-Committee meetings, whether it be rec services or public works are run very different from council meetings. The meat of most debates and conversation takes place at sub-committee meetings. Consultants are there. Staff are there. Information is all in the room and elected officials can have at it. So when the MURS consultant did his thing Monday

MIKE WILLISCRAFT night in Smithville, there was a 15-minute discussion on how or if Coun. Dave Bylsma would or could get to ask come serious questions he has had with the process since the Oct. 17 meeting when council all approved the $23.6 million expenditure. I’m not even going to get into the details of his concerns, although they are serious and numerous. The news story on the front page details the conversation. But let’s start with Municipal Politics for 100, Art. What is a quorum? According to the Ontario Municipal Act: 237. (1) A majority of the members of a municipal council is necessary to form a quorum... It really does not get any simpler. Incoming are usually read the riot act on this one coming onto any council. Depending on the size of a council, a majority of members of any council in a gathering is considered a quorum. What this means is it is considered a meeting and minutes of discussion are supposed to be taken and submitted to council to approval. This is one of reasons most councils are very careful with large public events. They communicate to each other who is attending and

often stagger appearances to ensure no majority of council is on hand. Now, there is some latitude if the gathering is a photo op for a ground breaking or some such, but if you have an advisory committee meeting and four members of West Lincoln council are sitting at a table, sorry, folks, but that is a quorum all day. Minutes from those meeting should have been taken and filed. Had this happened, it would have shown, for example, where the discussion CAO Chris Carter admitted took place where it was decided to include a 12,500 sq ft library instead of the agreed-to-by-council 10,000 sq ft version. You have Coun. Jason Trombetta saying the meetings are low-key and nothing is voted on, and the CAO saying a decision was made to alter an council-approved plan at a meeting where there was a quorum, but no minutes were taken. The water is even deeper than that, but that’s enough. After Grimsby’s charade of a biodigester update at which it was purported how awesome things are going, but there was no mention of the $4.5 million budget ballooning up to $8 million or the fact it will be two years overdue by the time clean methane is getting produced, now this debacle in West Lincoln, the incredibly bizarre words of one Kellyanne Conway, a White House advisor to President Donald Trump (it hurts to type that). She used the term “alternative facts” to describe comments made regarding crowds at Trump’s inauguration. It seems Grimsby and West Lincoln officials really believe what they are purporting, it just happens to be a very different reality.

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Time to mothball CoGen unit before more tax dollars wasted: reader (Editor’s Note: The following was submitted to Grimsby Council) Dear Editor, CoGen Financing, Costs & Results History & Initial Expectations: • Initial Plan (2010) by Grimsby Energy Inc. was to purchase (for $1.1 million) two jet engine turbines/generator to provide power and heat to the New Town Hall, the Arena and the skating rink and connect to the power grid for subsidies; • It was portrayed to save substantial energy costs, receive subsidies and become net profitable in a few years; • Purchased by the Town in 2010 and held as a ‘stranded asset’ for five years on discovery that the generator voltage output was U.S. standard, not Canadian;

Letter • On Page 21 of the Town’s 2010 Financial Statement it is stated: “The Town was also charged $734,850 for the purchase of a gas turbine from subsidiary Grimsby Energy Incorporated.” • At the bottom of Page 22, note the following: “Niagara Power Incorporated paid a dividend of $734,850 to the Town in 2010.” • In effect, NPI paid a so called ‘dividend’ to the Town of the exact same amount as the Town was charged for the turbines by Grimsby Energy Inc.! • Note that NPI profit for the year was $126,583. No corporation pays out 6 times their profits as a ‘dividend’ to their shareholder. In other

words, it was a payment for the turbines that went in one pocket and out the other. • Also note that the famous ‘missing dividend’ of 2010, (recently confirmed as still missing) probably hasn’t been provided because NPI has called the $734,850 a ‘dividend’. It was a recognition of the fact that Grimsby Energy Inc. used the money that should have gone to the Town from the NPI share sale to FortisOntario, to buy the turbines in the first place. Results: • Excessive noise, provincial ministry now mandates adding noise control wall; •The extensive CO2 exhaust is now subject to Cap & Trade tax • Note: burning one ton of methane (‘natural gas’) produces 2.75 tons

of CO2. CO2 exhausts can’t be ‘absorbed’. • Not able to directly connect to the power grid and receive power generation credits • Not able to provide useful power for the Town Hall – spikey, inconsistent power output (confirmed by the electrical inspector) • Town Hall is well insulated – doesn’t need the extra heat • Special maintenance of turbines requires services of a Chicagobased engineer – approx. $7,000 each trip • Current use: only Dec.Feb. to ‘chill’ the skating rink Costs So Far: • $734,850 (What happened to additional $265,150 that the Town should have received from the FortisOntario $1.1 million cash portion of the share sale?

Those shares were owned 100% by the Town, NOT by NPI • $250,000 for the building and turbine installation • $100,000 for the new transformer • $75,000 for start up costs • $100,000 for the noise containment wall • $55,000 for 3 months fuel Total: Over $1.3 million, plus maintenance, taxes and counting Use: Chill the skating rink for 3 months This project has not met its prime stated objectives and it has been a financial fiasco. When do we stop throwing good money - funded by taxes - after bad? Didn’t we learn something from the McGuinty government gas turbine scandal? See:

business.financialpost. com/fp-comment/ontarios-power-trip-mcguintys-bigger-debacle Using noisy jet engines that are expensive to buy, maintain and fuel, to produce a small amount of unregulated power – power that can’t connect to the grid and we don’t need – has never made sense. Mayor Bentley and Grimsby aldermen: please do the right thing. Close the CoGen down before another $100,000 is blown for a wall that will have no re-sale value. Sell the assets to recoup some of the costs. Respect the Grimsby residents’ tax dollars and their rights and expectation of fiscal integrity by the Town. Sincerely, Michael Rozender

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