Elm Hurst Trashes Walker Open House

Wednesday, 28 March 2012 07:35

An upcoming public meeting on a landfill proposal in Beachville is being shunned by the Elm Hurst. Officials at the Inn have informed Walker Environmental it does not want to host the public meeting, given the opposition to the plan in the town. So, Walker is moving the meeting to the Quality Inn in Woodstock. It's still set for Wednesday, April 4th from 2-8PM. Tonight, Ingersoll Mayor Ted Comiskey will propose a motion that County Council "not support" the landfill at its current location. Here's Comiskey's full motion to council tonight: WHEREAS there is a proposal for a landfill site in an existing limestone quarry adjacent to the Town of Ingersoll, a community of 12,000 residents; AND WHEREAS if approved, the landfill site could be the fourth largest landfill site in all of Canada and with the continual removal of limestone could have the potential to expand and become the largest landfill site in Canada; AND WHEREAS the Council for the Corporation of the Town of Ingersoll has as individuals in consensus expressed their concerns in opposition to the proposed landfill in the location within the existing limestone quarry bordering the community; AND WHEREAS it is anticipated that the Town of Ingersoll AND WHEREAS the Town is already receiving concerns of the potential for the devaluation of property, the loss of future assessment and the perception for the marketing of the Town for residential, commercial and industrial growth; AND WHEREAS due to the geology of the limestone and the ongoing quarrying activities there is the potential for seepage from the landfill contaminating the groundwater, drinking water supply and affecting the aquatic life within the Thames River watershed; AND WHEREAS decisions made today will have long-term serious implications for the future of the community and of adjacent municipalities; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Council for the County of Oxford recognizes and respects the concerns of the Town of Ingersoll, one of its member municipalities; AND FURTHER that the members of the County Council not support the landfill site in the proposed location; AND FURTHER that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Federal Minister of the Environment, Federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Premier Dalton McGuinty and the Provincial Ministers of the Environment, of Municipal Affairs and Housing, of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, of Natural Resources and of Health, and related Progressive Conservative and New Democratic Party critics. Heart FM will have full coverage in the morning.