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Councillors' backs up over agenda item regarding composting farm niadian Champion, Frlday, March 10.2000 - 5 Amendment to Gro-Bark operating licence appears on social services meeting agenda without warning By IRENE GENTIE The Champion Something once ameileti rotten in Milton and tise Town' s social services committee is wiiling to make a big stink to ensure it doesn't happen again. Councillors reacteti with aiarm and restrained fusy Monday night when an ansendeti provisional certificate of approval allowing food waate com- posting M Gro-Bark Organics bic. appear~d an an innocuous receive-anti-file item on tise commit- tee's agenda. Tise item stirreti ssp fouI memories of a similar proposai that tumed mb a nigistsnare wisen Gro- Bark's 100 Biltannia Rd. E. location wan known an Scott Composting Farma in tise early to mid- 1990s. hi hopes of getting more information, tise com- mittee han direcleti staff to immediately appeal tise certificate, issued by tise Ministry of Environment (MOE). "'Ne want to make sure tise community won't be put througit tise wringer," said Mayor Gord Krantz. '"It wan a bad situation and we want to make Sure it doesn't reoccur. We want not only information, but aiso ansurancet." Tise past can of worms was opened in 1990 r~i L~~I Have You Alu>ays Wanted to Enhance Vour Appearance? Now la flic perfect lime. 1* have ha satutina .aitl, skats-af-the-ait laser tsdrsalogy as aqstit~csmturtahfrasdprivatsst5oese5int. W. atl.utnatssenlfoc * Spider Veina * Ase& Bmwn Spots *PadalVerns .Sua&tted5pott * Ditima~arka * Taittia Remavat * Fadai Pi5merstatioa * Watts * Safgery forVasicose Vatas * lafectias 5derottserapy for W.toetc Velat Fsr'atrgeCseaathtiIrarcDJL DcA MaA5.Mjrj.C.cc s t" Persons with Disablities!! 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Aisti it's sometising councîllors are determissed to not let happen again. Councillor Rick Day proposed tise appeal, which wan eagerly supporteti by othera arounti tise table. "This wan absolutely a horrific experience for tise community." said an agiseat Councibor Brian Penroan. "We had a nigistinare experience in tise paat and I don't exaggerate." Thougls new technology may curb amelis this lime arounti, tisera isaan't been enotagis information to quell tise counciilor's quaima, ha added. "I have no sense that anytlsing bas changed and these people have tise expertise to get around the problema that happened test time," saiti Mr. Penman. "I have ceaI reservations about this appli- cation given the history." His uneasiness waa shared by Councilior John Cisalinor. "I think we have to shoot firat and ask questions later," ha said. "This was the worst situation. It affected peo- ple's quality of life. We've got to stop this thing immediatety." He took aim at MOE officiais who stood M the frontlines of lise prior battle anti whose names also appear on the newly-amended ceotificate. Mr. Krantz agreed those officiais could have warned Milton. "Why they wouldn't have given us a heads Up, I'm a littie surprised at that," he said. "lt's the same people we're dealing ~vitisY One of those officiais was John Budz, who works out of the MOE's Burlinglon office. In an interview with lise Champion Wednesday, Mr. Budz insisted there was no reason to contact tise Town hecause a new application wasn't being matie. Since food waste composting han already been pernsitteti on the site, ail that showed up on the counciilor's agenda wan an amendment to that approval. ses GRO.BARK on page 7 ~GEOmETOWN /j\2SIGURPH Sl1~EE1 573-lU OMISSIONTOMARS~ - Diy2tOp.m.14:1OpJL 6:45pnLIS'.OOpJL £ TIOGER Sos ài:~ &7~aa WHATPLANETAAEYOUFROMAA D*tUp~x HANGINO Up ~i: I O STUART LITTLE Diii 210 pin. CORRECTION NOTICE Un aur Marchl-7 and Marcis 8-14 f IVers, th. followlng error occurred: * The Fridgldaire Easy Clean Range advertised on page 14 (Mer. 1-7) and page 6 (Mer. 8-14) for 5499.99, was misprinted as having a "fluorescent rughtlight'. This model does NOT have a fluorescent nightlight. W. sincerely apologize for any Inconvenience this may have caused aur valued customers. t,' I I Please note in the Tuesday, March r edition of the Champion the phone number in the QRAFT 7~EE ad was incorrect. The correct number is 875-4917