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4 - PORT PERRY "WEEKEND STAR" FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2000 Police called to chaotic council meeting By Clifford Eige Weekend Star Township | council's meeting erupted into chaos last week, with Reeve Barbara Kelly call- ing in the police reestablish order. « Resident Helen Warcop was not satisfied with council's. answer to her request for the removal of arone-foot township road raserve on her property. 1 Mrs. Warcop began to councillors' t Mariposa a ---- question ¥ il AMAA rr a (UCDA] "3 knowl - edge on t h e Planning Act, mak- ing refer- ence to their con- cerns of future develop- ment of Kelly the property. Reeve Kelly interrupted by explaining council's process on the issue, which had been ongoing for several weeks. She told Mrs. Warcop that if she did not understand it, then she was "not all there." Mrs. Warcop became very annoyed with the reeve, who was pounding her gavel on the table to gain order. Reeve Kelly declared the deputation over, but Mrs. Warcop refused to leave the table. Four OPP officers arrived and asked if the council chamber could be There will never be el olelitelaNeleF1e]a iakslalatelal Sato)" cleared so that they could deal with the issue directly and defuse any further ° escalation of tempers. When the council meet- ing continued minutes later Mrs. 'Warcop had been removed from the table, but not arrested. During the meeting Deputy Reeve John Yeomans said that the original need for the reserve was no longer nec- essary under the -néw Planning Act, and agreed a new Pontiac-Buick-GMC vehicle dont dhol ile RVR with Mrs. Warcop that it should be removed. When the meeting resumed Deputy Reeve Yeomans said that in all his years on council, he had never encountered this type of situation. Councillor Ruth Lyons, whose father served on council with the deputy reeve, replied: "Your mind must be failing you, John." Reeve Kelly proposed a motion that any further deputations on an issue that had been previously heard twice before will not be heard again without the majority of council approv- ing it. The application for sev- erance issue that was scheduled for 10 minutes took one and a half hours, ending with the same no vote from the majority of council as on the previous four occasions. "Election mish-mash? The City of Kawartha Lakes transition board has decided to combine the regular method of munici- pal voting with mail-in vot- ing this November, Although the board did not approve a referendum on the new municipality's name - a decision based on legal advice - they have instructed elections officer Percy Luther to proceed with mail-in voting without seeking any legal advice. The alternative of phone-in voting was not accepted, because it would cost twice as much per vote as a mail-in sys- tem. Traditional voting by poll will also be available as before. An increase of voter participation with mail-in ballots is expected. Officials anticipate 50 per cent participation at the polls when the new council is elected in November, up from the typical 30 per cent participation seen in previous years. This action would seem very, practical for an area that is 30 per cent summer residents who close up their residences by October, and seldom come back in November just to vote. Ballot kits will be sent out to all eligible voters prior to the Nov. 13 elec- tion date. Vote scanning equip- ment will not be available this year, but is expected for future years and will reduce cost and time. smn... CLOSED SUNDAYS .onvovoeron - Mi " aan 2h mana ah PICK YOUR OWN Strawberries & Raspberries West of Seagrave and East of Saintfield on Durham Rd. #6 For more info call: (905)985-3640 bw fo C hed out own lree selection ol ti ue tans!