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4 - Orono Weekly Times Wednesday, July 15, 2009 WASTE Continued from front page On June 24, Durham Region Council approved its plan to build a $272 million facility to burn 140,000 tonnes of Durham and York Region's garbage in Courtice annually. If high diversion rates are achieved, the amount of garbage generated in the Region would be less than the 140,000 tonnes per year required for the incinerator, according to Councillor Woo. "As we move forward, we wouldn't meet that capacity and I can see some of our recycling being diverted to the incinerator," Woo said. "I think this is a good idea, but I think it is a little too late." "I don't think it is ever too late," Abernethy responded. He explained that a lot of people have ideas but nobody has a plan to achieve zero waste, "I'm trying to bring everyone together." The Mayor said he is using the 2038 date because no one can say zero waste is not achievable by then. None of the councillors were supportive of the Mayor's motion in January. Councillor Trim said it was premature. He said councillors should find out what people in Clarington are doing to reduce waste before such a motion is passed. The motion was tabled until Operations Director Fred Horvath produced a report, expected in late spring, on his plan to reduce the waste generated at the municipal administration centre. Horvath is on an extended sick leave, and has not produced the anticipated report. For the Mayor to raise this motion now that the incinerator has been safely adopted by Regional Council as its preferred disposal method is, according to Linda Gasser, who has lobbied against the incinerator for years, "a cynical stance." Given the Mayor's solid pro incinerator stance, Gasser said, this motion is an attempt by Abernethy to green-wash himself, she said following Monday's meeting. council, dated May 21, 2009, Mr. Eric K. Gillespie, LLB, retained by the group, said the Municipality failed to take the necessary steps to obtain a valid compliance audit within a reasonable period, "The failure of Council to take the necessary steps to obtain a valid compliance audit within a reasonable period, and the failure of Council to ensure that related requests directed to Council receive a response within a reasonable time period, may be properly interpreted to be a decision of Council not to comply with the Municipal Elections Act." Gillespie gave the Municipality until June 3 to respond to his letter. Failing to do so, his clients would have no choice but to commence some form of legal proceeding against the Municipality. A judicial review application was filed by Gillespie in the Divisional Court in Newmarket and was served on the Municipality and the Ministry of Attorney General on Friday July 10. The legal process and the Municipality's process of appointing an auditor will take place concurrently in the fall, according to Gillespie. AUDIT Continued from front page conducted his audit. Horn returned the money the Municipality paid him to conduct the audit, and pleaded guilty to the charges subsequently laid by the Institute. Since the Prout, Van Dyk, Keane group had not received any response from the municipality to their two letters requesting another audit, they retained a lawyer to advance their cause through the courts. In his letter to Clarington photo supplied Newcastle's Marion Saunders (left) was acknowledged for her nine years of service to the Lakeridge Health Board of Trustees by Chair Doug Allingham at the hospitals's AGM on Thursday evening. will not be published July 29th or August 5th for summer holidays. ORONO WEEKLY TIMES Are you in an abusive relationship? Call Bethesda House 905-623-6050 1-800-338-3397 (For women with or without children.)