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Volume 73, Number 48 GST Included $1.25 Wednesday December 15, 2010 Publications Mail Registration No. 09301 Agreement No. 40012366 Orono Town Hall Serving Kendal, Kirby, Leskard, Newcastle, Newtonville, Orono, Starkville and Tyrone since 1937 Councillors take another look at host agreement Clarington councilors have asked the municipal solicitor for a report regarding the host community agreement (HCA) on the proposed Durham/ York incinerator to be sited in Courtice. Last February, the majority of council members had voted in favour of a similar report from the municipal solicitor. However, a week later, Councillor Gord Robinson had changed his position, claiming he no longer had concerns with the agreement and joined with Clarington's two Regional Councillors and the Mayor, in voting down the request for a report from the solicitor. The HCA is the package of incentives the Region agreed to provide Clarington in exchange for hosting the incinerator project. Among the incentives included in the HCA are some road works around the incinerator site and beginning the environmental assessment process for servicing industrial lands at the east end of Bowmanville. At Monday's General Purpose and Administration Committee Meeting, Councillor Joe Neal introduced a motion recommending that the municipality commence an application in the Superior Court of Justice to determine if the HCA is binding on the Municipality, as the majority of Clarington residents are opposed to the building of the incinerator HCA see page 4 Feeling a little fenced in this close to Christmas? (From left) Nicole Wirtz, Emily Hean and Nathan Wirtz were standing on the gate at the Ochonski Road entrance to the Orono Crown Lands on Saturday afternoon. Anderson gets 4th term as Regional Chair Winning all but six of the 28 votes from Regional Councillors, Roger Anderson was successful in seeking his fourth term as Regional Chair, the top position in the Region. The vote took place last Wednesday, December 8th, at the beginning of the first Regional Council meeting of this new term of office. Anderson was challenged for the seat by former Clarington Mayor John Mutton, and Bowmanville resident Louis Bertrand. Mutton's nomination at the Regional Council meeting was made by Clarington Mayor Adrian Foster, who praised Mutton for his leadership skills and his ability to get things done while he was Mayor of Clarington. According to Foster, under Mutton's leadership, council and staff pulled together to get things done. "We had a vision and a sense of accomplishment," he stated. "We wanted to get things done, and got a lot done," Foster said. In his allotted five minutes, Mutton told councillors how Clarington, under his leadership, became one of the most financially healthy municipalities in Ontario. "I plan to bring the same team-building and team-leadership skills to Durham Region Council," Mutton said. Mutton received four votes in his bid for the Chair's seat. Clarington Councillor Willie Woo made the nomination for Louis Bertrand. While Bertrand had been in the council chambers numerous times over the past four years speaking against the incinerator, Woo told councillors that Bertrand is concerned about many issues facing the Region besides the incinerator. When Bertrand had his COUNCIL see page 4 What's inside... see page 5