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4 - Orono Weekly Times Wednesday, December 15, 2010 ORONO WEEKLY TIMES LOCAL NEWS HCA Continued from front facility in Clarington. His motion also requested a report from the municipal solicitor as to whether it is within the power of the municipality to pass a clean-air by-law more restrictive than what was approved by the Ministry of Environment. Last term, Councillor Foster attempted to pass a motion requesting the municipality look into creating a clean-air by-law, but he was successful. Neal was prepared to have Councillor Corinna Traill second his motion, but she left the meeting (her first General Purpose and Administration Committee meeting) at 10:40 a.m., before Neal could present his motion. As no other councillor stepped up to second Neal's motion, it was lost. LOCAL EVENTS LOCAL SPORTS Keeping you in touch with everything local since 1937! Councillor Willie Woo presented a motion which he said was "more broad in nature," than Neal's unsuccessful motion. Woo's motion requested that staff be directed to prepare a report for the January 10th meeting of council, that analyses all implications of the HCA. "A number of us around this table told folks on the election trail that we were concerned with this, that we wanted to look at the whole kit and caboodle," Mayor Foster said in response to Woo's motion. However, he added, "A number of decisions made over the past couple of weeks have shut the door." Woo's motion, which was seconded by Councillor Ron Hooper, was approved with only Councillor Mary Novak contributing a dissenting vote. COUNCIL Continued from front 905-983-5301 Reduce · Reuse · Recycle opportunity to speak, he said the incinerator issue was a glaring example of a fundamental issue, that each community in the Region could have an unwanted project foisted on them. "The fundamental issue I stand for is not incineration," Bertrand said, "it is democracy." Bertrand received two votes. Anderson made several commitments to council in his address as the newly appointed Chair of the Region of Durham. He promised that the Clerk would present a report within the next few weeks regarding how the Regional Chair would be appointed in the future. The method of how to select future Regional Chairs was presented as a referendum question on the municipal ballot in October. While close to 80 percent of those who voted Region- wide wanted a change in the method currently used, the results were not binding as voter turnout was less than 50 percent. "I firmly believe we have to deal with this," Anderson stated. "We will move ahead on this issue once and for all." Anderson also agreed to look at the unbalanced representation of council members from the Region's eight municipalities. Based on population, some municipalities, such as Ajax and Clarington with three members each, are under-represented on the Council, while Oshawa is over-represented with eight councillors. "By dealing with these matters early in the term, the process for implementing these decisions can be done long before 2014," Anderson stated. Mary Novak was the lone Clarington councillor who voted for Anderson to be the next Regional Chair. If you want to drink, that's your business. If you want to stop... that's ours. Lakeshore District - 905-728-1020 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Call