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RUZ1EL 4 - "WEEKEND STAR"? Sthbe CLAIA YW? ed Rad Psst. ISO QUEEN ST. PORT Prey 005-985-2053 FINE JEWELLERY DESIGN REPAIR E-mail: editorial@portperrystar.com ocala winery, SO good! port perry at 182 queen street peterborough at 345 george street "huntsville at 65 main street 'toronto at 2179 queen street east AY at 144 yonge Street niagara-on-the-lake at 233 king street 'www.nuttychoco.com # § FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2001 It's on Scugog Island Council grapples with questions on windmill By Chris Hall Weekend Star A windmill on Scugog Island continues to pro- vide grief for local politi- cians. Township officials meeting Monday delayed authorizing a sound study on the structure until fur- ther information is made available. Councillors opted to hold off on commissioning a Richmond Hill firm to conduct sound studies on the windmill, owned by Martin .Demmers, until township planner Jim Dyment holds discussions with the company and government officials. Councillors appeared to be in favour of having the studies completed, as long as the tests proved to be appropriate. The windmill has been a contentious issue for some time now. Neighbours are upset over noise they say the structure produces, and have voiced their con- cerns with the municipali- ty. Currently there is no bylaw in place regarding windmills. During Monday's meet- ing of the township's plan- ning committee, Mr. Dyment recommended to councillors that Valcoustics Canada Ltd. be hired to conduct sound studies at a cost of just under $2,000. Such a study would provide the town- ship with sufficient docu- mentation on the noise of the windmill, said Mr. Dyment. "This is a difficult area to deal with; it seems no one wants to take respon- sibility and do anything," he said. "I'd recommend that the municipality take the lead on this and actually hire an acoustic engineer - to measure the noise. Someone has to put on a letter how loud this thing is." Mr. Dyment also told council that he had taken sound readings from the machine itself. They regis- tered approximately 75 decibels in winds as high as 50km. According to Ministry of Environment officials, noise levels should not be more than 45db during the daytime," and 40db at night. Mr. Dyment said the township needs the tests to determine if noise lev- els are too high, and not normal farm practices, as determined by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Farm and Rural Affairs. But . councillors were reluctant to approve the study until it is deter- mined what the govem- ment agencies would deem as an appropriate study. Ward 2 Councillor Marilyn Pearce argued that such details from the government are "vague", and that she would feel comfortable after knowing what averages the agen- cies would find accept- able. Committee mem- bers also asked for repre- sentatives from each of the agencies to attend a future township meeting. PORT PERRY DENTAL ASSOCIATES * EVENING APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE * DENTISTRY WHILE YOU SLEEP * GENERAL ANAESTHESIA AVAILABLE a ------------ a C--------------