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Town passes chamber 'hot potato' by Robert Risk Staff Writer A request by the town council to have the Chamber of Commerce create and put out a survey on Sunday shopping drew Butterflies in motion Several younger members of the Penetang Figure Skating Club production was part of the club's annual carnival at the dressed as butterflies for their part in Alice in Wonderland. The criticism at the chamber's Feb. 21 meeting. Councillor Bob Klug, a member of the chamber, made the request on behalf of council in the hopes of using the organiza- tion's business contacts to get feedback on the shopping issue. Patricia Mueller, a board member, ac- Penetang arena. cused the town of passing the responsibili- ty of dealing with the issue onto the chamber. "Tt's just another case. as passing the hot potatoe to somebody else, just like the pro- vince who gave it to the municipalities." Chairman Steve Robillard raised the question of who was going to pay for the materials and work required to contact more than 100 businesses in town. "We have costs. We'll have to pay our secretary, it'll take time to put out a mail- ing list, photocopying, mailing, and time for sorting and reviewing the Bop les: It'll cost a few hundred dollars." The chamber receives.a $10,000 annual budget, most of which' goes to pay employees. As a result, Robillard said the chamber's budget is already stretched to the limit. When Robillard asked Klug if the town was prepared to fund the chamber for this project, Klug said he hadn't been given in- structions regarding TONEY from the council. Why WYE expects the costs to be covered? by Robert Risk Staff Writer Members of the Why Waste Your En- vironment group were relieved to learn they stand a good chance of recovering much of their environmental hearing costs according to their attorney. The group, which is opposing the North Simcoe Waste Management Association's proposed dump site (Site 41 on Con. 2) was informed of this at a meeting by Peter Pickfield, their lawyer. Pickfield said a recent decision by the environmental assessment board regar- ding a Halton area dump site hearing was a positive sign. "It was the first landfill decision under the environmental assessment process .. a lot of the costs were awarded to the ratepayers groups by the board."' As far as he could understand the deci- sions of the Halton report, Pickfield said the interest groups, who were judged to have made a meaningful contribution, got a large portion of their money back. "Where the ratepayers didn't get their costs covered is the points that the board felt they (interest groups) were duplicating evidence and echoing or providing background that wasn't BERess any As a. result, ag Pickfield stressed the need for con- centrating on local issues, such as the impact on the community. "We can provide a unique point of view at the hear- ings. Right now we're developing a report on the im- pact that's going to be presented to the board." Dahme Pickfield also said he has been talking with Harry Dahme, Tiny's environmental lawyer, and believes they have come to an understanding of how both groups are go- ing to oppose Site 41. "The township (Tiny) is on your side (in regards to opposing Site 41) and I believe we have a lot of common ground. I think our cases before the board will be com- vlimentary." Pickfield said many of the aspects of the case will be presented and argued by Dahme, which will help save the group some money, as well as time and effort. This is in accordance with a directive by the environmental assessment board for the various parties to eliminate duplica- tions of witnesses and arguments before the hearings begin. Cont'd on pg. 6