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·Minutes of a Special Meeting.of the Council held in
the East room of the old Tol-m Hall on Monday, November 14th, 1955
at 8 p.m.
P:RESENT:
Mayor Dr; E.J. Henderson (in the chair)
Reeve D.J. Murray
Dep. Reeve v. Jones
Councillors Bailey, Child, Corbett, Davidson, Nisbet and
Stoddart.
CORRESPONDENCE
. A letter. trom the Hydro Electric Pow·er Commission ot Ontario
· regarditrg. re-location of a pole line on Wellington St. East
was read.. · ·
. ,This letter was reterred to the ;·Streets Committee tor action
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A lettel' trom the Planning Board.regarding the porposedOase
subdivision was read. ·
Council'was informed that this matter was now fully dealt with •
A letter from the Aurora Hydro Commission notitying Council of
'tihe resignation ot Mr. George Baldwin as Hydro Commissioner and
asking Council to make an appointment to replace him was. ·read.
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NISBET:
CHILD:
.amendment
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·CORBETT:
DELEGATION,
11 That Don Glass be appointed to replace Mr. Baldwin
a.s the Hydro Commissioner"
11 That the ,; ~cfi,M~·s1QI\ be held over until the next
meeting 11 • ·
amendment defeated
motion carried.
Mr. McGhee of Temperance St.reet attended before Council to
request information on an application for a ·building permit.
This matter was d.iscussed at length. . .· ·
JONES: ~~~JiiJ'QX:~::mtx~
MURRAY: 11 That this permit be granted 11 •
Motion defeated.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEE
uFire and Water
MURRAY: 11 That owing to the unusual large number of fire
CORBETT: calls this year. the Fire Chief 1 s salary of $500 •. 00
should be raised to $6oo.oo for this year only and
the seal of the Corporation be attached hereto 11 •
. Carried.
Reeve Mp:rray also reported on the opening of the Family Court •
.. Streets.
_ Deputy Reeve Jones reported on the request tor the removal of
a tree stump on YongeStreet N •
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NISBET:
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11 That as the stump near Yonge and Centre Streets
is largely on private property the ~xpenses
connected with its removal should be jointly shared
by the owner and.the Municipality 11 •
• Carried.
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Councillor Nisbet reported•on the location of the Quonset
Hut. Councillor Nisbet also reported on a meeting held
between representatives of Collis Leather Company and the
Town to discuss 8ollis Leather's payment towards the expenses
of·the Disposal Plant.
NISBET:
STODDARD:
11 That the agreement, as submitted, between the
Collis Leather Company and the Representatives of
the Town be accepted and that Collis Leather
Company be billed for the sum qf.$2,235.00 towards
the cost of the Disposal.Plantoperation in 1955.
Carried.
Councillor ·Nisbet presented the following report of. a .visit
made by him and the Town Engineer to Guelph and Brampton.
Sewage and Sludge Disposal
We vrere received at the Engineer 1 s Office at the
Guelph City Hall by Mr. Miller the Assistant Engineer;; who
explained the operating set-up of The Engineering Department,
Waterworks and ~s: Sewage Disposal System. .
The Water Distribution System and the Sewer System are
supervised by the City Engineering Department, but. the .Water
Pumping Station and the Disposal Plant are operated .
independently of the Engineering Department. The Plant
Engineer being Mr. Nicklin and the .. Plant Superintendent
Mr. Theaker who showed us the two plants.
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The Disposal Plant is on a thirty acre site which
is well Landscaped and heavily planted with a reforestation
of trees, and even with homes and factories near by.i·t'is
pretty well hidden from view. The Plant seemed to be in
excellent condition with no noticeable odours even tho~gh it
was very old, being one of the first activated.sludge plants
·to be constructed and claimed to beoverloaded (pl'ans are under
way to triple its capacity).
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They do not have a Digester and do not plan to include one
in their new.addition. Sludge is disposed of by pumping it
into a storage tank where itis allowed to settle over night
( or longer if weather or other conditions make it impossible
to remove it) the excess water is then pumped of;t' al}d returned
to the Aireation Chamber :f'or re.,..treatment, .this reduces the
moisture corttent to about 92% and so cuts down the amount o:f'
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sludge which must be disposed of by about.3%. The sludge
is then pumped .into a Five Yd. (about 800 gallons) Tank mounted
on a Four Wheel Drive truck which is equipped with a special
tail gate which spreads a nine foot strip as the truck is
driven over the fields.
Mr. Theaker set up this s~em of disposing of the
sludge over the farn'ls which is now being used as well by
.s.uch municipalities as London, East York, Ki tchener, Brampton
e:t.c.
Before any deli very is made t.o ·a farmer he. must sign
the following agreement which, while it is not always kept,
is to protect Guelph. 11 I agree to work the fertilizer into
the ground within three d!l.ys from the delivery of the same
to me or my premises according to Provincial Board of Health
regulationsn. ':
The charge is .so¢ a load from May to September
.35¢ a load during the Winter months.
load is delivered more than four miles. At present no
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They try to group their receiving farms in order to
lessen any chance of complaint; if all in a district are using
it none is likely to make any complaint. Where a farmer wants
ij on worked land he must cultivate and harrow it smooth so
that.there will be no danger of damage to the springs of the
truck.
When the plan was first started they had some
d~tficulty in persuading farmers to try it but now results
have been so good that the demand far exceeds the supply,
and they have not had a complaint in more than four years,
even though it is being shipped from a ci:ty to an adjoining
township.
The following are recommended rates of application:-
Corn -
Turnips or roots -
Pasture -
'10-14 loads per acre
8 loads per acre
5 loads per acre
-While they have had good results applying it to
wheatvits use with this crop, especially for fall wheat is
not recommended as it might smother the small plants during
the Winter months. ·
·Other recommendations:-
Use only.plunger type pumps for sludge.
Maintain a storage tank for times when hauling
away is not possible. Do not haul if temperature
is below 20 degrees F.
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Always have a variety of lands ready to redeive
the sludge so that a chamge in the weather does
not make haulage impossible.
Bills are sent out twice a year.
With regard to the City of Guelph Water System it is
particu).arly remarkable for one thing. One l:ialf their lvater
is obtained,from springs. The city have about 30 acre!iJ of
land full of springs about four miles away which they have
planted in re-forestation. Water is collected here by'Di.eans
of tile whi.ch enclo'&es· the top and sides but not the bottom
which is gravelled; these tile run into a 24 inch gravity
main running four miles back to the city to the pumping
station where it is chlorinated. • ·
The other halt of the water is pumped from de~p
wells. There is a million gallon storage in'two underground
reservoirs and· a standpipe maintaining a pressure of about
80 p~i~ . •
At the time of. our visit the City Engineer was
away at a meeting of the Western Ontario Municipalities in
connection with ti;e proposal to pipe water from Lake Huron.
Brampton
In order to learn something about the use'of
a digester as is planned for Au:ilora we visited Brampton.
This is a much newer plant than the one· at Guelph,
having been remodelled and enlarged and a digester added
'within the last couple of years; in spite of this there was
quite a disagreeable odour in the area of the plant, w:tlich
is pretty well surrounded by houses. • ·
The Superintendent is Mr. Cooper who has been in
charge for about 25 years. · The method of treatment is
similar to that of Aurora and of Guelph except that the final
treatment is the Digester and then the sludge is hauled out
to farms as in Gue1ph.
The temperature in the digester is maintained by
burning oil o:& when it is available Metane:.gas produced by the
Digester. The burners could be·switched from one fuel to
another quite easily but upon enquiry the Superintendent
did admit that when anything went wrong.with the burner as
has happened, a service man had to-be brought in from·
Chicago as there were none in Canada, the last time the
burner·was off six weeks.
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We would like to point out our appreciation of
help and co-operation given us by the Officiais we visited
and would request the Council to convey these feelings
to two Municipalities. ''
JONES:
STODDART:
11 That Councillor Nisbet and the Engineer be
congratulated on this report and the report be
filed''• ·
Sports and Publicity
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Councillor Davidson presented the follow·ing report.
11 The Committee respectfulJ:y submit the foll~wirig(' That the
Xmas tree committee be given permission to plant a permanent
Xmas tree on the Old Public School playgrounds·, position of
tree subject to approval of Council 11 • · ·· · • ··
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JONES:
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11 That the report of theC9D111l+t"Yee be acqepted
and that the matter be left in the hands of
-··the Committee".
Carried._
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Mr. Saunders of Sau11ders, Allen->and McCarthyr Ltd. -attended
before CJouncil with regard. to ·a. building permit Jioi<: a house
on Harriman Road.
· It was agreed that this proposed building "toras not
satisfactory and the permit was withdrawn.
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YNfiNISHED BUSINESS
The location of the Quonset ijut was considered.
NISBET:
STODDART:
11 That the Quonset Hut be
Plant o!l the· South-l'l'est
paralleling the cre.ek".
placed at the Disposal
corner of the lot,
Carried.
Councillor Child reported on the Miller Sub-division.
The Clerk was instru.cted to notify Mr. Miller of the
"suggeste4 -changes to the Sub-division agreement and to
reguest the n~cessary schedules to complete the agreement.
NEW BUSINESS
The appointment of the 1955 Court of Revision was considered.
·.The Finance Committee w·as asked to bring in a recommendation
on this matter. The purchase of a vacuu~ cleaner was
considered.
NISBET:
STODDART:
11 That the Town p1arehase as·eEJ.uipment·fer·the·
Municipal Building a vacuum cleaner and
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attachments at a cost of $85.00 to be charged
against the debenture to be issued for the
Building and Equipment and the seal of the
Corporation be attached hereto.11 -
motion carried.
Councillor Nisbet reported on the need for drapes or
blinds for the Council Chamber. ·
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DAVIDSON:
11 That this matter be left untiL.t:b,e .. question of furniture is settledlf;'-'c.:.'-''-·.:•.:•.u' ,,-;,,,. :. :· ... · · ·
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The apar~ment house on Yonge. St. N. was cons.idened •. ·,
It was agreed that a permit should be grant.ed for, :!;his
apartment shouse provided the Land Use By-~w is .~ended
accordingly. · · · ·-· '
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The Proposed-Agreement with Lorne Cousins, Rbbert Case,
and Parkview Farms Ltd. regarding the proposed extension
of Dunning Avenue,. east from Edward Street wa11 considered.
MURRAY:·'
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1fTJ1afi-·tfj,e .d:eptn· of''the 'ldt~J!n)t;fj,fs a:greement
be 267" '6ri ''both' sines "6f tli~ 'street'11 .'
JONES:
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11 That th~-~gree~~nt be accepted 11 •
Carried.
The question of Dunning Avenue from the High School to
Edward Street was considered. This matter was left with
the Planning Committee.
A request from the PoliceCommittee for clothing:was
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NISBET: 11 That the request ofthe Police Department for
uniforms and equipment be grantedand.the
Seal of the Corporll.tion be attached1 hereto 11 •
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CORBETT:
11 That the meeting now adjourn".
Carried.
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