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Cathie Moraal, left, and Anne Tripp were among those who attended the inaugural Eggspectation Pancake Breakfast on Saturday morning, raising funds for Grimsby Benevolent Fund. Server Annabella Serkhanian made sure their coffees stayed warm. Please turn to Page 13 for more coverage. Williscraft - Photo
Study recommendation approved after appeal Heritage committee overturns Chair Dunstall’s ruling to delay Main Street East study to Nov. By Mike Wiliscraft NewsNow Last Tuesday’s Grimsby Heritage Advisory Committee had it all - many updates on key heritage properties, a bumper turnout of town council members and, oh yes, a successful appeal of a decision by the chair to sit on a proposed “first step” of the long-idle Heritage Conservation District Study Area on Main Street East. The meeting, held on Zoom, included the five members of the committee: Coun. John Dunstall as chair, lay members Olia Jurychuk, Kate Sharrow and Anne Brabant as well as Coun. Dorothy Bothwell and
Mayor Jeff Jordan as ex-officio. Also on the Zoom screen were Councillors Randy Vaine, Dave Kadwell and Kevin Ritchie, with Vaine signing off first to allow Ritchie to tag in so as not to have council form a quorum itself during the meeting. Later, Kadwell signed off and Vaine re-appeared. The meeting was routine until a Notice of Motion arose as the last item listed on the agenda. The motion recommended a longtalked-about heritage study for the Main Street East area take the form of a Conservation District Study (HCD). This was suggested, said
Bothwell, because this format has “more teeth” than the Conservation Heritage Landscape study which was added in a possible direction for the area during budget deliberations in February. Eventually, the motion was passed 4-1 with Dunstall being the only dissenting vote, but not before considerable turmoil and debate. Dunstall intially received Bothwell’s Notice of Motion (NoM) and acknowledged it would be dealt with at the next Heritage Committee meeting. At that point, Bothwell presented a motion to waive the Town’s procedural bylaw - which would re-
quire a two-thirds majority vote - to allow the matter to be dealt with at that meeting. “I find it somewhat irregular that you would want to suspend the rules at this point in time. I think it is somewhat out of order. I think this committee is not experienced at suspending rules. They’re volunteers not a council,” said Dunstall. “I find this very irregular....and I am looking at the clerk to see if this is appropriate at this point in time.” As the clerk was reviewing the Town’s policy, Bothwell explained the circumstances. See HERITAGE, Page 2