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New residents to Grimsby – particularly in the Branthaven and Marz Homes complexes – can attend a community gathering event next Friday, Feb. 27. From 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Real Canadian Superstore, 361 South Service Rd., Grimsby, residents are invited to meet and engage with your neighbours and local businesses and community groups. Grimsby Coun. Dave Kadwell will also discuss future developments.
Kids and adults alike were lining up when members of the West Lincoln Fire Department served up a luncheon of chili and hotdogs at the Smithville arena during Family Day, Monday, Feb. 16. (L to R) Firefighters Trevor Dupuis, Tyler Fisher and Chris Nokes.
OMB sides with claimant
Grimsby to pay Jordan Greenhouses $115,000 By Mike Williscraft NewsNow “Complete vindication” is how Rebecca Jordan reacted to the Ontario Municipal Board’s award of $115,000 in damages to be paid by the Town of Grimsby. The decision, delivered by OMB member Blair Taylor, outlines several major issues with how a major construction project was managed on Main Street West in the stretch right in front of Jordan
Greenhouses, operated by Rebecca and her husband, Jeff. A “reactionary approach”, “careless implementation and supervision of the Project,” and a series of moves designed “with the convenience, welfare, and best interests of the contractor only at heart,” were several key reasons the OMB findings went in favour of the Jordans. “The list of problems is far too long to get into and I re-
ally don’t want to do that anyways. It is all there in the decision. I hope people read it to see how town hall really operates,” Rebecca said. The OMB hosted a lengthy hearing in mid-October 2014 at which a great deal of e-mail, video and verbal testimony played out. Town manager Keith Vogl said a review of any possible next steps would come at council’s next meeting.
“Obviously we are disappointed with the decision. We have requested the Town’s solicitors to attend the next council meeting on March 2, 2015 to give us his perspective on the decision, the implications and any options we may wish to consider,” noted Vogl in an email. At issue was the Jordans’ claim for compensation for “injurious affection” caused by construction along Main
Street West where the couple operated Jordan’s Greenhouses. While the OMB found “that Jordan’s was injuriously affected by the construction activity carried out in the Spring of 2010, under the auspices of the Town” the evidence road to get to that decision was long. The whole process took five years. The planned construction start was to be mid-November
2009. The Board recognized the Town pushed for that start, but Kenwood Trenching and Sand Excavating Ltd., which was awarded the contract, did not meet that target. Evidence showed Kenwood was emailed about the project. No response was received, so a follow-up email was sent Dec. 17 noting no start date had been proposed, signed contracts had See OMB, Page 2