The Creemore
Echo
Friday, October 10, 2014 Vol. 14 No. 41 thecreemoreecho.com
Inside the Echo
Coming Ashore
Highest earner
Top fundraiser in high heels
Book launch at Avening Hall
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Voter kits are in the mail by Trina Berlo In the 2014 municipal election, voters in Clearview and Mulmur will have a choice to vote online or using the telephone. Eligible voters will get a letter in the mail containing a web address, a toll free phone number and a pin number. Once on the phone or website, voters follow the prompts. People can skip certain fields if they choose or spoil the ballot. It is possible to start the voting process, then exit the system to research candidates before logging back in and completing the process. Results, as required by the Municipal Elections Act, are kept for 120 days, longer if there is a contest. Letters containing voting instructions were mailed out on Oct. 7. People should call the township office if they have not received their pin number by Oct. 14. The 1996 Municipal Elections Act allowed for alternative voting methods. Clearview voters last went to the polls in 2000. In 2003, 2006 and 2010, the township used a mail-in ballot system. Online and telephone voting will be open from Oct. 17-27. Anyone who does not have a touchtone telephone or access to the internet or needs assistance voting is welcome to attend voter assistance centres set up at all three branches of the Clearview Public Library on Election Day from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. T h e C l e a r v i e w To w n s h i p Administration Centre will be extending office hours for people who need to be added to the voters list. Extended hours are Wednesday, Oct. 15 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 22 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Election Day, Monday, Oct. 27, from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. For information contact the township clerk at 705-428-6230. Q&A with candidates in Clearview Township wards 2 and 5 on page 10.
Staff photo: Trina Berlo
Outside in Artist Peter Adams talks with a visitor to the Creemore Log Cabin Saturday where his Detritus Project was on display during the Creemore Festival of the Arts. Back by popular demand, the installation will be on display at the log cabin this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Adams will be on location. For more photos of the Small Halls Festival and Creemore Festival of the Arts, visit www.thecreemoreecho.com.
Bylaw exemption allows for first food cart approval by Trina Berlo Clearview councillors have made an exception to the rule in the case of a new vending bylaw to allow for approval of the first application. The township received an application from Todd Jackson, requesting to set up a year-round food cart that would serve hot dogs, sausages and French fries at 7458 Highway 26. The original bylaw, which was passed in August, states that food carts cannot be approved within 200 metres of a competitive business. In this case, the hot dog cart will be located 181 metres from Stayner Beef Burger. The restaurant’s owners, Terry and
Magda Stefanidis, and two employees spoke in opposition to the exemption at an Oct. 6 council meeting saying it would hurt business. They said they fear business from high school students and Reinhart employees could be lost to the food cart. Magda Stefanidis said no one from the township informed the family of the proposal, they happened to find out and showed up at council Monday to voice their opposition. “This will hurt our business,” she told The Echo. “I know it will.” The bylaw is in a one-year trial period. Deputy Mayor Alicia Savage said because it is only a deficiency of
19 metres and there was a lot of discussion over the summer about how the 200-metre setback was an arbitrary number set for the purpose of the bylaw, it doesn’t make sense to push the cart back on the property to a less suitable location in terms of traffic flow and visibility. “The best thing is to approve this exemption to see the overall outcome,” said Savage. With the exception of Thom Paterson and Deb Bronée, all other council members agreed to allow for the vending cart in order to assess the commercial use during the trial period. Paterson said, as it is a newly passed bylaw, it should be enforced as is.
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