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SERVING THE MAPLETON COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY NEWS Volume 48 Issue 28
Drayton, Ontario
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Friday, July 10, 2015
Mapleton celebrates Canada Day in fine fashion
Canada day party - LEFT: Mayor Neil Driscoll, left, receives instructions from Alma Optimist Jim deBock before making his first attempt at the plunger toss at the Mapleton Canada Day party in Drayton, July 1. ABOVE: Allyson Rozema of Drayton is all smiles on the slide at the event. photos by Caroline Sealey More photos see page 8
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Mapleton CAO terminated McRoberts named acting CAO until replacement is hired by Patrick Raftis MAPLETON - Township CAO/clerk Patty Sinnamon has been let go by the municipality. Contacted July 2 after social media reports of the termination surfaced, Mayor Neil Driscoll would only confirm Sinnamon was no longer with the township, providing few other details. “What we can tell you is, as of this morning, Patty Sinnamon is no longer employed with the Township of Mapleton and council wishes her the best in her future endeavours,” said Mayor Neil Driscoll that afternoon. Driscoll said he was surprised the news had got out into the community so quickly and noted council had wanted to comply with a request to give Sinnamon time to advise her family before a press release was issued. Later that day, the township issued a notice stating a special meeting would be held on July 6 at 1:30pm “Re: the CAO/ clerk position.” Following the meeting, which was held in-camera as a personnel matter, the township announced in a press release
that council has appointed director of public works Brad McRoberts as the acting CAO/ clerk. An agenda for the meeting indicated a bylaw appointing an acting CAO would be given first, second and third reading at the meeting. “Council appreciates Mr. McRoberts accepting this position as well as retaining his current role as director of public works until a permanent CAO/clerk is hired,” states the township in the release. Driscoll said council is considering utilizing an outside agency to assist with the search for a new top administrator. Contacted by the Community News, on July 7, Sinnamon confirmed she was terminated, but said she could not discuss the reasons for her departure from the township. “It’s a legal matter at this point and I’m just going to have to let my lawyers deal with it,” said Sinnamon, who earned $128,783 in 2014 and had been employed by Mapleton and the former Village of Drayton for nearly 18 years. Continued on page 2
Council confirms decision to build new maintenance facility at Sideroad 16 site by Patrick Raftis MAPLETON – Council has confirmed a decision to build a new municipal maintenance facility on the site of the previous facility which burned down in November of 2013. At the June 23 council meeting, public works director Brad McRoberts reported that at the request of a Mapleton Township resident, staff undertook an evaluation of relocating the facility, and the administration building located on the same Sideroad 16 property, to the undeveloped portion of the Drayton Industrial Park.
“We had someone ask about it,” Mayor Neil Driscoll told the Community News, adding that while the previous council had considered an industrial park location, the idea hadn’t come before the current group. “Staff confirm that relocating the municipal maintenance facility and administration building to the Drayton Industrial Park is cost prohibitive, has a negative impact on future economic development opportunities, and would significantly delay the project for a minimum of 18 months due to lack of servicing allocation,”
the report states. The report notes the current industrial park does not have adequate-sized land available, so the undeveloped portion of the Drayton Industrial Park (Phase II) would be required to be developed. “Approximately 12 acres of land would be required in order to accommodate the current and projected future uses of the municipal maintenance facility and administration building and to accommodate the relocation of the county’s municipal maintenance facility (Wellington County is also planning to
build a maintenance facility on the Sideroad 16 property). This would consume approximately half the lands in the Phase II Drayton Industrial Park. Based upon site development cost of $300,000 per acre (provided by Chamberlain Architect Services), the site development cost would be on the order of $3,600,000,” the report states. McRoberts said a conservative estimate of potential lost tax revenue from buildings that could otherwise be put in the park would be in the range of $350,000 to $7.7 million over a 50 year period.
Another potential obstacle is that, while the undeveloped portion of the Drayton Industrial Park is zoned industrial and permits a public works shop, a zone amendment would be required for the administration office. “Any zone amendment can be appealed to the OMB, thereby delaying the construction further. The Drayton Industrial Park was specifically developed to attract new businesses to the area, but also to provide suitable lands for existing Mapleton Township industrial manufacturing businesses that
may need to expand in the future so that they do not locate elsewhere outside of the township. Therefore maintaining these lands for these purposes is essential in supporting and sustaining existing businesses,” the report states. Council passed a resolution to receive the report and confirm that relocating the municipal maintenance facility and administration building to the Drayton Industrial Park would be cost prohibitive, negatively impact future economic development opportunities, and significantly delay the project.
Trade winds blow Spaling to Maple Leafs in deal for Toronto sniper Phil Kessel by Patrick Raftis TORONTO – Mapleton native Nick Spaling has been involved in one of the biggest trades of the NHL offseason, a transaction which will bring the Drayton Minor Hockey product home to Ontario. Spaling was part of a July 1 deal which saw the Toronto Maple Leafs send top scorer Phil Kessel, defenceman Tim Erixon and AHL forward Tyler Biggs to the Pittsburgh Penguins in return for Spaling, forward Kasperi
Kapanen (a first round draft choice in 2014), defenceman Scott Harrington, plus firstand third-round picks from 2016. The rebuilding Maple Leafs will retain $1.2 million of Kessel’s salary in each of the next seven seasons. Kessel, who has exceeded the 30-goal mark in four of the last six seasons, scored 25 goals and 36 assists for Toronto last season. Spaling played only one season in Pittsburgh, recording nine goals and 18 assists
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in 2014-15, after being traded from the Nashville Predators, who drafted the centre/ winger in the second round, NICK SPALING 58th overall, of the 2007 NHL draft. In 379 career NHL games, Spaling has scored 49 goals and recorded 62 assists. In addition, he has three goals and eight assists in 11 NHL
playoff games. In an article posted on the Leafs official site, assistant general manger Kyle Dubas said the team is “excited” to have acquired Spaling. “He played real well at centre for Nashville, went to the wing last year in Pittsburgh, he’ll come back to centre with us and fill a need for us as he goes into the final year of his contract,” Dubas stated. Spaling did not respond by deadline to an interview request from the Community
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News. However in a July 2 interview with TSN radio, he said he was looking forward to playing in Toronto. “Being from the area and a Leafs fan, that’s exciting. For any player to get a chance to play here is a dream come true, especially for a Canadian player,” he stated. During the interview, Spaling said he felt the team was “heading in the right direction and as a player its fun to be part of something like this.” Spaling also said he hopes
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to continue to grow the offensive side of his game and “I think this is an opportunity to do that.” Last month, Spaling and his brother Nathan, who played hockey at the Junior B and Canadian university levels, announced they will be operating a hockey school for Novice to Pee Wee age players at the PMD arena in Drayton from Aug. 24 to 28. Registration forms are available by contacting Lorrie Spaling at 519-6382232.
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