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hEfTING: GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
DATE: NOVEMBER 18 1985
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REPORT #: 09� 68 - 85 FILE #:
SL&JFCT: Correspondence from the Township of Puslinch
re Resolution on the Aggregates Act
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee
recommend to Council the following:
1 That Administrator's report ADMIN. 68 - 85 be received;
2. That the resolution from the Township of Puslinch be supported with
the following wording added as the next to last operative clause to
the resolution:
And further, where the licensed aggregate deposit is located
in such a manner that the predominant access to the site is
through an adjoining municipality that the tonnage fees
collected be split in such a manner as to reflect the added
cost of road maintenance to the adjoining municipality.
BACKGROUND AND COMMENT:
In 1979 the then Government brought forward Bill 127 which was an
Act to replace the Pits and Quarries Control Act. There was much
discussion on this legislation from both municipalities and the
aggregate industries. Part of the proposed legislation was to provide
tonnage fees to the municipality to compensate such municipalities for added use
of roads and depreciation allowance to the aggregate material removed.
The suggestions brought forward in the resolution as sponsored by the
Township of Puslinch reflect the concept of a levy paid by the aggregate
producer to the host municipality. In most instances this would be a fair
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reflection of the access that must be provided to such aggregate deposits.
However, in certain circumstances such a levy paid to the host
municipality would not fairly reflect the service level that must be
provided by an adjoining municipality. In the case of the Town of Newcastle
there are numerous licensed gravel deposits that border our municipality
to the north. Predominantly access to southern markets is gained through
the Town of Newcastle and the Regional road system.
The proposed addition to the Puslinch resolution would provide for
this circumstance. The actual apportionment of the fees could be done
through the licencing procedure. With the proposed addition the
resolution would more accurately reflect the interests of the Corporation
of the Town of Newcastle.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
David st n, .C.I.% ,
Chief ministrative Officer
October 30, 1985
TO: Clerks and Clerk -Treasurers
of all Municipalities in the
Province of Ontario
OCT ;_ 1 1985
CLEik;,
The Council of the Corporation of the Township of Puslinch, at its
meeting on October 2, 1985, passed the enclosed resolution and would
request that you place the resolution before your Council for their
endorsement.
If your Council endorses this resolution, it would be appreciated if
you would send a copy to the following:
- The Honourable David Peterson, Premier of Ontario;
- The Honourable Vince Kerrio, Minister of Natural Resources;
- Your local Member of Provincial Parliament;
- the Association of Municipalities of Ontario; and
this office, as noted in the attached.
Yours very truly,
(Mrs.) Brenda Beatson, A.M.C.T. "
Clerk -Treasurer
Township of Puslinch._
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OFFICE OF CLERK
AND TREASURER
R.R. 3 Guelph, Ontario NIH 6H9
(Country Rd. 34, Aber(oyle)
(MRS.) BRENDA BEATSON
Telephone:
(519) 822.6499 / (519) 822.6500
October 30, 1985
TO: Clerks and Clerk -Treasurers
of all Municipalities in the
Province of Ontario
OCT ;_ 1 1985
CLEik;,
The Council of the Corporation of the Township of Puslinch, at its
meeting on October 2, 1985, passed the enclosed resolution and would
request that you place the resolution before your Council for their
endorsement.
If your Council endorses this resolution, it would be appreciated if
you would send a copy to the following:
- The Honourable David Peterson, Premier of Ontario;
- The Honourable Vince Kerrio, Minister of Natural Resources;
- Your local Member of Provincial Parliament;
- the Association of Municipalities of Ontario; and
this office, as noted in the attached.
Yours very truly,
(Mrs.) Brenda Beatson, A.M.C.T. "
Clerk -Treasurer
Township of Puslinch._
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SECONIIED bY:
THAT: HIiSULLI'I'LON
WHEREAS the need for a new Aggregates Act is required in the Province of
Ontario; more particularly, the need for an aggregate extraction levy on
granular extraction in the Province of Ontario;
AND WHEREAS:
Aggregate producers in the Province of Ontario extract large
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amounts of gravel, .stone, sand and other materials;
AND WHEREAS:
Within the Municipality such extraction takes place and there is
only minimal taxation revenue from Lite operation; and the said operations,
in most instances, require only non -taxable machinery to remove the aggregates;
AND WHEREAS:
Municipalities in the Province of Ontario feel that when a gravel
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pit is allowed to operate in their area and approval is given by the Ministry
of Natural Resources, a levy .should be payable to the Municipality, collectively,
the aggregate producers aresupportive of such a policy;
AND WHEREAS:
The responsibilities of the Municipalities are compounded when such.
an industry is allowed to locate in their area; the number of gravel trucks,
the environmental concerns and the protection problems associated with such an
industry are more numerous and as such an extraction levy is deserving;
NOW THEREFORE the Council in and for the Township of Puslinch, County of
Wellington does hereby humbly petition the Honourable Vince Kerrie, Minister
of Natural Resources and the Ontario Government to immediately forthwith
take steps to enact a new Aggregates Act wherein a municipal levy on aggregate
extractions throughout the municipalities of Ontario may be applied, the, said
levy to be related to the annual tonnage of material so extracted;
AND FURTHER:
The recommended and fair levy being four cents ($.04) per tonne so
extracted shall be applied to all extractions in all municipalities;
AND FURTHER:
The financial sum so calculated ($.04) per tonne shall be in direct
relationship to the annual tonnage report to the Provincial Treasurer under
the provisions of the new Aggregates Act;
AND FURTHER:
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The above said levy shall apply to all pits and quarries within any
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municipality and shall equally apply to all municipal, wayside, temporary or
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established pits and quarries;
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The above said specific monetary levy allocations shall be dis-
tributed via a Municipal Council resolution in any given municipality;
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AND FURTHER:
The monies derived from this levy shall in no instance benefit the
aggregate producers but shall be used for the scle benefit of the residents
and ratepayers of any given municipality;
AND FURTHER:
To insure this direct benefit, the financial transaction shall take
place directly between the aggregate producer and the municipality;
AND FURTHER:
The monies derived from this levy shall in no way reduce or jeopardize
the normal allocation of subsidy monies received from the Ministry of Transportation
and Communications;
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AND FURTHER:
'Chat this resolution be circulated to:
- Like Honourable David Peterson, Premier of Ontario
- a]1 municipal.itio., in the Province of Ontario;
- the Iluuuurablu Vine.• 6errio, M.iuistur of Natural Resuurces;
- Rick Ferraro, MPP, Wellington South;
- Elie Aggregate Producers Association;
- the County of Wellington; and,
- the Association of Municipalities of Ontario
for their support and endorsement of this resolution and
that the Premier of Ontario, the Minister of Natural Resources, the
local MPP's, the Association of Meed cipali ties of Ontario and this office
be notified of their support.
CARRIED.
Signed: i If