A3 - Friday, January 25, 1985 - North Shore News

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DINING: AI3

The News welcomes
aboard our new expert on
dining - restaurateur Join
levine.

BLUES: A112

B.B. King brings his unique
blues, and hard working.
stage act, to the Plozzazz.

WEATHER:

low doud and fog today,
 dearing to sunshine. Highs
‘near five.

HOMIES: BI

Energy efficiency and style
in equal parts in our
feature home.

C TY ALD. “Rod: Clark is accusing District Ald. waste disposal issue,” said - ‘won't be voting on any
Stephen. McMinn: of - ‘violating the spirit’. of the McMinn. future issues regarding the

not being able to work on Rod Clark agrees with

‘tiny a ttle bit u set at waste disposal,’’ said Baker.
Municipal Act.” ma P P

Clark says McMinn;

recently hired as the general
manager’ of Continental En-
vironmental . Systems Ltd.
(CESL), has’ acted with a
conflict of ‘interest in con
“nection with the moves by
: District, Council-toward clos- -

fill:
. Clark. says “he feels
“McMinn's employment with

\ CESL, which -made’ a: pro- .
“posal to the Lower: Mainland

. Refuse Project (LMRP). ‘i

"1984: toshaul. Lower
_ Maintand waste. ‘to. an Inte-.”

flor. mine ‘site,’ disqualifies
him from voting on related”
at : District.” council

Section 83 of the :
Municipal Act says a‘ person’

is -not disqualified: from

‘holding office as.a‘m ember:

. of .council because he: is\a

Shareholder in’ an’ incor-":

porated. company : -having
> dealings: ‘or contracts with

“the municipality, provided:
. he does not vote at a a meeting.
~of-the: council-or’a- council .

‘ committee on a question af-

*.- fecting the compatiy:

: “Those : "proposals were
"made: to:the:LMR®. and ii

“will, ultimately. affect the:

“GVRD ‘and - the District. of
. North® Vancouver,” .., Says

“conflict of interest due ‘to his

‘ing. the. Premier: ‘Street land--

By JOANNE MacDONALD

ing that time. Even now, it’s
-@ long way down the road.
It’s still” in the conceptual
stages.”

‘McMinn also denied that
his role as the driving force
behind District’s move .to
close the Premier St. landfill
no later, than December an
1985, with:. waste © 40-5

transported. to Burns Bog i in
’ Delta — passed in a resolu-’
tion at the Policy and Plann-
ing ‘Committee meeting of
January 14:— posed a con-
flict.

SE didn’t: feel uncomfor-
table with’ the resolution,
because it was continuity of

’ an earlier stated position. -1

told Mayor ‘Baker about my
new .position when I sigried

_an agreement. with Cone

tinental a week ago. And
I’ve already agreed with the
District’s ‘lawyer ‘that |
wouldn't take, part’ in any

further discussions on the

“recent: “hiring * -by » CESL..:: &

‘However, he denied that his’.
former ‘employment with the :
‘ fi as a consultant hired

in the spring of 1984 to work

‘on : the. waste hauling pro- .

:posal — put him in a con-
‘ flict position...

= “The Premier St. landfill
-has always been a concern
that 1 wanted .to see. dealt
with: It?s something I started
-about 18 months ago,’’ said
“MeMinn. “1 didn’t see my
“work as a consultant with
-. Continental. as a conflict,
‘especially since there were no
- detive proposals made dur-

the . waste -disposal issue
anymore, I'd worry if I
coulda’t represent the pesple
in this area, but this was a
unanimous: Council’ decision
to ‘close ‘the Premier St.
landfill.” :

“CESL- originated. last spr-
ing when a group of Mission
businessmen -decided to

‘develop the-concept of haul-
: ing waste to the Interior of
' B.C. by rail, Accarditig to

McMinn, he is the sole full-
time employee, while some
sub-consultants have been
retained to: work on a pro-
ject basis.

District ‘Mayor, Marilyn
Baker said she was satisfied
McMinn’s consultant work
with CESL did not put him
in a conflict position since

“no : proposals * came for-
ward,.’”

She added that as far as’

the recent resolution to close
the Premier St. landfill . is
concerned, that McMinn was
not acting illegally. -

‘*He’s certainly aware he

Baker that McMinn’s actions
were not illegal, but ‘‘in the
spirit of the law it’s wrong.’’

““My problem is he’s out
to close the landfill yet he’s
also out to eliminate landfill
on the Lower Mainland. I

-heard him on CJOR talking

about the rail haul proposal.
There’s an issue here and the
issue is propriety,*’ says
Clark.

OO Ve tee the, Tueeetne Ce
“COSING (Ne PIenmer o1.°

landfill - will: add millions in

costs to, the.-North Shore

municipalities. Tne District
has just spent $2.5 million
on leachate. control. systems
and. the: closure. will maiz
that system redundant. The
Premier St. landfill also has

a lifespan of several years’
left,"’ he says. ‘‘The timing -.
is just atrocious with this

decision to go to Burns Bog.
The final report of the

LMRP isn’t even finished .

yet.
“I realize these are pretty
serious’ charges I’m making,

‘but the whole thing stinks.”

ALD. STEV ‘MeMinn. denies his prior. motions 0
Prevaler Street landfill represent a conflict of interest.

NEWS photo Terry Peters