Puslinch Mayor Dennis Lever believes the online petition and economic impact information issues regarding the proposed Highway 6 Morriston bypass should remain separate.
Council briefly discussed the issue of concerns surrounding Highway 6 and the proposed Morriston bypass.
The issues cropped up once again on April 3 through correspondence from Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott.
Some of that correspondence was related to council’s resolution in support of the safety zone.
Remaining correspondence was tied into the Highway 6 bypass matter.
Later on in the meeting, Lever said he’d attended a recent Community Oriented Policing meeting at which time it was suggested that they visit provincial MPPs in regard to the online petition to get the Highway 6 bypass for Morriston underway.
“They asked if I would like to be involved in the discussions,” Lever said.
At the same time, the mayor noted that Arnott might be able to attend along with the group.
“My personal preference is that they are doing this as their goal, while the municipality is working on the economic impact.”
Lever suggested that having Arnott attend with the group would lend validity to the visit.
Councillor Jerry Schmidt agreed.
Councillor Wayne Stokely suggested the petition would have more validity with the mayor’s involvement.
He considered the involvement would show that council is an integral part of the process.
Lever said his preference would be to remain separate.
His decision to remain separate from the petition issue is that it was generated by a resident group rather than council.
