On April 20, council reviewed correspondence from resident James Seeley regarding Puslinch baseball diamonds.
In his letter Seeley stated, “There is a lot of talk of razing one or more of our ball diamonds due to the cost of installing new lights at two diamonds. The latest I have heard is that they will replace the lights in Aberfoyle and remove them in Morriston.”
Seeley wrote, “It still disgusts me that we donate money to a private pond annually for the benefit of the property owners that most are likely in the top 2% of wage earners in Canada yet we can’t get lights at diamonds that are available to every taxpayer.”
He added “council owes (it) to this community to improve parks and recreational activities, not let them degrade.”
Seeley stated, “I don’t care how much it cost to replace both sets of lights at the diamonds, our community deserves it; we pay high taxes for minimum services, we can afford this.” He advocated lobbying the county for a larger portion of “the tax pie”.
Councillor Matthew Bulmer asked if Seeley’s letter could be forwarded to the recreation committee prior to it making recommendations to council in June.
The letter was received without further discussion.
