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Subject: IMHO Bedord Higgy the Biblepounders and the RCMP deserve each other
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Church has to remove tent from property outside Saint John after court appearance
Numerous noise complaints lead Higher Life Church to court
The Municipality of Fundy-St. Martins went to court this week to force Philip Hutchings to remove a tent his church had been using for services.
Officials had applied to the Court of King's Bench for an order to remove the tent, alleging it contravenes the Community Planning Act, the Building Code Administration Act or both.
They also alleged the church violated the Nuisance Bylaw with all of the noise generated by gatherings.
In the end, both sides came to a quick and amicable agreement on Tuesday, explained lawyer Jonathan Martin, who represented Hutchings and his wife, Jamie, on the application.
Martin said the couple agreed to take down the tent within three months and to empty the contents of the tent within 30 days.
He said Hutchings is currently trying to sell the tent.
In fact, Hutchings has posted ads on Kijiji and Facebook Marketplace listing the tent — and the land it sits on — for sale.
In
his listing on Kijiji, Philip Hutchings posted this picture of the
inside of the tent once used for church services by Higher Life Church. (Philip Hutchings/Kijiji)
The tent is listed for $25,000 and the "6+ acres with Dome" for $229,900, although the MLS listing is for $194,900.
An email was sent to Higher Life, requesting an interview with Hutchings, but no one has responded.
Formerly known as His Tabernacle Family Church, Higher Life Church had been operating out of the tent at 28 Base Rd., a rural road outside Saint John city limits, near the intersection with Route 825.
Neighbours around the Garnett Settlement property have long complained about the thumping music and raucous sermons.
Fundy-St. Martins Mayor Jim Bedford said there were about 100 complaints from neighbours about the noise.
The
outline of the property owned by Higher Life Church Inc. at 28 Base Rd.
in Garnett Settlement, which is part of the municipality of Fundy-St.
Martins. (Kijiji)
He said the RCMP responded to calls every weekend — and sometimes on Wednesdays — for about seven or eight months straight.
"There was a lot of complaints," Bedford said. "It was every weekend. I know that even on Christmas Day we had complaints from the residents that they couldn't enjoy their Christmas dinner because the music was so loud."
He said the only thing the municipality asked the church was to turn down the volume "so the residents could enjoy their quality of life, but that just didn't go anywhere, so we ended up having to take that to court."
Bedford said the RCMP even went to the neighbourhood with a sound meter to measure the level of the noise, and "it was way exceeding our bylaw. So something had to be done."
Shawna Roy was one of the residents who filed affidavits in the court case.
Philip Hutchings's Kijiji ad for the sale of 28 Base Rd. and the tent that sits on the property. (Philip Hutchings/Kijiji)
Roy, who lived at 20 Mills Ave., said the noise was so bad, "in a move of desperation," she sold her home and moved to Quispamsis.
"The noise from the Church has caused me and [my] young children immense stress," she wrote in her affidavit.
She said she recognized Hutchings's voice and heard him "encouraging his followers to cheer and get louder during the services on Sunday morning, Sunday evening and Wednesday evenings. During one particular sermon, I heard Philip James Hutchings scream 'Garnett Settlement is our enemy, they don't want us here.'"
Another resident said the constant noise and thumping music interfered with the bedtimes and nap times of her three young children.
"The constant noise from the Church is mentally exhausting, frustrating, and overwhelming. I have thought about relocating as I feel disrespected in my home as I moved her for peace and that has been taken from us due to the Church's noise."
The history
The church's move to the country setting came after a period spent having services in a tent on Ashburn Lake Road. That was after they were shut down for not complying with pandemic protocols while still operating out of the former Holy Trinity Church building on Rockland Road in Saint John.
The plan was to build a permanent structure on the land at 28 Base Rd., which extends from route 111 and 128 between the Saint John Airport and St. Martins.
In November 2022, the local service commission issued a one-year permit for the church to use the tent for gatherings while they worked on the new church building.
When that permit expired in November 2023, construction of the new building hadn't even started, the tent remained and the church continued to hold services in it.
So, while the tent may "initially have been exempt" from the Building Code, once the permit expired, it became subject to the act and was not in compliance, according to affidavits from municipal officials.
The day after the one-year permit expired, the municipality gave the church an order to remove the tent by Dec. 6, 2023.
Although Hutchings tried to apply for another permit, the municipality said he did not provide all of the requested information and the application remained incomplete.
According to its website, the church is now holding services at 440 Gondola Point Rd., listed on property records as belonging to Eastgate House of Prayer Mission Base.
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:22:30 -0400
Subject: Hey Higgy Methinks the Crown and the lawyer JonathanMartin
should never deny the obvious malice before CBC deletes all my
comments N'esy Pas???
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Saint John pastor facing another contempt charge for alleged COVID-19
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Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 12:52:56 +0000
Subject: RE: Hey Higgy Methinks the Crown should explain to the lawyer
JonathanMartin why CBC has kept the comment secton open so long while
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Mayor of Fundy-St. Martins rankled by large tax increases
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Mayor of Fundy-St. Martins rankled by large tax increases
Some parts of the new village are getting a 20-cent hike in their
property tax rate
Jennifer Sweet · CBC News · Posted: Mar 03, 2023 4:33 PM AST
Jim Bedford, mayor of Fundy-St. Martins, is disappointed in the
budget imposed on his newly expanded village by the provincial
government. (Facebook/Jim Bedford)
New Brunswick's municipal reforms were touted as a way to give more
say to rural residents who never had representation before, but the
mayor of Fundy-St. Martins says some residents of his recently
expanded village are feeling powerless in the face of big property tax
increases.
"It was handed down to us," said Jim Bedford, who got his first look
at his community's budget in mid-January, but is getting a better idea
how residents are affected, as bills begin to arrive in the mail.
Even he is at a loss to understand the exact reasons behind the tax hikes.
The rates in some areas of the village, located in southern N.B., are
going up by 15 to 20 cents, which will cost an average homeowner about
$200, said Bedford.
The most disappointing thing in his view is that residents had no
input. "It's, 'Pay it and have a good day,'" he said.
"'Here it is. This is what it's going to cost you.' And we get nothing
in return."
Because of the timeline of municipal reforms and elections of new
councils, this year's municipal budget was formulated by the
provincial government.
"It kind of blindsided us that we would see this much of an increase,"
said Bedford. "It would have been nice even for the previous council
to have had some input into it."
A computer drawn map in white, gray and blue, depicting the boundaries
of the new village of Fundy-St. Martins, and including the names and
interior divisions it encompasses. In the new Village of Fundy-St.
Martins, residents of the former Local Service District of Simonds are
seeing the highest property tax rate increase at 20 cents per $100 of
assessed value. Properties in the Fairfield area are seeing their rate
increase by 15 cents. (GNB)
Under local governance reforms by the province, many factors could be
at play with respect to higher tax rates, said Phillippe Ouellette,
CEO of the Fundy Regional Services Commission, of which Fundy-St.
Martins is a member.
A lot of change is happening, said Ouellette, and there are "challenges."
One factor is that local government entities are new or expanded. That
means they have higher operating costs, but it also means they are
providing services to residents who previously didn't have them.
Fundy-St. Martins is by no means alone in that. For example, said
Ouellette, Hampton, which is also a member of the commission, has
doubled in both size and population under the reforms. That would
certainly have an impact, he said.
Fundy-St. Martins does have new administrative costs, said Bedford,
such as a new chief administrative officer and council pay. But a
large chunk of its $2.7-million budget is going to the regional
service commission, he said.
The commission is getting more funding to go with its broader mandate,
said Ouellette.
It used to deal with land planning and the regional landfill. Now, it
has six new areas of responsibility, as well: economic development,
tourism promotion, regional facilities, regional transportation,
regional public safety and community development.
Municipal council members may not be able to point to exactly what
they're getting for their higher taxes now, but the commission will
provide a forum to work a lot of that out, said the CEO. The model is
intended to empower each local government, he said.
A smiling man in about his late 40s or early 50s, with short salt and
pepper hair and wearing tortoise rimmed eye glasses, a dark gray suit,
a pale lavender shirt and deep blue tie with diagonal bright green
stripes, looks at the camera for a head and shoulders portrait.
Phillippe Ouellette, CEO of the Fundy Regional Service Commission,
says member communities will have many ways to get value for tax
dollars that are helping to fund its expanded services. (Phil
Ouellette/LinkedIn)
With the exception of economic development and tourism promotion —
which have been contracted out to Envision Saint John — committees
will be set up to deal with every other commission responsibility,
with representation on each from across the region.
The mayors, who make up the commission board, will be able to
collaborate on decisions about big ticket items, said Ouellette.
The transportation committee, for example, might propose a trail
system that spans the region, if they decide that should be a
priority, or initiatives surrounding train safety, which many
communities seem to share concerns about.
Amalgamation is "probably good," said Bedford, but "mandated services"
create "a burden."
He suspects the highest tax-rate increases in his community were
imposed on areas that previously opted out of contributing to operate
a rink in St. Martins and that now everyone in the new community is
being required to pitch in.
Bedford said he hopes council will have more say in the municipal
budget next year, but he is expecting another tax hike as
contributions are mandated for other regional facilities.
Regional facilities are one of the higher cost factors in the
commission's budget, Ouellette acknowledged. But if the Fundy-St.
Martins tax increases have anything to do with the St. Martins rink,
it's not related to "regional facility" contributions.
A colourful computer drawn map of the province, colour coded by type
of local government entity. Under recent local government reforms, the
number of entities was reduced by more than two-thirds.
(DarkLanternBrigadier)
There are only five designated regional facilities under the purview
of the Fundy Regional Services Commission — TD Station, the Saint John
Arts Centre, the Saint John Trade and Convention Centre, the Canada
Games Aquatic Centre and the Imperial Theatre, all in Saint John.
Community development is the broadest new governance mandate, said
Ouellette. It encompasses social inclusion, newcomer settlement,
diversity promotion, affordable housing and healthy communities.
Some of those are big ticket items, but Ouellette said they also
provide many opportunities to "drive value" to residents of the Fundy
region.
There will be other budget pressures in Fundy-St. Martins, said the mayor.
It currently has a "break-even" budget, and no money for capital
repairs. The fire station is outdated, for example, but the community
can't afford to replace it, said Bedford, unless it borrows the money
or raises taxes again.
"We certainly don't want to do that," he said.
Bedford said the new council will have to be creative, but he's
optimistic they'll overcome the challenges.
CBC News contacted the provincial government for more details on the
factors behind the tax hikes in Fundy-St. Martins. No response had
been received by publication time.
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36 Comments
David Amos
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Welcome to the circus in Fundy
David Amos
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A few days ago I heard Bedford whining about this topic on the radio
so I picked up the phone and sent a few emails to remind certain
people I was paying attention.
Methinks Higgy et al know why I chuckled when somebody told me to
expect to see this article N'esy Pas?