Faraday honours the late Carl Tinney
At a special meeting on May 13, Faraday Township council discussed further details on renaming the township community centre in honour of Carl Tinney, a former Faraday reeve and councillor and Hastings County warden, who passed away on Feb. 19. Council subsequently adopted a motion to have Bernice Crocker, the clerk and treasurer, order a plaque with “The Carl Tinney Community Centre” on it and to have it ready for Tinney’s Celebration of Life at the community centre on June 14.
Tinney was a former reeve and long-time councillor in Faraday Township, and he was also warden of Hastings County in 2001. Crocker brought up renaming the Faraday Community Centre in honour of the late Carl Tinney’s service to the township at their special meeting on May 13. She reminded them that at their Nov. 1, 2023 meeting, council adopted a motion moved by Deputy Mayor Marg Nicholson and seconded by Councillor Murray Bowers, to dedicate the name of the community centre from the Faraday Community Centre to the Carl Tinney Community Centre to recognize Tinney’s many years of service to the community.
Crocker said she’d looked into the options and priced both a sign and a plaque to commemorate Carl Tinney. The sign cost was $575 plus HST and had a warranty of seven years, and didn’t include installation, while the plaque cost was just under $2,000 plus HST, had a lifetime warranty and included installation. If council chose the first option, she recommended it be on the highway side of the building as it was a rather large sign.
“Carl was here back in January and we did ask him when he stopped in what type of name he would like on it; Carl Tinney, Carl A. Tinney or C.A. Tinney, and he just said do whatever,” she says.
Mayor Dennis Purcell remarked that Tinney would have wanted to keep it simple or do “the Readers’ Digest version,” to which the other councillors agreed.
Crocker said the funds were allotted in the budget for the dedication and the only questions were whether council wanted the sign or plaque and what verbiage they wanted to put on it. She said that the plaque, which measured three feet by two feet, would take approximately two weeks to be made and delivered, and whatever option they chose, they ideally would like to have it in place for Tinney’s Celebration of Life being held at the community centre on June 14. Ultimately, council chose to go with the plaque option and to have it read simply The Carl Tinney Community Centre.
There was also the question on whether to have the plaque inside or outside, as some on council were concerned about potential vandalism or theft, while others wanted it outside to clearly delineate that the community centre was now named in honour of Tinney. They ultimately chose to display the plaque outside the community centre.
Bowers asked if another nod to Tinney could also be placed inside the building, with perhaps a sign or plaque and photo, which everyone acknowledged was a good idea, but Crocker said it would need to be looked at in next year’s budget. Council subsequently passed a resolution to approve having Crocker proceed with the purchase of the plaque with The Carl Tinney Community Centre engraved on it.
Crocker told The Bancroft Times that she was pleased that council was agreeable to accepting her recommendation to purchase the plaque for the renaming of the Faraday Community Centre to the Carl Tinney Community Centre.
“Although the cost for the plaque including installation of the same is $1,924.65 plus HST, I do feel that it is a worthwhile purchase given that the plaque comes with a lifetime guarantee. The plaque is being purchased locally through It Stix Signs and Graphics Inc. located on Bay Lake Road in Bancroft. It Stix has been advised that the township has approved the purchase of the plaque. We are currently working on the wording for the plaque, which will be provided to It Stix,” she says.
Tinney’s daughter, Noreen, who is a planner and Elder with North Hastings Children’s Services, told The Bancroft Times that the honour that Faraday Township is bestowing on their dad is a wonderful tribute to his 30 plus years of serving Faraday Township’s ratepayers, as a councillor and reeve.
“While Dad would probably be uncomfortable having his name on a building because he never looked for that kind of attention, we are moved that he is being honoured in this way and look forward to seeing his name ‘up in lights,’” she says. “We, his children, are very proud of Dad, and we thank Faraday Township for honouring him.”
Michael Riley, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Bancroft Times
