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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2015-06-10, Page 88 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Huron East to submit grant application for Brussels arena Marco Vigliotti Huron Expositor Huron East is turning to a new federal infrastructure grant pro- gram in hopes of securing fund- ing for a proposed $1.56 million expansion to the Brussels Mor- ris Grey (BMG) Community Centre. The municipality's council voted Tuesday to submit an appli- cation seeking $600,000 - or 38 per cent of the project's estimated total cost - to the recently announced Canada 150 Commu- nity Infrastructure Program, though stopped short of guaran- teeing funding for the project even if it does manage to win fed- eral dollars. "The only thing were asking for approval (of)...is to go ahead and file the grant application - we are not authorizing the money," Bernie MacLellan, Mayor of Huron East, said at the June 2 meeting. The mayor successfully moti- vated his counterparts on coun- cil to move quickly on submit- ting an application to the grant program, warning that any delays might cause the munici- pality to miss the June 9 submis- sion deadline. The grant scheme, which ear- marks $44.4 million for projects in southern Ontario over the next two years, will fund anywhere between 33 to 50 per cent of a successful applicant project's costs. Brad Knight, Huron East's chief HURONSONG CHORUS nese„rs 0.„ 1• Pro 0 I A Benefit Concert for Huron Women's Shelter Monday June 15, 7:30 pm Northside United Church SEAFORTH Wednesday June 17, 7:30 pm Knox Presbyterian Church GODERICH Freewill Offering Ma.k&a Defuz CLE administrative officer, has said that the committee managing the Brus- sels arena is eyeing an L-shaped addition to the east and south sides of the facility that would push the dressing rooms behind the benches and expand the congested main lobby area. The committee, he explained, has allocated funding in their past two budgets to develop line drawings and prepare project estimates as part of its plans for renovations to address what it views as the "limited number and undersized dressing rooms in the facility.” In talks with Brussels commu- nity groups about a possible application, the municipality sug- gested it could offer up to $320,000 to the expansion plan after the neighbouring munici- pality of Morris-Turnberry sig- nalled it could allocate $80,000 to the BMG Community Centre, Knight said. Van Egmond Koine - Egmondville x &riag• r Cak Sunday, June 14, 2015 8am - fpm Adults - $8.00 Children under 10 - $4.00 Preschool...Free ast • WE'RE HAPPY TO SAY... WEuoM 1 70 THE TI4MJ douse (Larry) Dolmage joins us on June 15, 2015 Mouse has been fixing cars in Seaforth for IO years and is looking forward to serving you! TO BOOK AN APPOINTMENT WITH ONE OF OUR MECHANICS CALL TODAY! (519)527-0967 ea orthhuronexsositor.co The remainder, he added, would then be made up from fun- draising and a roughly $125,000 contribution from the local Opti- mist club. The awarding of any funds for the project by the municipality, however, will still have to be approved during next year's budget process, allowing coun- cil the opportunity to later decide against contributing even if the application proves successful. "Council will have the opportu- nity to turn it down next year dur- ing the budget process if it in fact we feel it isn't justified at the point or we don't want to carry on with it," Mayor MacLellan explained to his fellow elected members. The comments came after con- cerns were raised by Coun. Bob Fisher about the proposed expan- sion, which is anticipated to add another six locker rooms to the facility. Fisher voiced doubts about the need for additional locker rooms, saying he was told that there were only 25 hours of hockey played at the Brussels arena on an average week. "I can't see where you need six dressing rooms and a bigger this and a bigger that," he said at the meeting. MacLellan, though, warned against arguing about the design of the proposed renovation, saying the immediate focus was on sub- mitting the application, with the finer details to be determined at a later time. "If we do get the grant we could certainly iron out the details at that point about whether we need six change rooms, four change rooms or whatever," he said, noting that the price of the project "could change a little." If the application is not success- ful, then the municipality will most likely not provide any money for the prospective expansion, MacLellan added. SAVE THE DATE 3rd Annual Central Huron Mayor's Mingle A Celebration of Volunteerism July 7, 2015 5-8 PM Central Huron Community Complex Complimentary BBQ Meal Courtesy of: