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Sting of defeat
The Blyth U15 Girls Soccer team welcomed Lucknow to the village late last month, but the
homefiled advantage wasn't enough as the Blyth squad dropped the match 4-2. The team next
takes on Clinton on June 19 in Blyth. (Denny Scott photo)
BIA to get procedural training
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
As part of a drive to have all
committees of council following the
municipality's procedures, North
Huron staff will be walking the
Blyth Business Improvement Area's
(BIA) executive through a training
session on its procedural bylaw.
At the BIA's June 7 meeting,
North Huron Chief Administrative
Officer Sharon Chambers explained
that, because the BIA is a committee
of council, the BIA and any sub-
committees need to follow the rules
that govern council meetings.
"The role of the ombudsman
expanded a year ago to oversee all
types of accountability and
transparency issues," she explained.
"They can investigate complaints
against any level of a municipality or
committee so we have to make sure
all committees of council are
following our procedures."
Chambers explained that the
responsibility of making sure the
meetings are following procedures
falls under the clerk's department
and that a session would be set up
soon with the BIA executive to talk
about following procedures, likely
after the BIA establishes its 2017
executive later this month.
"Hearing who does what and
looking at the roles of municipality
staff and the people on the board will
be important," she said. "We want to
make sure the decisions that are
being made by the BIA are being
recorded in minutes that we can look
back on if we have an audit."
Chambers pointed to the fact that
the budget wasn't yet officially
A correction
The dates for the Festival of
Wizardry (Transfigured Town), that
may be held in Blyth, were
erroneously reported in the June 8
issue of The Citizen.
The date of the event, according to
organizer Nathan Swartz, will be
Oct. 14 and 15.
The Citizen apologizes for any
confusion the error may have
caused.
approved as being a problem, saying
that Financial Department head
Donna White would be willing to
train the group on how to plan for
projects in the future through its
levy.
"We want to make sure we're
following the same procedures with
all our committees," she said.
North Huron Council
representative Bill Knott, who has
previously spoke to Council about
local BIAS following the procedures,
said he wanted the committee to
understand that the need for the BIA
executive to follow the rules
predated the ombudsman's
announcement.
"Even before the ombudsman's
announcement, as a committee of
council, you were to be following
these rules," he said. "There needs to
be minutes, budgets need to be
presented on time, meetings need to
be had and the dates of meetings for
both the BIA and its sub -committees
need to be published so people can
attend them.
"If you do something in the
community that someone can object
to, you're going to hear crying and
whining," he said. "They can object
to these things and you need to have
a record of the decision being
made."
Chambers said meeting dates and
times need to posted in advance,
agendas need to be circulated and
the BIA needs to be aware that to not
do so is contravening provincial law.
She pointed to the municipality of
Brockton, which ran into a problem
when several council members
decided to attend a drainage meeting
they weren't required to attend. The
resulting increased council
attendance constituted a meeting and
the ombudsman ruled it was an
illegal meeting. She said those kinds
of problems need to be avoided.
Dates for the proposed training
sessions weren't set.
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M -T supports AORS
ask for radio rules
Morris-Turnberry Council feels
that public works employees
should have a permanent exemption
from rules regarding using
communication devices while
driving.
In light of the temporary
exemption for public works
employees using communication
devices while driving, The
Association of Ontario Road
Supervisors called for support in
having the permanent exemption
enjoyed by emergency services such
as firefighters, police officer and
paramedics extended to public
works employees.
A resolution supporting the
request was passed by council with
Councillor Jim Nelemans saying he
felt it would likely be more
dangerous to have public works
operators stop doing their job to
answer a radio call.
Mayor Paul Gowing said the
motion would help Morris-
Turnberry employees to continue
doing their job in a safe, efficient
fashion.
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Morris-Turnberry Council voted
to update Bylaw 9-2006, which
permits the use of off-road vehicles
(ORVs) on municipal roadways,
during its June 6 meeting.
The bylaw is to be updated to
allow ORVs all -terrain vehicles
(ATVs) and two-up ATVs, side-by-
side ORVs or utility terrain vehicles
(UTVs) on municipal roadways.
Mayor Paul Gowing also
presented Huron County's bylaw,
which was dealt with last month and
prevents all off-road vehicles from
using county roadways.
He said he didn't vote for the
prohibition, but understood the fact
that the county staff didn't want off-
road vehicles on hard -surfaced
roads.
Hospice proceeding
well: O'Reilly, Penner
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
Plans are coming along well and
enthusiasm is in the air for the
planned Huron -Perth residential
hospice location just west of
Clinton.
Kathy O'Reilly and Lisa Penner
both spoke to Huron County Council
at its June 7 meeting, updating
councillors on the progress of the
centre and plans moving forward, as
well as the centre's funding model.
The process began, O'Reilly told
council, with a commissioned study
on the need for hospice in Huron
and Perth Counties. The results
came back suggesting six hospice
beds in the Stratford area and four in
Huron, preferably in a central
location.
Once the Hwy. 8 property in
Central Huron was purchased, those
involved in the project focused their
attention to fundraising, which the
group will need to do heavily in the
future.
O'Reilly said that the hospice is a
no -charge proposition, meaning that
all of the money used to run the
facility will have to come from
community donors. Currently, she
said, there are a number of initiatives
which are ongoing, one of which is
asking residents to donate $1,000 to
sponsor a day at the hospice ($1,000
is enough to run the centre for one
day).
While she acknowledged that the
group has come under fire for
purchasing such a large lot with
acreage, she said it was important to
the board of directors to find a
property that provided those at the
centre with the Huron County
experience. That includes feeling
like you're in a rural setting and
enough space to hold parties or get-
togethers that could be very
important to those having to spend
time there.
To close the update, O'Reilly
invited Huron County councillors to
participate in the upcoming
Warden's Charity Golf Tournament,
from which the Huron -Perth hospice
will be the charity that will benefit.
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