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High OPP costing
concerns council
A special year
This year, members of the Auburn Horticultural Society will be celebrating its 65th anniversary
and it’s as strong as ever. The society finished 2014 with 86 members, adding 20 new
members over the course of the year. Back row, from left: Marita Oudshoorn, Mary Ellen
Foran, District 8 Director Sharon Nivins, Jane Smyth, Secretary Tiffany Craig, Past-President
Joni Reinhart and Rhea Hamilton Seeger. Front row, from left: Jo-Anne Smyth, Treasurer Liz
Chamas, President Karen Redmond and Stein Schoemaker. (Mark Royall photo)
Horticultural Society to celebrate 65th anniversary
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OPP costs have been the talk of
many municipalities throughout
Ontario in the last year, as numerous
resolutions regarding the new
funding model make their way to
Central Huron every month, both
positive and negative, depending on
whether a municipality’s costs rose
or fell as a result of the new model.
Chief Administrative Officer
Peggy Van Mierlo-West said she was
in the midst of preparing a report on
OPP costing and what it means for
Central Huron. She says it would be
presented at council’s Feb. 9
committee of the whole meeting,
followed by a bylaw at council’s
Feb. 16 meeting to approve a new
contract with the OPP.
Martin told council that officers of
the Huron County OPP detachment
have generally spent over 2,000
hours per year in Central Huron.
This is a higher level than other
municipalities see, he said, as a
result of Central Huron’s
geographically central location in
the county. The result, he said, has
been increased visibility and an
increased presence in Central Huron,
which he said he felt was a good
thing.
Councillor Alison Lobb asked the
two officers about the fatal shooting
that occurred at the Hullett Wildlife
Conservation Area late last year,
asking what an incident like that
would mean for the municipality
under the new funding model.
Hummel told Lobb that the beauty
of the OPP contract from the
municipality’s standpoint is that
costs aren’t directly tied to call
volume or the severity of calls. He
said an incident like last year’s
murder investigation, which called
on various units from all over the
province for approximately two
weeks, wouldn’t cost the
municipality any more than if the
incident had never taken place.
If Central Huron had its own
police force in place and a similar
incident occurred, he said, he was
comfortable in saying that municipal
costs would easily run into the
millions of dollars. And if the
municipality had its own police
force, Central Huron would have to
pay for everything related to the
investigation.
Van Mierlo-West assured council
that her report on OPP costs would
be presented to them next month,
followed by a bylaw for their
consideration.
Monday night I backed out of my
laneway and onto the road. My car
tires crunched over the hardened
snow as I pointed my vehicle
towards Auburn.
The external thermometer in my
car tells me it is -13°C outside but
that was okay because I was going to
a meeting where the talk would be
all about things of spring and
summer. I was attending the annual
meeting for the Auburn
Horticultural Society and I was
looking forward to focusing on
gardens and plants instead of ice and
snow.
The meeting began with local
resident and ardent gardener Rhea
Hamilton Seeger. She talked to us
about garden tours which was one of
the Society’s highlights from this
past year. One day last July
members visited four gardens which
included the gardens of Debbie Van
Kuyvanhoven in Wingham, the
Baans in Walton, Carol Reinink’s at
Sunset Springs and then Jaqui and
John Empson’s garden in Auburn.
Rhea spoke how her love for
gardening began at a young age. She
remembers running her hand
through the rows of lavender and
breathing in the delicious aroma it
would produce. She was certain as a
young girl that fairies lived in her
garden at home. For her gardens
were magical places and they still
are.
Rhea was encouraging others to
consider opening up their home
gardens for tours. She said people
often feel their garden isn’t big
enough or good enough to warrant
people coming for a tour. However
she reassured the audience stating, if
it takes 15 minutes to walk through
your garden to ponder and examine
the various plants in it, then your
garden is big enough. Then she
added, if you enjoy your garden it
will be apparent and show through
to others who would come for a
tour.
Rhea encouraged people to
experiment a little bit in their
gardens as she shared beautiful
pictures of how her own home
gardens outside of Auburn have
progressed over the years.
President Karen Redmond gave
her annual report saying the society
finished the year with 86 members
having added 20 new members this
past year. The Auburn Horticultural
Society will be celebrating 65 years
as a society in 2015.
By Mark
Royall
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