The Citizen, 2014-12-25, Page 41THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2014. PAGE 41.
Central Huron Council has
upgraded its fire chief position to
full-time in an attempt to increase
the compliance of the Central Huron
Fire Department.
At council’s Dec. 15 meeting,
council approved a motion that
would make the position full-time
after initial discussion on the matter
took place on Dec. 8 at council’s
committee of the whole meeting.
Mayor Jim Ginn told councillors
that there have been preliminary
discussions with another
municipality, which he chose not to
name, about possibly sharing the
costs of a full-time fire chief. He said
the council of the unnamed
municipality had already met and
passed a motion in favour of
potentially sharing services.
When asked, Ginn said there
might be potential to share a new
full-time fire chief with “one or
more” other municipalities.
He said that while he wasn’t
pushing council to make an
immediate decision on the matter,
what he was hearing from members
of the fire department was confusion
and impatience, wanting council to
make a decision so the wheels of
leadership in the department can
once again begin turning.
“They want us to do something,”
he said. “The position has been open
for some time.”
Chief Administrative Officer
Peggy Van Mierlo-West said that if
Central Huron were to move from a
part-time to a full-time fire chief,
there would be a slight increase to
the fire budget, but that it would
really only account for seven-and-a-
half hours more per week. The
increase, she said, without
considering a potential partnership,
would be a 2.5 per cent increase to
the annual fire budget.
Councillor Burkhard Metzger
suggested proceeding with the hiring
of a new chief without necessarily
deciding on a partnership first. He
said that the department needed to be
in compliance with provincial
regulations and that process needed
to happen sooner rather than later.
Councillor Dan Colquhoun
agreed, saying that a report, which
cost $3,800, was ordered by the
municipality on the fire chief issue
and nothing was done as a result.
“I agree with [Metzger]. I think we
need to hire a full-time fire chief and
he has a lot of stuff to straighten
out.”
Councillor Alison Lobb asked if
the municipality was to proceed with
the hiring of a new chief, would that
then eliminate the possibility of a
partnership with a neighbouring
municipality down the road, and
Ginn said that was a difficult
question to answer.
A motion to begin the hiring
process for a full-time fire chief for
the department was then passed.
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common in North America, but that
it is more common in Europe.
As far as Perth Road 183, Knight
says the transmission line will cross
the boundary line between Huron
East and West Perth four times,
resulting in approximately 60 per
cent of the line being on Huron
East’s side of the boundary.
Because the transmission line runs
“relatively close” to the travelled
portion of the road, Knight said, the
impact of installation could be
significant.
He said that when discussions
regarding the transmission line
began in September, Northland was
not committing to any type of
community funding.
He told councillors that any
funding received should be split with
West Perth and that the boundary
road agreement would be amended
accordingly.
The community fund would
provide Huron East with
approximately $30,000 annually
from Perth Road 183 and $20,000
from Rogerville Road, Knight
said.
Council approved the agreement.
It had also been approved by West
Perth Council, which met on Dec. 15
and decided to support the
agreement.
In his report, Knight informed
councillors that Northland expected
the appeals process to conclude
sometime in January and that they
hoped to finalize contracts and
mobilize for construction in early
spring of 2015, if everything goes
according to plan.
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