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qinton NeVO-Reci2f0, Thursday. Apgnst 21, 1988
Name new MODA manager
slate talks with municipalities
The Midwestern Ontario
Regional Development Council
has a renewed interest in its
continued wort and objectives
following a meeting in Stratford.
It has a new Manager, Milton
Phillips of Ottawa, who will be
taking over his duties in this area
about Sept, t5. At present Mr.
Phillips is assistant general
Manager of the Eastern Ontario
Development Council.
For the time being MODA is
relieved of the necessity to Pay
the 'salary of its new general
manager, Actually he has been
hi red by the regional
development branch of the
Department of Trade and
Development, and will be 011
loan to the midwestern region.
The province will pay his
salary and travelling expenses
until such time as MODA is
financially able to assume
responsibility for its manager's
salary and expenses. The amount
of Mr. Phillips' salary is still
being negotiated, but it is
understood it will not be less
than that of the previous general
manager, $11,500.
Besides his duties as general
Directors of the Midwestern
Ontario Regional. Development
Council left a meeting this
month in a much more
optimistic frame of mind than
when they arrived.
For one thing, MODA has a
new general manager. He is
Milton Phillips of Ottawa, at
present assistant general manager
of the Eastern Ontario Regional
Development Council. For
another thing, MODA has been
able to consolidate its debts,
with the exception of one
account, under one bank loan of
$10,600 — much less than had
been reported earlier.
But most important of all, the
directors are now free to talk
with officials of the
municipalities in the four-county
area of Perth, Huron, Waterloo
and Wellington.
Until a number of studies
were completed, directors had
been asked not to discuss
IVIODA's past accomplishments
and future work programs. The
ban has now been lifted.
The directors decided to
adopt a suggestion by Gerald
Fatum, of Fergus, that groups of
directors meet with county and
municipal councils throughout
the area to fill in the elected
representatives on MODA.
Interviews , and surveys to
obtain current social, economic,
and cultural information in the
Midwestern Ontario Region will
be conducted here soon by the
research section, Regional
Development Branch, Ontario
Department of Treasury and
Economics.
These surveys mark the
second stage in the Midwestern
Regional Development Program
which ' the Hon. Charles S.
MacNaughton, Treasurer of
Ontario and Minister of
Economics, has called a
"partnership approach" to
regional develOpment.
The first stage in this
approach was completed last
December when the MODA
Council prepared a set of
comprehensive recommenda-
tions embodying the council's
views on development in the
region. These recommendations
were tabled in the House last
March 6, together with proposals
and suggestions from the other
nine regional councils,
The field work is part of an
overall research effort by the
Regional Development Branch
Student participation in tile
Sept. Seaforth fall fair and
any other similar fairs in the
district was approved by the
Huron-Perth Separate School
Board at a meeting hi Seaforth
last week.
In other business the board
passed a debenture bylaw for
borrowing 012,00. for
construction of St. Mary's
Separate School hi Ooderich.
The bylaw ItUit be approved by
the Ontario Municipal Board.
No decision Was reached on
the probli'm of receiving tax
fun& item Municipalities whose
tax bills are not sent until
becernber. The subject of next
manager of MODA, Mr, Phillips
Will also be secretary-treasurer of
the Midwestern Tourist Council,
This will, in addition to other
advantages, retain liaison
between the two organizations
interested in the four-county
region of Perth, Huron,
Wellifigton and Waterloo.
Mr. Phillips' appointment was
recommended at a meeting of
MODA directors. He was chosen
from three applicants,
His appointment has also been
endorsed by the regional
development branch.
Directors were agreed it is
most important for Mr. Phillips
to meet officials of the
Municipalities which comprise
the region as soon as possible.
It was decided that as soon as
possible meetings between Mr.
Phillips and municipal officials
will be arranged.
Mr. Phillips comes to MODA
at .a time when its financial
position has improved to a point
directors feel is not serious,
A large . portion of its
indebtedness was incurred
through the printing of the
MODA, directory which a
"Most councils don't know
anything abbut MODA," Mr.
Fatum commented.
Warden James Hayter, of
Huron County, pointed out that
most of MODA directors are not
members of councils.
"So often," he said, "councils
appoint people to jobs and then
never hear of them again, People
don't seem to realize when they
are named to a board or
commission they have a
responsibility to report back to
the body which appoints them,"
T, H. Isley, Reeve of Waterloo
Township, said when his council
makes an appointment he asks
the appointee to report back at
every meeting of council.
However, he agreed this is not
the usual practice.
Several of the directors
mentioned ways in which
MODA had been of assistance to
the municipality they represent.
Walter Gerth, Milverton reeve,
said the village, which has been
looking for a dentist for several
years, 'has • a* "good prospect"
obtained through MODA. The
dentist read a MODA brochure
on the area, became interested in
this part of Ontario, and is
considering settling here.
"If MODA has done nothing
more than attract a dentist to
'Milverton, its efforts would be
worthwhile," Reeve Gerth
regarding the MODA Region.
This research is being
co-ordinated with other studies,
including that of the
Waterloo-South Wellington Area.
The initial MODA Council
recommendations and the
special studies, including the
present field work, will result in
a full statement of development
strategy for the MODA region,
This statement will be sent to
the MODA Council for careful
review before it is considered as
policy.
This month, the survey team
will cover Huron County. In
September it will survey Perth
and the northern part of
Wellington County.
Information will be gathered
from municipal departments,
industrial commissioners,
planning boards, manpower
centres, and business. Interviews
and surveys are designed to
secure trends in employment,
industry mix, availability of
water, sewage, and power.
Surveys will link
manufacturing, transportation,
markets, and other sectors to
establish the region's potential.
year's tax collection is to be the
subject of more talks.
The board agreed to spend
$800 to have an extra office on
the main floor of the
administrative building in
Seaforth enclosed by the
landlord, S. Box. He is also to
proceed with completion of the
second-floor quarters, including
a board room and office for
consultants: Work is to start this
Week and be finished by Oct. L
The stairway Was discussed
and a motion passed asking that
Mr, Box obtain a certificate of
compliance with rules and
regulations of the Dept, of
Labour and fire Marshal's Office,
number of business firma are
finding a valuable asset in
helping,them locate Timis which
can ManUfaeture or supply
by-product-4 required in larger
industrial plants.
When MODA embarked on its
long-range program, which was
to take at least three years,
regional Municipalities agreed to
support the organization until
the program was ready for
launching,
Unfortunately, as several
directors pointed out, munieipal
councils had changed in the
interim, and commitments were
forgotten.
AS one director put it: "If all
member municipalities had
recognized those commitments
we would be sitting pretty."
It was also pointed out that in
organizations such as MODA,
which usually receives various
grants in arrears, a policy of
deficit financing is obligatory.
There are many businesses which
operate in , a similar manner,
including municipalities which
have to spend funds before they
are collected through the tax
levy.
commented. He explained there
is a large farming area around
Milverton whose residents have
to travel many miles and wait a
long time to receive dental
treatment.
A sampling of some of the
plans which have been
formulated by MODA as the
result of a number of studies of
the area, include a program for
the controlled development of
the sand and gravel resources of
the entire area.
The "ravaging" of gravel pits
in Perth County has been the
subject of a discussion by Perth
County Council on several
occasions.
Councillors feel, and not
without reason, that the day is
not far distant when townships
will find it difficult to secure
good grade gravel for use on
township roads which are not
hard-surfaced. Good gravel is
also needed for construction of
new roads and rebuilding
existing ones.
Another plan is to encourage
the' counties and municipalities
to meet some of the demand for
recreational space by providing
additional local parks and picnic
areas.
It is also suggested
consideration be given to a
system of development andjor
maintenance grants similar to
those proposed for conservation
authorities.
Also proposed is a
comprehensive survey of medical
services of all types, both
personnel and facilities, to
indicate the areas of greatest
need.
OFA, ships
coming in
A shipment of 43 pieces of
farm machinery worth more
than $150,000 are arriving by
ship from Britain at docks in
Toronto this week. The order is
part of the continuing
importation program of the
Ontario Federation of
Agriculture.
Recently, the OFA formed a
special farm machinery
importation agency to carry on
the program of importing farm
machinery from the United
Kingdom to fight inflated
mark-up prices on Canadian
farm machinery.
The present shipment inclues
41 tractors, one rotivator, and a
single cultivator. The machinery
started its voyage from
Liverpool.
The program of the
Federation began almost one
year ago. A number of county
organizations have also initiated
their own importation programs,
Inquiries have arrived from
seven other provinces concerning
the mechanics involved in such
an operation. The new OFA
company hag progressed to the
point where orders are being
placed in Britain by its directors.
The company replaces a special
committee which had carried
out the early operation.
Were Cunningham and his son,
Bert, at RR 5, Goderich,
Colborne Township beef
fanners, Were notified by the
Huron County Federation of
Agriculture that a Ford 5000
tractor they &tiered is in the
shipment arriving this week.
Steps to destruction — "First
the axe, then the Neagh, then
the rain, then erosion, finally the
desert." — Zimmerman
Huron will be surveyed
this month by province
Separate schools okay
fall fair participation
MODA future looks rosier