HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-11-24, Page 29THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2011. PAGE 29.Huron East looks at partnership with Central HuronContinued from page 28however, but they did go on a tour ofthe complex, as well as the VanastraRecreation Centre after the meetingconcluded that afternoon.
Whether or not there was going to
be a community centre in Vanastra,
Huron East Mayor Bernie
MacLellan said, was not an issue.
Whether council decided to renovate
or build new, a centre would remain
in Vanastra. The question became
whether if a new centre was built, a
pool would be part of it.
“We used to be the only indoor
pool in Huron County,” Berrard said
of the Vanastra pool. “Now that’s not
the case, but we can be the only
place with an indoor playground and
a rock climbing wall.”
Berrard said some of the
fundraising money the centre had
been collecting over the years could
be put towards an indoor playground
and rock climbing wall, which she
had costed out as being around
$36,000 for the playground and
around $41,000 for the climbing
wall.
Berrard presented several options
if council were to decide to build anew centre. She said the new centrecould include a fitness room, a pool,a daycare room and a communitymeeting space. In addition, she said,
the centre could partner with the
local curling club, an idea several
councillors were enthusiastic about.
No final decision was made, but
MacLellan said council would have
to have a long conversation
sometime in the near future.
Economic Development Officer
Jan Hawley was asked about
implementing her mandate
throughout Huron East and she
listed numerous successes, including
the recent passport initiative in
Brussels.
She did, however, point out that
she has not always had the greatest
working relationship with those in
the Huron County Economic
Development department.
This revelation concerned several
councillors and MacLellan asked
Hawley to detail where the county’s
department was coming up short so
the issues could be brought to Huron
County Council by Huron East
councillors who sit on HuronCounty Council as well.Council also decided to proceedwith the eventual hiring of a buildingfacilities manager as part of an
eventual succession plan on the
advice of chief building official Paul
Josling.
Josling said he would be retiring
in four to five years and hiring afacilities manager, a position that hasbeen discussed by council for wellover a year, would not only help withthe office workload, but the manager
could be someone who Josling could
take under his wing, eventually
taking over Josling’s position when
he eventually retires.
Councillor Bill Siemon advisedstaff that they should investigate thehiring of a facilities manager to keepan eye on the municipality’sbuildings. Clerk-Administrator Brad
Knight, however, said that a detailed
job description would have to be
prepared before any hiring could be
done.
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Faced with a $10,000 increase in
the cost of the management contract
for the Belgrave water system,
Morris-Turnberry councillors asked
staff to look to alternatives to reduce
the cost.
Council was reacting to a proposal
from Veolia Water Canada Inc. to
increase the annual fee from the
current $33,573 to $43,500 in 2012,
and add a cost-of-living increase for
2013. Nancy Michie, administrator
clerk-treasurer said the company felt
it had not charged enough this year,
given the work it had to undertake to
meet Ministry of Environment
standards.
Michie said the 2012 fee included
a flat fee of $5,000 for maintaining
the drinking water quality
management standard manual. This
could be taken out of the agreement
and paid for at an hourly rate of $55
an hour, but the company estimates
the work would require 100 hours.
The price was also reduced by
$4,000 because the company will be
monitoring the system online by
computer on weekends and not
having someone on site.
It was this statement that piqued
the interest of Councillor Jamie
McCallum. Weekends may see the
heaviest use of the water system, he
said. If on-site visits can be replaced
with online monitoring on
weekends, why couldn’t there be a
system where personnel only had to
visit the site every-other day, he
wondered.
“People feel they’re paying too
much now,” he said.
Councillor Neil Warwick noted
that the proposed increase is close to
$100 for every household using the
water system.
Michie promised to ask Veolia
questions such as the possibility of
every-other-day on-site monitoring
and report back to council at the next
meeting.
Water alternatives examined