The Citizen, 2010-06-24, Page 20PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2010.Continued from page 1recoup these costs from a CentralHuron resident.To that end, Black believes thechanging of the words is asignificant one.
“It may not sound like much, but
the problem comes when we’re
dealing with proliferation of
[controlled substance grow
operations] and drug [laboratories],
mitigating the property costs
hundreds of thousands of dollars,”
he said.
The wording states that Central
Huron will reimburse North Huron
for those expenses provided they can
get the money from the land owner,
if they can’t, North Huron will have
to amortize the cost at the expense of
North Huron taxpayers.
Councillor Alma Conn stated that
there was no question that Central
Huron would need to cover those
costs.“It’s [Central Huron’s]responsibility to cover those extracosts, not the taxpayers of NorthHuron,” she said. Dykstra said that Central Huron
Council didn’t believe that section
5.2 would prove to be so
problematic.
“We felt that it wasn’t an issue
since [extra equipment costs are]
normally recoverable through
insurance,” he said. “If there is no
insurance and costs become a
problem, we have the ability to put it
through the taxes, which [North Huron
doesn’t].
“Maybe we can put it in the wording
that they can bill us and we can put it
through the taxes,” Dykstra added.
Dykstra stated that Central Huron
councillors added the revised clause
because they believed they were
being sold an all-inclusive fire
package, which should cover theseextra costs. A major concern for CentralHuron is the timing and the decisionto bring the equipment in.“If they have to bring in extra
equipment, and we’re responsible
for it, we would believe that we need
to have a say in when that equipment
is brought in,” Dykstra said.
Richard Elliott, of Elliott
Insurance in Blyth, stated that the
idea of debating this point is
“unbelievable during North Huron’s
meeting.
“Insurance companies love paying
those costs, it usually means less
time and less damage to repair or
replace,” he said. “Bringing in
extra equipment could save them
money.”
Black said that having the ability
to call in that extra equipment has
benefits that can’t be measured
financially.“The kind of equipment we’retalking about reduces time that thefirefighters are on the site, andmeans less stress on thosefirefighters,” he said, “which means
they’ll be around longer.”
The second point of contention is
providing detailed budgeting, which
council stated they shouldn’t be
required to do.
Some councillors felt that detailed
budget reports would provide
Central Huron the ability to try and
renegotiate the contract without
Medical First Response.
Reeve Neil Vincent also stated that
those reports are available through
the budget.
“They can go in and dig whatever
they want out of our [available-to-
the-public] books to determine this
information.”
North Huron Council replied to
Central Huron, stating it wouldagree with some of the changes, butnot the two aforementionedconditions. Dykstra stated that he was reallyhoping to conclude these debates as
soon as possible.
“I was really hoping that this thing
could be put to rest,” he said. “I think
that is everyone’s desire is to finish it
off and move on with business.”
At its June 21 regular council
meeting, North Huron did discuss
the issue, stating that they had not
heard any official word from Central
Huron.
Councillor James Campbell
summed up the feeling in council
chambers on June 21, stating that he
felt like they weren’t making the
progress and things were at a
standstill.
“It feels like we’re back at square
one,” he said.
Fire agreement currently stuck on two clauses
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