The Citizen, 2008-04-17, Page 21After a lengthy discussion atcommittee of the whole a motion wasput forward to county council April2, that the warden not be provided
with a vehicle by the county.
Analysis of budgets and
remuneration had shown a savings
could be realized if vehicles were
purchased for senior management.
The report and presentation leading
to the motion presumed nine vehiclesand the overall net savings to thecounty with respect to the fullrecruitment and retention packagewas $22,436. During further investigation, areport from treasurer David Carey,
noted that additional savings could
be realized if the wardens also were
provided with a vehicle.
At the March meeting of county
council, staff were asked to bring
forward a separate motion with
respect to the warden’s vehicle. Theyalso requested a report outlining thereasons and the financial impacts. Carey’s analysis determined theaverage number of kilometres thewarden travels on county businesessduring their terms, for which they are
reimbursed. The total was 42,669
kms. annually. At the current rate of
re-imbursement the figure totals
$19,798 per year.
Carey included an article from The
Globe and Mail predicting that gas
will cost $1.50 in the near future. Atthat price, council approved re-imbursement that would see the costincrease to $22,956. Various pieces of information wereconsidered in reviewing the cost of acounty-supplied vehicle. . A five year
lease would be $9,240 per year.
Maintenance costs annual would be
$315, while fuel could range
between $5,018 and $7,168.
Insurance would be $1,000 peryear while miscellaneious costswould be $300.Savings would be between $3,926and $4,933. A motion from committee of thewhole recommended the warden not
be provided with a vehicle. It passed
in a recorded vote by 12-5.
This received county approval at
Wednesday’s meeting.
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new hires and amounts to about $35
million per year.”
What it translates to is three
minutes of extra care per resident
per day.
There is also an amount for RPNs
which is separate and works out to
about 1.04 extra minutes per
resident per day, added Springall.
“The per diems did not increase
beyond minor adjustments, but we
are hopeful that some day this will
happen.”
It was not the news that OANHSS
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“OANHSS feels the bottom line will
actually decrease, that new money
will be offset by inflation, salary
increases and other operating costs.
It was not what we hoped for but we
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On the plus side, said Springall,
there was funding for re-
development of “B and C homes”,
as well as money for the aging-at-
home strategy.
“Overall we were hoping for
more, but we will taking anything
they will give us,” Springall
concluded.
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By Bonnie GroppThe Citizen
North Huron clerk-administrator
Kriss Snell reported to council April
7 on a meeting with the Minister of
Natural Resources.
Snell, along with deputy-reeve
Murray Scott and councillor Archie
MacGowan met with Minister
Donna Cansfield regarding issues
with the Howson Dam bridge.
“She has promised to look into the
issues and asked for historical
background, which has been sent,”
said Snell.
According to MacGowan, the dam
has been slowly deteriorating over
the last 15-20 years.
“In 1997-98 there were on-going
engineer reports and eventually we
put a three-ton limit on the dam,” he
explained in an interview after the
meeting. “Eventually, we had to
close the it to traffic, but it has
continued to deteriorate.”
Despite having tried to make some
repairs over the years, the councillor
said that the concrete has fallen off
and the rebar is in “rough shape.”
“It needs a lot of help.”
MacGowan said they have tried to
set money aside over the years, but
one of those initial reports had said
repairs would cost in the
neighbourhood of $1.5 million.
“And I’m sure it’s doubled since
then.”
NH meets with Minister
By Bonnie Gropp
The Citizen
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