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'Under Flex Tithe the .office loPetis at 8: 30 a.m., closes for hilich between noon ,and PA, and closes for the day at 4:30 l5!tn. In their report to Conned the board noted that the County Librarian had attended the Canadian Library AssoZiatiot“ ' confekent e in Halifax and had ' been elected as Vice Chairman. of ' the Regional Libraries Division, of Ablic Libraries Section of the gtnui%Dnti s for this position will • Involve planning workshops ab the 1977 conference in Motakdal. t" At the Halifax onveritiorilhe§e !ad been "Millti-Culttital '116sate' and had included WOtk§hopS bn VatiOUS ethnic and Cultural activities' Cattada4 :Control Caftle GrObS 'Cihd Lice SPOTTOI For Beef Cattle Non-Lactating - Dairy Cattle Applicators Available. OPNOTCH TOPNOTCH FEEDS LIMITED Brussels 887.6011 easy to use One spot does the icii; 10X SEAFORTH ONTARIO 519 5270050 * * * * * * *- * THE BRUSSELS I' STt. SEPtEMBER :aunty' council blocks area recreation idea A proposal to have }futon County establish an annual grant of up to $1,000, on a -matched dollar for dollar basis, as an 'ncentive to municipalities to form and Qperate co-operaeve area Recreation Boards was defeated, on Friday by the council. The vote showed 33 opposed and only 20 avoring the motion. County Council did support the theory of forming such area boards to facilitate "better co- operation between municipalities and to encourage better utilization of facilities and Services. The Clinton Town Council had first asked Huron County Council to investigate the financing of ecreation services within the County in January of 1974. • Since that time, the County Development Officer, Spence Cummings, in co-operation with representatives from the Ministry of Culture and Recreation and everal of the Recreation Directors from municipalities within Huron County, have worked to assess and evaltiate the current status quo within the County. ln September of 1975 this group submitted a report to County Council whi6h investi- gated the areas of existing facilities, facility uses, a tireak- clown of the recreation financing in the County, population statistics, the planning process for recreation in the County, the extent of co-operation in "planning ,and action that exists at present, future individual plans ' of municipalities and the attitudes of both elected and municipally appointed officials s to the 'question. As a result of that study, the committee recommended to council that Huron become more involved in the assessment, planning, development - and support of recreation. in the County, They also suggested that' neighboring municipalities' be, 'encouraged to develop methods • of co-operation ari the delivery of ' recreation services and education in changing Vends in the philosophy of leisure. It was also suggested that equitable and fair system for .cost sharing and decision making among :municipalities that are sharing programs, and facilities be developed, using an appropriate formula system. County Council accepted' that report, as presented, and asked the Development Committee to research the topic further and come back with suggestions on how those recommendations might be carried out. , The Development Committee then formed' an internal Recreation Study Committee to deal, with the issue, composed of three members from the Development Committee,, the County Development Officer and two Recreation- .Directors from within the County. This subcommittee, together, with the 'Development Committee, held three' meetings, at Exeter, Clinton and Wingham, for local councils . and recreation committees. A questionnaire was completed at the meetings and based on the results-the committee presented Friday's recommendations to County council. , Development Committee chairman Frank Cook (Deputy Reeve of Clinton) told the council that he did not believe the grant, which could reach a maximum. of only $26,000, would solve the problem: "But it could serve as a carrot, an encouragement, to the Municipalities to get together in locals boards.'' Goderich Deputy Reeve B ill Clifford asked just what, the criteria for receiving a grant would be, pointing out that Goderich -has - Worked, in •:. co-operation with Colborne and Goderich Townships , for some 'time. Clerk Treasurer B. G. Hanley explained that any such co- operat bye board operating programs valued at $6,000 would be eligible. HO went on to point out that formation of the area boards would in no way effect the existing recreation committees in the municipalities. Those committees would continue to operate as always. Finlay MacDonald, Deputy Reeve of Ashfield told the meeting that in hii opinion this is a time of restraint and the County '‘ was "into too many_ things already. We don't need to go into Recreation as well." ' • , As the final vote on the recommendation reflects, ' a number of the councils were willing to endorse"the proposal to encourage the area boards, but not to sweeten the pot with any financial assistance. McKillop Reeve Allan Campbell suggested that at present a great deal of voluntary assistance goes into operating the , community arenas across the county,' especially the smaller ones, and told council that introducing more grants might well serve to destroy this "hoMe effort and local philosophy." Hensall Reeve John Ba ker said that in his village there was a real need for his recreation. "Even if -dim 'proposal is defeated, I want to sitdown with the surrounding townships and talk about area recreation." Noting that council seemed unwilling' to put up the n ecessary funds to introduce the grant system Harold LObb, Reeve of Clinton, even suggested that the County consider starting their Own lottery to raise the necessary funds.