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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-04-04, Page 3Ladawir Xesidowl, Weimesday, A 4, 1110—Pase $ County council votes in favour of continuing restructuring study by Debbie MO WUERTO — hws voted in favour of coathaing the Bruce County restriscturing study. In present form the study, give* every municipality the chance to say arhat it like's orss j i9disslikeabout county� restructuring Mulct u4�A rsed the mr y �r ` - ing study last June and before council's meeting on Tuesday, Mar. 27, council members were given the first previewsof what the committee feels Bruce County should look like. The com- mittee presented five new Bruce County scenarios �fim*$ awaldraVe ty to s Ron Andrews, Brace sywnsulsip reeve, add councll's of the study was they way not told ft would coat the county Mtge of tax dollars er that the county wools COM- mUwto loses fire of restructuring. He desaibed the violas into the future "as tearing the guts out of rural and small urban Bruce County with the only • winners being ow largerwhen control." encourage volt*. villages and e townships if mutually agreeable. He also County museum cannot fulfil ••• • responsibilities by. Debbie Stull. WALIERTONBruce County Council *ea 'told the present Bruce County Museum in Southampton cannot fulfil its responsibilities or achieve its potential, Henry Seders, of Seam and Russell Corr sultents, outlined the highlights of the Bruce County Museum: and Archives study to council on Tuesday, Mar. 27. Phase one of the study, which started last summer and included reviewing museum policies, staffing, collections and their environments, would cost $5'.3 million.. The expansion of present facilities in ;phase, one, excluding the pur- chase of land, would be shared by the county, the private sector and the federal and provincial governments. The report recommends council pun,' chase additional land to the south of the museum and hire four additional staff . members. A proposed, site plan, which calls for major expansion of the present facility,,, would consolidate: the gallery areas, collection, storage facilities and `new archives area. The collections, which are 'presently at risk from deterioration, would be, en- vironmentally controlled and protected in a new building, Geld, Sears. " - He said the "museum's furniture collec- tion is, "quite outstanding," adding there is :a good .collection of Bruce County heritage to build o>i. However, the. section of building which, houses the archives is inadequate given the size of the collection. "The present elongated building is dif- ficult to administer and for the visitor to comprehend." . In . order to purchase: the land sug- gested, the county would have to negotiate with the Anglican. Church. The church; which has a rectory on • the land, has indicated it would .consider accepting a fair offer from the county, he, said. "I am pleased with the recommenda- tion to keep the museum in Southamp- ton," said Norm Gurr, Southampton councillor and chairman of the town's museum committee. Gurr, along with several other Southampton- council. members, were introduced to council prior to Sears' presentation. Gurr . asked Sears why the study did not include the option of obtaining the land between the museum and a lake west of the property for free. Sears said the study did not seriously consider this land because it is an "at- tractive natural resource. I would be loath to consider that." The museum would also have a higher profile if it expanded to the south, said Seats. • The study also recommends the DID YOU KNOW Most adult ' mayflies .live only a few hours and no longer than ten days? DID YOU KNOW There is one kind of clanilhat can live to be over a 100 years old? DID YOU KNOW Dwarf spiders make webs about the size of a postage ? „ DID. YOU KNOW A large elephant eats about 135 kilograms of grass, leaves, bark and other parts of plants each day?, DID YOU KNOW When huntingfor seals, a polar bear will often put its paw over its black nose so the seals cannot see it against the snow? • muse= commruttee be expanded to have a broader i ept'eentation of the county and es gg exhibitions, the museum , have more -trav"Only the county can make the judge- ment that the museum is an important and unique resource," he said. and_ will vote on the report%e recon- mendations at its next meeting after it has the chance to review the reinoinder of the study. , said towns growth be,�L tr ado - quote land for • P �dr sbeski be Lake HWen's sherdine. "When emidt started this ememcise, we law not .veryesas wan M iavour...bet Ws only lair for us to be fair with the peo- pie we see. It's premature for us to reach a ve rdict...the mseasmge is to straegthen county government and we shouldn't at this time craw any, conch - Monet" said Milton McIver, study corn, mittee chairman. In itssort to council, the study com- mittee said it has met With 30 of the 31 nruanicipabitieer in Bruce County. A series of six public meetings across the county will wrap up the study, The committee will then proems its !hidings and develop a draft report for council. McIver, along with councillors Ito* Herron, Brad Davis, and Stuart Morey, recommended council vote in favour of costl nuithe study. Herron. also Com- mended.. the committee on, its work so far, but said the work is only half done. Brad Davis,St. Edmunds Reeve, said if -council werto vote against cohtinuint,g the study, "then we' would have little say , in our counstty*s future." "1 have battled with.,4and been frustrated with this for two ' years. I respect those wise thigh quid be baled sok, beat 1 don't barn the pr+arlaeefad getramming absuld be tell- ing yes whet to de," said Dense 1!7awuien- mess, Tiverton reeve. Fitaimmons told council the "grass root levels" would be,MOWS Sif`itts a seise of the province do .iha or ." In to council, Andrew* » "�>sdurarta give us a clear signal they don't want to change our boundaries as they now exist,would not hesitate to mud to our council that we proceed to the Suer me Court to see if we do have anyin this area." Andrews finished his presentation by quest about Jesus' � from the Bi . "He turned his eyes upward and said, `Father forgive thong for they know not what they do.'" FINDINGS TO BE PROCESSED Processing the findings of the Bruce County Study committee will begin April 2 after .the conclusion of six public meetings across the county. As of coeurs cil'sa Mash 27 meeting the committee had met with 30 of the 31 municipal cosy ciis in the county to discuss concerns.. 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