The Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-07-09, Page 1VOL. 124 " WK. 28
,WEDNESDAY, JULY 9,1997
0 INCLUDES G.S.T.
-The province says:..
- Prc�posal n�ed� more detail
by Pat Livingston • •
• Bruce county's restructuring commit-.
tee is going.. to have to add more detail to
its restructuring concept. before the
-province-will consider it -as a formal pro-
posal.
Don T ,Manager of the:Ministry
of Municipal Affairs and Housing's.
Regional `' Operations Branch,.. said.
Monday: that the county's proposal. -Was
More like a "framework against which
local decisions can be made. Apparently ,
there is some will within the county to.
implement. the direction that 'is estab-'
lished in it, but it is .not in and of itself. a
proposal."
"Taylor's comments were outlined„in a
report. in a daily: newspaper before county
council was told of the decision.
"It Was 'disappointing to. find out
• through the media,” .said Stuart .I.eavie,
'Lucknow's reeve and chair of the coun-
ty's restructuring' committee, on Monday.
Was . contacted. byy a'reporter last
Friday asking for comment on the
Ministry. of Municipal Affairs. saying no
to the proposal,.: He believed, it would
have been more:appropriate for the coun
ty to receive a better before the media was
informed
In June, Reavie had estimated it would..
take about 45' days before the Ministry
would respond to a'proposal that would
seethe county' restructuredinto eight.
Municipalities.
"The 'county is well aware that what
they'submitted is not a proposal," said
i.Taylor. "The Minister received a submis-
sion from 'Bruce ;county, and :the county
acknowledges in the covering piece -that,
it is not a proposal . within the meaning of
the Mtirticipal Act."
• ` Taylor said` the .Minister' of Municipal
Affairs would be responding to the noun-
ty. "very soon.". He anticipates the
Minister will "volunteer the services of
his staff to sort out what needs to be done
t'o•enable it to move ahead."
` 1 guess we'll. definitely have to have
:a meeting and .go from there," said
Reavie. "If he's (Taylor) saying what the
.letter'is going to say; they want a total
package. That takes county approval and
probably won't ,happen until September.".
Reavie .said . the restructuring.commit-
tee would meet first and "if the commit-
:. tee feels itwarrants a special, meeting,
we'll.have a special meeting."
"Where does that leave, Lucknow?"
queried •Reavie.. "I guess Lucknow could
.go ahead and make, a proposal, but it still
requires a triple majority vote. 'And if
they go farther - such as a proposal with
Ashfield and' West Wawanosh rt' will
need approval from. both county coun
ells .....•
Lucknowcoutrc ilor Rick McMurray
was "happyto, see the province is .stick.
.. .
ing to the . guidelines," When. he, found
out about the :reported "no" from .the
province.'
--"Hopefully it will give us some time
:to get a good proposal, together for .the
village ,of Lucknow and the surrounding
municipalities whowe already share
business with," said McMurray.
• "I hope it doesn't take thesense: of.
urgency off the four municipalities to=get
together and make some sort. of proposal
. to come together" •
Kinloss Deputy. Reeve Leo Murray
was happy to hear the news too.
"I'm pleased CO hear that. the province
has turned the proposal down," 's'aid
' Murray. *ow maybe ;we can'get on and
do' something'" constructive with.
Lucknow." .'
Local Scout troop ,
bound for the
Canadian Jamboree
Last Monday,' 15 enthu-
siastic Scouts and four
devoted: , leaders • left `
Lucknow bound for the`
97 Canadian Jamboree
which is, being held .in
Thunder Bay from July 12
.to 20.
They arc going to be
touring the•. Sudbury and
Sault Ste, Marie areas,
travelling..: to...: ,Hawk
Junction via the Algoma
Central Railway, camping'
overnight at Obatanga
Park in Wawa, and doing •
much sightseeing enroute, They will arrive at the
Jamboree on July 12 and
•
will -be leaving for home„
on July 19. They will be.
staying overnight at •Lake
Superior 1Vfichigan
University and arriving.
back in Lucknow July X20: ".
In order" to enable these.
19.people to participate in
this chance..of a lifetime
event, the Scoots; leaders
and famnilieshave beer
very busy fund-raising for,
the past 18. months under
the.leadership of a group
committee of parents. A
complete report on .the, trip .
.and. .the .fund-raising activ-
ities . will follow their
return home. •
Kinloss township. says
Join. all `couzitry cousins=
:.
by Pat Livingston
"I'm ticked off by thewhole perfor-
mance of May 20," said •Kinloss Deputy
Reeve Leo Murray as his council met in a
special session last week to put a propos-
al on the table that goes against the coun-
ty's plan for restructuring Bruce.
'There was no consultation about the
report., Here we are with a decision made
that we had no input on," said Murray.
"`I propose' we go over the county's'
head join Lucknow and get approval to
send the other two. municipalities
(Ashfield and, West Wawanosh) an invita-
tion to partake in these talks."
Councillor Brian Wolfe, who earlier
was adverse to joining Lucknow: or even
sharing administration ..services with the
village; has. now come onside with join-
ing,.the village and including Ashfield
and West Wawanosh. . • '
• "The (county) option on the table is a
knee jerk reaction,". said Wolfe. I'm not a
proponent of amalgam;ation, but to be
realistic... The thing I want to see is
us corning together _with_Kincardine
The county proposal would see Kinloss
joined with Lucknow, 'Huron. and
Kincardine townships, and the town of
Kincardine,
"We have much more in common with
our. `country cousins' (Ashfield and West
Wawanosh)," said Wolfe "The .,four
municipalities are essentially one now. I .
question -the county's decision as it
impacts• on our community."
"We either make a proposal.; and, try to
move:or let them dump us where they
want," declared Murray. "We're not try-
ing
to tramp on .toes."
"We're looking after our interests:
maybe belatedly," continued Wolfe.
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"l t LUCKNU'
scout,
This contingent of Lucknow Scouts arid, lead-
ers lett Monday morning for the '97 Canadian
Jamboree. in Thunder Bay, with some touring
enroute.: They include, from the left, back row:.
Sandy . Lougheed, Dan McDonagh, Dale.
Lougheed, Jeff Selkirk, Michael Mali, Mark
Hackett, Chris Hackett. Front rovr: Jonathan
Finnigan, Bob Raymond, David Gillespie,
Williart� ,Kugler, Cliff Mann, Zack Fielder, Dale
Fielder, Russ Mann, Ron' Gillespie, Mathew
elkirk and'Matt Fielder.' Absent Brett,Ar'cher.
(Livingston photo)