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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-11-04, Page 3The new municipality of iluronwainioss Point Clark. • •0 KINCARDiNe inee River HURON 0:04001, HURON COUNTY /01440$$ • WC1040Vi • Land Mass Total 108,487 acres Lucknow 487 acres , • Kinloss 48,000 acres Huron 60,000 acres Population Total 5972 Lueknow 11159 Kinloss 1173 Huron 640 Huron Seasonal 1613 Households Total 3585 • Kinloss 466 Lucknow 560 • Huron 2559 Assessment Total $115,309,887 Lucknow 9.7% Kinloss 13.3% Huron 76,9% Roads Total 371 km ' Locknow:12 km • Kinloss 135 km Huron 224 km Questions were• varied fine on their own. The identities, if anything, should be strengthened. ThisInew municipality !should only make things better: • Q: Mr. Thompson, what plans do you have for ece- mantic development and maintaining outdown- • town eore,in Lucknow? .244:. Mr. Thompson: 'My belief is that the munici- pality proVides the ser - Vices to the people in the downtown •district and provide. them with ,a place to prosper. If we can .keep • yeur streets' in good repair, • thesnow .removed and the ' garbage picked up that is. . what businesS rieedS to prosper Asa municipality, 1 cannot` see usproviding • Money for too much busi- nessdeveIpment; lfa develOpment is going to • need services like sewers '. • and water, that's wttere we • try 'and help. A good • strong Chamber • of Commerce; like, you have ittLucknow, is what is necessary to keep your • buitiess development in good shape. 1' Q: To 1Vlayors' in running: • De you 'believe that the reserves/savings •frern each community should be from page I • Reavie, will all areas of Q: Mr, Husk, who are the the new Huron -Kinloss •members of the transition municipality have access board that hire the nfreVv to the same service's as staff? • garbage Cgt1lecti0111 and A: Mr. Husk names the blue box pickup? • • transition board members - A: Mr. Reavie; I think that Stu Rea -vie. and Rick is something we will have McMurray, •" from • to look at. Right now ; • 'Lucknow; Murray Kinloss takes theirs to the • Thompson and Wilf landfill site, and Lucknew Gaiuble, from, Huron; and and Huron have pickup, I Leo. Murray and himself know recycling i's very from KinloSi. There was a, important. If we can ,tie vote on hiring the road streamline and save our superintendent, se an landfill sites 1:ty havink • impartial person was hired recycling in, the whole • . Frdin GreyCounty municipality, economical-' • and a couple of, engineers lY then1 w'ould be in whose input helped in the favour of that... We have decision. ' ' ; not addressed either ffullQ:Mr VaOcler,Heek, how pickup: for all of the , would you rate the impor-' municipality or, recycling• , tance of the sharing agree- I, think it has 'to be ana- • . nients Lucknow and lyzed.,. ,•• Kinloss.. have with. two A: Mr,Thompson:',That's communities in Huron hasicallY right. Mylundet- COunty, and do you fore- 'standing is that lot:oral111V. see' any problems with •nities over 5,0'oo diere. •',maintaining these? • " • sOpesed to be blue. box A: The agreements 1 think .pickup. deit!t think that's aregoed and .1 wouldn't been analyzed to see if. • think there'd be any prob- that is correct; In Huron . , lents at ait , • Township and Kinloss A; by. Mr.., kettvie! Township they bring recy. • • Restructuring was a great .. clables to .dropoff points. • , to -concern to Lucknow If at all possible I think •• and area residentsTo- say .Kinloss: Sliould have the least,. the. agreements garbage pickup tee, , • with our neighbettis ' Was a Q: After arnalgaintion do • contentieus,issue when you see a change in the talking about how . we heritage aspects of each would achieve .this commOlity involved? '• transition beard. has &cid:- A: Mr. Hanna: We've got ed the best scenario would two very, very focused vil- be to leave everything 'in lages in the niunicipalities •• place,for tbe first year of that exist-. Anyone• ' wh� transition to• see if every.., washere this past year • thing Will go sineothly'and • saw the tremendous spirit •then take a good serious andcommunity work that look at it. We don't want to: went into this reunion.:The •make atiy,rash deciiitins 'to saine thing, inHuron in '• upset.. anyone; especially 1995. Now.t don't see that f our 'partners who have this new council woUlddo • helped tis develop an eco- ',anything to make this into ,• riernical fire department a melting pot. We've got • and recreation syStetn, some tremendous contiu-. L.ucknow Sentinel. Wednesday, November 4,1998— Page 3 n These Days Of Declining interest Rates NORTH HURON CREDIT UNION Offers You The Opportunity. For a BETTER RETURN On Your invesfments (11/2% projected above the standard 5 year rate) •OUR SPECIAL SHARE OFFERING Is Available For A Limited Time RRSP ELIGIBLE• And We Pay The Fees On •Transfers CREDIT UNION NORTH HURON CREDIT UNION Alfred Street, Win§ham (519) 357.-2311 Celebrating 46 Years of Investing In The Local Economy CREDIT UNION, thrown all in one spending 'pot? • •A: Mr. Reavie; Before the .notnination process, the reserves were set up in an or er tom t egoverniten and approved by county • council. Any operational reserves for the day to day • operation will go to the new municipality, speci- fied reserves will remain in the municipality thy were assessed for. • A: IVir, Thompson: Yes, I'd Say that's' right. 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