HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1994-02-02, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2,1994.
jobsOntario invests money in Huron
Paul Klopp, MPP for Huron
announced on Jan. 24 that the
Ontario government will be invest
ing more money in Huron County
to create new jobs through its jobs
Ontario program.
The jobsOntario investment will
be matched with funds from the
Canada Ontario Infrastructure
Works Program for a total of
$7,613,104. Additional municipal
funds will boost this amount to
$11,419,657 to be spent on imme
diate job creation.
jobsOntario has already created
or sustained more than 84,000 jobs
since 1992-93 as part of the gov
ernment's job creation initiatives.
Thanks
The Brussels Lions club recently made a generous
donation of $1,000 towards The Ark. Director Chris Graber,
left, accepts the cheque from club president Merle Hoegy.
The money will be used to help maintain the youth drop-in
centre which is located in Brussels.
Brussels 4-H elects executive
By Cheryl Cloakey
The Brussels I 4-H Club held its
first meeting at the Brussels library.
They opened the meeting by giving
out the 4-H booklets. This 4-H club
is about heritage.
They elected the executive as
follows: president, Lesley Elliott;
vice president, Lindsey Therrien
and press reporter, Cheryl Cloakey.
The members in (he club are
Nichole Bernard, Judy Bondi,
Teresa Bridge, Cheryl Cloakey,
Lesley Elliott, Anita Little, Tanya
Mawhinney, Amy McDougall and
Lindsey Therrien.
During the meeting they talked
about their heritage and the way
things were way back when. They
closed the meeting with the motto,
Learn to do by Doing.
Committee
sets stipend
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centre roadway completely to the
west and fill easterly toward Gypsy
Lane.
The 1994 stipend for PUC com
missioners will remain the same.
Chairperson, Blyth Reeve Dave
Lee will received $525, while the
commissioners will get $450 each.
Learning French
makes a world
of difference
Since 1991, the Ontario govern
ment has created or sustained more
than 300,000 full-year jobs in the
province.
Mr. Klopp made the announce
ment of new funding on behalf of
Economic Development Minister
Frances Lankin and Municipal
Affairs Minister Ed Philip. The
two Ministers signed a $1.23 bil
lion infrastructure agreement with
the federal government on Jan. 24.
"Through this agreement with
Ottawa, the province will create
more badly needed jobs in Huron
County", said Mr. Klopp. "Our
strategy is to get Ontario working
again by investing in our infrastruc
ture. We want to create jobs now
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while building a strong foundation
for local economic growth in the
future."
The allocation for all municipali
ties in Huron County is $7,613,104.
Municipalities will be responsible
for developing projects for funding
to be approved by a federal-provin
cial committee.
"Each municipality will have to
decide if the money is worth spend
ing," says Mr. Klopp. "I will be
doing all I can to get the projects
going."
"This is a two year program.
Local governments can take their
time to decide on the area of great
est need and it is not necessary to
use all the money in one venture."
"Several projects can be under
taken to total the allotment from the
government and more can be spent
in the second year, if it works better
for the community," he says.
"We are glad to see the federal
government follow through with
their promise for more money to
the municipalities."
Under the program, each munici
pality in Ontario has been allocated
a share of the $1.23 billion based
on such factors as population, num
ber of households, capital expendi
tures and municipal taxation. <
Two hundred million dollars of
the total federal and provincial
funds will be allocated to the edu
cation sector. Ontario's educational
institutions will now have access to
funds which will enable them to
carry out much needed infrastruc
ture improvements-- repair or
expand existing facilities.
Huron County Board of Educa
tion will receive $1,049,609 and
the Huron Perth Roman Catholic
Separate School Board will receive
$416,877.
Local MPPs will be available to
assist municipalities as required to
help develop proposals and applica
tions for the new funding.
It is expected that infrastructure
projects such as water and sewer
facilities, water treatment plants,
earthworks, roadworks and work
on public buildings will be given
priority for funding.
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118 Main Street, North
EXETER - 235-0640
Information concerning the
works program was presented to
Morris Twp. council at the last
meeting.
Morris Twp. Deputy-Reeve Clem
McLellan says the township's con
tribution of $36,336 should not be a
problem. "We can use the money to
work on the roads. The cost of
gravel is increasing so we could be
paving more roads."
Doug Fraser, reeve of Morris
Twp. says there are four or five
cemeteries in the township which
need to be better cared for. "This
money would allow the township to
TOTAL ALLOCATION TO AREA MUNICIPALITIES FOR THE
TWO-YEAR PERIOD
APRIL 1994 - MARCH 1996
Federal
MUNICIPALITY
Combined
and Provincial
Contribution
$
Municipal
Contribution
$
Total Funds Available
To Municipalities
(April 1994 -
March 1996)
$
Blyth $100,896 $50,448 $151,344
Brussels $78,389 $39,195 $117,584
Grey Twp.$108,360 $54,180 $162,540
Hullett Twp.$106,917 $53,459 $160,376
McKillop Twp.$111,859 $55,930 $167,789
Morris Twp.$72,672 $36,336 $109,009
East Wawanosh Twp.$148,201 $74,100 $22,301
West Wawanosh Twp.$66,159 $33,080 $99,239
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482-3467
Fax 482-3743
hire someone to look after the prop
erties."
Grey Twp. will be discussing the
program at the Feb. 1 meeting.
Clerk-Treasurer Brad Knight
says there should be no problem
finding the $54,180 contribution
from Grey since they have a
"healthy surplus."
"We will certainly be able to uti
lize the money," he says.
Most other councils in the area
have not yet had the opportunity to
discuss the new program but, will
be doing so at the February meet
ings.
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118 Main Street
235-0640
Fax 235-0261