HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1994-03-09, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9,1994.
HCBE briefs
Board to apply for Special Needs ed. grant
The Huron County Board of
Education's Superintendent for
Schools, Chuck Rowland, was
authorized at the March 7 meeting,
to engage with other partners in the
county in order to establish a Junior
Achievement program.
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Brussels looks at how
to fill doctor’s vacancy
With Dr. Walter Wong closing
his Brussels office, council has
been looking at ways to meet the
medical needs of the community.
Bev Brown, the village
representative on the Wingham and
District Hospital Board met with
councillors at their meeting
Monday night to discuss options.
Ms Brown said that she had
discussed the situation with the
hospital CEO Lloyd Koch, who
said he would "be delighted" to
help the village find another doctor,
and added that the doctor would
have privileges at the hospital.
Ms Brown noted the difficulties
in trying to entice doctors to rural
areas as young doctors want to
work in cities where they can
"control the hours they work and
have their patients at their
doorstep," she said.
She added as well, that the
emergency rooms are going to be
facing difficulties with an aging
staff, as the doctors are exempt
from on-call emergency room
duties at the age of 55.
The recent serious car accident
Brussels Council briefs
The board will submit a grant
application, under the Federal Co
operative Education Proposal for
Special Needs Students.
The SCOOP program will make
co-operative education more
accessible for senior students who
have disabilities, are unable to
pointed out the importance of
emergency rooms, Ms Brown said
and why they need to be open 24
hours a day, seven days a week.
Ms Brown said, to encourage a
doctor to establish a practice in
Brussels, would mean offering him
or her incentive. "You have to have
a package to offer," she told
councillors.
Another suggestion she made
was the idea of finding a nurse
practitioner, who is qualified to
deal with many emergency room
treatments or advise the patient if
they should see a doctor.
"I think there are professionals,
who want to raise a family in a
place like Brussels. But you are
going to have to roll out the red
carpet. You're one community in
many, you'll have to convince them
why they should move here rather
than another place."
Councillor Bruce Hahn, who
serves as the village's represen
tative to the medical/dental board
took Ms Brown's suggestions under
advisement and said he will be
discussing them with the board in
the future.
attain the entrance requirement (16
credits) for a co-op program,
require additional academic
assistance during placement
orientation, would benefit from in-
depth job and living skills training
or who may need increased
monitoring supervision.
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A delegation from Hullett
council made a presentation Jo the
Management Committee, request
ing discussions regarding the
viability of opening a multi-use
facility at Hullett Central Public
School to accommodate a clerk's
office, council chamber and joint
usage community hall, auditorium
and gymnasium.
The board agreed the
administration should undertake a
six to eight week feasibility study,
which would be considered at the
next management meeting.
Hullett council wishes to use the
infrastructure grant from the federal
government for the project.
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The board designated $149,609
of the infrastructure grant to
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Three education finance meetings
with Huron County parent
associations are planned for April,
to inform parents of the board's
Trustees review
possible cutbacks
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It may also be possible for the
technical, business or art programs
to sell their skills and products.
The technical programs could be
used to make furniture or shelving
for the board's schools, thus
reducing the cost to just materials.
This is occurring already in some
schools. Seaforth DHS students are
building shelves for the elementary
schools and South Huron DHS
constructed playground equipment.
Several areas for expenditure
reduction were outlined. They
included a review of secretarial
summer hours, teacher assistant
hours, custodial hours, an
adjustment to the number of
financial situation.
South Huron District High
School will host a meeting on April
5, Huron Centennial Public School
on April 7 and F. E. Madill
Secondary School on April 13.
elementary vice-principals,
tendering of snow removal and
grass cutting, the elimination of
pencils and pens purchases and
reduction of salaries by 10 per cent.
The elimination of grants to the
Belgrave, Blyth and Brussels
School Fair ($900) and to the
Seaforth DHS band ($8,143) were
also on the list.
Doug Gamiss, trustee for Morris
and Turnberry says he would
support those cuts from the budget,
even though he is a member of the
school fair board.
Mr. Carroll says the board will
have a difficult task for 1994 but
the budget talks will aim at the
effects in 1995.
Rec. budget gets OK %
Brussels council approved the
Rec board budget at the March 7
meeting. After a transfer of
$10,000 from reserves to cover a
shortfall of $9,993.24, due to the
remaining balance for the
dishwasher and ice resurfacing
machine, and a transfer to the
capital reserves of $7,650, a net
decline of only $2,400 was left.
Using the transfers, the levies
requested from the municipalities is
down by one per cent from last
year.
In the budget as well was a two
per cent salary increase for arena
manager Murray McArter. It was
noted, however, that Morris Twp.
council would not approve the
budget if the increase remained.
They suggested the money be used
instead to pay the cost of levelling
a piece of land adjacent to the
arena.
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A minor variance application for
Juanita Smith was approved.
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The quote of Meulensteen Tire in
the amount of $375 for each tractor
tire, which includes the cost of
coming to the village to repair them
was accepted by council.
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Council was informed that The
Ark had received a grant from the
province. Executive Director
Sallianne Patch asked for
councillors' attendance when the
presentation is made by MPP Paul
Klopp.
Clerk Donna White acknow
ledged the work Mrs. Patch had
done for The Ark.
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A donation of $100 is being
given to the Belgrave, Blyth,
Brussels School Fair.
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The municipal office will be
closed on March 29 and April 8 as
Mrs. White and Deputy-Clerk Lori
Pipe will be attending a seminar to
prepare for the November election
and a seminar on bylaws, minutes
and agendas, respectively.
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The accounts totalling
$148,960.54 were approved for
payment.
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Councillor Greg Wilson passed a
motion that the village hire Bob
Trick as Animal Control Officer for
a six month probationary period.
Council also agreed to advertise
that anyone who has not purchased
a license for their dog before May 1
will pay $25.
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The Brussels Legion is hosting a
pipe band competition on Saturday,
July 9. While council said the
village would do what they could
to help, such as loaning the bucket
truck to hang a banner or placing
barricades to close the street, they
would not make a donation as they
do not usually donate to service
clubs.
Barn fire
in Grey Twp.
There was no chance to save the
building when Grey Twp. firefight
ers arrived Wednesday March 2 at
a bam fire near Moncrieff.
Fire Chief Gary Earl said the
barn, which was owned by John
Baillie of RR1, Monkton, was com
pletely destroyed by the time the
volunteers arrived, shortly after
7:30 a.m. Firefighters stayed at the
scene for close to three hours wait
ing for the walls to drop, Chief Earl
said.
It is believed that the fire started
through a short in the electric sys
tem of a block heater. Chief Earl
estimated the damage al between
$40,000 and $50,000. There was no
livestock or feed stored in the bam.
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