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PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1995.
County council briefs
County expresses many concerns to MPP
Without adequate funding from
the provincial government Huron
County may have to look at selling
one of its homes for the aged, the
Huron County Health and Seniors
committee says.
The committee, in a motion sup-
ported by county council, voted to
send a letter to the Minister of
Health, and Helen Johns MPP and
other counties and regions, outlin-
ing the concerns about the funding
to meet the ministry's standards for
long-term care. Unless the minister
either improves the funding or
changes the standards the county
will have to look at other arrange-
ments such as selling one of the
two homes for the aged.
***
Another letter will be going
from the Board of Health to the
Budget
Continued from page 1
budget.
"The government has heard our
message on the importance of
keeping the promise of maintaining
support for agriculture," says OFA
President Tony Morris. "They are
aware of the ability the agriculture
sector has to create new jobs and
market opportunities."
Though the agriculture industry
may not be faced with cuts,
OMAFRA (Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture, Food and Rural
Affairs) will be dealing with $13.1
million in reductions.
A statement from the ministry
says the cuts will bring changes to
existing farm safety net programs,
reduce funding to the Ontario Agri-
cultural Museum and cease the
museum's funding in 1997.
The savings will be found
through a restructured NISA and
market revenue program ($11.3
million) and museum downsizing
($1.8 million).
These cuts come on top of $13
million in operating reductions
announced in July.
To meet this target, OMAFRA
will streamline field services, close
or amalgamate offices and reduce
staff for a savings of $2 million.
This affects 37 field office posi-
tions and eight at Agriculture Divi-
sion's head offices.
Administrative functions will be
cut by $1.5 million through consol-
idation of services, reducing mail,
copy, courier and fleet management
services, eliminating some posi-
tions and restructuring others.
Through the downsizing, 23 posi-
tions will be affected.
Blyth UCW
Continued from page 3
Night on violin, then told of
Christmas in Australia. At present
it is summer there and very warm
and humid. A lot of people
barbecue Christmas dinner and
most go swimming. Their school
holidays are Dec. 15 to the end of
January. As they don't celebrate
Thanksgiving, Christmas is .the
only big celebration of the year.
Cricket is the main sport there
and a lot of competitions will go
for five days.
Usually the Christmas carol
services arc held outdoors and they
use candles. There always a
church service Christmas morning.
Susan Howson presented Bonnie
with a floral centerpiece and
thanked her for all her work as
president the last two years.
June Peck thanked Lenora
Davidson, Irma Mason and Joann
MacDonald for arranging the meal.
health minister and to Johns over a
government decision to unilaterally
stop funding of one-time retroac-
tive costs from pay-equity settle-
ments. The province owes the
county $217,000 as their share of
Ontario Nurses Association
retroactive pay-equity settlements
and could owe other amounts in
settlements with Canadian Union of
Public employees and non-union
workers.
The Board of Health letter will
urge the government to reconsider
its actions and say the province
must live up to its obligations to
Huron in the same way it has pro-
vided money for other health units
in the province.
***
The chair of the Health and
Seniors Committee along with the
county warden, the secretary-trea-
surer and a representative from the
Health Unit will
seek a meeting with Johns to
emphasize the value of preventative
healthcare measures. The commit-
tee noted that 50 per cent of the
100,000 premature deaths in
Ontario from the three leading
causes of death (cancer, cardiovas-
cular disease and injuries and vio-
lence) could be prevented through
control of smoking, hypertension,
elevated serum cholesterol, dia-
betes and alcohol abuse.
While 50,000 premature deaths
could be avoided by preventative
measures, only six per cent, or
6,000 could be avoided through
improvements in medical care. Yet
only four per cent of the health
budget goes to public and commu-
nity health services to help people
prevent health problems.
***
The provincial government cuts
to welfare payments should provide
a small help to the county's bottom
line. The social and cultural ser-
vices committee reported that the
county should realize a saving of
about $20,000.
***
The county will tender for the job
of auditing the county b:st:ks for the
1996 year. Some councillors ques-
tioned the wisdom of the move,
saying more than saving money
was involved. Hullett Reeve Tom
Cunningham reminded council that
the auditor was hired to look after
the best interests of the taxpayers.
But Jack Coleman, reeve of Stan-
ley noted that when his township
tendered the job, the firm that had
been doing the work came in with a
bid 40 per cent less than it had been
charging. Even then it was outbid
by another firm.
***
The county will express its con-
cerns to MPP Helen Johns about
the impact of the closing of courts
in Goderich. Concern had been
raised after press reports about the
possible closing of courts, includ-
ing Goderich. The county is con-
cerned about the impacts on an
economic, social and efficiency
level.
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