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Mickle says greater consultation needed
As the county and local munici
palities struggle to sort out the ser
vices downloaded by the province,
there should be more consultation
between the two levels of govern
ment, Bill Mickle, outgoing reeve
of Exeter told county council
Thursday.
Mickle was responding to recom
mendations from the county’s
strategic planning committee on
how to deal with the funding and
provision of services. The impacts
of the downloading are going to be
different with some municipalities
than with others, and there will be a
wide variety of responses, he said.
“I would hope we do not come to
a position of imposing a county
policy on municipalities,” he
warned. “It’s a backdoor way of
going to a one-tier system. We
need to collectively work at it, not
at one level or another.”
The motions from the strategic
planning committee were amended
by a motion of Ron Murray, reeve
Councillors say goodbyes
of McKillop who asked that refer
ence to policing costs be removed.
He argued that policing should be
on a user-pay system with munici
palities which require a higher level
of service paying more.
Lynn Murray, county clerk
administrator, said a proposal for
joint policing from the OPP had
been based on three levels of ser
vice: one for towns, one for vil
lages and one for townships. The
OPP had indicated, she said, that
this would provide the lowest cost
service.
The administration, finance and
personnel committee had proposed
that it should supervise the Who
Does What downloading process at
the county level to allow the track
ing of the financial impact of the
process. If the downloading does
not prove to be revenue neutral, as
the province has promised, the
county should cease making pay
ments to the province, it said.
One by one the 13 retiring mem
bers of county council (half the
total membership) rose to say an
emotional goodbye at the end of the
Nov. 27 meeting of county council.
Tom Cunningham, outgoing
reeve of Hullett and the longest sit
ting member of the current council,
led the parade, saying he’d seen
many changes in his 19 years on
council and had met many people
he would remember fondly. “I
found people, in their own way,
have found a way to contribute to
this county. Don’t ever stop,” he
encouraged them.
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help us acquire the "under
serviced" designation please call
the hospital switchboard - 482-
3447. We need your help.
We have up to several thousand
people in this catchment area who
do not have either a Clinton family
doctor or a doctor affiliated with
Clinton Public Hospital. To those
people we can assure you we are
making every effort we can, and in
the meantime, our emergency
department is always open with a
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your urgent needs. We do care.
Together we have faced
challenges in the past and won, and
we are sure that working together
we will meet this new challenge
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THE EDITOR,
To clarify information printed
two weeks ago in The Citizen under
a picture on page 21, which was
headed "Thank You", the cheque
was payment to The Ark by the
Optimists for work done at
Motocross in August, as we had
agreed.
The Ark did apply directly to the
Homecoming Committee for funds
and received a very nice thank you
for our community service but no
funding.
I hope this ends the confusion.
Sincerely,
Sue Gowing
President Ark Board of Directors
He also praised the work of staff
and the media, particularly some
former representatives of the media
table who had criticized the council
for some of its procedures, result
ing in needed changes.
Bill Mickle of Exeter said he had
been on council for 15 years and
seen many changes. Future council
lors, he said, will require greater
research and information to deal
with the great changes that will
result from provincial download
ing.
Speaking to his colleagues, he
said “we didn’t always agree but
we managed to remain friends”.
Leona Armstrong, reeve of Grey,
recalled her 18 years on council,
including a term as the first woman
warden, and said, simply, “Thanks
everybody for the memories.”
Gordon Workman, reeve of Brus
sels, said “I appreciate the time I’ve
had here, working with people, and
the acquaintances I’ve made.”
Bob Hallam, reeve of West
Wawanosh, remembers there had
been challenges during his six
years on council. “We’ve all added
our part and we’ve all done our
best,” he said. “I hope things level
out for you on downloading,” he
said to the remaining councillors.
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