HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1999-10-20, Page 36PAGE 36. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1999.
Planting for 2000
Diana Campbell and Lois Van Vliet took advantage of a
beautiful fall day, Oct. 16, to plant 30 deep pink Ontario
Horticultural Society Millennium tulip bulbs.The display
will be part of the Blyth Horticultural Society gardens on
Dinsley Street.
Committee should consider
full-time building official
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Seaforth and Brussels and how they
are currently operated. All have a
contract with the Ontario Clean
Water Agency for the operation of
the sewer systems.
She presented options for consid
eration. The first is that the water
and sewer departments be com
bined. A second option is that a
quote be obtained from OCWA or
another private agency for the price
of water or sewer or both.
Thirdly, a quote could be
obtained from the local distribution
system depending on the decisions
frorm the Ontario Energy Board to
provide a price for water or sewer
or both.
Another option is to investigate
the possibility of joining
Egmondville to the Seaforth water
system or finally to investigate the
installation of water meters.
White said staff preferred the
first option. A proposed structure
was presented which included a
manager, a working foreman and
three other employees.
• With regards to waste disposal all
municipalities have curb-side pick
up and some type of recycling.
Garbage pickup in Seaforth is not a
municipal service and is provided
by a private contractor. Seaforth
and Tuckersmith are members of
the mid-Huron landfill site, while
Grey and McKillop are co-owners
of the Walton landfill. Brussels cur
rently has an agreement with Mor
ris Twp. and pays 50 per cent of the
operating and capital budge.
Options for the committee to
consider are:
• move towards standardization
of collection over time
• move towards standardization
of recycling programs
• standardize bag tag fees
• tendering for both regular
garbage and recycling should result
in economies of scale.
White noted that it will be neces
sary for the transition committee to
review the levels of service provid
ed and to honour existing agree
ments.
In the areas of recreation, Jack
McLachlan, clerk-treasurer of
Seaforth, McKillop and Tucker
smith outlined the current facilities.
There are two arenas, containing
four halls and two ice surfaces; two
pools, one indoor with an exercise
room, sauna and hall at Vanastra
and one outdoor pool at Brussels;
eight ball diamonds, three soccer
fields, three tennis courts, various
parks and three small halls.
Presently, there are seven and a
half full-time employees, with part-
time staff hired over various sea
sons.
He recommended a recreation
facilities manager be responsible to
council with a manager at the Brus
sels and Seaforth arenas and at the
Vanastra Centre.
These four would attend board
meetings, the members of which
would be from council and the gen
eral public.
In addition, McLachlan said, the
boards at Seaforth and Brussels
would be maintained with a board
established at Vanastra.
It was also recommended that the
facilities try to cover operating
costs by program fees and rentals.
The only licensed day care facili
ty was in Tuckersmith. It is current
ly managed by council under
McLachlin’s supervision. In the
future the county will assume
responsibility.
With regards to building officials
it was noted that all the municipali
ties employ a part-time official who
works on an as-needed basis. The
present accumulated budget is
$50,000.
It was recommended that one
full-time official be employed for
the whole area,'with an office
located in either the Grey or
McKillop Twp. office.
The recommendation for animal
control was also that one person be
employed to perform the duties on
an as-needed basis. Currently there
are three part-time officers in the
five municipalities with an accrued
budget of $20,000.
The staff will compile reports on
administration, fire, reserves, assets
and liabilities for the next meeting
to be held Oct. 27 in Seaforth.
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