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PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2004.
Much thanks
The Blyth Legion Branch donated $3,000 to the Heart and
Soul campaign. Secretary Gwen Papple made the
presentation to Todd MacDonald, Heart and Soul chair.
(Dianne Josling photo)
A boost
The Emergency Services Training Centre received a boost this past week with the
presentation of a $2,000 donation from the Blyth Legion. From left: Blyth fire chief Paul
Josling, captain David Sparling and Legion executive member Gord Jenkins. (Dianne Josling photo)
County council briefs
Huronview problems could cost $1111 000
Huron County council has
approved drainage and landscaping
work estimated to cost $111,000 to
try to solve flooring problems at
Huronview.
Since the construction of the home
for the aged.a decade ago, there have
been problems with flooring caused
by moisture. B. M. Ross and
Associates was hired earlier this
year to look at the situation and
found grading had not been carried
out according to the architect's
instructions, leading to pooling of
water near walls.
Recommended work to remedy
the situation includes stripping and
stockpiling topsoil, installation of
drains and catchbasins, replacement
of topsoil and reseeding of the areas.
Money for the project was included
in the home's budget for the year.
***
The clock hasn't started ticking
yet on the five-year limit to halt
spreading sewage from septic tanks
on farm fields.
The former Progressive
By Keith Roulston
Citizen publisher
Huron County council has agreed to
guarantee a $4.8 million mortgage
for the reconstruction of the
Bluewater Rest Home in Zurich in
"exchange for some concessions.
The non-profit private facility will
be required to appoint two members
of county council to its board of
directors with voting rights and
allow one county staff member,
without voting rights, to attend all
Conservative government had
announced that regulations would be
introduced to halt the spreading of
untreated septage on fields, and
municipalities would have five years
to comply.
Councillors had been concerned
by comments made by a Ministry of
Environment spokesperson at the
Association of Municipalities of
Ontario convention that "there is no
guarantee there will be five more
years once the regulations have been
released."
Planning director Scott Tousaw
told councillors ' at the Sept. 7
meeting of the health and planning
committee that MOE staff had told
him the five-year phase-out had not
yet begun.
They expect that new regulations
on septage will be introduced within
the next year.
***
Barring unexpectedly wintry
weather before the year end, it
appears the county roads operation
budget will be two to three per cent
directors meetings.
The financial backing is
contingent on the home getting
approval from the "exceptional
circumstance" funding program of
the Ontario Ministry of Health and
Long Term Care, approval of the
Ministry of Municipal Affairs as
well as Ministry approval to upgrade
31 "C" category beds and 34 "D"
category beds to category "A" beds.
The ministry provides no upfront
funding but will pay an additional
$10.35 per bed per day for the next
under-spent, county engineer Don
Pletch told council.
The roads department also will not
have spent its capital allocation
because it was too late in the year to
tender for some projects, Pletch
said, but he is asking that this money
be allocated to next year's road
budget.
***
An Ontario Municipal Board
hearing into the county's refusal of
an official planning act amendment
for the expansion of the Bluewater
Golf Course that was to have been
held Oct. 4 has been adjourned until
further notice at the request of the
golf course.
The appeal was expected to be a
major expense for the county with
seven weeks set aside for the
hearing.
*** - -
A company has been approaching
county employers with a proposed
solution for sheltering workers who
can no longer smoke in their place of
work but the solution is no solution
mortgage
Home
20 years to pay off the costs.
The home must also connect to the
Zurich water and sewage systems.
at all according to the manager of
the health unit.
Craig Metzger told council that
the structure being advertised is
similar to a bus shelter and as such
would still be defined as an indoor
space. He suggested anyone wanting
to provide a shelter for smokers on
their staff should contact the health
unit first to see if the shelter meets
requirements.
Even if the shelter meets Huron's
standards there could be problems in
the future when the province brings
in its-own 'anti-smoking legislation,
he said.
***
Council turned down a request
from the Huron County Clerks and
Treasurers Association that the
county take over building
inspections, saying it doesn't have
sufficient time prior to July 1, 2005
to recruit officials and has no
funding for the service.
The request from the clerks came
because Bill 124 requires that by
July 1, 2005 all building inspectors
must have taken examinations to
prove their knowledge of the
building code.
***
The usual coffee and cookies
break midway through the session
was enlivened by a birthday cake
and singing of Happy Birthday to
warden Bill Dowson. His wife Joyce
• was on hand for the celebration.
County guarantees
for Bluewater Rest