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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2006-10-12, Page 6On its way! It was good news for the dedicated volunteers and the community youth to see the cement pad being poured at the site of the Blyth youth activity park bright and-i3arly last Thursday morning. (Dianne Josling photo) RGENT SAFETY NOTICE to fuel oil consumers without a Comprehensive Safety Inspection The Canadian Oil Heat Association (COHA) in conjunction with the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA), the regulatory agency responsible for fuels safety in Ontario, including furnace oil distributors, wishes to inform all fuel oil consumers of the following: Ontario regulation 213/01,passed in June 2001, requires that all fuel oil (including furnace oil) consumers have a safety inspection of their oil systems by certain deadlines. Failure to comply will legally require that distributors terminate the fuel oil supply to any premise until a comprehensive inspection of all oil-related equipment has been completed. - This safety inspection verifies that the operational condition and installation of your oil system complies with national safety standards and codes put in place to maintain the safety of you and your family. To ensure continued oil delivery and safe use of your oil equipment, the COHA and TSSA request that you provide your distributor the opportunity to inspect your system. Furnace oil consumers that have not had a comprehensive inspection completed should immediately contact their fuel oil supplier to arrange for this important safely inspection. _c .., , cahaar 0 , - „ ny 4c, clean burning•house wafraing For more information, contact the Canadian Oil Heat Association at 1 .800 • 257 • 1593 or visit the website at www.coha.ca . For more information on fuel safety visit TSSA's website at www.ISSA.org ILHEATT" PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2006. County council briefs Ambulance monies flowing across borders Money has started flowing at last among counties for cross-border ambulance service, Huron County councillors heard at their Oct. 5 meeting. Warden Rob Morley told council he had picked up a cheque for $190,000 from Bruce County while at the recent meeting of the Association of Counties and Regions conference in Haliburton earlier this month. The money pays Huron's ambulance service for calls into Bruce County up until 2005. Huron also recently gave a cheque to Lambton County for calls by that county's ambulances into southern Huron. Huron is also working with Perth County to resolve fine points in what calls were made between the two counties, explained David Lew, manager of Huron's ambulance service Until now Huron had only been able to work with Middlesex on cross-border billing issues. Chief administrative officer Larry Adams told council that Huron's moves seem to be getting action from other counties. Morley noted that Grey County is now meeting with Bruce to resolve billing issues. *** Work on the new Winghatn ambulance station is coming along nicely, Lew told councillors. The new station is scheduled to be operational on Dec. 1. said. *** The Huron County Health Unit recently had a visit from Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Sheela Basrur. Penny Nelligan, health unit director, said staff had 48 hours notice of the visit and thanked board of health chair Neil Rintoul for being able to take part on such short notice. Dr. Basrur wanted to know the effect of recent government changes on the local health unit, Nelligan said. Praise also came from the doctor's staff for Huron's educational work with county residents and staff's willingness to work with the public to solve problems. *** Huron County will get to keep all the money it received from the province for the Best Continued from page 1 Seili said he couldn't support downloading the bridges unless the county brought them up to standard, Bezaire said he intended the bridges would be brought up to county standards before transfer. That prompted Oke to say he couldn't sup- port bringing Ball's Bridge up to county standards because is would cost $5-10 Start program, John MacKinnon, social service administrator told council. Huron had a target of creating 110 new day care spaces through the program and if it hadn't created that many, would have had to return some of the money. But 128 spaces were created, he said. "It assures our funding for the foreseeable future," MacKinnon said. *** Repairs will soon be completed to the tomb of Huron County's founder, Dr. William "Tiger" Dunlop, Beth Ross, director of cultural services told council. The successful bid was for $7,900, under the budget of $9,000. All the mortar in the monument will be replaced, said F.oss. Though original mortar generally retained and matched in heritage projects, there is so little of the original mortar after various repair jobs over the years, that there was nothing to match, she said. An error in a date on a stone on the tomb will also not be repaired, slte said. For one thing, heritage restoration does not correct mistakes of the past, she said. For another, the stone would need to be raised so the original 'tombstone underneath could be examined to see if the error was simply in the newer stone or the original, she said. *** Huronlea will get its fire access lane at the back of the building. While the building has met, and continues to meet, fire code requirements, emergency workers have been disturbed by the lack of a roadway around the back of the facility, meaning vehicles would have to drive over lawn at all times of the year, to get to an emergency at the back of the building. BM Ross engineers will be asked to include an "evacuation lane" in its plans for the building. *** The County of .Huron's Small Business Enterprise Centre will receive $243,607 in funding from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada over the next two years to support the Self-Employed Benefit Program. The grant will assist 88 employment insurance eligible individuals to explore self-employment. Since the program began in million. Bezaire got things even further off topic when he suggested there should be a one-tier road system because the split jurisdiction adds expense. His motion for a study on how to divest from all county bridges was defeated and another motion to discuss the future of the bridge at the Oct. 17 meeting was carried. 1993 the program has helped 230 people to start businesses. *** The Shakespeare to Shoreline tourism program has received $10,000 from the Ministry of Tourism's Industry's Industry Partnership Proposal Program. ** * The planning, agriculture and public works committee has recommended that capital money be provided for a permanent household hazardous waste site to reduce the need for three one- day temporary sites scheduled each year. Ball's Bridge debate continues