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HomeMy WebLinkAboutGoderich Signal Star, 2011-07-06, Page 33Godetich Sigritlittat 4' Wednieda* Judy 5i 261 1 quest to investigate health concerns beyond LFN committee's mandate, says county council an Hundertmaik Agency request to broaden the mandate for Huron r>tty council's low frequency noise cotnrnit- vas denied at last Wednesday's committee e whole meeting Siemon (Huron East) said he'd e the request so that the LFN committee id investigate any negative health effects edby industrial wind turbines. is to -prevent any of our constituents from I.1 f anyone gets sick from any effect of .a 1 turbine, that's what we've set up the com- ee.to deal with so we have a duty to put this ird," he said, le request asked to "broaden the mandate le LEN committee to include impacts and r health issues from wind turbines," owever, Coun. Deb Shewfelt (Goderich) dis- ed, stating low frequency noise, not the d ;t: tion of health i U was the reason the mittee was set up, ewfelt said the committee should just be E gang LFN, not wind turbines or solar atns o add wind turbines is a red„herr ng,'he iw frequency noise is an issue onto itself," Coun. Neil Vincent (North Huron), add - e request "changes the intent ofthe LFN tteee" nless there's a panel of doctors on there, I 't know what they'd do for health issues, Coun. George Robertson (South Huron). tan, Brian Barnim (Central Huron), chair of LFN committee, explained that members t to amend the mandate because ft's difficult k about tow frequency noise without talk - bout wind turbines t would be nice to have in our mandate that say the word 'wind turbine' without hav- o reel everybody back in again, he said O un: Bill Dawson (Bluewater) pointed out • that Huron County council is going to have to spend more than the $50,000 budgeted on the LFN committee if it is going to look at the health effects of wind turbines. "Ifwe're going to do a health study, ' we'd need to look at millions of dollars;' he said. Running for wards Coun. Bernie MacLellan (Huron East) announced at the June 15 committee of the whole meeting for Huron County coundl that e will be running for Huron County's warden this year "I've been asked to run for warden every since my second year on council and this year, rill in a position to do so. It's time to take the next step, he said. "My peers are continuously asking me to chair various committees and they know I show respect to cncillors around the room and make sure everyone gets heard" Need for affordable housing 'An 18.7 per cent increase on the waiting list fit the 415 housing units available in Huron County is showing a need for more affordable housing in the region, Social Services Adminis- trator Dave Overboe told county councillors at their committee of the whole meeting on June 15, "Perhaps it's just a sign of the times because lists it's happening across the province. Waftsts are higher than they've ever been before," `added Housing Services Manager Barb Hall. Overboe's report showed awaiting list in April 2011 of 279, compared to the usual number of 215-.2220. Coun. Deb Shewfelt (Goderich) expressed concern about the waiting list, asking if there was some way of encouraging private enterprise to build more affordable housing in Huron County. "Has capitalist society gone to sleep or do they no longer want to be involved in the rental industry anymore?" he asked. Overboe responded that while private afford- able housing might take off some pressure on the county's rent -geared -to -income housing, a recent survey of market rental rates in Huron showed that rent is "relative 4.w in many areas." "Private enterprise is not gouging on rent," he said, adding that the county has been consider- ing an idea of subsidizing the rent for eligible . clients. "If we subsidized the rent, landlords could still that --4.e a reasonable profit," said Overboe. As well, his report showed that the month of April shpws 3.2 per cent of renters in arrears, creeping up from an average rate o2 per cent Overboe added that numbers do not indicate a large number of Hunan County families in "dire straits.'' "Iheare not homeless or living on the streets. They are using living with family or in facilities with rents higher than they can afford. Some are waiting_ for very specific locations, like the ground floor facing east: But, they are on the list, so they do qualify," he said. Landlord Tenant Act concerns Huron County council is requesting a meeting with the provincial Minister of Housing at this summer's AMO (Association of Municipalities of Ontario) conference to discuss the Landlord Tenant Act, after a motion made at the lune 15 committee of the whole meeting While discussing the need for more affordable housing in the Huron, Coun. Ben Van Diepenbeek (ACW) pointed out that manly farm- ers are leery about renting their empty farm- houses because of. the additional expenses caused by "professional renters." 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Bill Siemon (Huron East) added that manylandlords would rather turn apartments into condominiums than keep there as apart- ments because the Landlord Tenant Act limits rent increases to three per cent, "The average landlord is behind the emit -ball and has to tum his apartments into condos to get more money" he said. Siemon presented the motion that Huron County meet with the Minister of Housing at the August AMO convention, which was passed by committee of the whole. Upping the benchmark Huron County councillors agreed to increase the benchmark subsidy to Huron Sands Non - Profit Homes at their June 15 committee of the whole meeting but not before Courri. Deb Shew- felt asked for reassurance that the oration is getting its finances in order. "I'm agahist giVitIggielll this $1,200 until they show how they're going to break even. if they do, we'll give them their $1,200; he said. Huron Sands Non -Profit Homes Inc. is a 35 -unit non-profit townhouse complex in Goderich with corporation status and aboard of directors. The board rets a property manage- ment companyao manage all aspects of the complex. Housing Services Manager Barb Hall recom- mended increasing the benchmark subsidy from the county from $14,444.31 to $15,644:31 after determining that the current benchmark was set 20 years ago. Hall said she has been meeting with the Huron Sands managers for a year and a half to talk about the weakening ftnancial position of the option since 2008 and its accumulated three-year deficit. "Factors must be in place to stop the ongoing deficit position and this may be obtainedby increasing the. benchmarks where appropriate and working with Huron Sands to reduce unnec- essary e'r►wnditures," she said in her report. I all b. L' dile example of a $4,900 expense for a conference that was addressed immediately. "They have agreed to find every measure pos- sible to eliminate their deficit," she said Shewfelt asked if it would make more sense financially for the county to take over the facility but Social Services Administrator Dave Overboe replied that Huron Sands is a private corpora- tion which the county can't "simply take over" "The only thing we can do is reduce or hold back our funding, he sand. Hall added she is helping Huron Sands reduce their bad debts from four per cent to the county level of three per cent . Courthouse clock to be repaired The clock at the Huron County Courthouse will be repaired, Huron County's committee of the whole, which met on June 15, agreed to award a $16,561.88 contract to repair both the clocks and the chime system in the courthouse building. Harkes Industries, of Gorrie, will do the work.