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Home My WebLink AboutGoderich Signal Star, 2011-09-07, Page 4Wednesday, September 7, 2011 • Signal -Star 3 ef assistance committee faces short fundraising timeframe es nal -Star tt' to the next few 'lir life ' s e words, Tim he Ministry of \ffairs and Hous - 1) welcomed the r Ontario Disaster istane Program ►mmittee to their l eeting August 30 It ip the committee Beth Alexander, ►tlerich resident (‘ ith the Econom- nce Group; Peter and Doran Love, a nks of Montreal colla respectively;. .son, :longtime .L reation director; r. retired dentist chair and Dun '.vho brings years it and union exve him to the table. l t cted chair of the unanimously. the O1)RAl' corn- ()ordinate fund image and deter- i hie claims for ief assistance. The cuts up of two parts ging committee I ht headed by las.- le claims settle rnittee which is d of the entire RAP group is. us and does not �4. n council, rather ith each claim sty and decide asa Mould be covered nsated. i n.ted out: many 1, (. meeting that .assistance, not "I he group is only for helping cover r cent of people's costs. The Prov- trio rov-trio will match the raise up to 2:1. t the claims you 1)e, because of the re damage, quite Ryall said at the cion last Tuesday. ks very clearly, we .1n insurance ie for claims sub- ust be set by the as wen as a dead- i raising. Both win d payouts will not Al until fundrais- I DRAP's guide- s cannot he ear - specific purposes. d personal appli- cations will be handled anony- mously and equitably. "There are some folks who will not give other than to their. pet causes," Ryall cautioned the group. "If other groups want to spend money on -spe- cific items get out of their way. "You cannot take allocated dollars." Fundraising chair I'or Jas- per expressed concern that a two-pronged approach may already be in place, with the heritage -minded EDGE Fund already mobilized and gather- ing donations. There is much ambiguity surrounding the $5 million already offered by the prov- ince, however half that amount has been advanced for public costs. Me other $2.5 million is set aside for private costs. While the group. is set to hire administrative staff and space, those costs are borne entirely by the province, and will not come out .of any of the money donated to ODRAP. Examples of staff would be program directors, who would take the c $aims and follow up to survey the damage reported, secre- tary, .treasurer and claims adjusters if needed. Ryall introduced two experi- enced program managers to the committee: John Maddox, a retired regional director for the MMAII and Bruce Leacock. who has provided services at most provincial disaster sites since Walkerton in 2000. Both have extensive experience with ODRAP. Leacock explained the pro- gram manager's job is to act as a buffer between applicants and the committee, and stressed that time is of great importance. Advertisments for committee jobs as well as timelines for fun- draising and applications were the topic of a secondary meet- ing Thursday, September 1. However, Ryall noted it will not be like raising money for the CT Scanner - there is no. pricetag associated with disas- ter relief. Whatever the com- mittee raises, the province »atches as needed. Following the meeting, Jas- per as- per noted one of the biggest challenges is the short time - frame, coupled with the fact that distribution of funds can't take place until that is completed. Central I.luron and Ashfield Colborne-Wawanosh were also considering declaring states of emergency for the affected areas of their munici- palities, and as such, could be adding members to the ODRAP committee. ei athdt GODERICH Sunday, September 11 at Ilam EVERYONE IS WELCOME! Holy Eucharist, Blessing of Backpacks and Retum to Sunday School ;rte " Good Wyttett, sod Nab, joixt Amid all the devastation thars gone on, why not step back and take time to consider all God's blessings. Gerard Croon Godernch Signal -Star Committee named The six -member Ontario Disaster Relief Assistance Program (ODRAP) committee held its inaugural meeting at town hall last week. Members Jane Dawson, Mary Beth Alexander, Pete Shephard, Duman Jewell, Doran Love and Tom Jasper will administer the funds and anonymously deal with claims for funding. 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