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HomeMy WebLinkAboutGoderich Signal Star, 2011-11-02, Page 181 f uo Home childcare provider Julie Sowerby accepts her gift from home childcare coordinator Danielle Holland, along with Leighton Swan, Nevaeh Kaufman, Alesha Kinsman and Autumn MacAdam. um Agency of appreciation October 26 was Early Childhood Appreciation Day, ss !Mon County, 150 caregivers were recognized for II done. The 11tfi annual ECE day recognized 140 staff workers and 10 home childcare providers. At the !Child Care Centr+e,Alenka Watson, Jodi Menchenton, iomson, Cindy Austin, Brenda Nivins-McCiinchey, 1 MIN Buy orf Get 41" Free 01;41011h, value) sa.1es clip' umale mma P1001611 lam market South Kincardina 519-396.4541 ,; i1', $ it . Judy Miller and Tanya Thomas receive gifts of appreciation from Deputy -Mayor John Grace. 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Publications Mil Agreement No. 40064683 PAP Registration No. 7� Return undeliverable Canadian addresses b Circulation Dept P.O. Box 220, 120 Hucitlns St., Goderich, Ont., N7A 406 (519) 524-2614 email: sspdrcialboweenet.com We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program towards our mailing oasts. CanadN Wednesday, November z, tot t • signal -star 17 HPCDSB reports $17,490 operating deficit Rita Marshall OMI Agency The Huron -Perth Catholic District School Board (HPCDSB) had an opera- tional deficit of $17,490 at the end of its 2010-2011 fiscal year. Gerry Thuss, superintendent of busi- ness and treasurer, explained the finan- cial statements and auditors' report to trustees at the HPCDSB's Oct, 24 meet- ing, describing why a $447,930 deficit was really only $17,490. The board's consolidated revenue for 2011 was $55,674,161, while consoli- dated expenditures were $56,122,091. Thuss said the $447,930. difference came from externally appropriated expenditures which the Ministry of Education and the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) require to be included in financial statements. The added expenditures include the costs of future benefits and sick leave for employees as well as interest accrual and vacation pay accrual. Thus called the $447,930 figure an "accounting deficit" and said the oper- ating deficit was only $17,490. "We're really quite pleased with that," —mu -TOWNSHIP f - strew- CCX.6 awe . ter, he said. The largest expenditures for the IIPCDSB are salaries and benefits, which together account for 73% of board expenditures. Salaries were $36,116,276, while benefits were $4,598,954. Thuss also pointed out to trustees that the student population of HPCDSB schools dropped by 3.2% from 2009- 2010to2010-2011. The HPCDSB had 4,438 students in 2010, and only 4,297 students in 2011. "We're still feeling the impact of our loss of students on an annual'basis," he said. Trustee chair Ron Marcy noted that the audited consolidated financial statements usually come before the board in December. This year the HPCDSB audit committee, and the board itself, received and reviewed the report about two months after the Aug. 31, 2011 ending of the board's fiscal year. Trustees credited Thuss, staff, audi- tors and having the proper software as factors in the prompt statements. BDO Dunwoody LLP audited the financial statements. NOTICE OF PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE REGARDING A REVIEW OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ASHFIEiD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH OFFICIAL PLAN TAKE NOTICE that the Corporation of the Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh will hold an open house in accordance with Section 26 of the Planning Act to consult with the public about potential revisions and updates to the Township of Ashfield- Colborne-Wawanosh Official Pian. A PUBUC OPEN HOUSE will be held: Monday, December 12, 2011 at .Brookside Public School, 36937 Beigrave Road, opening at 6:30 pm with a presentation at 7:00 pm with discussion to follow. ANY PERSON may attend the open house and/or make written or verbal representation. IF A PERSON OR PUBLIC BODY does no: make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Corporation of the Township of Ashfield-Coibome- Wawanosh before the proposed Official Plan Amendment is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the County of Huron to the Ontario Municipal Board. IF A PERSON OR PUBUC BODY does not make an oral submission at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Corporation of the Township of Ashfield- Colbome-Wawanosh before the proposed Official Plan Amendment is adopted, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body. PURPOSE AND EFFECT You are invited to attend an Open House to discuss the poliiccyy areas to be explored In a review of the Township of Ashfield-Coibome-Wawanosh Official Plan. The Official Plan will be updated to be consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement and the Huron County Offlcial Plan. OFFICIAL PLAN The Corporation of the Township of Ashfield-Colbome-Wawanosh intends to undertake a review of the Official Plan, a land use planning document that is a statement of where and how development should take place. The Plan includes the Township. goals and policy directions for development of the ADDITIONAL INFORMATION relating to the proposed Official Plan amendment is available at the Township of Ashfield-Colbome-Wawanosh Municipal Office at 82133 Council Line or on the Township website at www.acwtownship.ca. We want your comments on this important document! Dated at the Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh this 2"" Day of November 2011. Linda Andrew Deputy -Clerk Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh RR5 Goderich ON N7A 3Y2, (519) 524-4669