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Restructuring back to local councils
County directs 26 municipalities to decide with who they want to link
BY BLAKE PATTERSON
Godenich Signal -Staff Staff
The question of 'how to
restructure Huron County
will he answered by, local
councils.
At its regular monthly
'meeting last Thursday (Oct.
'1). Huron County Council
directed })pron's 26 loyal
governments to get together
and decide who wants to
amalgamate with who.
"We have to reexamine
ourselves and also open our
cars to th'c public." said
Recvc• Mason Bailey of
Blyth supporting the
decision. '
.He said returning the
question of restructuring to
the local councils from the
county level is a step
toward 'preserving the,
democratic process.
"I think there's enough
ingenuity in this county and
in this'council. that we can
come to an accord with all
the municipalities." said
Bailey. "We must search
until we findthataccord so
that. everybody (mcmhcrs of
council) is satisfied that
th.ey have did what is the
hest for the people who
elected them."
In an effort to meet
provincial requirements to
restructure and find savings.
the county council has long
debated whether to, adopt a
one -tier (county)
government • system or
_modify the present two-tier
(county and municipal)
.system.
At a meeting of all
municipal councils Tuesday
(Sept. 29) in Clinton. a
majority of of
approximately 180
politicians who attended
indicated they wanted the
future of regional
government to remain at the
local municipal Icvcl.
"We certainly saw that the
overwhelming feeling was
that we only look at a two--
tier
wo-tieroption." said. Rcevc.
Robin Dunbar of Grey
Township who introduced a
motion to make the
'overwhelming feeling'
• official county policy.
Twenty-one reeves voted
in favour of the motion: five
voted against. Reeve Cecil
Pepper of Hensall. Rcevc
Doug Grant of Bayfield.
Warden Jack Coleman of
Stanley Township. Rcevc
Dwaync LaPorte of Zurich
and Recvc Laurie Cox of
Godcrich Township voted
against the motion.
Warden Coleman said his
vote represented his own
feelings not his council's.
Reeve Grant of Bayfield
disagreed with the idea to
study just one option for
restructuring.
He said the Bayfield
council wants both options
carefully examined to
determine what form of
•
government will offer the
biggest savings to tax
payers. He said financial
considerations ate "the only
real reason for
amalgamation" and must he
considered.
He said the one -'tier
option is less expensive.
and by agreeing to only
consider a two-tier option.
CountyCouncil sends a
message that -it .lacks
concern for the level of the
voters' taxation. He said
finances arc what, matter
most to taxpayers.
"They want to know what,
their taxes are going to he."
said Grant. "1 believe that if
we don't consider both
options. we arc' not
fulfilling • our
responsibilities.'
In answer to Grant's
comments. Reeve Carol
Mitchell of Clinton said it is
not possible to say whether
. or not. one' option will he
more or less expensive than
another. : ' •
"The level of service
determines the cost ... we
seem to keep forgetting
that." said Mitchell. ' '
Regarding where they, go
next. i.1 was* agreed the•
process would start at the
local council level.
Reeve Brian McBurney ul'
Turnhcrry Township said
local municipalities .need to
look at their own situations
and develop partnership,,
withintheir own
communities of interest. •
Although the
restructuring .process now
returns to• municipal
c•riunciJs. the mcmhcrs of
the county, also agreed
January 1999 is still a good
target date for the creation
of a tentative restructuring•
plan for the county.
Dunbar. said. "We have to
•work on this now otherwise
w•c•arc going to draw it out
and in the end. end up with
nothing...
THE HURON EXPOSITOR, OCTOBER 14, 1998-3
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