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Tuckersmith
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$1.9 million
budget
approved
with
construction
expected
in.
Brucefield
Tucker -smith
Township council
approved its 1999
hudget of $1.9 million
at its June i meeting,-
, . The .1999 budget has
a .roads budget of
5631.100. . .Road
construction projects
budgeted' at $190,000
include' the Mill Road
in Brucefield out to
Lot 45, Concession 2,
and Sideroad 5-6 from
Highway 8 to
Concession '4 near
Heritage Estates. Work,
has been completed on
both projects.
Other construction
projects include the
third phase of the
storm sewer and road
reconstruction'• on
William Street in.
Egmondv.ille,
hudgeted at $81,000,
paving Sideroad 5-6
between Concession 4
and 6 at 575.000 and
repairing the cement
railings on a bridge
Concession 2'at a cost
of 55,000..
The administration
hudget for 1999 is
5129,625, the day care.
budget is 52711,650'
and the recreation
centre budget is
S173,000.
The township is
expecting provincial
grants of • $38,000
towards roadways,
5200,000 -towards the,
day •care, 53,500
towards administration
and 55000 towards
recreation. -
Tuckersmith appoints
MacLeod to fire •
board
Tuckersmith
' Township council ..
appointed Councillor
Jim MacLeod as the
__township
representative to the
Seaforth -fire area
hoard at its . June 1 .
meeting.
Meeting time changes
t' to 7:30 p.m.
through 11:30 p:m.
Tuckersmith
Township council
changed its regular
meeting times at its
June 1 meeting.
Meetings which used
to run from 8 p.m. to
midnight will now run
from 7:30 to 11:30.
World Youth
represenative visits
Canada World Youth
Council representative
Erin . McNamee
attended the June 1
meeting of
Tuckersmith Township
council asking for
families interested in
'hosting, participants in
a . Seaforth- • area
exchange of nine
Canadian and nine
Taiwan students.
The program, which
runs from late July to
mid-October, involves
participants living and
working on area farms
for 12 weeks ' with
Seaforth youth
returning to Thailand
in exchange.
. Stop sign
will be erected
A by-law to erect a
stop sign at the corner
of Concessions 4 and
2, near the Seaforth
Golf and Country Club
received `third and
final reading at the
June 1 meeting of
Tuckersmith Township
council.
News
One -tier county
not supported
by Seaforth
Council says research
has already been done
after citizens' requests
By Scott Hilgendorff
Expositor Editor
Seaforth council` does not
support taking another look
at a one -tier gtvernment for
Huron County.
" Once.you go to a single-
tier you -can never go back,"
said Coun. Michael Hak as
council iiiscussed a
presentation made by Paul
Carroll and Alfred Ross. The
two were at council';. 1e
22 meeting representing e
Concerned Citizens for the.
Promotion and
Implementation of a Single -
Tier Government in Huron.
an organization of citizens
that is meeting with all
councils asking them to
consider supporting -a motion
that will be on Huro'n
County Council's table July
8. That motion would see the
county pursue a one -tier
system of government in
whichall municipal councils
in the county would be
amalgamated into one.
Last year, county council
had decided not to consider
a single -tier system.
"'don't believe that the
single -tier option has been
given justice in terms of
what it can do for us," said.
Carroll to council: About 50
people . from across, the
county have formed.•a
grassroots movement .to try
and convince councillors to ,
support_ looking at a one -tier
system at the July 8 county
Meeting.
"We 'feel a single -tier
option wasn't studied, just
rejected," he said after a
brief presentation that led to
/questions from council about
why this issue has come up
now after the restructuring
issue has been - in the
forefront for:rhore than two
years.
. Hak told Carroll and Ross
' county couneil looked at it '
last year and decided, "At
that.point, with what we
were looking at. a single -tier
government didn't fit."
Carroll said there wasn't a
hard enough look taken at
the time. '
But, several councillors
told the two there has been
lots of research. holding up
documents they had with
them and pointing to stacks
of other reports and pieces
of information that have
been collectes1 by
councillors about
restructuring in general
during the past couple years.
"It's not that we haven't
looked at it," said Hak.
Mayor Dave Scott said.
"I'm convinced our council
gave the issue a thorough
discussion. I don't think we
made a rash decision."
He said council originally
voted in favour of looking at
both one " and two-tier
systems- when he first
became mayor. After taking
a look at them, it decided not
to support a one -tier system.
Carroll said now. with
most municipalities across
Ontario having gone through
a restructuring process; there
are examples of one and
two-tier -systems that could
be looked at. He suggested
Kent and Grant 'Counties
have chosen a.single-tier
system that did not lead to
the disruption and division
of communities that- has
taken place when
municipalities try to
amalgamate in separate
pieces within the county.
Locally. Tuckersmith,
Township recently
experienced a division'
among its ratepayers who
were torn between
amalgamating with Seaforth
and McKillop Township or
Stanley Township and
another collective of
municipalities in that region.
Goderich Township and
Colborne Township have
been faced with turmoil
among its ratepayers who do
and do not wish to be linked
with Goderich.
But Coun. Heather
Robinet told Carroll and
Ross, "You've got to
convince us it's worth
looking at."
Before voting on a motion
relating to the issue council
discussed the matter further.
Robinet . said despite
asking for reasons, the
delegation did not present
anything to 'them that
suggested they should look
at a one -tier systerb.
Hak has participated in the
restructuring of the Seaforth
Community Hospital with
seven other partner hospitals
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He said it's difficult to give
up your boundaries but that.
it's a loteasier to work
together in groups than to
form one large centre.
Since moving to a one -tier
system would make
reversing that decision hard
if it turned out to be a
mistake, he said it would be
better to form five or six
municipalities first and then
a one -tier system could be
examined later. .
"It's easier to eat the
elephant one bite at a time."
said Reeve Lin Stefflcr.
adding talks between
Seaforth. Tuckersmith and
McKillop arc going. well.
"I'd be very upset for
someone to come in here and
wash away everything we
have done."
Scott said he was reading
the Ministry of Municipal
Affair's,guide to
restructuing and said
another interpretation of
options is one in which the
county is also dissolved and
the municipality is run by
the province.
He has ratepayers asking
what the town gets for the
taxes it pays•to the county
and said aside from looking
after • roads and some
planning issues. he's not
sure what else it does for the
town.
"It's an option, if vye'rc
going to look at options," he
said of dissolving the
county. • .
A. motion to support a
letter from the North Huron.
Restructuring Committee, -
opposing any further look at
a one -tier system. was
carried by council after the
discussion.
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Making them Compatible
13y: Dr. Louis LaPlante
Age-related changes in vision can make seeing
the computer screen clearly and comfortably a chal-
lenge, but there are some simple solutions. The most
common complaints are eye stain, eye irritation and
blurred"vision:; Since working at a computer-is,such a
visually intense task, people also tend to accommodate
their eyes at the expense of good posture. This often
results in difficulties with neck, shoulder pain and back-
aches. '
- The eye's ability to'maintain a clear and steady
focus for a distance of 16 to 30 inches away becomes
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People tend to stare and blink less frequently
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