Huron Expositor, 2000-03-08, Page 3Scott Hilgendorff photo
World Day of Prayer
Donna 'Bennett and Deb Haney join, hands during prayer at World Day of Prayer services held Friday evening at Egmondville
- United Church:
Restructuring approved again.
thanks to new legislation
By Amy Zoethout• the proposals. They will now Goderich Townships creating
,T— move on to•the ministry for Central Huron. and Hay.
Goderich SignahStor Staff_ approval. - Stanley. Bayfield. Hensal1
The restructuring proposal The Townships of and Zurich creatingthe new
from Brussels. Grey. Xshfield, Colborne and West ,municipality of Bluewatcr. •
Seaforth. Tuckersmith and Wawanosh have had their "I , am happy to see
McKillop'• and the proposal restructuring plan approved amalgamation proceeding."
trom Wingham.-Blyth afid from the Ministry of said Huron -Bruce - MPP.
1 i'.t -' Wawanosh were Municipal -Affairs Monday Helen. .`Johns at 'last
hrought forward to county as well as the Townships of 'Thursday's Huron County
council again on Thursday Moms and Turnberfy. These- Council meeting -'in:
due to new legislation which - two northern townships will Goderich.
create The Corporation of "I wish you luck." added
the Municipality of Morris -. Johns to those who arc
Turnberry. moving' forvt'ard with their
As of Monday; five of transition teams. •
seven restructuring proposals ' 'The Town of Goderich
had received approval from continues to stand on its own
the Municipal Affairs and after attempts to restructure.
Housing Minister Tony/ with surrounding townships..
Clement. , failed. Howick Township
In -February, Exeter,', will also stand alone and
Stephen and Usborne had- have outlined that they have
their proposal to create the undergone internal
new municipality of South restructuring to save money.
Huron approved, along with
Clinton. Hullc,tt and,
received Royal Assent on
Dec. 22I999.
Both proposals. which
received unanimous apprdval
-,.from county council in
February. fall under. the new
-legislation which requires'
' public meetings to be held as
part of the approval process.
No objections came from
the. audience -during the'
politic meeting` Thursday
morning held as part of the
county council. and council
- again gape its full support to
County includes increase
of twopercent in budget
By Amy Zoethout
Goderich Signal -Star Staff -
Huron' County Council
approved its budget' last
Thursday with a two per cent
increase in the tax rate in line
with inflation.
• County council directed
.staff in January to bring
forward no more than a two -
per cent increase keeping in
line with inflation.
A rcpo.rt from the
Administration. Finance and.
- . Personnel Committee at that
- -time indicated that during thc
last several years, inflation
has been running between
two . to three per cent.
Preliminary indications also
show that there will -he a
growth in assessment of
approximately 1-.125 per cern
or $193,600- -
Between the years 1994 -to
1998. county council has
brought in zero per cent
increases to the tax rate. -In
1999; the tax rate was
increased by a quarter per
cent to cover court security
costs. -
impact on the 2000 budget
includes the finalization of a
pay equity settlement with
ONA at the county Homes
for the Aged, thc estimated
520 million of needs for
bridge repairs and the.
County's .$40.000:share of
the Aquifer Viability Study.
The committee reported
that the 1999 preliminary
operating surplus is .
5388,638. Which they noted
was considerably less than
one per cent of the total 2000
budget. ,
"'Most of the surplus
resulted from the ongoing
decrease in social service
payments." the committee
reported.
Council voted to place the
surplus in reserves.
•
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THE HURON EXPOSITOR, March 0, 2000-3
Jaws of life needed
at Seaforth accident
Seaforth firelighters used
the jaws of life to extricate
thc victims of a collision
between a car and a hall -ton
truck just north, of Scal•orth
Sunday at 5:05 p.m.,. said
Seaforth' Fire Chief George
Garrick:
Garrick said he had no
further information -about the
incident.
. A police report from the
Huron OPP was not
available at press time.
Wingham man airlifted' •
A -31-year-old Wingham
man -was airlifted from
Seaforth . Community
Hospital to London's ..
Victoria Hospital with major
chest trauma on March 2.
after he a single -vehicle •
accident on County Road 12. -
-just north of Winthrop.
William Humphrey was a
passenger of 1993, Geo
Tracker which was travelling
northbound when the driver..
22 -year-old Antonio Tom.. -
of Turnbcrry Township. lost
control on the cast shoulder
and entered the west ditch.
Humphrey- was ejected •
when the vehicle rolled over.
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