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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2000-06-28, Page 3Municipal conference tomorrow A one -day conference on managing municipal staff and other amalgamation issues is being planned for June 29 in Holmesville. The firm of Hicks, Morley,. Hamilton, Stewart and Storie, barristers and solicitors. is presenting the conference to Huron County municipal politicians and senior staff at the Goderich Township Community Centre. There is a registration fee that includes lunch. South Huron Chief Administrative Officer Larry Brown is helping to plan the conference. The firm has been retained by the South Huron transition board. Brown said an invitation may also be extended to officials and staff in Perth, Lambton and Middlesex counties. Headlined, Amalgamation Issues for Small Municipalities -Achieving Optimal Outcomes and Managing Change, the conference features the topics of employment contracts,. employment standards. strategic management and preparation - in the. - amalgamation process and managing new environmental responsibilities. News THE HURON EXPOSITOR, Jun. 28, 2000-3 TKA NE TWCl-« PE RIP'IE RALS SOF MA<E COMPUTERS LA, TCPS Hot &OfficeCoIpirnPf lc1 iY�tllicr �Y�uil�tEmu! !6iDenitlt!rurtirti 1304446 }'3•i3't TIOCOMPUTEP INCLUDE 2 Year PartsLabour Warranty Modem: 56K PCI HOST Samsung Monitor: I r .2ldp Keyboard, Floppy Drive iSoftw'are: Antivirus Scott Hilgendorff photos Randy Cook can't hetp,but laugh as a clown at Rona Coshwoy's opening celebrations Saturday dances yvhile he works. , Shelby and Ashley Janmaat enjoy hot dogs and pop at Saturdays Rona Cashway events. Family activites included entertainment and horse drawn wagon rides. A Wednesday ribbon cutting officially opened the Rona Cashway business in Seaforth. Hospitals, town endorse keeping ambulance services where they are right now fay Sarah Caldwell and Tim Cumming Godertch Signa -Star Staff Huron County is asking the Huron -Perth Hospitals Partnership to submit their costs to county council to determine whether or not leasing property from the hospitals to provide ambulance services located near the facilities will be a viable and cost effective way of maintaining ambulance services in the county. County council needs the information about costing from the hospitals to decide what their options and costs are for providing ambulance services, said. Warden Carol Mitchell. This new . option for ambulance service deployment in Huron County, is a variation on keeping the status quo. It. was not originally presented. . by .the consultants Marshall, Macklin and Monaghan and Poinax Inc.., in their report to . the Administration, Finance and Personnel Committee on May 18. Lynn Murray, Huron County Clerk -Administrator, met with, the executive leadership team for the Huron -Perth Hospitals Partnership on June 9, to . discuss this option. She.told the partnership executive many members' of the Huron County Hospital Boards had indicated to the coynty they were willing to act as ambulance stations . in order to keep the service close to the hospital: In order for the ambulance_ stations to be run from the hospitals the partnership executive was asked to provide costing for each of the hospitals in Huron County. The price each hospital comes up with is,to be treated as a five year lease agreement. which means they provide a firm price for a five year period. Murray indicated renovations to accommodate ambulance deployment at the Exeter, Seaforth and Clinton hospitals would be needed. The partnership since prepared a position statement on the future of ambulance services recommending "ambulance sites currently located at hospitals or in close proximity to hospitals remain the same until the respective counties undertake further study fater transfer dates." The position statement also says, "The current Clinton. and Seaforth ambulance sites are in close Quoted .'Ambulance sites currently located at hospitals or close proximity to hospitals should remain • the same,' -- Huron Perth Hospital Partnership position statement Otir (14'he Ile Gardener w gq,,,3) who Appreciates Quality M. the Area's Largest Selection Shops at Te -Em Farm! lots of 44 Instore Specia$ ...too numerous to mention! O E s50 Selected Nursery Stock Sale Continues! J71 ThreX: !t 1000 1. We fate annuals for the nein &ter bed you've made and to ragdk.ernritY Vats now appeasing. Paced Nunery Sark and Permit's can be planted ermine' Cane see our selanore TIte B&u ring fennel Gaidntn 'or a maw .r tee a din are retro' Ar sane. rs.*Tasty Win atNq' list Met b +dsnts_ter rte* x1✓ bwRwwrt6+►I4"e7 FlarliP"). tbyiAUC�c 1.4.14tee, r� EFFECTIVE JULY )—OPEN a Nth • 9 - 6 C ` ' 0 proximity to the, hospitals and provide timely service.' Seaforth a n d Goderich councils h a v e endorsed • the hospita1 -partnership position of keeping their respective ambulance services where they are. The county will assume managerial responsibility, of the Huron ambulance service from the province as of Jan. 1, 2001. and are currently. in ,the • process of determining how the service will be managed. In December 1999: county:. council voted to create a county • department responsible for the delivery of the service. The report presented to the Administration, Finance and Personnel Committee on May 18. by Jon Hambides and Jim Gough of the .:Consultants Marshall. Macklin.'Monaghan and Poniax Inc.. highlighted three options for the county to consider the• location of ambulance. stations. There are currently three options "on the drafting board.- Option one is for all six ambulance location. Goderich. Clinton. Seaforth. Dashwood and Zurich to .'remain in their` current location because there are no significant,gaps in.service • within the county because there is coverage -within a 15 -minute response time. Option three provides 1'or coverage' based on population density 'and - places ambulances in the areas of highest demand. Goderich's station had the highest level of demand. responding.to -1.506 calls compared to Seaforth. ranking second with 885 calls.. Option two would affect the :ambulance services the most. 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