Huron Expositor, 2005-02-09, Page 9s
Huron County budget. increase starts
at 20 per cent before spending cuts
By Tim Cumming
Expositor Editor
Huron County Council is
preparing to tackle its budget
which could
result in a 20
per ceht
increase if
spending isn't
cut.
"Twenty per
cent for the
people of
Huron this
year isn't
going to cut
it," said Coun.
Joseph Seili
(Huron East).
There was d•scussion on
Thursday, Feb. 3 about how to
approach departmental
spending that is over budget or
under budget and whether to
look at department spending
line by line.
Coun. Deb Shewfelt,
Goderich, said he didn't recall
any county motions which
would permit a department
manager to go over budget and
expected the departmental
budgets to come in at or under
budget.
Coun. Paul Klopp
(Bluewater) said the county
council should go through the
budgets line by line "to know
where the costs are."
Coun. David Urlin (South
Huron) questioned whether the
council should be involved in
line -by-line decision-making
on budget.
It could take weeks for the
council to effectively
scrutinize each and every
budget line, he said.
"We're here to set policy,
not micro -manage," he said.
"That's why the county is in
the mess it is, it wasn't done
line by line item," said Seili in
response.
COUNTY STUDENT
PAGE POSITION
DEBATED
Huron County Council
debated on Thursday, Feb. 3
whether to continue the
county's longstanding student
page program.
The discussion began at the
Feb. 3 meeting of county
council because there was no
student page for that meeting.
Coun. Rob Morley, of South
Huron, wondered whether the
program was needed and if
students visiting the county to
do the job were acting just as
"coffee runners" instead of
doing meaningful and
educational work. Students get
"a day off school" to attend
council and perform tasks for
councillors but the way county
meetings are run today there
might not be "enough learning
experience in
today's world
to justify it,"
Morley said.
Several
members of
council
responded to
support the
program.
Coun. Paul
Klopp
(Bluewater)
said students
benefit from
seeing county councillors
make decisions.
"What an opportunity to see
how government works," he
said.
The county's past warden,
Bill Dowson (Bluewater) said
he had heard positive feedback
from the parents of previous
student pages.
Warden Doug Layton, North
Huron, supported the student
page position and said he
would put more effort into
'contacting schools and
promoting the program.
TORONTO OUT OF
AMO
The Association of
Municipalities of Ontario
(AMO) is planning to move its
2006 convention from Toronto
to Ottawa.
One of the reasons may be
the City of Toronto's decision
to leave the provincial
organization.
Coun. Paul Klopp
(Bluewater) wondered if
Ottawa would be too far for
many of the delegates. ,
"Because of the size of the
convention there are only so
many cities that can
accommodate it," said Coun.
Deb. Shewfelt, Goderich.
CROSS-BORDER
BILLING IS AN ISSUE
Problems are continuing
collecting cross-border land
ambulance billings between
different counties.
Negotiations are continuing
with Huron County over the
issue with counties including
Middlesex, Perth and Bruce.
FUTURE OF GOOD
FOOD BOX STILL
UNCERTAIN
The price of the Good Food
Box could be raised between
$2 and $5 and still keep
customers but any more than
that would make it
uneconomical, said Coun. Ken
Oke (South Huron).
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`Twenty per
cent for the
people of Huron
this year isn't
going to cut it,' --
Huron East Mayor
Joe Seill
Charges laid
after officer
pulls over
car missing
front
licence plate
A 30 -year-old Seaforth man
has been charged with driving
a motor vehicle with one
licence plate, an expired
validation and no insurance.
His black 1988 Oldsmobile
was stopped Feb. 5 on Market
Street in Seaforth when a
Huron OPP officer noticed the
front plate was missing from
the car.
Checking the driver, the
officer learned the car also
had an expired validation
sticker and no insurance.
The driver is scheduled to
attend court on April 21.
Tools stolen from house and
truck in McKillop
Tools. valued at a total of
$1,250, were stolen from a
truck parked at a house in
Huron East that was under
construction and from the
house, reports the Huron OPP.
The truck, stolen from the
house on McKillop Road on
Jan. 2, was later found nearly
destroyed by fire in Central
Huron near Clinton.
Tools, valued at $890 were
taken from the house,
including fluroescent bulbs,
an extension ladder and a
cordless drill. Tools valued at
$360 were taken from the
truck.
Anyone with related
information is asked to call
the Huron OPP or Crime
Stoppers.
Huron County Council
heard on Thursday that the
Good Food Box program is on
hold temporarily until funding
for the program is decided.
Huron's past warden Bill
Dowson (Bluewater) said he
has been approached by
several people asking the
county to seriously consider
the program, which is
promoted as having
agricultural, economic and
health benefits.
Coun. Rob Morley (South
Huron) said the program could
be in competition with existing
businesses and might require a
permit to satisfy South
Huron's commercial bylaws.
Coun. Deb Shewfelt
(Goderich) said South Huron's
bylaw might be illegal.
The Medical Officer of
Health, Dr. Beth Henning, said
the program is designed as a
holistic response to several
county needs.
"It's not just about nutrition,
not just about providing
produce at a price that's
reasonable ... it's a more
holistic approach, health and
economy together," she said.
The program, she said,
provides "benefits to the
agricultural community, to the
people who work as
volunteers" and it has gained a
provincial and national profile
as a good program that "looks
at several determinants of a
healthy community."
A new coordinator would
have to be hired for the
program but that would not be
a new position, she said.
Coun. Joseph Seili (Huron
East) said the Good Food Box
is a good program but can only
be continued if it doesn't
involve a spending increase by
the health unit.
"(You) are going to have to
find it in the budget," he said.
"Unless it can come in
revenue -neutral my vote is it's
history ... I'm sorry."
The Huron Good Food Box
is the central program of the
Huron Field to Table Network,
a non-profit produce
distribution system that brings
fresh fruit and vegetables to
Huron County residents twice
each month.
Produce is purchased
directly from 23 local farm
operators and four local
wholesalers.
There are 400 families
registered for the program.
One of the concerns raised
at a previous meeting of
county council was that people
with high incomes might be
benefitting from the food
distribution program.
Statistics from the health
unit and planning and
development departments say
that about one quarter of the
program's users have a
household income less than
$20,000.
Another 37 per cent of the
users have a household income
of $40,000 or less.
Less than one third (28 per
cent) have household incomes
more than $40,000.
AMALGAMATIONS
MAY BE VOLUNTARY
Could the Huron County
Health Unit be amalgamated
into a larger structure?
That question came up at the
Thursday, Feb. 3 meeting of
Huron County Council.
Health units are being told
that amalgamations will be
voluntary, the Medical Officer
of Health Dr. Beth Henning
told the county council.
A capacity review of public
health units is taking place
which may, according to
health units, lead to
amalgamations and
reorganization.
COUNTY WILL BE
PART OF DOORS OPEN
ONTARIO
Huron County Council
chambers will be one of the
sites of interest as part of the
Doors Open Ontario
program's inauguration in
Goderich on May 28-29.
County council approved
the decision at the Thursday,
Feb. 3 meeting of council.
THE HURON EXPOSITOR. Feb. 9. 2005-9
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