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Politicians need to be involved:
t; with FHT, says Devereaux
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province but we get mixed
signals."
Devereaux pointed out that
the province could still turn
down the business plan.
"It's a really difficult time
right now," she said.
During the meeting,
Devereaux told council that
.politicians should have been
involved in the FHP proposal
from the beginning.
Grey Coun. Mark Beaven
expressed surprise and
delight at being asked.
"I'm excited you're asking
us to be there. A year ago I
was the only one at council to
vote against a $50,000 dona-
tion to the (Seaforth medical)
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clinicbecause we didn't have
any representation for an
extremely high unconditional
grant. I'm pleased to hear
this group wants us there,"
he said.
Beaven added, however,
that he's against using prop-
erty tax to pay for healthcare..
In a written report to coun-
cil, Devereaux pointed out
that the mayor of North Bay
is "a major contributor to the
direction of the FHT" and
"wants the FHT to be on the
main street to contribute to
the vitality of the core of their
city."
Mayor Joe Seili refused to
get involved personally say-
ing that the time commit-
ment is prohibitive.
"The mayor in North Bay is
full-time but I'm not taking
any more time from my busi-
ness to clean up the
province's problems - I'm get-
ting tired of it," he said.
But, McKillop Coun. Ferg
Kelly said he thought it
wouldn't be a problem finding
an interested councillor to get
involved in the FHT.
"I would think having a
politician involved would be a
wise decision - it would allow
you to have the community at
the table;" said Rooyakkers.
"We're. not strongly repre-
sented at the table and we
need that strength at this
point," he said.
Huron East near completion of budget
Council will consider adopting as early as March 21
Susan Hundertmark
Huron East is "down to the -
nickels and dimes" in deter-
mining its 2006 budget, coun-
cil was told by Deputy -Clerk
Brad Knight at its March 7
meeting.
While council has been aim-
ing for a three per cent
increase to match a three per
cent increase in assessment
growth, Knight said totals
are currently $5,000 over
that goal.
"But, we're getting awfully
close on this thing," he said.
Knight told council he has
advertised to the public on
the tax bill that council will
consider adopting the budget
on March 21.
After discussion last week
that the budget needed to
include money for sidewalk
repair, Knight suggested
$50,000 be put aside for side-
walks in 2006 as a "reason-
able amount."
He also added four bridge
maintenance projects in
McKillop. The $41,700 total
for projects on Beechwood
Line, Manley Line,
Summerhill Line afld
Sawmill Road will come out.
of the bridge reserve.
As the numbers now stand,
Knight ran through the tax
increases for each of the five
wards of Huron East.
In Seaforth and Grey, taxes
would likely decrease with
the three per cent assessment
growth.
In Brussels, Knight predict-
ed a one per cent increase
while he predicted a 1.5 per
cent -increase in Tuckersmith.
Because McKillop had the
strongest property values and
the most significant assess-
ment increases, Knight said
McKillop's increase would be
the highest at around two per
cent.
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