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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2006-04-05, Page 5Opinion The Huron Expositor • April 5, 2006 Page 5 i?‘ 1. lir 1 Making mayor's position full-time an idea that needs debate, says Agar . To the Editor, As we all know the municipal elections will be returning soon. I do not know how many of our councillors will be seeking re-elec- tion or if anyone. new will be throwing their hat into the ring. I would like to throw an idea out. (it has been thoughtof before) that maybe it is time for our municipal- ity to 'go outside the box' and try something new. I would like to suggest that we change our system to include a full-time mayor and only five coun- cillors - one from each of the five wards. The cost would not have to be any different, just the distribution. A full-time mayor would have time to oversee so many more things with the knowledge that he/she would have to answer to the people in four years. The five councillors' work would also increase, but hdpefully anyone wanting to be a councillor would feel the increased compensation would be worth the extra work load. I congratulate anyone who is or has been on municipal council for their hours of dedicated service to their communities. I especially congratulate the pre- sent council on how hard they have worked to success. However, times are changing and it is,harder and harder to find peo- ple with enough time to add being on council to their work load. This is an idea that I think that we all should think about, talk about, and debate. Why not? Maureen Agar Egmondville . make 'Huron East' a Individual towns can best market Huron County To the Editor, On March 23, I attended (uninvited) the Warden's Economic Development Conference held at the Huron County offices in Clinton. After initial introductions, I discovered that the majority of those in attendance were county staff,federal and provinciallly funded bureau- crats and municipal politicians. I find it fascinating that an economic develop- ment conference didn't invite business owners to participate. After all, as we all know, busi- ness owners and employees of those businesses pay a large portion of the taxes which pay the wages of many of those who attended the con- ference. They also could contribute more than fancy graphs and rehashed statistics when developing a master economic plan for Huron County. During the meeting, I asked those attending if there was anyone wha had a plan in place to deal with businesses currently contemplating leaving Huron County. There was no response. I addressed the ques- tion again. A Huron County Planning Department official responded, "No." I believe the most effective way to market Huron County is through individual municipal- ities. Currently,.; -North Huron and Huron East have their oven economic development pro- grams in place. I wouldsuggest other municipalities follow their lead, rather than create another level of bureaucracy atthe county level. Municipal officials should meet with busi- nesses and residents of their _municipality to address the concerns/needs in their communi- ties. See WARDEN'S, Page 6 Seaforth's Scott Memorial Hospital ends year with deficit of $9,000 in 1955 APRIL 1, 1881 The Seaforth Draught players go to Guelph today to play a match with the draught club of that town. With the new addition being erected to the rear of Mackey's block, Seaforth looks very much like a violation of the Fire Limits By -Law. We understand that Mr. Cady of Seaforth intends establishing bil- liard and bowling alley rooms in his block adjoining Hill Brothers store, the buildings for which are now in course of erection. Lydia McCallum of Winthrop has just completed a quilt containing four thousand pieces. The whole of this work was done by her in the short space of two weeks. Where is the next young lady so deft with her needle? APRIL 6, 1906 W. Harburn of Hensall, our enter- prising greenhouse proprietor will have a fine display of flowers for the Easter holidays. The large crack in the sidewalk in front of B.B. Gunn's store, Seaforth, caused by the frost heav- ing the foundation, is being repaired. Street Commissioner Broderick and Major Anderson of Seaforth were out on Tuesday, measuring up the amount of the tile required for a tile drain on the east side of Main Street, from B.B. Gunn's cor- ner to the Dominion Bank and from Kruse Brothers to the old skating rink property. APRIL 3, 1931 We understand the Supertest Gas Company, of London, recently purchased a lot on the corner of Queen St. and London Road, and are starting the erection of a garage, which will be run by the Hudson Bros. of Hensall. Mervin Lane of Tuckersmith is kept busy these days making maple syrup and entertaining some of his many friends to sugar- ing off parties. Jack Walker has returned to Seaforth to assist his parents in the W. J. Walker furniture store. J. A. Wilson is taking a week's holidays and the Seaforth clerk's office will be closed next week. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson will spend the hol- idays at the home of their son in Detroit.. APRIL 30, 1956 Norman Long, 71, of Kippen, will observe 21 years as mail courier of R.R. 2 Kippen on April 1. He also has carried the mail from, the C.N.R. station to the post office at Kippen for the same number of years and recalls having been late only once. Costs of operation at Scott Memorial Hospital, Seaforth, dur- ing 1955 increased in almost ever department, the annual meeting of the Board held at the nurses resi- dence Friday evening learned. Despite increases in revenue and increases in the number of patients, the year ended with a deficit which totalled $9,181.60. Commissioners of the McKillop Municipal Telephone system have appointed Edward J. Roberts, R.R. 2 Kippen as linesman. He succeeds John Kellar, who resigned. APRIL 2, 1981 Seaforth council passed a hold - the -line budget last Wednesday night that will increase taxes 5.9 percent or about $17.50 on top of last year's $297 that a homeowner with a $3,000 assessment paid. Reeves and deputy reeves attend- ing Huron County Council will con- tinue to be allowed to puff on ciga- rettes, cigars and pipes during their deliberations. The executive committee introduced a recommen- dation that smoking be banned there as of April 1. However, the recommendation was voted down, 17to11. It cost roughly $50,000 more to run Seaforth in 1980 than what was budgeted, the town's financial statement, presented by auditor Archie Leach, to council last week, shows.