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The Huron Expositor • June 28, 2006 Page 3
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Huron East council debates need for new signs
Central Huron's new signs make Huron East look 'second-rate,' says Steffler
Susan H u n d e r t m a r k
Two fancy new Central Huron signs - costing a
total of over $31,000 - are making Huron East
look like "a second-rate municipality," said
Seaforth Coun. Joe Steffler at Huron East coun-
cil's meeting last Tuesday.
"The signs wehave up are a disgrace and it's
time we got on the ball and were proactive and
marketed our municipality," he said.
"You should be proud of what you have and we,
should have decent signs so that our hamlets
don't die," added Steffler.
Deputy -Mayor Bernie MacLellan responded
that he'd heard a different response to the two
new Central Huron signs.
"I've heard a number of the public complain
about those signs, like, 'How much did my
municipality spend on these bloody signs?'" said
MacLellan.
Mayor Joe Seili added that the casino being
located in Central Huron helps the municipality
be able to afford the signs.
Each approximately 117 inches high, the signs
were made of painted aluminum sheeting and
plaster, with a poured concrete foundation and
are located at the southern entrance to the
municipality on Highway 4 and at the western
entrance to Central Huron at the Goderich town
limits on Highway 8.
MacLellan agreed that Huron East could use
new entrance signs on major highways but.
baulked at the idea of replacing all of
the signs erected since amalgama-
tion.
"Some of those signs haven't been
up for three years," agreed McKillop
Coun. Sharon McClure.
"I think we're going to be criticized
highly if we replace signs we just put
up when we amalgamated," she said.
Steffler said Huron East spent
$9,000 on a sign study three years
ago and argued that the municipali-
ty is already wasting money if it
doesn't implement the study.
"If we don't start now, we should
just light the study on fire and we'll
never see it again," he said, adding
the signs don't have to be "Taj Mahal
signs."
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'1 think we're
going. to be
criticized
highly if we
replace signs
we justput up
when we
amalgamated,'_
Huron East Coun.
Sharon McClure
MacLellan said council was initially
floored by the prices of signs when
the sign study was completed.
"When we got the report, we
weren't prepared to put another
$150,000 in the budget_ for signs,"
he said.
Seili agreed that Huron East is
now in a position to begin planning
to improve its signage.
"When we first got together, we
thought roads and bridges were
more important but it's time we
started blowing our horn a little
bit," he said.
Council is expected to discuss the
sign study at its next meeting in
two weeks.
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