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Page 32 The Huron Expositor • April 15, 2009
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Jane Muegge wants t� explain, .
In raking apresentation before
Huron County's April. 8 committee -
of -the -whole session, OMAFRA's
regional information coordinator
set out to spell out how the county's
Good Food Box program came to pos-
sess bags made in China.
The explanation came at the heels
of a question about the bags posed
by Councilor Max Demaray (Ho -
wick) during a past council session
following a presentation made about'
the program that included the pre-
sentation of gift bags filled with lo-
p,, 0
lam ex
es
cally grown and produced goods and
products.
The short answer, said Muegge, is
the bags were supplied by a Water-
loo company being used by OMAFRA
for buy local, buy fresh -themed pro-
grams.
She added the most important as-
pect of the presentation was high-
lighting local food and producers and
the $30,000 in revenue generated
by the Good Food Box program last
year, as well as the 13,000 volunteer
hours allocated to it.
: ; In fielding questions from council-
lors, Muegge noted the Good Food
Box program uses reusable tubs
when .supplying
food. It. is up to
the customer to
transport the
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Let's review
County Councillor Neil . Rintoul
(Ashfield Colborne Wawanosh) was
among those expressing concern with
the new county committee structure
that sees the sometimes -lengthy,
board -of -health session held prior to
the first committee -of -the -whole day
each month.
Rintoul, said it is getting to the
point where some issues are being
needlessly rushed.
Clean -water project
Huron County's Clean Water Proj-
ect, which is funded to the tune of
$250K each year, is making a posi-
tive impact. -
So said Doug Hocking, of the Mai-
tland Valley Conservation Area, in
a report to councillors on the gains
made in 20Q8.
The project's
latest funded ad-
dition, designed
to help landown-
ers decommis-
sion manure -
storage sites,
is yet another
success story,
he said, noting
seven projects
were completed
by year's end.
In addition, he
said, the project
is now institut-
ing a Payment
for Environmen-
tal Goods and -
Services (PEGS)
project that saw
42 acres of valley
land returned to
pasture in 2008.
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an estimated value of $678,000 for
the county,
Since the program began in 2005,,
975 projects have been implemented-
with $873,000 in grants allocated
and an 84 per cent project -comple-
tion rate.
"It's a pretty good batting average,"
said Hocking.
Other projects completed last year
include the planting of 127,009 trees
and shrubs for 37 kilometres of wind-
break, 55 decommissioned wells, and
13 erosion -control projects.
"We're doing good things,' said
. Hocking, of the project, which sees
the MVCA and Ausable Bayfield
Conservation Authoritydeliver the
programs to residents under the . di-
rection of a committee .
Indeed, the groups' efforts are re-
ceiving such good reviews that other
regions, including' Wellington Coun-
ty, are looking at adopting the pro-
gram.
"The way we rambled through it
this morning, I don't think we're do-
ing due diligence," he said. "I would
like to see it discussed."
Larry Adams, Chief -Administra-
tive
Administra-tive Officer for Huron County, said a
review of the current COW structure
will be held at council's June ses-
sion.
Buy local, break the law
County treasurer Dave Carey said
one drawback of implementing a
county -backed buy -local policy is the
province has a law in place that bans
discriminatory buying practices.
"You can't discern according to ge-
ography," he said, adding the county
can change its policy but, "you would
be in contravention of the law." -
While County. Warden Oke noted
the province is looking at ' changing
that law, Carey pointed out it has to
do so.
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