HomeMy WebLinkAboutLakeshore Advance, 2012-10-31, Page 23Bluewater CAO announces reslgnatlon
Vanessa Brown
Clinton News Record
Bluewater's chief administrative officer
announced last week she'll be leaving
her post for a new job in Brantford.
Lori Wolfe, Bluewater's CAO for the
last four years, will become the city's
"rector of clerk services.
41. "It's always tough to move on from a
job you love," she said. "But opportuni-
ties come up, and this was one of those
terrific opportunities."
Wolfe will stay on as CAO until Dec. 5.
In the meantime, the municipality has
begun searching for her replacement by
interviewing "a couple former CAOs,"
said mayor Bill Dowson. During a special
coundl meeting held Nov 14, councillors
passed a motion to hire a consultant to
aid in the search, Wolfe said.
In an interview, Dowson said he is
"disappointed" to see Wolfe go, but
respects her decision to move on.
"She did a good job and a lot of hard
work for our municipality, but she has
other plans for her life, he said.
Bluewater's next clerk won't have a
shortage of work, with files that include
the Grand Bend sewage treatment plant,
Bayfield library redevelopment and the
Blue Flag program.
In an interview last week, Wolfe took
time to praise municipal staff, council,
and Bluewater's many volunteers.
Moving forward, the municipality's
next CAO will have an opportunity to
continue improving Bluewater's service
delivery, she said.
During her tirne with Bluewater,
Wolfe said she was fortunate to work on
many protects that impacted all areas
of the municipality, such as moving
forward the Zurich and Hensall busi-
ness retention and expansion study;
developing Bluewater's kilometres -
long trail system; establishing drinking
water in Bayfield; energy upgrades to
Zurich's library branch; Blue Flag; and
landfill consolidation.
"It's always important to be part of a
great team. What the municipality has
achieved is done as a group," she said.
Asked how she's balanced residents'
input on projects, both positive and
negative, Wolfe said Bluewater's diver-
sity should be considered a strength.
"When you engage both sides of a
certain project, you bring the strengths
together and it becomes that much bet-
ter because of it," she explained. "At the
end of the day, the more feedback you
have the better."
Most recently, council has received
heavy opposition to the Lakeshore sew-
age collection system and Bluewater's
stake in the Grand Bend treatment
plant expansion project. A summer
council session also lured representa-
tives from five Bayfield service clubs to
voice their concerns about the Bayfield
library rebuild.
"The council is dedicated and
responsive to the community's needs,"
Wolfe said. "It's been a privilege, an
absolute privilege to serve Bluewater in
this capacity:"
County eyes asbestos cleanup tab
Cheryl Heath
Lakeshore Advance
Preliminary figures show the County
of Huron will be looking at a nearly $1
million tab for asbestos cleanup at the
Huron County Courthouse.
In presenting the latest data to county
councillors at the Nov. 16 comtnittee-of-
the-whole session at the Huron County
Health Unit, deputy clerk Dave Carey
reports the initial estimate on asbestos
cleanup is pegged at $990,000, which is a
tab that is not covered by insurance.
Remaining rehabilitation work at the
courthouse, which was necessitated in
the wake of the Aug. 21 tornado, will
cost about $360,000, meaning there is
a grand total of about $1.3 million.
"'These are just estimates at this point
in time," notes Carey.
Councillor Deb Shewfelt (Goderich)
encouraged county staff to apply for
Ontario Disaster Relief Assistance Pro-
gram (ODRAP) funding to assist with
asbestos cleanup costs, which is some-
thing County CAO Larry Adams has
done.
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Sponsored by:
Zurich Lions Club
Sunday, December 4 0 5:30 p.m.
in Zurich
Parade lines up at 4:30 p.m.
At Goshen and Centre St.
(Lutheran Church)
Parade Route runs from
Walnut St along liwy 84 to
the Bluewater Complex
Santa will be at the Complex
after the parade.
Food Bank donations along parade route.
Contact Vicki to register @ 519-263-5344
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Asbestos was detected in a few spots at
the courthouse following a ministry -
ordered asbestos inspection after the
storm. County officals maintain the asbes-
tos was blown into the building as the facil-
ity was cleared of it in the mid-1990s.
During the same committee session,
councillors agreed to sign up with the
Frank Cowan Insurance Company for
the coming year. They also chose to
take on flood insurance for county
properties but took a pass on the
option for earthquake insurance at a
cost of $6,396.
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