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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1989-01-18, Page 3Snow finally came - Sunday afternoon was one of the first times this winter that area youngsters could use the Hills at Morrison Dam for sliding purposes. Shown ready to roll are Heather, Jessi- ca, J.R. and Scott Davies. . - Debate rec debt EXETER -- Mayor Bruce Shaw and Reeve Bill Mickle engaged in a heated debate Monday night over._" what should be done with an out- standing debt from the washrooms project at the South Huron Rec Centre. Most of the arguments occurred at an in -camera session. - Back in open session, Shaw said as a member of the Rec board he proposed a motion at last Week's meeting that the group pay the owed account out of surplus funds. - Shaw told council, " The Rec Centre board and officials have Maitland funds for new jobs OTTAWA - Murray Cardiff, M.P. for Hbron-Bruce today an- nounced that the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority has been awarded funding in the amount of $19,134 under Section 25 of the Unemployment Insurance Job Crea- tion Program. Section 25 was for- merly referred to as Section 38 un- der the same Program. The money will go towards a work project for planting trees and improving woodlots in the Mait- land Valley area: This will result in 3 jobs consisting of a total of 54 work weeks. The U.I. Section 25 Job Creation program is designed to provide op- portunities for unemployed workers. to maintain and utilize theirwork skills during periods when they arc laid off and without other employ-. ment. - agreed to put a surcharge on certain rental events this summer and as much as $3,000 could be raised which would be applied to the debt. Mickle argued that the monies coming out "of surplus funds -would - cut into the board's .budget for 1989. He added, " If we agreed t� this, they will have $6,189 Tess for their -1989 budget." The reeve continued, "There was no real initiative by the rec board to look after this bill when I was. "on it. I have less confidence in the board since last September." Mickle added, " I said when this project was proposed that all mo- nics should be up front before it began, similarly to the ice surfac- ing machine." Deputy reeve Lossy Fuller said " while the committee did a good job in establishing the washrooms, I think the debt should be left with the town." " Now , councillor Dave .Urlin, came to council in September as a washroom committee member to ask for mord time to clear the debt. Urlin said" Monday night, " The Huron Health Unit said. we. could" not get any more special event - permits until washrooms. were in- stalled in the agricultural building and that's how the project got start - cd." After council voted to have the town take over the debt and place it on .a repayment card, Shaw com- mented, I think you have made a bad mistake. The board had made arangements to get, the bill paid off." BOB Brochure to promote resort GRAND BEND - Carol Farquhar and several members of the Grand Bend Chamber of Commerce exec- utive were on hand at the regular council meeting Monday to ap- proach council for funding a new • brochure promoting tourism in, the village. The brochure would be sponsored • by the chamber but it- would in- clude 50. ads for businesses in the area: The front cover, as proposed, would be black and white with col -- or ads on the inside, with a village mapin the centre. "We are in desperate need for. something like this for our mail outs to help promote the area," said Farquhar. Total cost of thebrochurewould be S9,700, but ads would sell for $125 each which- would cover $6,250 of the costs. Farquhar originally asked council. if it could donate $2,500 to the project, . "I Chink it is a fantastic idea," - said councillor John McDowell. "Grand Bend is in great need of something like this - Councillor Bruce Woodley felt it would be wrong for council to do- nate in that way because the bro- chure would mainly be promoting only chamber members and not all businesses in the village. He. thought council should be promot- ing all alike village. - Council t erefore passed a mo- tion to allocate $1,250, the price of 10 ads, once the 1989 .budget is set, to help pay for the cost of the map and would then remain neu- tral. The motion would allow more funds .if council found any more once the budget is set. Council was also.asked by a dele- gation of chamber executive to put a stringent regulation on what can be considered a seasonal business, to have them stayopen from May to October, "because there - is not enough -here to meet the needs of the consumer as it is," said Farqu- har. According to Farquhar, what the province considers transient is very vague and is open fora great deal of interpretation. She added that the S300 transient business fee is len- ient and should be increased to help insure they stay open longer in the year. President of the Chamber of Commerce David Sheppard said "it should be changed to help extend the season so that chcrry pickers. and gravy grabbers that only .stay open in June and July don't take. the money and run." Reeve Bob Sharon said council is limited in their powers with regards to that matter because it falls under provincial statutory laws that can- not be changed by the council, - Sharen said that point would he brought up at the next planning committee meeting to see what can be done about making new com- mercial buildings stay open all year. GB backs restructure WYOMING After a special meeting of Lambton County Coun- cil last Wednesday, Grand Bend vil- lage council met and unanimously agreed to support Minister of Mu- nicipal Affairs John Eakins propo- sal for restructuring the north end of - Lambton County. . - Eakins proposal was to let the in- dividual_ municipalities make up their own mind as to -the way they would like restructuring done done, as long as -it is in place by the 1991 municipal election. Grand Bend reeve Bob Sharen said "he (Eakins) said it is up to us to decide and if.we .and Bosanquet can't. do it then he. would impose it on us". ' . Grand Bend faces the possible an- nexation, by Bosanquet Township to make a larger municipality as part of restructuring the entire county of. • Lambton. 'the ultimate decision . will be. whether Sarnia wants in as part of Lambton County. Shaven said the process is very important to Grand Bend because. "we don't want the village to disap- pear and we want Grand Bend to playa role in the county. The entire restructuring- process will be -done in stages and the vil- lage and Township have three months to get their initial proposal onrestructuring into place. - According to a report that was completed in October by, an ad hoc committee on the entire restructur- ing process, the main economic is- sue that both must face are displace- ment of municipal staff. The;. . committee agrees the purpose of re- ! structuring is to reduce the number Of municipalities in the county and thereby strengthen local govern= meats. T men's sbopPe Times -Advocate, January 18, 1989 Page 3 �e ¶'Cr#Ni If AO' -r • `�_ '� ,• - .�� JANUARY SALE let %our bath become • a showcase 01 colour and design MMth our uondenul selection of co- ordinating towels and accessories - at savings too terrific to pass. 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