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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1992-11-04, Page 3IN THE NFW' lienar-Advooete, November 4, 1992 Pape 3 Fire of pollee village� Stejhen Township in support of its smaller communities By Fred Groves T -A staff CENTRAL.IA - Draft recom- mendations from the Huron County Study are suggesting the police villages in the county be dissolved. On Thursday, councilors will receive the updated study which makes a total of 20 recommenda- tions including that the decision to dissolve the police villages be up to each individual municipali- ty. Prior to the new study, the pm- vincial government had to give approval if the villages were to be dissolved. In response to pre- vious reports from the province on this issue, the county had adopted a recommendation that the villages be dissolved. If the decision is now up to the municipalities, Stephen Town- ship residents will be glad to know the police villages of Cen- tralia, Crediton and Dashwood will remain in tact. Dissolving the tiny communi- ties would not mean they disap- pear and houses be moved but rather, that the local trustees who help make certain decisions, would longer be required. "We would be quite upset," said Stephen reeve Tom Tomes if the police villages were to dis- solve. "We feel they (trustees) are important to the local area. We've had no problem getting people to represent the villages." Stephen Township is in a unique situation as far as munici- pal government is concerned as it has the police villages of Cre- diton and Centralia which are within the township boundaries and Dashwood lies right in the middle of Stephen and Hay Town- ships. Huron Park does not have trus- tees as although it is in the boun- daries of the township, is basically an area of homes owned by the Ontario Development Corpora- tion. Tomes added the trustees do have status and are recognized by the provincial government. Elec- tions are held every three years, the same time when municipal elections are held. In Dashwood, the boundary be- tween the two municipalities is di- vided by Highway 83. "Stephen Township in the case of Dashwood does the administra- tion for Hay. We do the paper- work," said Tomes. Another recommendation in the county study states that for those police villages whose boundaries fall within two or three municipal- ities, as in the community of Dashwood, the residents of the po- lice village decide by plebiscite which municipality they wish to join after the decision is made to dissolve the police village. "They (Huron County) are say- ing they should be dissolved. I do think there are some municipali- ties which would like to dissolve them," said Tomes. The draft recommendations of the study were prepared in re- sponse to the variety of comments received from some municipalities and to facilitate further discussion. Copies of the new study will be circulated to the 26 municipalities for their information and coments. The following were` hi l e ar'gas In `= hleh recommendations have beeq"ie and will `be reviewed[ by ,eogiiity.,coatvelitais on Thurr day. • Structure and Services • Official Plan view Rural ServicMij t dy • Rural Strategic Planning • Emergency Plan • Education and Training Strategy • Health and Social Service Co -Ordination • Financial Management • Networking and information Sharing • Boundary Adjustments 911 emergency Telephone Service • Municipal Service Co -Operation • Police Villages • Police Services •:;Fire Prevention °Transportation Services R, >t-brary Services •rational Services `T3dtntification ftttptemtyrttInn A copy will also be directed to the Huron County Clerks and Treasurers' Restructuring Commit- tee for their review. Among the 20 recommendations are several on emergency services including investigating the possi- bility of establishing a 911 emer- gency telephone service in the county, police services and fire prevention. As far as fire prevention is con- cerned, the study recommends the county give consideration to hiring a fire prevention officer to serve the entire Huron County in co- operation with the local fire depart- ments. Council hears plans to create new Centralia apartments G" REDITON •. A proposal to con vert the former Centralia Hotel into an aparunent building was received by Stephen Township Council last Tuesday, and although there are some concerns about the project, it is being viewed favourably by some. Rosa and Randy Harrigan pro- pose to.convert their property into a five -apartment building with some kind of commercial use on the ground floor. The building has been used as a series of taverns and nightclubs for the past several years. Council agreed with comments from the public that more informa- tion was needed about the proposed commercial uses. Queries were also raised about the ability of the building's septic system to handle the aparunent usage. "1 think everyone agrees it's a goon usc. we just need a little more detail." said Stephen administrator Larry Brown after the meeting. The Hanigans will be bringing more information to council at a later date. In other business, council decided to apply for an advance on Ministry of the Environment funds allocated to the township for work done on the landfill site. The township has spent S106,500 this year for engineering work and hydrogeological studies on the landfill in the hope that a certificate of approval will eventually be granted to extend the life of the landfill. The ministry has already ap- proved a 50 percent grant to help with the cost of the studies. Correction In last weeks issue a caption un- der a photograph incorrectly identi- fied those pictured. The page two photo was of Rus- sell and Verona Snider of Exeter who won a Children's Aid Society Award for their 25 years of foster parenting. Ed and Marie Nether - coo of Exeter, whose names were mistakenly substituted in the cap- tion, were recipients of a five year award for foster parenting. The Times Advocate regrets the error. BEST G.I.C. RATES • .6.75 % 7.00 r * Rata subject ie '.[s Short terra rates a Exeter 235-2420 Balser -Kneels Grand Bend 238=8484 Granny flat Iaw assn as anothor case of province not listening EXETER - Legislation to allow apartments in houses was intro- duced to the Ontario legislature Thursday, despite opposition from 1 many municipalities, Exeter includ- 1 ed. While the legislation has been re- ceived by the public as a means to provide separate apartments for eld- erly family members, municipali- ties have pointed out that allowing apartments in any residence takes away their ability to plan housing density and property usage. Council discussed the "granny flat" legislation once again at Mon- day evening's council session. Councillor Ben Hoogenboom asked reeve Bill Mickle, who is also a vice-president of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, what ef- fects AMO had made on the prov- ince's plans. Mickle said the consultation the province had with groups such as AMO was really only for show. "The government loves to have people like AMO, special interest groups...they call it consultation," said Mickle, who said previous ex- perience when dealing with the province, including the previous Liberal government, was that most bureaucrats have made up their minds long before consulting inter- est groups. "This is a good thing and this is what you're going to get," said Mickle, describing the attitude most ministers have displayed when presenting disliked bills. Councillor Robert Drummond asked whether a municipality has the right to,override any request to add an apartment to a house. "As we understand it, this is a -right to go ahead," said •Mickle. "It comes right from the top." The reeve said the legislation consequently overrules all zoning bylaws a municipality might have and flies in the face of good plan- ning. Mayor Bruce Shaw said the cur- rent government is facing opposi- tion to its plans even front its own civil service, and is using the con- sultation process to push through legislation that they have already decided upon, giving the semblance of public opinion overriding objec- tions of civil service. "This is a bad way of governing," said Shaw. Mickie said the "granny flat" leg- islation is the "next best" way for the cash-strapped province to create new low-cost housing that it cannot afford to build itself. OPP investigate collisions EXETER - The Exeter OPP re- port three traffic accidents in the past week, only one of which in- volved injuries. There were two accidents Friday. In one, a vehicle driven by Heather Wells of RR3 Newmarket went out of control on Highway 21 and rolled over. The driver was taken to South Herron Hospital for treat- ment of minor injuries. The vehi- cle was demolished. Also Friday, Beverly Dawe of Huron Park was travelling east on Highway 83 when an oncoming ve- hicle dropped some of its load into Dawes path. Dawes vehicle was moderately damaged upon collision with the object, but she was not in- jured. Last Tuesday, vehicles driven by Gladys Broderick of Exeter and Dianne Poisson of RR1 Hensall collided on Highway 4 at Main Street in Hensall. No injuries were reported and damaged was de- scribed as moderate by police. 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