Times Advocate, 1993-12-08, Page 31e izsaL'll (717 rii's ttma. .
ABCA board
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LUCAN - Bob Benner, Lucan
Biddulph's representative on the
Ausable Bayfield Conservation Au-
thority's board of directors had a
good word for all connected with
the group.
Bonner who is also the village's
solicitor was at the November 23
council meeting to discuss legal
mattters, was asked by reeve Tom
McLaughlin about possible restruc-
turing of authorities.
Before getting to restructuring,
the laal director on the board said,
"When 1 was named to the board, I
felt the ABCA was unresponsive to
municipalities and their residents."
He continued, " After two years
'AS a • director, 1 have certainly
-changed my. mind and I am very
impressed with the way various is-
sues are handled and open to peo-
ple's problems."
"The strongest part is the staff.
They are educated, motivated, dedi-
cated and young. For the board it -
.self,
self, the 17 members are open to
discussion and I am fully suppor-
tive of what they arc doing."
Benner said the ABCA faces a
huge cut in provincial funding and
has already taken steps to help re-
duce the budget.
All staff members will be taking
two weeks off in 1994 without pay
and board direetors have waived
their per diem pay. The only remu-
neration they will receive will be
for mileage.
On restructuring, Benner said the
province has been asked to elimi-
nate some of the five or six minis-
tries which now have authority in
the same watershed. He added, "
We would like to eliminate all du-
plications and we are attempting to
share some set -vices with the Mait-
land Authority."
To increase parking fines
After receiving a survey of other
area municipalities from bylaw en-
forcement officer Stan Flood, coun-
cil will be taking steps to increase
fines for all parking infractions.
Instead of different fines for dif-
'terent infractions, council has de-
cided to up the normal fine from
510 to 515 provided it is paid with-
in two days. After that time the
charge will increase to S25.
A letter from Huron Middlesex
Engineering informed council that
the transmission main project with
the water supply system and demo-
lition has- been completed and the
final certificates issued.
Council supported a resolution
from the municipality of Neebing
in northern Ontario which calls on
the provincial government to en-
sure that municipalities receive
gross receipts tax from all compa-
nies collecting telephone revenues
in the province.
The resolution charges that be-
cause of deregulation, new tele-
phone companies such as .Unite,,
Call -Net and others .are collecting
telephone revenues without paying
municipal telephone taxes.
A request from the. Middlesex
Board of Fib/ration to have their
special charges for recycling and
garbage collection on the annual
tax notices dropped was denied.
All council members agreed that
this is a special charge levied
againgt all ratepayers whether or
Barb Dalrymple
and Carolyn Knight
of the Hensall Kin-
ettes were at the
community centre
Sunday night sell-
• ing baked goods.
The sale was part
free lighting fes-
tivities taking
Owe. .. There was a
:limy ride to see
Christmas lights in
r
skating and of
course, ' the tree
lighting ceremony.
Below students of
Hensall Public
School sing carols
in front of the town
hall.
Jews
Leiters to the editor
Community support sought for CAS
"This project has been
studied to death over the
past 10 years and it's time
to move on."
Gone are the days when the Children's Aid Socie-
ty could meet the needs of the children by placing
infants in adoptive homes or assume that crown
wardship was the best solution for children in trou-
bled families. Today, the placement of children, es-
pecially infants in adoptive families -is but a small
pan of the agency's work. The focus has shifted
dramatically to today's reality and the issue of basic
child protection. Extensive parent education pro-
grams for families where children are considered at
tick of abuse or neglect is now the norm as every ef-
fort is made to keep the family intact.
The Huron County Children's Aid Society Family
Resource Centre is urgently needed to meet the cur-
rent need of the Society. The Ministry of Commu-
nity and Social Services has recognized this need
and has provided 51,246,000 towards the construc-
tion of a new facility to bring all the services of the
Society under one roof. We need your help to raise
the other 53,12,000 needed to finish this project.
The Huron County Society is just one of a number
of child -protection agencies to receive provincial
funding to help finance a new building.
It is important for the Exeter community to help
support this project. Many people as the question
why the decision was made to build this new centre.
This building will offer new program initiatives,
combined with the legitimate demand for confiden-
tial meeting rooms when working with families.
Also of prime consideration was the fact that pur-
chasing and renovating available buildings to public
standard was more expensive than building new.
According to the independent studies that have been
done, continuing to rent inadequate facilities made
no economic. AnWflgaK�'-IIw UY1W�ilk
tw economic sense. nwrtgage-uw uuiw,ng
n
would reduce operational costs by almost 560.000 a
year to allow these funds to be better used to main-
tain and enhance child welfare programs.
The building, situated in Goderich due to the
proximity of the courts, is expected to be completed
before the end of the year 1993 and no cost overruns
arc expected.
Almost without exception across the province lo-
cal governments have responded positively to re-
quests for financial support from the Children's Aid
Society which serves theincommunity. C1ose,st to
home, the London -Middlesex Children's Aid Socie-
ty received 51,000,000 from the city and $300.000
from the county towards their new building. The
range between nine percent and 20 percent of con-
struction costs. As partners in the provision of ser-
vices to children with the provincial government,
many local governments have spearheaded the fund-
raising campaigns in their communities by being the
first to make major contributions to their building
projects.
According to the Exeter Community Fundraising
team, the approach to County Council for funds was
considered an important part of the fundraising ef-
fort. After all. knowing that other agencies received
good support from their county governments, how
could.we ask the community to financially support
the impeagpoweject if we didn't ask the county
who is wittgadeible for 20 percent of the operating
budget of the agency and who make management
decisions on the Board of Directors.?
This project has been Studied to death over the
past 10 years and it is time to move on. The build-
ing will sown be a reality, and whether or not we
raise the funds; the Society is still in better posi -
tionthanbeforethe building was started. But it
would bo a whole lot better for usall if we could
raise the approximate S180.0001bptis still acsigd
rather than Nee,p!vteatial.besiefitsMaitaway by
mortgage cost.
Heather Nooks 1nery
co-cilliatr Iuui W.I. 1011 w.uou,`I•
Di JrI.butonfor
not they use the service and 119 ex-
ceptions will be made.
The letter said the board will be
introducing a comprehensive- recy-
cling program in 1994 and no long-
er has any nerd or desire for the
service provided by the village.
A bylaw was passed to allow the
opening of the Gibson Crescent Ex-
-tension to allow W.H. Loyens Ltd.
to complete a number of four-plex
housing units.
Construction of a 28 unit apart-
ment building in the same area be-
.gan this week, also by the Loyens
'firm.
A resolution from the township
-of Onondaga was supported. It calls
'for a municipality to be compen-
. sated by the federal government for
the loss of taxation and continued
'provision of services by the pur-
chase of land by natives for the pur-
pose of additon to an Indian Reser-
vation.
NOTICE
Township
of Osborne
Usborne Township Council
requests the co-operation of
the ratepayers regarding the
parking of cars and other
vehicles on township roads
during the period In which
snow clearing operation is
necessary.
The township will not be held
responsible for any damage
done to these vehicles. Also
the residents are asked to
co-operate by not pushirig or
dumping snow or ice out of
private driveways onto public
roads or road allowance as
this practice could lead to an
accident, in the event of
which ratepayer concerned
could be held liable.
8y Law #26 1992
Ken Parker
Road Superintendent
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