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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1997-03-12, Page 3Clarification A report in last week's Times- Adyocate regarding a guilty plea by Alhcri'Huvius.-Hensall.of • assault did not contain important details which would have shown the fainly t. xyurking with the Children's Aid Society and andel got lig therapy h• i.••t.rri' •nonoil family life, " The Tintes-Advocate apologizes hit this omission Internal restructuring report • EXETER - The ,Ministry of Mu, nieipal • Affairs is still deciding whether or nut to call ;r commis - ;ion regarding de -railed amaglama- tion talks between Orand • Bend, Exeter, Stephen, Osborne and por- tions of Hay and Bosanquet. In the • Meantime F.xeicr Council's C'om- mittee• of the- Whole. has. brought forward a report regarding internal restructuring. .According to the report: included in last week's council agenda. a full internal restructuring will he de- ferral. "until the province decides on the appointment of a commis- sion and until an amalgamation dc - c Isinn Is made (in the event a com- mission is appointed)_' • ' Minister of Municipal Affairs Al 1 .each wrote to 'Exeter Mayor Ben lhx)gcntioom • on Feb. _'27 in- dicating.Ilc will review the options regarding local restructuring (lur- ing the next several weeks. - . "...Sonic of the municipalities '.1. used 10 participate inthe media-. Tim. process and as a result the nia- jority felt that mediation would not bring about an acceptable local re: structuring- proposal.. 1 am indeed disappointed to-hcar the: results of his findings, stated Leach re- garding mediation efforts by nein- istry. "representative • Rick. Tern - porde. , Taking advantage of staff attri- tion. the town will implement a "town -side" internal restructuring' on an incremental basis. As well. the cemetery operations -.will he nl eeorpornc(I with ai Park=, and Ree - rCation Department. . ;'We dont want to act on the re- port- until we know what the situa- tion is with' tlic wnalg:unaion." ex- •plainedHoogcnhoiIn. • it is intended that eventually the. Parks and ReercationBoard as well as .the Cemetery . Board will be- come advisory Conlntittccs. A conlhincd advisory Committee IMO' also he considered. 'The report Irectinmlends the South Huron Rccrruion'l3oard Con= tinuc to allow discussion regarding talc; and relationships between• council and appointed • - hoard/ colinniltec members: it is also le,- - omindeil e,--omnldcd adtnmislratitm -prepare necessary bylaws to allow council to establish a Committee of the Whole management strucwrc and eliminate the . Executive. Public ' 1Vorks and Planning Ci►mmittecs As hart of the first stage Of re-- structuring. cstructuring. the committee. rec- ommendS the. position Of Parks, ...Recreation and Cemetery (1'RC) . Manager 'hc created . reporting to the Chief, Administrative Officer; the -Recreation. Director report to the PRC Manager; other recreation and cemetery stall report directly 111 ur through either th Recreation Director or the PRC Manager, the C'ii0 prepare job •de%criptic►n amendments as necessary and that -existing Facilities Manager Cam - Stewardson he appointed to the PBC Manager 'position pending any Luther Internal restructuring. The C(1111m1tIec-also recommends step'; he taken to study the our sourcing of grass -cutting of tlw cc inctery,.parks. sports fields and fa- cilities. Ad is hoax An advertisement appearing in the help wanted section of the Times -Advocate last week asking for farmers'to plow, disc and harrow Biddulph Township roads is a hoax. - . Although the advertisement was • accepted in good faith by the T -A it was not authorized by the township. Have a news tip? Call the Tithes -Advocate 235-1331 �NTHr Nrws Huron -Perth PI/Cs agree to look 7 lutes -Advocate, March 12, 1997 Page 3 at dual utilities for both counties .M11 04E1 .. - During a 'special nrcctint'F- to Fchruary. 26, rcprc- wrilatiyes from Exeter and •Hensall I'ul li. Utilities Commissions voted' against a decision. to support a sin- gle county utility for Huron and''. Perth. - Commissioners.. and managers from 1.6 of the I7 utilities in .both counties- ,lathered to discuss the feasibility =report from the • con- .sulung firm of Dominic Guarasic and Associates which . rcc- onuliended.onc utility. he -formed to service the 67.2(K) rural and urban posy er customers in Huron -Perth. The • consultant's recommenda- tion originally called for one utility. however. a decision was made at the meeting to create two separate utilities and to form a Committee to - proceed with- a- business plan for implementation. -.Fourteens utilities vined in favor of establishing One utility in Huron and one in Perth. However. Exeter and Hensall. utilities voted against this option. (Dashwood PUC was: not represented at Ole me=eting ). According to.:Chan L.ivingstimc. -Exeter PL!C ('hairperson. the lune- - tiotl of the two new utilities 15 un- • • clear since .it Is Only a concept at this point. But lie -believes they will eventually serve hydro needs of ur- ban and rural customers through power pooling and perhaps ace as a • cenjral- administration centres which would bindle 1inlet Mins_ such as killing and ..payroll tor- the :17 utilities in the iwo counties. "There arc a lot of grey areas and nothing is etched in. stone.. At this point -•the only thing agreed on is getting 17 P1'(' managers together to form a business plan to sec 11 this is feasible." said Livingstone. add- ing early media reports stating. util ities • will he restructured are - prc- mature. - "Utilities are 11.01 being displaced and therc,.will not he -a change service.. The only thing that has. been approved is a study to look at two new utilities, nothing else has been touched." Ile -sand. Livingstone said the Exeter Corn mission voted against the proposal because it fel( having Only Iwt*util 'ties would he tuu.muc�tltu handle and made a notion for eight util- iiiss. two ln•cacli county. There vc'as no seconder lot the Exeter motion. Livingstone said 'Exeter - has al ready. completed al Boundary Ad- justment Study which .was done in October by. Energy Cost Man- agement Incorporated. The study exanuned the Iinanclal results• of combining the operations ol`the .eter PUC and Ontario Hydro'selec- Inc distribution systems in Stephen and Ushorne 'Township. 11 showed `culnhining two townships with Ex- eter PUC is financially Ieasihlc•and. w ill result in Neer rales than •with Oatarii) Hydro: . • "We paid for that study and when they approached us we told them we already had. a study in place." he said. adding Exeter was not planning on attending the meeting in Mitchell. "Then we reconsidered • although -.we were against- it. he-. -.edusc- wc- arc `part- of a:en-Operative. andwe -should see what's going The meeting was Called. to dote tin four :,ptions for the restructuring of utilities. in Huron Perth Thc•up-- ti. ns were eight utiliucs to serve he 1,.%•(;•. °l,ntnes. four oolitic.: Owl, uulitic. ttlic approved ,cboicc), and one- utility tr scrvicc- both. They were p01 fOrvy and in -a 103 -rage consultant's report received. hy. the Council continues to discuss waste By. John Greig Advance re lines crap/ HURON CO('NTY County councillors-C(intinuC to question the need to put County money into the Mon -is Township and Exeter land- fill sites.. The two sites are the candidates for dumps for the nOttlr and south of tlic county... - But with-• improved technol(igy and recycling, many- count 11111111, r. ipa!itle: now hays' 3O _gars Inti in their dump sacs. ' .Councillors weren't ready though • I( go as far as to repeal the I990 bylaw which gave- the col,Int) tI1C - - filmset : Irg:nll/C. 11 w rile manage mem plan. •' C'onn.. Mason ft;illey 'ot With mitre .1 tin ,h, in to repeal the -by I,ov hilt then w Ithdrew that nmtioIi i\ motion wathen made send the is . sue to the Planning will Dcyclols mem connnittee. ' - . - - (,luncillut: also- had concerns about money recluestcd for engi ncering cost. by Morris TOM[ 'ship and•Exeter. • . Exeter has asked forS'(l.000 plus Cis•i and- Slor'is -has -asked Ito S-10.0(0. Court Bill C'arnochan of -Tucker" smith Township. questioned -why only Morris Township and Exeter will get money_ to pay for exp:md- ing their sites. Tue- rsinith is one of several central Huron municipalities which uses a common site at 1Ioll1Iesyille. "What if the Mid- Huron site de. tides to expand its. capacity'' VVilf •:we he ahle to invoice (Ile Count} Iur that- -'•••(i:uy Davidson. head_of the plan. Bing department 'C•lun t'8I n. strait... nn. - alder tbelt a[iplirau'1ne to expand, the iced -tit (10 engineering w,iek . "If we increase the capacity :tithe NW -Huron site. it w 111 alss lake e+1 gine( ring." said-(':utioclr n 5-(erfia(M'f S stems corl'De i of CTh ? ?ome,- This year, your resolution can actually live to see spring! Lose 2-7 lbs. per -week with no pre --packaged fonds or powders. - Weight loss results are guaranteed. "TAKE CONTROL - IF LOSING 20 lbs. BEFORE MAY 24 --- APPEALS TO YOU!" Let the magic work for you! For your personal free no obligation consultation, call Lori, Susi or Shauna 235-3088 The Reform Party needs more good people in Ottawa . - Ontario -Reformers are currently seeking individuals who -wish to stand as candidates to represent the. Reform Party of Canada. The next federal election is expected to occur in 1997. ' Huron Bruce Reform Party will be holding their Candidate Selection Meeting 7:00 p.m. Wednesday April 30:.1997.at the Maitland -Golf Club, Goderich. Ontario. • . Successful candidates do not have to be members of the Party at this time, but must become members by March 17th. You must meet specific criteria. demonstrate ability. trust worthiness, electability-and a Reform orientation on. the major issues. All Voting Delegates must be Reform Party Members by March 30th. 1997. • We are looking for candidates who share our concerns about integrity in government. job creation by putting money back into the hands of the private sector. protection of families, safe streets, and national unity. Call: Carl Campbell 524-8024 Ken McCowan 233.3153 Mark Sully 529-1083 Art Whllsmkh 236-4340 REFORM 12 A 'Nlorris and lixeter are. the only noes with lung -term. capacity. It you expand the service. area at Mid Hunan tt s.another thing. • ins, . . Ou:n:111 lis expressed con-'; cern: about the tack of limit set on Mc' coos and the lack ,of definition of the development phase. • "To me this Is a licence to start sending. in hill.:" said C'uun. Carol tlhichi II Clinton. • • . - "Wc were:lookingftir sonmething. as_.a gesture of gond faith." said Colin. 1ttu.ie ('ox, chairman of the Planning and Decclopnlent Com- mittee. The motion for compensation .wear ::n! hail r, th.• committee if mi+,c detail. 4 ,'(1rt Re;i I Ihuu 01 Mortis ('••''as1),p warned counui That '"WC _fiti Iran I hv,:e to ttike anyone's- par- r .• \1 , ;till 'can so •-byc-hvc utilities on Fchruary 19. . • The two -utility option produces the following ` results: Huron County would experience an aver- age unit service: 'revenue-. for the start-up year of 8.67 cents per Kwh. The,Perth County -value would he 7.67 cents. representing a differ= cncc of 13 per cent: - - . •The average unit service .is -re_ duced to 8.16 and 7.26 cents for Huron and Perth respectively. . The unit scrvicc revenue fot ex- isting ulilitics•ranges from a low of 7.30 cents per Kwh to a high of -9.08 cents. The Ontario Hydro unit service. revenue is estimated at 9.20.. cents per Kwh. • -It was estimated that one utility for both counties would produce savings of from. 3,6 per cent.to 7.R per, cent (thc latter amount pro- viding the present.. level of financial assistanec for rural 1-fydro custom 'crs is maintained). • "We -questioned the numhcrs they Presented. and some of us fell they Weren't a(CA:ur:Itc." said . Iris - ingsttlnc. 'doubting .the two utility Huron -Perth proposal will not work. . All options recommended...in the Huron -Perth report would satisfy number Of recommendations made • „hy the Macdonald report which w its . drafted by a government appointed - advisory committee designed to • provide a framework for phasing in • • competition in Ontario's electricity system. These -include: the ahsorp- '- tion Of Ontario Hydro retail dist: sion by local utilities, -that there he fewer distribution, utilities: shout der -to -shoulder .utilities should he restructured - along municipal/, - regional/county. district lines: and - that -distribution reorganization should be decided on a local Icvcl. Livingstone admitted Exeter's boundary -study was contingent- on amalgamation taking- • place al • - though: the restructuring Talks be- - twecn Stephen. t)shomc. Exeter: . Grand Bend, North Rosanquct and pans of Hay was de -railed after Exctcr withdrew and Grand B -end called for a provincial comnilssi(n "If amalgamation ever happens we hav'c the figures in place;" said Livingstone. "I know it's a 'what secnarto-. -hut the provincial-. government has put- everyone in a position where we have to say 'what if?". - 1e herwood Clinic. 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