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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1998-10-14, Page 3Wednesday. October 14, 1998 Exeter Times—Advocate In the News Grass Roots tries one final effort The Grand Bend Bend area citizens gr By Craig Bradfordcions o have more in cm- l1MES•At)V(x;ATI: STAFF mon with. municipalities • GRAND ,like Stephen Township BENZ) and Exeter • in Huron Breaking up is hard to do. County to the east than its That Paul Anka tune, county brethren to the Alight bp *on politicians south. lips in the north The Grass. Hoots is hold- Lambton/Grand Bend ing a 'Town Hall' meeting' • area over recent anuiIga= at 7:30 p.rn. tonight at the mation talks... . • Grand Bend Legion to At issue is where Grand inform the community:of Bend and nearby subdivi- .the.status of municipal siols should be heading -restructuring in the.�trea- - towards the status quo and how it impacts, on the In Lambto.n County or future. of :the Greater- -towards Duren County in (,rand Bend and to solicit. what amounts to a kind of public input. divorce from.Lambton. . The Grass Hoots for it (;reciter Grande eBendare Greater - Grand•- Bend should be in n single -- Community hope too -keep municipality," Ivey,saidthe province from signing summing - an order that would -force- Grass Hots group iwhs•Gtry,- Bend and Sur, ing to achieve: "If need be, •r• i rounding subdivisions •we may need help in the. - from merging ivith tbrtn,of rilediation.to come - t liosanquet,. Thedf•ord, to it resolution:" Arkona and Forest to the • Grand. -Bend t south. and .its t neighbouring subdivisions •s4 Grand Bend Mayor Cam like South('Qtt Pines, ' tt Ivey, -a member of•the - Beach. '0 Pinesand-Iluron o Grass Hoots, feels Grand Bend and -those subdivi. Woods • in Bosanquet •. (Larnbton .County) and p oup is hoping t Grand Cove Estates Oakwood -in Step (Huron County), are baso gems to their res tive counties, The Grass Boots. feel l,ambton County dri merger is a plan to pr • .the county's tax reven • and doesn't reflect wh best for the Greater Gr 13end community. . Ivey said the no-. •Lainbton merger -pi doesn't inelude a financ impact study. Ile. said prior _ north Lanrbt merger financial pl• showed (;rand Bend tax would go up substantial) -A financial impact pia for a (;rami Bend/lout Huron.- merger als showed a slight increas n- taxes for Grand lien residents, but Ivey sae he other- benefits to the ;rand Bend .area she he south Huron merger •enario has more merit ran the north. Larnbton ne. up to the, local oliticians to help drive to stop north Lammerger bton mer er o keep the province.from. forcingg and oris,.' Ivey an unwanted merger .:aid •of finding 'Usborne 'Township. Those . casinos; health carb.ur hen the best atnalgiuna1ion 'negotiations have been on education. tax plan to pursue. and ofTagain due to many "1'he Grass (toots con Pe • o- Vey said sortie politi- . fact s- including the one tends, the Grand. Boone( cians and staff at the , concerning county bound- . area has closer .exon, tine the county level* are more . ven comfortable with the sea- arics. and social ties to soon ote n tus quo than with takinge Grand Bend has a popu- lturen a lotion of about 1,500 eo_ than rrartt, ties chance with a merger that.. ple while the. neighbour- Bond area adding eIdnt(s turf' at's .. breaks county boundaries: • • ing subdivision boost the to Exeter's South Gra • Officials at the Ontario community's population tci - .Ilospital • and Huron • Ministry of• Municipal 5,000. _ Iluroi nor Affairs have said in the ; area - County's ambulance seri The is administered vices for health care. an• past they weuld.consider by three. separate munici= :ial municipal. mergers-that•t.In addition. Grand Bend• d a . break county boundaries. (rand S•Bc.nd,Vlllage of and its surrounding subdi- on but none of the recent-'fownshi �� ,-•• _ Stephen .visions don't have a curn- an municipal amalgamations- of.Bosafiquet The spl t in while similar sized corn - w' munity centre -or ail arena ('s in the Province .have done y `so.. responsibilities makes it munities in south (toren • ft: Ivey argues municipal 'addr(ssbcencerns su h -as the -area to do. h ` politicians must forge for - o ward and deliver the best, e. amalgamation .plans• they d care even if :they crush the • d status quo and break county -boundaries. �' "If you can cut your •-..costs and deliver -the -ser- vices in the same way why -Shouldn't you do it?" Ivey said. "The politicians should be held -account- • able:" • ' Ivey- said the best amal- garnation scenario for Grand -B Lucan=Biddulph merger alm By Craig Bradford "IlMMES-ADVOCATE S' LUCAN _-The .Biddulph on aga , again engageme • - almost over. • • .Now if they Coul agree on the wallpa Both councils me Ministry of Mun Affairs repres(.rttativ Ityall.last week to d the ministry's a merits "to -the merge poral. Ryall mapped ou options the two muni ities -must choose i province. will giv blessing to the'amalgi tion. Option one call Lucan and Biddulp merge ,on Jana 1, _1 while an appointed I inn council would- rim new entity_till after the -next regular municipal election in November. 2000. - Option two calls for the' amalgamation to be eftec- tive Jan. 1, 2000. It would Create a transition board. that. would have the authority of the current councils' to run the two sparate municipalities till the'e merger date. An inter.- im•council-would be elect ed in November .1999 -and -. wo uld hold office from Jan. 1, 2000, till'the regu- lar election in November 2000. The one year merger delay between the. two options has divided the two municipalities. French prefers option two. "I would like to see an election in 1999," he said. French has made it known he will -not -seek re- election in either. a 1999 -or 2000 election. "It's no secret that f'ri'1 finished after this term of e, French said.. - -- to 14P1� lie -said ,the orje year pr delay -contained in option Lucan- " two gives existing council- . rec in' off (cos a year to .decide if - far cit .is they want•te take on. the *op challenge of running the co d only new munic:ipality.. per. If he had his druthers, for T t. with French would combine hiI.ci pal much of what's contained- itfte e Tim in both options in front of A rscuss the two councils. That rho mend, - would create a scenario pos r- pro- much like the- original - Cou rilerger proposal the t ost a reality uni(iprtlities gave to the ovince in August. While not going .on ord on. what ()mien he vors, Benner admitted nen two has the two tincils staying separate . an added year: • • he two councils held. a 1t-nieeting.yester.day r press iter- the --two councils cine an -option, the pro- al goes to Middlesex my and then to this t two wo province._ cipal- f the e its - lnla- s for h - to. 999 nter- the. end to -date has been the one fea.turing Exeter, Stephen . and • Wed., Oct. 21 Thurs., Oct. 22 7p.m.-9p.m. - 10 a.m. South Huron Recreation Centre, Exeter p m Auction - Thurs., Oct. 22 - 12 noon Townwide pickup - Wed. Oct. 21, - 9 aim. Sponsored by: Auxiliary to South Huron Hospital . 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