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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1999-04-21, Page 44 Exeter Times.Advocate Exeter going wiffi Exeter Home -Garden -Leisure and CWednesday, April 21. 1999 raft Show county -wide OPP NE.' By Craig Bradford TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF EXETER. — The OPP gave town council the right answers to three key questions it wanted answered befo► siding with a county -wide policing service. C' Le L iministrative officer Rick Hundey filled Exeter count,,, in on recent discussions he had with OPP offi- cials at a recent meeting. Council's first question was what was to become of the civilian secretary at the Exeter, detachment. Hundey said the OPP told him the employee would be "assimi- lated" into the OPP. Council's second question regarded the future of the Exeter -detachment. Mayor Ben Hoogenboom has main- tained the Huron OPP will shut down the Exeter office after it builds a more centralized headquarters south of Clinton. Hundey said the OPP contract proposal is based on having an Exeter office. Although there is no written guarantee the OPP will keep the Exeter office open, two staff sergeants have told Hundey an Exeter office is necessary for proper police service. Council's third question was about 1,168 overtime hours OPP officers spent in Exeter last year. Council wax., u craiu the town would have to pick up the tab for those hours on top of the its regular cost quote. Hundey said any hours that accumulate over the OPP minimum are part of the contract, not on top of it. The OPP '99 Exeter service quote of $535,254 may be adjusted since the surrounding townships actual '98 policing costs were dramatically Less than estimated. The town was expected to save over $40,000 this year by going with a county -wide OPP quote than an Exeter - only quote. Reeve Roy Triebner fears one of the county's two bylaws on OPP service may be struck down by the province. He said they may not approve a 'hybrid' con- tract for Huron — Wingham has opted out of a county- wide scenario to continue with their own force. There is hope for a Huron hybrid service: Middlesex County will receive a county -wide OPP contract even though McGillivray Township has solicited their own quote. A mo -tion to approve county -wide OPP service was approved by council with nay votes by Deputy Reeve Dave Urlin and councillor Robert Drummond. Waterloo St. home in Stephen to be hooked to town By Craig Bradford TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF EXETER — A couple got their wish to hook their new home up to Exeter's sewage treatment system but not before town council took the matter behind closed doors at a recent meeting. Jeff and Jennifer Pfaff wrote council about their wish to hook their yet to be built Waterloo St. home up to the town's sewer system although the home would be officially in Stephen Township. Jeff Pfaff was on hand at the moeting to read his letter. The Pfaffs maintain that although town policy states only homes located -within town boundaries be hooked up to the system, their home will likely be part of the new merged municipality of South Huron and there- fore qualify for the hook up in the near future. The Pfaffs also said the existing sewer line goes right by their lot and the property is hooked up to town water. The Pfaffs don't want to go to the trouble and expense of installing a septic system this year if they'll be required to hook up to the town's sewer system after amalgamation. Council decided to grant the Pfaffs their wish but not before taking the issue into an in -camera closed door session. Before going in -camera, councillor Peter Armstrong asked why the matter had to be brought into the private discussion part of the meeting. Town services delivery manager Dave Moyer said the dis- cussion may go to policy matters therefore the issue qualified to be discussed in -camera according to the Municipal Act. The only issues that can be discussed by municipal councils without the presence of the public or media are ones relating to personnel, land sales, contract or inter -municipality negotiations and legal matters. It was not clear to Armstrong how the Pfaff request qualified for an in -camera session under those requirements. The Pfaffs will have to pay a town surcharge to hook their home up to the sewer system. 1'1<(iH,t10 t }{ I 'eAs. s. '94 S .44 Janisse Zimmerman, Marlene Munn, Diane Thiel and Shirley Mousseau sell International Plowing Match sou- venirs.The IPM $40,000 Northlander Park Model home was also on display at the show. Purchasing a $50 ticket entitles the holder to direct access to all IPM events at the five-day event.Tickets will automatically be placed in a draw for the home.The early bird draw is Aug. 1 with the final draw on Aug. 19. Visitors get down to earth at home and garden show EXETER — Area home- owners had a chance to see the latest in home and garden products at the weekend's 14th Annual Home -Garden -Craft and Leisure Show. Although attendance was down from past years, exhibitors had bet- ter one-on-one contact with customers during the two day event, the event's chairman Bill Dinney said. "Most exhibitors were pleased with the results," Dinney told the T -A Monday morning. Dinney also had praise for the exhibitors and their displays. "The exhibits were excellent," he said. "We had quality exhibitors." Approximately 1,200 people attended the two- day show at the South Huron Rec Centre in Exeter. This year, the Commit- ee experimented with dropping the Friday vening session with the how only open on aturday and Sunday. Also new this year, rafters were invited to splay their products but inney said they were ccustomed to -paying a inimal display fee at raft shows and were esitant to invest the xtra money for the xeter show. The Rodeo ar, promoting the 1999 xeter Rodeo, was a pop- lar addition. The Exeter Optimist ub and the South Huron ec Centre presented the ov • sponsored by the xeter and District hamber of Commerce. Dinney said the commit - e hasn't met to discuss ext year's event. t e s S c di D a m c h e E u Cl sh E C to ne (aARCrEN EDGES • prOVEWAY E9PE -CAR PARK KERBS MOWER IPS Above: Vicky McLeod and Simon White . show the Kwik Kerb wears. At left: Don Boyes and !Casey VanVelle stand among the lawn and garden tractors at the Huron Tractor display.