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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1997-07-09, Page 1SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 Neu. Release ;ef Videos $1.99 Eier}day South Huron's top students Top Male Student Jason Glavin Top Female Student Sharlene Beierling Complete listing on page 2 SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 Folding Lawn (baits S12.99 Sloppy accounting blamed County misses $73,000 • By John Greig . HURON COUNTY - Sloppy_ tic - counting c - counting h% counts staff resulted in about $73.00Q in revenue being 'missed. county. councillors ..were told - Ise • their auditor • at a July 3 meeting. Eugene Bender of yodden. Bend- . cr & Scchach. stressed there %vas no wrong -doing. but. that a. -new pro - The letter said. "Our recOmmen- ' dation is.that departmental person- nel he given guidance as to what is expected of them and :adequate training to personnel ui pro ids cul - • ficicnt accounting- 'knowledge to perform this. role " • Bender attended the meeting only after' several- councillors expressed concern that the criticism had not cess -of responsibility for daily ac- `been hrought tcicouncil'. attention counting. with a " • dirc h ' lack 01 trainingc` it'S been indicated As \--;olden: Bcndcr and staft. ,is icy here that there are :Secha01 is based in hlamc - • • problems in our ac- Goderi,•h. Bender was (44-er the ,past • called -to came to coun'- sevcral year. fe_ 'counting and treasu- sponsibilit' fair 1.1' department...'. c,;unty, Aclniinistrator • ti!urn:al, entries: Lynn :! -1urra% said -she has been trans- .- terred Yrom the treasury • department ti the departments. =who set the • Midgets. Bcndcr ';aid the idea ,ii the pro- cess is tine and common. but that, • there Were* no regular checks that- , ilie rcvciiucs matched up with rx- pcn:cs and expected "revenue . _ Thc missed entries requircd.ahout SL2.70O worth o1 Work by -a Vodden. • Rcndcr X Sechach accountant be- fore' the hooks- were ready fair the • auditorto]ook at • Bender -recommended hiring- an;.• • -other staff_ person for the treasury • •,iepartment. u• 'look after keeping • track of' the. hooks. An advertise- .ment has- already been placed for . that position Thr concerns "wcrc outlined by Bender, in the annual management - letter to the count,• ' , understood the direction given my the. admimsiration. -'fr- iian re • and personnel committee: N'hrch previouslh' heard from Bend- - er, to he that the, ::ritici.m shpuld.hc circ -elated through county : ornmit-. tees�hcfore-ii 'was 1Foughi t,' coup - red. _ "les been indicated here- that• there are problems in, our account- ing and trcastrrdepartmcnl.7` said Councillor Brian McBurnet 'of Turnhcrr Township '"N, w 1 sec we've adycrtised•for\\c • should- know .enough to present this to council todac " ' - , • McBurnex yeas concerned that -11 - _ hat -if the rssuc wasn't dealt u ith. at 'that - meeting. -n would look like ihc mots - was , rn crtnc=ri}' the-prih- cm. . Counts council doom t mcct in .August No fine for snagging, Ste.uersayS In ,our April 9 editinn.•bve reported that John Stcucr ,it Huron Park was convicted in Godcrich provincial coun of fishing for salmon in tftc Ausahlc River tither. than• by angling and for •possession r.f snaggcrs. We also repeated -the words of -the Ministry of Natural Resource. That Mr. Steucr had_ been, fined !for snagging salmon,. Mr.-Stcucr'ha/informed the newspaper that he was nht convicted of the offence of snagging salmon Exeter Council approves high school smoking area lease • EXI , t.I; - 77i: ' .,v i nt 1-:.t. • s willic.ts: .. tsar_.' ;win(I at Snutt Huron : ) -t•,, ii school as a smoking arc• - students: Al its- re,_ulat meeting• in Nlondas • council passed a- bylaw n ' leas land iron. the Huror C ‘unts h...ir, 0f Edu:.ui.in when .tu,t; nt- v allow-co:1, AI;,i r----- —, SUBSCRIBE! I. 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TowAd- nunictratut Ricf'Hunde� stated the act t - insuraticc cimipany. regards try: airs .i ,r;. Ir creat' a designated un -site smoking area as a good one, Proma liability perspecti e. the leak is heneftcial. "In the current situation. students who, smoke congregate un_ puhhs prupert� .near heavy traffic and pe- destrian- areas: and near .private prtiperts•- • . . Variiius risks inti result. Those. risks are greatly• reduced by creat. ing a smoking area in a safer loca- tion. Froin 'a tont, perspecti c. the-- nsks•related Witte, current situatton are greater than those associated with the proposed approach." the memomeo states. • 7 he 20 -year lease will take effect on September 1 and will sec the • town ,paying $1 per year for the 'leased property. - arttilar, arrangements -have been made at other county high schools. Main Street bridge test • The- Ministry of Transportation willpay .90 per cent of an SK.0O() tesi of .the Highway -.#4. bridge over the Ausahle -River in Exeter. The test will .assess the condition of the .- deck..and IS • required .-.before • the MTU will eommii to funding the full protect Internet access alit town office • n• Council approa. l..:i.tiedicate'd-tel cphune line at the town ,office fat ,—intern. et uses through the Corn mutiny Access Protect (CAP,. The .purpose- of the ts�wn''offace location rs to. p•cwide Internet access to en- - treprncurs. small buswess owners Councillor ROI '.\ir: klc of Exeter. • said dealing quickly and effectively with this problem w:ls a:hancc tot the count% to show it's working yell _ , •- "\ou must rcahic admit stration. we arc the pc,iplc who represent the taxpayers of Huron County." he said.. "This is a chance. to show there :is slime accountahilit ar=the coi my level. 1 tecl very uncomfort- ahlc 'as a councillor waiting two month. " Councillor `Bob Hallam of West WaWanosh Township said it there arc problems with accounting. leav- ing them two month. to he solved, could "cut us shon7 • Thc count employed .another ac- •cotints person in the uras-urj de- partnient until the• end "of April. when that person's contract ran out. The ccc hadn't Leen replaced _as it Was assumed devolution of. Horne Care and the 'impending amalgamation • of the Huron -and ._ Perth Health Unit:. 'now On hold. - - would have decrease," ,the amount of work Bender said. if anything. the rap: id change caused by prtwincial poi- - icy decisions will require more staff., - As such. Murray -had already ad- ycrriscid for a position. on a non= air Continued on page 2' $100, 000, 000 needed by Huron County tax- payers for road repair By John Creig HURON COUNTY. Huron Count. will. have -94.4 km more high% ' to look aftci as of Jan 1: The transfers irom--the pro% will leave the \Vingham-arca'wtth- ut an pio%inetal roads• Hwy 4 from Clinton- nordi to ilio ^„ c Counis boundary. H” its tram the,Pcrth County 'boundary is Hd•y . 1 and Hwy S 1 from Grand Bend to Middlesex Counin wail he eicen,ti, the'county The transfer includes _an uncondi- tiori'al payment from .the -province o1. c2 4 rilillion T!ic grant Iiroides. for one year of ma. cnan •c: • • • =Count] Engineer Sandra Lawson told count.- council 'at its July ? meeting that .she was concerned -about the „Ilan, 1 transfer date; as it is in middle of the .winter sea - :,,n • - • Shc was t;, loit b the province. for a ,hangi• in date. hut said. the.date was . me -tliin'c the province appears ":set in stone , Lawson met yesterday' iTuesday) with Minrstr% of Transportation of- fie ialS - and was to discuss what -- .would happen to assets. such -as the . pro\incial higherac`s shed south of Ingham .• - .. - Lawson- said the S2.9 mullion - covers about 67 per cent of w hat •- the, pro% ince' belies es is needed for _- .work on the roads. "So.that.means a cost of Si mil-. - hon ni the -Huron Counts taxpas= - ers!T. asked -Councillor B)I1 Mic klc of Exctcr. -. "That. -would be .orrc-t." s..id Lawson.: - Councillor 'Bean McBurney of Turnhcrr Township pointed out that residents of the \Vineham-area - will have to drive _t'r km before they will see .a provin,ial.highwa� - The 94.4 km _ is in addition to more"than ()O km' of roads the pro\ =' -ince downloaded -to the count. April. 1. •lobar Greg o cd :tor: ,•t11"rnc- 1,.a';.acfinncc Tina% Golf buddies. Matt McAusian. 10. left, and -his brother Jordan. 8. tried their blossoming driving skills at Centralia - Huron Park Lions. Club's Million Dollar ' Hole -In -One contest at Exeter Golf Club on Saturday. and researchers. Most (if the town's costs arc in- kind donations office. space. fur- " nature.. existing equipment. staff tune) with a federal grant covering the cost of haring'a student with In- ternel and computer cxperienee. Thc town and the Exeter Public Li- brary will share Jeff DeBluck's time as the Internet advisor. Councillors expressed concern Atte Internet May be used by staff .- for- non-productive purposes and r. -were assured a policy for staff use would be created. If we had a million dollars V. SUPERSTORE PRICING KENWOOD • 120 Watt Tape Deck Detachable Face Plate • 6 Disc Changer CAR AUDIO SPECIALISTS Free Installation on '96 235-0003 • 63 MAIN ST. EXETER Demo Radios • only $459 55300