Times Advocate, 1997-10-15, Page 1Transition team begins planning for new district health ,council
MITCHELL - The Transition
Team. a six member committee
leading the amalgamation of Huron
Perth District Health Council and,
Grey -Bruce District Health
- Council, met on October 7 in
Mitchell to develop principles and
a collaborative work plan for the
new council. One of the first tasks
is the identification of a new office
site.
• During the transition process.
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which is anticipated to he complet-
ed by March 31, 1998, the current
two district health. councils art
committed to cantinuing their
health planning'functions. High pri-
ority is placed on hospital and
health services planning and the
first steps' in the application. of the:.
rural and northern health policy. It
is -anticipated the.new council will
build upon the planning to date in
the two districts -towards the devel-
opment of viable integrated health
systems in the two current districts.
The two councils have recom-
-mended the merged council consist
of 20 members, including con-
sumers, providers and municipal.
members. with equal representation'
from. Huron Perth and Grey -Bruce..
The councils have also identified
current members willing to contin-
ue in the new structure.
The Transition Team has estab-
Imbed a number of principles guid-
ing the development of the new dis-
trict health council, including equal
representation by residents of the
. four. counties in the new district.
fairness for staff duffing the process
and objectivity'with regard to deci-
sions such as.office site and staff
recruitment.
The Ministry of Health has
requested that, by mid-October, the
Transition Team recommend a pre -
ferred community in which to
locate the amalgamated office. The
Transition Team is looking to
locate in a town which is central to
the new district and has restaurants,
overnight accommodation, social
amenities and business support ser-
vices. The office must be 3,000 to
4,000 square feet in area, wheel
chair accessible and with parking
for 25-30 vehicles. The Team will
now launch a site search based on
the identified criteria. The final site
determination will be made by the
Ministry of Health subsequent to
the Transition Team's recommen-
dation.
The Transition Team consists of
equal representation from Huron
Perth and Grey -Bruce: Co-chairs
Deborah Campbell and Paul
Eagleson, along with Pauline
Diemen, Gerald Rogers, Sara
Trainor and Jeff Wilbee.
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Running the show. Exeter Public School students recently elected their student 'council
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Sorting through
recycling concerns
Councillor Thom.
Hughesis concerned.-
Bluewater
oncerned.Bluewateris too picky.
By Kate Monk -
T -A Reporter -
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•ehner in the response to Hughes
• suggestion the town look at other
companies.
Wendy Yamamoto -Chapman of
BRA explained -Exeter's past driver
was lenient but the current driver is
more strict and is :doing things
EXETER > At last Monday's Ex'- Non -recyclable materials such as, -
Teter Council meeting. Councillor cellophane in poxes or windows_ in •
Thom Hughes echoed the concerns envelopes are.onsidered-ni he -coin -
of Exeter
ter residents and businesses tammatit. - -
over the collection of recyclahles ' '-•Although the amount.. of .con-
hy Bluewater Recycling:;Associa- tamination may not he significant
tion on a household hasis. she said on a
According to.FIughes. BRA driv- large-scale .;
. it is a cncern. It could
ere were being too ansa with what result in a 'purchaser rejecting
they were picking up and leaving load which results inainancial,loss-
behind. --es tier BRA and itsinenthers.
Kleenex hi ( had the cel- -Yamamoto-Chapman said the
Iophane left in it. they';wouldn't , cardhPard hox scenario seems to he
• pick it up.' said. Hughes. "They' a no-win situation for BRA. Some_
seem to he very. very picky " + people want the hox saved so they
Hughes---wr
tis-altiteontemed-sty— ,can`trse st sinwhite others want
,..foam packing was not accepted the-hox taken away -She suggested
---. -- '� ? by BR.•
- people write a, note. uBRA •
.-Leach . s letter a lot of smoke ■ Councillor Robert Drumttiond de:ver iii take the
hox twat'fr-the
Questions r ..complained a cardboard hox wasn't _ Diligent sorting by hiiusc:hold:
coming for all Lucan council wrangled with many issues at last week's meeting in-•
picked up that contained other flat increases the effictemy:of the
Exeter
eluding another vague letter from Municipal Affairs Minister Al Leach tensa cardboard bare.. cycling stem hs. dccreastng the
Exeter Candidates Hughes recommended the town amount of time required by the
EXETER. - No Matter where we ..
t lies, we are. part of a neighborhood T -r% Reporter
'By Craig Bradford pave the way for tour municipal-
-where we Meet each other on the - 7 •
street, chat over backyard fence; or •
have coffee while o,irchildren•play •
together:One neighborhood in.:
Exeter regularly gets together for-
dessert
ordessert parties and has recently -
decided to turn part of.the'next cqu-
plc of get togethers into discussions
about Exeter's future. -
- Located in the southwestern sec-. •
tion of town. inost of the families
' are long time residents. 'some work
-in town. others ottSide of Exeter.
The neighborhood children range -in'
age from one to f8 and are . +•
. involved in everything from music
and acting to Girl Guide programs
and soccer. A fairly average neigh-
• borhood with typical lifestyles and
concerns about where Exeter is
heading in the wake of provincial..
' downloading. amalgamation dis- •
• cussions and other issues that
impact. directly or indirectly. on
• our daily lives.
Spokesperson Karen Brown says
. the group was spurred on by the'•
knowledge that few residents typi-
cally turn out for all candidates
• meetings and not too many. other •
opportunities are available for citi-
zens to find out what platforms the
candidates present as they seek to
represent citizens•over the next , •
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Casino or no casino
Correction
In the article "Casino or ho casi-
no." it was written that Grand Bend
council's consensus was that 'the
village should opt for a full titne
charity casino. open seven days a
week. with all profits going -directly
into the community. It should have
said. Grand Bend wants. to make
the public aware of the difference
• between a full time charity casino
and a permanent casino. The Times
LUCAN" - Lucan administrator
Ron-Reymer"sato a letter :from On-
taro Mtunic-ip.il Affairs Nttnister AI
•Leach un more specific costs of,
provincial -downloading didn't help
much.
"Ht: ptomis;d a'wa,'h. Reymer
Said at last week; s cornett meeting.
:"But !don't know hiiw he's doing_
his math but right. now. I'm not"
coming up with a wash."
• VIW`hile awarding- monies to -help in.'
transfer of services from the prov
ince to municipalities would be fa-
vorable to small centre; based upon
a break .down hinging ;on a per-
centage given to eai;h contributing
Municipality,- earmarking the • c.ash
based on population -would give the -
• advantage to cities." .
It definitely doesn't look good."
Reymer said. • It is tar from a rev-
enue neutral. downloading.."
, Reyme,r hopes• to have a better
• breakdown at council's next meet-.
. ing on Oct.. ; I •
_
Other notes from the meeting:
Holding the bag? •
..London's Lobro Ltd. has, refused
to pay. Lucan's mandatory. 52.000
deposit required for, further mu-
nicipal plan of subdivision legal.
and engineering costs for the. -40 •
-
unit proposed subdivision- at the
end of Chestnut St.: Reymer said.
The company has; paid the fee in
the, past" which covered -l-ucan's
subsequent lawyer ' and.. engineer
fees.-
"It
ees."It kind ot.puts•a had taste in the
mouth." Reymer said. "Taxpayers
could be left holding the bag:" •
No work has been done on the
site • though; the subdivision has-
been in the works for a 'couple ot'
•years.'
' Not two. four '
Lucan Reeve Rob' Brady said
he's in • favor of- a Middlesex mil-•
nicipal amalgamation that would
ities under the upper tier county
structure or strnply one mega mu-
nicipality rather than two new mu-
nicipalities as suggested in a letter
written by•Ailsa Craig- Reeve Don
- Shipway to Municipal Affairs/ -
-Housing. Minister Al Leach.. Ship -
,way's merger recommendation
would have Lucan. Btddulph.- Lon-
don•Townstup. West Missouri. Del-
aware_ . Lobo and North Dorchester
hook up to become East Middlesex
and McGillivray. East .attd • West •
Williams townships. Ailsa Craig. -
Parkhill. Adelaide. Metcalfe.• Car-
.adoc. Strathroy:.-Glencoe. Ekfnd.
Moss. Newbury and Wardsville
merge tui become West Middlesex.
Calling 9-1-1.
Enhanced .9-1- I service for. all of
'Middlesex County will be unveiled -
at a press conference at the county
building located at 399 Ridout "St..
London. tomorrow at 10 a.m.
Reymer said Lucan, bore little cost
-for the new 9-1-i service with road
name assignments already in place.
though there, will be. an about 34e
increase to Lucan phone bills:
Know when to. hold 'em
Brady said. the chances of Ltican
getting .a .charity casino. from' the
province are next to nil even if Lu -
can campaigned heavily for one.
71 don't think they'd give a com-
munity of 2.000 one unless there
'was a theme parklust out of town."
he said.
. Darn cats
Gus Raposo submitted a letter to
.council complaining that wayward
cats continue to walk on top of lis
car • and damage. the paint. Raposo
wants council to • come up with a
bylaw similar to the one governing
stray dogs.
"We're up against, a stone wall
withicats'." Brady said.
Hensall had a cat bylaw but re --
•
e=' sctnded • it because it was next to
impossible to enforce. he said.
"I don't think there's anything
council can do to effectively con -
Advocate regrets the error. - •
•
rot cats." he said.
consider another recycling coin- drivers and sorters as well as in -
Parking
pany that would accept more ma- creasing the profits from the sale ot-
terials. recycLables. .
L don't- think that's appropriate. "As a member of BRA. the town
We should take it to the (BRA, ° and its .residents profit:- .a,ncluded
i hoard," said • Councillor Roy In- ' Yamamoto -Chapman..
In his reporl,on ;he recent Lucan
and Area Business ,Association.
councillor Martin Chittenden said
the members have two . ideas that
may help ease what 'they feel is, a •
or Continued on aaee 2
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This won't hurt a bit
Grade seven student Rick Duplessis from Precious Blood Elementary School received a hep-.
atitis B shot from Public Health nurse Shirley Chalmers .on Thursday. The Huron County
,Health Unit gave close to 950 hepatitis B shots to grade seven students in the county on
Octooer. 9. This is the fourth year the Health Unit is giving the shots as a preventative to
hepatitis B. Chalmers said the vaccine was given to high risk groups only in the past, but
they were still seeing an increase in the number of cases of those contracting the disease.
Now everyone has access to the vaccine so that hepatitis B can be kept under control.
While it is still too early to tell if the number of cases are either decreasing or at least sta-
bilizing, the Ministry of Health said the vaccine is safe and effective and it was being under-
utilized before it was introduced to the schools.
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