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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-11-11, Page 3District News eport deferred to allow more perusal Action on a report on the feasibility of establishing a separate economic develop- inent department in the county has been .deferred until the December meeting of Huron County Council. During presentation of the executive com- mittee report at its regular November ses- sion, council was asked to adopt the report land its recommendations. The report was prepared for the executive committee by the,county's department of planning and development. However, when Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle pointed out that the report had ;not been circulated to members of council )other than those on the executive commit- tee, it was decided to defer action on the ex- lecutive committee recommendation until €the entire council has reviewed the report. Rather than making a specific recommen- dation on the establishment of a separte ;economic development department at the county level, the report chooses instead to suggest the county consider three alter- ative steps: 1-7 Discussion of a commitmentto local responsiveness at the county level. - A county review of its approach to the economic development function, making any necessary changes to ensure respon- siveness to local and county concerns. - The report is meant as a response to a sug- gestion made to council this summer by a committee of mayors of the county's five towns. The mayors favored an aggressive selling approach to economic development and recommended that the county separate its planning and development functions. The report raised the question of whether Waste plan -from page 1 which 'imposed regulations on municipalities while placing the cost for those programs in the hands of the municipal governments. In other provinces where they have pass- ed legislation imposing rules on municipalities, the provincial government pays all the costs, Mr. Mickle said. "It seems in Ontario, they (the government) set the rules and somebody else has to pay the shot." Total cost for formulating the master plan, expected to take at least..two years to complete, is estimated at $200,000 and 50 per cent of that cost is to be paid by the provin- cial government. • Resolution on police •from page 1 The resolution asked that a new grant allocation system adress the following concerns: - That there is a need and a value to preser- ving existing local municipal police forces. - All citizens of Ontario should contribute more equally to the essential service of police protection, as they do in the areas of health services and educating'. - The per capita subsidization for policing be more equitably distributed between local forces, OPP, and regional police forces, 'with the option being open for disparity and community choice with respect to the provision of facilities, com- pensation, equipment and .other lactois. the mayors are simply asking for a new department, or a new mandate for economic development in the county. The cost effec- tiveness of such an approach and its ability to succeed m Huron County must also be assessed, the report adds. At present, the planning and development department avoids direct conflict by becoming involved in assisting a specific municipality with respect to a specific industry only if re- quested by that municipality. The report suggests that if the mayors wish to change that approach, although such a change is possible, it is unlikely that the results would be as expected. Detailed marketing will always be done most effectively by a local municipality, the report states. The planning and development depart- ment is placing emphasis on local economic development organizations. The county can assist local municipalities to pursue economic development, but it cannot do it for them, the report says. The county's role, according to the report, would be to assist in the organization of the community economic development units, providing back-up staff resources, and pro- viding funds and general assistance with county promotion and information. Such funding assistance has been incorporated in the planning and development depart- ment's five-year estimates. The report anticipates the formation of a three -tiered organization over time with in- volvement from the local municipality, the community economic development feels, this structure will provide the most effective approach to economic development for Huron County. The overall goal of the coun- ty should be to help develop an effective economic function at the local or area levels and once this is developed, the county's role should be to support the efforts of these groups, the report concludes. 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