HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-10-06, Page 2PAGE 2--.GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1977
Little response to meetin
If the 14 people that showed
up at a public meeting
Thursday night had known
more about the Comay
Planning report they may
have offered more opinion on
the °document. The meeting,
arranged by Goderich town
council to get public input on
the report which recom-
mends sweeping change in
community planning
procedures in Ontario, was
designe0 to allow -county
Will
study
Study
Town council approved a
motion Monday evening by
Elsa Haydon, seconded by
Bob .Allen to investigate the
possibility of hiring in-
dependent professional
consultants to do an ef-
ficiency study of all depar-
tments operated by the Town
of Goderich.
The motion said that in
view of necessary financial
restra i nts, couples w ith
imminent changes in the
appointed personnel, the
study might he wise to ensure
that "most effective and up-
to-date services are provided
in return for the taxpayer's
ja money,,.
The finance committee
chaired by Reeve Bill Clifford
was charged with the
responsibility to supply
council with its findings in
this regard at its earliest
convenience, Reeve Bill
C'liff_ord_said _his_-comSnit<tee.
was already ._gathering in-
formation about the various
departments, particularly' in
respect to job descriptions for
certain key personnel.
A study by efficiency
consultants would cost
somewhere between $10,000
and $20,000. Councillor Dave
Gower at first labelled the
idea as "ridiculous" and
"passing the buck"'. He said
every committee chairman
must recognize the need for.
restraint, not just the. finance
committee.
When the recorded vote
was called, however, the
motion was given unanimous
approval.
"As long as it doesn't cost
any money," said Deputy -
reeve Eileen Palmer.
In other business, it was
decided that council should
call tenders for garbage
collection in the town, so
"more information" could be
gained; agreed to adopt Bay
City, Michigan as a per-
manent Sister City; and
accepted Joan Vanden
Broeck's.resignation from the
Goderich Recreation and
Community Centre Board
with a new appointment to be
made soon.
planner Gary Davidson to
gauge public opinion on the
report and use it to submit a
reply to it from the town.
Davidson outlined the
changes the report suggested
and told the meeting that
council wanted the Planning
Act review committee, co-
chaired by deputy reeve
Eileen Palmer and councillor
Elsa Haydon, to sort out
comments and submit a
report to the ministry of
housing. He said the com-
mittee hoped to find out how
people felt the changes would
affect Goderich and the
surrounding area.
He said the report basically
males planning a local
matter: He said most ap-
provals made by a local
planning board are made
"subject to provincial ap-
proval". He said the Comay
report changes that to
"subject to provincial veto".
He said the change allows the
province to rase out of
planning individual i;om-
munides and allows them to
stop any individual plan if it
contravenes provincial in-
terests such as environment.
"The province will no
longer say what's good for the
community but rather what's
good for the province," he
explained. "That basically
means that all local
municipalities have the
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A wrecking crew from Ingersoll has begun its demolition of the grandstand at
Agricultural Park in Goderich. Cost of the demolition is estimated at $2,800 but a 50 .per
cent grant from the Ontario Racing Commission may be obtained to help with the costs.
The grandstand was ruled to be below standards set out by the building code. No plansare
immediately known for rebuilding the grandstand but it has been pointed out that some
"public spirited organization" would be needed to spearhead the project. (staff photo)
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authority to plan on their own
and final planning decisions
rest with elected officials."
The report suggests that
planning be handled by
separate tiers of government.
It suggests that urban
planning be handled by urban
councils but that rural
planning be handled by a
senior government such as
county council or a regional
council. He added that while
it may be "callous" it means
that the province thinks that
urban areas have "grown up"
and can handle their own
planning and rural areas
have not.
The report ,will put a lot
more pressure on local
councils according to
Davidson who said that by
having final powers in area
planning 'local officials will
come under increased direct
political pressure. Conray
feels that that's what the
elected officials are there for
and if people are unhappy
with them they can vote them
out. Davidson said he won-
dered if the local politicians
could "handle the respon-
sibility".
Davidson did say that the
report made some good
suggestions for streamlining
the planning process. He said
that in some plans developers
are forced to wait six weeks
due to frivilous objections
raised by someone not in
favor of the development. He
quickly added that not all
objections are frivolous but
when it is obvious that
someone is using planning
intricacies to his advantage
to hold something up council
will be able to speed matters
up by overruling the ob-
jection.
The Comay suggestions
may cost taxpayers more
money because of the
professional help com-
rnunities will need in
preparing and putting plans
into effect. Davidson said that
it was impossible to calculate
increased costs but added
that if communities have to
appoint planning boards and
make more use of
professional help it was going
to cost.
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