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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1976-05-26, Page 1Haberer in favour Council size reduction put off until June The natter of whether or not to reduce the number of repre- sentatives to Huron County Council was discussed only briefly at the May session of council Thursday in Goderich. The entire subject w as tabled until the Junc meeting when it is hoped a full council will be prepared to debate the issue from every angle. But that session should show a wide variety of viewpoints, judging from the smattering of comments voiced this month. County administrator Bill Hanly also indicated the type of debate it should be in June. He said the county had received live letters from municipalities concerning the move to imple- ment Section 27(a) of the Munici- pal Act. ""There Were two for, two against and one other," Mr. Hanly told council. Warden Jack McCutcheon clarified what the main point of June's discussion should be. "Is this council ready to accept more responsibility?asked the ardcn, Who aIso promised to be "the devil's advocate" in order to provoke continent from everyone. Reeve Derry Boyle of Exeter said his council felt that by implementing Section 27(a). it would seriously limit the numbers of people who could aspire to county council because of the extra work and extra time which would be demanded of each remaining member. Deputy -reeve Frank Cook of Clinton said someone would have to prove to him that costs would be cut across the board. He claimed council would not operate as efficiently with 29 members as with 45. Deputy -reeve Joe Mil'ler of Hay urged council to try getting the work done faster now, to see if it could actually be accomp- lished. Reeve John Flannery of Seaforth said his council thought mayors from the five towns should sit on county council instead of the reeves. .Goderich Reeve Stan Profit said that when extra deputy - reeves were added at the begin- ning of 1975, council slid not become more efficient in his view . "lf we are no more efficient w ith more." reasoned Reeve Profit, "then it just naturally follows we will be 110 less effic- ient with less members." Reeve Simon Hallahan of East Wa\itnosh said simply, For God's sake, leave us alone." Deputy -reeve Ralph McNichol of McKillop felt it was a "real good thing" for a deputy -reeve to have a few years experience 01 county council before stepping up. "Large numbers can be time consuming," said Reeve Fred Haberer of Zurich. "Today has proved it.'' He did add that if municipal- ities were represented by only one member in the future, provision should be made for alternate representation in the event that some reeve became ill' or was otherwise absent for a long period of time. This happened a few years ago at Lambton County when the reeve of Grand Bend w as sick for a long while. "Yes, we should try to come up w ith a solution to that one," agreed Reeve Derry Boyle. BEARING GIFTS—When Joe Risi of Zurich welcomed his sister and her husband to his home for a visit, he received a unique gift brought by his guests all the way from Switzerland. Joe, left, is seen above with the decorative cow bell brought by Paul and Pia Christen from Buochs, Switzerland, Mr. Risi's home town near Lucerne. While on their three week's holiday in Canada, the Christens will visit area attractions and will travel north to Tobermory and into the United States to see Frankenmuth, Michigan. News Photo Zurich News NO. 21 -FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1976 20c PER COPY Stanley and developer at odds over trailer park in Bayfield area Work continues on a one mil- lion dollar campground develop- ment east of Bayfield despite a stop work order posted by Stanley Township council on Saturday. The developer has yet to sign a development agreement and get a building permit from the council. Stanley township is prepared to go to court to stop construction if the developer does not stop work according to Reeve Anson McKinley. The area in question is pre- sently zoned as a green area in Huron County's official plan. This means that any develop- ment in the arca would have to be presented to and approved by the township council.. However, the County plan has little.strength unless the township passes a by-law enforcing it. At the pre- sent there is no such bylaw in Stanley township but • Reeve McKinley does not sec this as a very big problem. "In the past the courts have supported the municipality if it can prove it has been progressing toward township planning," says Reeve McKinley. "We feel we have a good case. We have been waiting our turn to deal with the county planners, so when pres- sure was applied to us we con- tacted the county. and asked for immediate consideration of this part of the township." Meanwhile, Dick Lehnen of Vanastra, general manager of 332595 Ontario Limited of Lon- don, developers of the camp- ground—resort dismissed the council's stop work order as KRAZY DAYS—Winner of the first Krazy Days cash draw Saturday night was Mrs. Emma Schilbe seen above receiving a $25 cheque from Zurich reeve Fred Haberer, who drew the winning ticket. On the right is Ron Heimrich, president of the Zurich Business Association which sponsored Krazy Days. News Photo nothing. According to hint work will continue and the park will be ready for campers by June 15. Reeve McKinley does not be- lieve there will be any problem having the area designated as commerical -recreation but the council is disappointed with the developer's actions so far. Mr. Lehnen offered no ex- planation for his failure to sign a See page 20 Street repaving progress slow? The Ontario Minister of Trans- portation and Communications, the Honourable ,lames Snow. will receive a letter from the Zurich Business Association pro- testing the condition •of highway 84 in the village of Zurich and urging restoration of the highway as soon as possible. At a meeting of the association in Zurich Thursday night, mem- bers unanimously endorsed the letter which complains about the "slow progress" being made on the reconstruction of the highway following the installation of storm sewers. The contract for restora- tion, let to C.A. McDowell of R.R. 2, Centralia, is partially completed. The letter points out to the Minister that this is the fourth summer in a row during which the roads in the village have been disrupted for one purpose or another. It cites the unsatis- factory road conditions as a con- tributing factor to business loss. Association president Ron Heimrich commented in the letter that the speed at which the con- tractor is working is not satis- factory. "Progress is lagging badly," said Mr. Heimrich. The .letter asked the Minister to use any power within his . means to have the highway re- stored as soon as possible. Not everyone is convinced the project is -lagging. George Haggitt, village coun- cillor and chairman of the roads committee, said he felt the situa- tion "can't really be helped". Mr. Haggitt said he felt the contractor has done a good job in light of the many drains which were connected to the sewers anti he was confident would ~Deed up considerably now the road reconstruction was sta-ted. He said he felt the repaving would be completed by the end of July. "If we push too fast. we might not get a good job." suggested Mr. Haggitt. Village clerk Betty Oke also said she felt the contract was progressing satisfactorily. She mentioned that the poor weather See page 11 Brenda Turner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Turner, R.R. 1, Varna, Ontario, received her Honours Bachelor of Mathemat- ics degree from the University of Waterloo on Friday, May 21, 1976.