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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1989-03-15, Page 4oa 4A — THE HURON EXPOSITOR MARCH 15, 1984 1 VEAR G.I.C. a. U.pe.tt. Imtmd'WIINn limit. Rete. em+i.n To V.rt?IdtIon N SeMn(♦ Ontario since 1976 with 15locarrons fat your convenience.: ONTARIO LBRARY SERVICE SERVICE DES BIRLIOTHEQUE., DE L'ONTARI THE 1989 SA UGEEN DOROTHY SHOEMAKER LITERARY AWARD CONTEST Deadline for entries is March 31. 1989 Contest rales and entry forms available at your local public library Prizes in each category Send your entries in today The Dorothy Shoemaker Literary Award Contest sponsored by participating hnranes m Omar,. Library Semi, - Saugeen. and the Ministry t r, Culture and Cbmmunicadon,. the C tri Svire-' Gift Studio FINAL CLEARANCE 0 OFF ENTIRE ST ,• CK March 1 - March 27 R.R. 1 MVFCHEL1. on Highway 83 1 Mile West of Ruaseldaie OPEN 7 DAYS PER WEEK 10 a.m. till 5 p.ai. PHION,E 229.6341 County a ' t off d $3004000 study BY BILL HENRY Studying waste management, at a 1989 cost of$300;000, is a luxurysome councillors say Huron County can't afford. "I would like to see waste management out of this budget until Huronview is com- pleted," Exeter Deputy -Reeve Lossey Fuller said during Thursday's budget discussion. Council -approved a 19.58 per centmill rate increase for county purposes Thursday. All but 4.2 per cent of that increaseresults from establishing reserve funds for a new Huron - view complex and for continuing to develop a county -wide waste management plan over the next several years, Fuller said she agreed the county must eventually tackle waste management, which council has said expensive en- vironmental hearings and related research now makes too costly for smaller municipalities. But she said it should be placed on hold until the county rebuilds the Huronview Home for The Aged over the next several years. But Fuller and others who agreed with her never put their dissent into a motion. Despite several complaints that the almost 20 per cent increase would be a burden on many county taxpayers, council chopped nothing from the budget during about two hours of discussion during its regular March meeting. The 1989 budget sets aside $893,000 towards the propsed rebuilding of Huron - view, and just over $300,000 to continue the waste management master plan for the county. Exeter peeve Bill Mickle asked that every item be considered carefully as coun- cil reviewed each of the document's 75 pages. He said continuing with the waste study -would be pre -committing council to spend on waste management, something that it has yet to clearly agree to do. Currently, the master plan study takes Huron to the point where,all documentation would'be complete and the county'would be ready topurchase landfill sites. Purchasing is not included under the study, council was told. Clerk -treasurer Bill Hanley reminded council that each phase of the master plan must gain county approval. If any phase fails to pass, the reserve money ($300,000set aside this year) becomes available for other projects. There was also some concern expressed about putting away almost $900,000 toward rebuilding Huronview when the project has yet to gain formal provincial approval, Mickle wanted to know what Huron coun- Budget up cil's pbsition would 'be if a meeting schedul- ed Tuesday with ministry officials failed to , clear a path for the project. Hanley said that was unlikely, since verbal approval has, been given and any modifications to the plan, are expected to be slight. Zurich Reeve Robert Fisher criticized the, plan, saying he understood that council had, only approved rebuilding a 100 -bed facility in Clinton and that facilities in the north and south were to be left up to private business. Warden Dave Johnston said that in fact council had approved all three facilities,( subject to provincial approval and funding, but had also said it would encourage private development. But he added that ministry officials have clearly said that no provincial capital fun- ding is available for private homecare con,. struction, which leaves the project entirely up to the county. from page 1 which of the three users. The consolidated mill rate increase also cannot be calculated. In all, Huron County will spend just less than $22.5 million. Its spending will increase $1.64 million over 1988's actual spending. The 26 municipalities in the county will share in raising $6.37 million, while the balance of the $22.5 million comes largely from provincial grants ($11 million), or a variety of fees and services ($2.66 million. As well, almost $1 million in surplus funds from 1988 are included as revenue in the 1989 budgets. WHERE 11' GOES The bulk of the county budget goes toward transportation services ($8 million this year),, social services (another $8 million in- cluding Huronview's $6 million operating costs), health services (almost $2 millions recreation services ($1.6 million including $1 million to operate libraries 1 and general administration ($1.1 million �. The budget passed on a recorded vote with seven members opposed and 24 in favor. Opposed were Couns. G. Baker, J. Col- eman, L. Fuller, M. Hieknell, W. Mickle, G. Prout and T. Tomes. Absent were G. Cantelon and L. Wilder. Voting in favor of the budget were H. Armstrong, L. Armstrong, W. Bennett, B Cooke, C. Cranston, T. Cunningham, J, Doherty, N. Fairies, R. Fisher, D. Fraser A. Gibson, Warden D. Johnston, M. Keyes. B. Machan, B. McBurney, .1. Robinson, J. Rodges, E. Snell, G. Stirling. W. Vanstone. A. Wasson, J. Workman and H. Worsell. Groundhogs want CSP. and back on the farm BY BILL HENRY Opposition in Huron County is growing against a plan to convert a former CP rail line into a recreational corridor. A farmers' lobby group formed to op- pose the plan told Huron County Council last week that landowners should decide what happens to the CP property which subdivides their farms. Almost 100 per cent of affected Huron landowners oppose the Rails to Trails plan now under review by the provincial government, members of the United Ground Hog's Day Committee of Huron County said, Spokesman Larry Plaetzer, of Bullet Township, asked council to support the group's resolution demanding that the "CP corrider be returned to the adjacent landowners. Earlier this month, a group supporting a plan to convert the Goderich to Guelph line into a ski, snowmobile, hiking and other recreational use area made its pitch to,a provincial committee. The Maitland Trail Association. wants the rail line, which officially closed Jan. 1, as a recreational facility. The suggestion is now being studied by a provincial government committee. Also earlier this month. county council's agriculture and property' committee agreed to request the government to in- stead have the line removed and to seed the property to trees. But that recommendation was referred back to the committee following Thurs- day's presentation to council by the Ground Hog Committee. Plaetzer.said converting the land back to agriculture or reforestation would in- volve "minimal expense", while the trails proposal would be costly to build and maintain. The group also fears nuisance lawsuits and liability claims. vandalises and risk of • fires, NAME AGE ADDRESS -TELEPHONE Hey Kids . , . Here's your chance to win 'RIZES ! THE HURON -EXPOSITOR is sponsoring:an''Easter Colouring Contest. Bring the r ,above,picture .in to the--Epositor Office ,by Thurs.March .23. The 411 Winners,will be '.published in .The Hu on -Expositor iWed..Mareh 29. PRIZES ;1st, -2nd, 3rd =Prizes Pre7sehoo19 &'8 yrs., X9.12 -yrs. Huron . PLAYING IN STONEYVILLE are students Lisa Blake and Chris O'Brien of St. James Separate School, while their seated classmates offer advice and await their turn. Mrs • Mawhinney's Grade 3 and 4 class made the miniature village as part of a project in Social Studies and Science. Corbett photo. j Council relies to opposition GODERICH TWP - Approximately 80 local residents have signed a petition which opposes the opening of the new Holmesviile Landfill Site. The petition, ..which was presented to council here on .March 6, objects to the opening of the newadjacent dump. In addi- tion, if the province -approves the new loca- tion, the .site should .bee subject to ,the En- vironmental Assessment Act. And if the proposed site is accepted, the landfill site board should begin looking for a new location. in their reply to the petitioners, council wrote, "Council considers that the most important matter is to close the present site as soon as possible. This leaves the necessity for an immediate alternative site and council accepts the fact that the only apparent solution is to proceed with proposed addition, As soon as this is open- ed and the pressure (taken) off the eX. isting site, council will request the landfill site committee to immediately start studies to obtain another location." DO YOU :REMEMBER LAST SUMMER? It's Time To Buy Air Conditioning CLIMATE MASTER Central. Air Units ,EL,•EQTRQFIQME .Window ,Unite (5 stein Warranty) til I) 't t.. ERNE +,AP LIAN. ErAN IEFRI,GEHATION ` WhPr;a UPS $p . VP IOW in Hoar 3452262 9,11,49ity ... - ail T�llay ,Fran N:arplerne