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Instead of the negatives, it was mostly positive remarks about recreation
Shaun Gregory
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When the word recrea-
tion is spoken in Huron
East, in terms of money,
it's like a dagger in the
back of the budget, but last
Tuesday's council meeting
played a different tune. For
once, it was more of a
small ray of sunshine.
Lately the three recrea-
tional facilities in Huron
East have been the bearer
of bad news when it comes
to exactly how much they
cost to operate. After a fur-
ther analysis comparing
Huron East to other
municipalities, it was
shown that's actually not
the case. Huron East's
treasurer/finance man-
ager, Paula Michiels, and
CAO Brad Knight pre-
sented their fellow col-
eagues with several
bar -graphs to showcase
their findings and they
were not any different
from their neighbouring
areas. If anything, in most
cases, they were mediocre.
"I knew from our service
delivery (our initial
review) that we were the
bottom three per capita
costs and we were in the
middle on the waited
assessment costs within
the county. However we
wanted to expand that, so
we went to Perth County
and pulled some munici-
palities from there with
similar facilities," stated
Michiels.
"And we found out that
we are still in the same
picture. We are still in the
low-end for costs."
She went on to say it was
difficult to find an "apple
to an apple" when it comes
to what the other
municipalities offer their
communities. This means
that not all administrative
districts have the same
establishments.
For eight other munici-
palities including Huron
East their recreation levies
are as follows:
- North Perth has a recre-
ation complex, arena and
community centre and the
rates are $1,026,920.
-For three arenas and a
community centre, Blue -
water is just below that at
$953,377.
- North Huron has two:
an aquatic and a fitness
centre with two commu-
nity halls, which work out
to $697,205.
- South Huron is almost
the same with $663,117
covering two arenas and
one community centre.
-Then there is Huron
East at $580,990 for two
arenas, a community hall,
outdoor pool and fitness
facility.
-Below Huron East is
Perth East at $440,150 for
an arena, community hall
and outdoor pool.
-Central Huron paid
$336,059 for their one
community complex.
-And West Perth was the
lowest with $109,000 for an
arena and community hall.
"In comparison to the
other facilities that sup-
ports two or more facili-
ties, Huron East spends
significantly less," stated is
prepared document by
Knight. "In general, costs
for recreation services
seem very consistent with
other services looked at
during the Service Deliv-
ery Review. Our net costs
compare very well to other
municipalities."
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previous meetings, one of
the fresh faces of the
chambers, Tuckersmith
councillor Ray Chartrand
pulled out a typed docu-
ment. It was a range of
numbers from 2003-2016.
According to the piece of
written material, from all
the three facilities includ-
ing utilities, wages and
benefits there has been a
$312,000 increase in that
time frame. Something he
admitted that usually hap-
pens as time passes, dec-
ade to decade.
"The point I'm making is
when the public talks to
me about our arenas and
such, okay when mister so
and so was there, well
times have changed,"
Chartrand explained to
council May 3.
"That's why our levies go
up, it's to keep up with
times."
Even though all the rec-
reational centres were pro-
vided with a five per cent
levy increase for 2016,
Brussels Ward Coun.
David Blaney admitted to
being impressed with how
the Vanastra Recreation
Centre ran, especially with
their "considerable wage
increase."
"I think it proves (that) if
you start offering more
programs, it may cost you
more money, but you may
make more money," said
Blaney.
"They have actually
done fairly well."
In a recent phone con-
versation with Michiels,
she said, VRC usually
breaks even and last year
they made a profit of
$14,000. The next Huron
East council meeting is
April 17 at Seaforth's town
hall.
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