The Citizen, 2012-12-06, Page 11THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2012. PAGE 11.
The debate over the Central Huron
town hall building and future council
meetings continued at the
municipality’s Nov. 29 Committee
of the Whole meeting.
Improvements need to be made to
the town hall building and Central
Huron Council could find itself
caught between buildings.
Council currently meets in the
boardroom of the Regional Equine
and Agricultural Centre of Huron
(REACH), but they’re looking to
make the move back to town hall
next year.
Councillor Brian Barnim
suggested that the decision shouldbe deferred until 2014. However,
Councillor Alison Lobb said leaving
it until 2014, an election year,
might not be fair to incoming
councillors who will have to pay for
a decision they had no part in
making.
Mayor Jim Ginn said the decision
will have to be made sometime.
Hopefully, he said, as potential
classes at REACH’s boardroom will
displace council, forcing them to
move. The need to move, however,
will mean the expansion of REACH,
which is a good thing for everyone,
he said.
“I don’t want to stand in the way
of that [expansion],” Ginn said.
The issue of town hall came upagain as the 2013 meeting schedule
was up for finalization and
councillors wanted some changes to
be made.
Clerk Brenda MacIsaac presented
councillors with a new schedule and
Barnim was the first to speak up
asking about the potential inclusion
of a second council meeting per
month.
Barnim said council had often
found itself with long stretches
between meetings and a second
council meeting every month would
help alleviate that problem.
He suggested that council have a
second monthly council meeting, but
that the Committee of the Whole
meeting remain as part of the
monthly schedule.
Barnim suggested making the
monthly planning advisory
committee meeting an official
council meeting, which would result
in less delay for those hoping to have
zoning permits, among other
applications, approved in a timely
manner.
Ginn said the additional meeting
would help to split up delegations as
well, splitting them up between the
two meetings, depending on what
issue the delegation will be
covering.
He also added that the two council
meetings should be on the same day
to best accommodate the dancing
club council allowed to practice at
the town hall building earlier this
year. He said if the meetings were on
the same day, it would be easier for
the group to work around council’s
schedule.
Lobb, who has been outspoken in
her opposition to the dance group’s
exhaustive schedule and how it has
inconvenienced municipal
employees working past 5 p.m., said
she couldn’t believe that such a
minor situation could have such a
major effect on council’s scheduling
for the upcoming year.
“To set an entire year’s schedule
around dancers just blows me away,”
Lobb said.Council then voted to hold regular
council meetings on the first and
third Monday of the month,
beginning at 7 p.m. and then theCommittee of the Whole meeting on
the third Thursday of the month,
remaining at 1 p.m.
Breakfast with a smile
The Auburn Lions hosted breakfast with Santa on Dec. 2
and Lions President Greg Park was all smiles as he
manned one of the pancake-making stations. (Denny Scott
photo)
Better off with it off
As part of a prostate cancer research fundraiser held at
Central Huron Secondary School, community members
like The Citizen reporter Denny Scott, left, auctioned off the
right to shave their Movember Mustaches off to students at
the school on Nov. 30. The event raised $4,267. (Shawn
Loughlin photo)
Director leaves school
board after 10 years
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person and she walks with the
people she works with. The results
have been great, in her tenure, the
level of education in this board has
risen considerably and it certainly
goes to her efforts. We are sorry to
see her leave.”
Trustee Mike Miller said, “We
know we will always have
challenges but Martha has given us
the confidence to know that we can
accomplish anything.”
“Martha has been a heart in this
system, she has made people and
parents want to be involved in
education,” said trustee vice chair
Amy Cronin.
Council adds second meeting to 2013 schedule
NOTICE
ST. MICHAEL’S CEMETERY
St. Michael’s Cemetery Board has submitted by-laws to the
Registrar of the Funeral, Burial and Cremations Services Act
2002. Any interested parties may contact Christine Gulutzen
(Secretary) at 519-523-9652 for information, or to make copies.
By-laws or amendments may be reviewed or copied at 39278
Westfield Rd., Blyth, Ontario, N0M 1H0.
These by-laws are subject to the Registrar, Funeral, Burial and
Cremations Services Act 2002.
Tel: Cemeteries Regulation Unit 416-326-8399.
By Shawn LoughlinThe Citizen
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