The Citizen, 1988-09-07, Page 22PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1988.
County council briefs
Huron, Perth say 'no thanks' to province's gift
Huron and Perth Counties want
to get together to look a gift horse in
the mouth in regards in the
province’s wanting to turn over
Highway 83 through Exeter to the
counties.
Huron county had earlier stated
it didn’t want to take over the
highway but now Perth County
wants to have a meeting of the town
counties plus area municipalities
to map out a united stand on the
issue. A meetingof thecounties
plus Exeter and Grand Bend and
Usborne, Stephen and Hay town
ships will be organized to discuss
the matter.
Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle asked,
at the September 1 meeting of
county council, why the meeting
was being held when the county
had already said it wanted no part
of being given the highway. Dennis
Merrall, county engineer said
Perth county feels saying no isn’t
enough. He pointed out that even
though the counties have spoken
out against the transfer, there is
nothing to stop the Ministry of
Transport and Communications
from dumping the highway in the
counties’ laps anyway. It should be
made very clear, he said, that
Highway 83 is functioning very
well as a provincial highway and
should be left that way.
*****
With a strong economy in
Huron, welfare costs continue to
drop. The report of the Social
Services Committee showed that
assistances cost for the year were
$476,841 to the end of July 31
compared to a budget of $570,349
and compared to costs of $537,474
last year at the same date, a
decrease in costs of 11.28 per cent.
Statistics also showed a drop of
20.14 per cent in the number of
beneficiaries for the first six
months of 1988 compared to last
year. The July unemployment rate
in Huron was 3.1 per cent.
The Board of Health will lease
1200 square feet of a new building
being constructed in Clinton for the
Huron Addiction Assessment and
Referral Program. The lease will
be at a cost of $8.50 per square foot
per year for the first five years with
a tax and maintenance charge of
$3.90 per year to be negotiated as
costs increase.
Diane Petrie has been hired as
Director of Nursing for the county
at a salary of $41,990. The county
had originally offered her the
position at a salary of $39,754 but
she had said she was not interested
for under $42,000 per year.
*****
The hourly rate for Homemaking
for 1988/89 of $8.64 per hour, a 4.5
per cent increase has been approv
ed by the Ministry of Health. The
rate has been applied retroactive to
April 1.
The Home Care Program’s total
cost for the year ending March 31
was $1,247,252 compared to its
budget of $1,293,184 while the
Integrated Homemaker Program
cost was $1,127,249 compared to
its budget of $1,093,504.
*****
Mobile shelving for the archives
room at the Huron County Pioneer
Museum has been ordered at a cost
of $23,000. The shelving will
enable much more to be stored in
the room that would be the case
with normal shelving. Half the cost
will be provided under a govern
ment grant. The Huron County
Historical Society made a donation
of $30,000 to assist with this and
other furnishings for the archives.
Renovations to the 1856 school
house, the original part of the
Pioneer Museum continue with
most of the work expected to be
completed in October.
The museum has received the H.
S. Turner Collection of military cap
badges which Museum Director
Claus Breede calls a collection of
national significance containing
5,000 Canadian badges, collar
dogs and buttons. The collection,
transferred to the museum from
the University of Western Ontario
is on loanatpresentbut is expected
to be given permanently to the
Huron museum.
Work on the military gallery is
nearly complete and construction
is u nderway for the agricultural
gallery. Three storefronts remov
ed from buildings being demolish
ed! n Wroxeter will join the old
Queen’s Hotel front from Brussels
and lumber from the former
Wingham Fire Hall to form the
streetscape for the History Hall,
the main exhibit hall in the
museum. Three more fronts still
have to be developed.
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The report of Huron County’s
agricultural inventory presented to
the Agriculture and Property
Committee showed Huron ranks
first in the province in the value of
agricultural products sold, in most
improved farmland and largest
farming area and in largest
number of census farms. Huron
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