The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-12-04, Page 10Lucknow Sentinel, WedHe8day, December 4, 1996 - rage 9
~On the municipal scene•‘•
Bruce's restructuring committee
sets out three alternatives
Jtestructunng in Bruce
counts Is unlikely to get
an 1 warmer reception this
time around than It did
five years ago Judging by
cc unix councillors reat-
toin li a tine -page report
from OR new l) -formed
re,tru.tur r:g LorrirnrtLec
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tht number of rriurrK iJ,a;.
tics in the county restruc
lure all of Bruce county as
a single municipal unit or
develop a two uer system
covering Grey. Bruce and
Owen Sound Under that
option the counties and
Owen Sound would form
the upper tier government,
while municipal bound
allies would be redrawn NO
that each has a population
.of about 20,00)
One amendment orders
the committee to encour-
age and support any local
initiative that combines
two or more municipalities
into one int There was
some question whether
that would include endors-
ing amalgamations that
leave ,orne rrtunicipalities
out in the cold.
'The ones 1 rn referring
to wont (cave anyone out
In the cold, -said
Kincardine township reeve
Gard Jarrell. who made
the amendment "We want
the re »tructunng commit-
tee to '.cc lex al Initiatives
Jr; a positi`e light
Arran reeve Ross
Herron s,.iil that includes
the pos,ihllity of ending
up with more than the
eight rnUrl)CIpalitiCS
nally
recommended by the
report Herron s ohserva
tion on the target number,
for municipalities prorr►pt
ed a debate reminiscent of
the controversy that sur-
rounded the 1991 restruc
Luring study.
"11 you're going to do
the study, don't start with
Clifford sings
g
'swan song'
"h was %hats ngang and
rewarding," he said.
And as for the state 01
the county he will hand
over to a new Warden this
week, be said, "Huron
County has a strong irllra-
structure in place to
Clifford said his year as respond to the clialienges
Warden will be a year he ahead."
will long rcrriel l)el In 'lilt 1997 Huron
total. (Clifford said his ( cru-nty Warden will be
duties as Warder) rtqu)ued r,lei to to c,flit:c by the
hilt) to Uavtl 22.()00 kit() count 11Tuesday. Piet 3
metres by car, `•000 -kilo The candidates !()i blit:
nears by alrhlasc slid uffic.t,• ;air. Murray Keys of
2.00 kilometres by bus as Play 1 wp . 13111 Weber of
he atteirdcd ovc:t 3(13) Sic -Then '1wp and list
ioeeti tit and f unc-.tions Down of 1 Jsborrit "l wp
Out -going Huron
County Warden Bill
Clifford sang what he
called his "swan song" al
the irieetin of .('crusty
Council Nov 2K
(ioderach .
the numbers; end with
them," councillor Tom
Boyle advised.
Council obviously dis-
agreed on how municipali-
ties should amalgamate,
hut agreed to throw out the
eight -municipality target.
Instead, the restructuring
committee will look at a
two-tier model that has
"something significantly
Tess than 30 municipali-
ties" in the county. There
would be about 20 munici-
palities if 'townships loin
up with villages
"1 think the county
should stay out of what
municipalities want to
do." Boyle said. advising
the county's task should
he to investigate mergers
or shared services with
other counties
"This restructuring
cornrri11tce should not
make recommendations to
this body on what
Southampton arid Port
Elgin do in relation to
Saugeer►," he added, earn
ing an emphatic'Thanks,
'torn" frinyi Saugeen reeve
Harry Thede.
Warden Stuart keavie
said he expected the
restructuring initiative to
he co-operative measure
rather than an issue that
will set municipalities
against their neighbours.
"Welcome to the world
of restructuring," respond-
ed councillor Milt McIver,
who chaired the long and
hitter 1991 restructuring
study.
'('here were two unsuc-
cessful attempts to delay
the start of the latest
restructuring effort until
councils can comment and
the province gives clearer
indication of its direction.
"1 think we're maybe
spinning our wheels and
wasting our time," sug-
gested councillor Carman
1 u1Icrton. "!f the govern-
ment wants something
dome, let there do it and
put the »blame on them,"
Fullerton said.
So far there is no esti-
mate of how much the
restructuring study will
cost or how long it will
take. Warden Stuart
keavit;, hopes for a report
in 1997, hut admitted
council may chcxrse nal to
proceed al all it the price
tag is too high.
Fantasy lottery
sold out, 16 days
by Miebelr Greene
The Pantasy•'97 lottery which the 11uron-Perth
Roman ('atholic Separate School Hoard is a part has
sold all of their tick.ets in lust lb days.
The proceeds born the lottery are donated to the
Munsign9r Preney Poundatlon, which supports the
Huron•Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board
and other separate boards A surnrner home in (hand
Bend., car's, vacations and many other prizes are
(Mered.•
On Nov 25, titUstces were pirasrd, to barn of • the
lottery's suc.t_.ess
5uj)r.nntendr.rit (iut.es 13lanchette said the early hurl
draws tool, plate this past friday with the test of Ihr
1)1I/.Cs being giVeil away ou 1)e&. 20
'I1)e board said it hopes to false $ 20(),0(1() by palucl
paling in the: lottery
Committee will establish parameters
between board and private. sector
by Amy Neitiaruds
After lengthy discussions
at a special ial ri)eeting of the
Huton County Board c)i
,Education (H('13P.), hula
hoard rneinbcrs and 111C111
hers ot a newly estab
fished Huron, County
Coalition of Private
Business agreed to strike a
coinrnittee to establish
parameters between the
two sectors. .
A special meeting was
held W discuss arca ph
vate businesses' concerns
with the board's actions ot
stilling computers and
interne( tient through the
Huron County Education
l•ourrdation. In Ihr past
iu t13I) r
of weeks. lciters
1101)) the private sector
leave • bee n circulated
accusing alit.• board ot'
competing wilfr the private
sector.
"We arc not only here
to focus on a short terns
goal but on long tr,ni)
potential that can he creat-
ed for everyone in this
room,'" 'said board Vice -
(.'hair Allan Carter in
opening the m dung.
The Huron (:'aunty
Coalition ot Private
Business was created "out
of necessity to protect pri-
vate business in Huron
1 ounly 1r1)I11 p11)111I
funded t.onipetition,' star
cd 13i11 Wagiut, setit•laly
(erasure r of Hay
('tnilnunlcallt)ns and a
member from the coali-
tion. But specifically, said
Wagner. tfrti coalition' was
formed to react to the:
H('i31:'s "insurgence into
business activities current-
ly provided by private
enterprise in the coun-
ty...We have a lot of sup-
port in our association."
While the coalition sees
nothing wrong with
schools fundraising for the
school hand, bus trips and
school uniforms or even
with. students selling their
ptolcCIs such as garden
sheds mads' 111 class,
Wagn2'r said " .however,
if these garden shctls'weir
luass produced by stirdcriis
and slat( to provide a
st)Urce of income, the
coalition would view this
as clearly coinpc;01ive in
nature."
"We die concerned with
the direction the; board is
taking," said another
member of the coalition,
adding drat they would
like to see a clear defini-
tion of what the board, is
pursuing. "As long as we
are not stepping on each
others toes we can all co-
exist."
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