The Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-04-02, Page 1VOL. 124 WK. 14 .
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2,1997
655 INCLUDES G.S.T.
Kinloss asks
residents if
arria7gamato
talks should
coo inue
by Tracey. Doerr
KinlossTownship
_.council has .been investi-
gating the ,Idea of restruc-
turing with the village of
Lucknow, but before it
gets into the process any
deeper, it wants to know
just how its ratepayers feel
about amalgamation.
-About 60 residents
attended a public meeting
,that addressed the issue
last Wednesday evening'in;
Kinloss Township;:'
Council presented the his-
tory of the project, 'along
'withalist ofpros and tons;
(see side bar) before open-
-ing the floor for questions •
• and comments.
Councillor • Gerald
Doelman and'deputy reeve
`..'Leo Murray rra
y
were appoint-
'
PPoinf' ed; by, Kinloss To nshiP
;..
to ,a fact-finding commit-
tee nick -named -the. A,'
team, which is iinvestigat
ing , • the feasibility • of
restructuring with
Lucknow.. 'Councillors
Rick McMurray and, Paul
Zinn represent ;Lucknow
on the'committee,
Amalgamatin ,could.
save $25,000
Through their efforts,
the committee has deter -
`.mined that sharingadmin-
istration
istration (shared office
staff wages, building and
office costs), while
.:remaining separate enti-
ties, could save the town-
-ship '. $17,295 a year.
Amalgamating thq munici-
palities : (one -seven mem-
ber *council:
em-ber'council; one clerk, one.
set .ot books and shared
building costs)'would'.see
.a savings of about $24,740
in administration.
"It's a lot of. money
when you don't have it
and not - much, when you
do,"."' said Conn. Doelman
who added that the savings
• represented. about;30 .Per
cent of 1995's. administra-
tion budget
Reeve Jim Boyle was
the first- to : address the
group: He said the ..provin
cial government ,is urging
'municipalities to amalga-;
mate If they don't, it may'
• be. forced .on them .and
that's Why conned is 'look-'
ing; at restructuring
"I hear that council is
undermining its 'residents
i ,thi roces d that the
n, s p $art.. a
next thing you -106w, the
township will be. gone.
There's been none of that.
Nothing has been.done.
and won't be, without. your
inPut.-•ThatY s Why we're
..
I
her'" igh
, said yl t id Bo e.'.
e ton
Two wards.eould be
temporary: solution
• , Doelman presented one
option the.committee is.
investigating which is`
amalgamation with two..
separate . Wards,, • .one
• Lucknow, one Kinloss;
Through the ward system,
there is potential to save
-about .$25,000, in adminis-
tration 'with further possi—
ble savings through other
departments which haven't.
yet been . investigated:,•.
Each ' ward `would remain
responsible for its own lia-
bilities . while money held
in reserves, would be
spent only on that ward's
protects. Therefore,
Lucknow: would: not bene-
fit from :Kinloss money
and vise versa.
The group didn't buy
into the, security .of that
option.
See `Savings' page 2
•
After months of criticism, hard off to theMinistry of Health'. The have to come back to .council-,'," he.'.
work and com ` romise, 'the Huron document is currently in the hands. ' said. "I personally, would feel.` o
!fin. re
"Perth District Health; Council has,of the consultant for "cos etic ' comfortable seei n g� ' finished ing the 1'a shed doc
officiallyradopted its Hospital and changes to wording. The majority ument.
Related' Health Services Stud'... feit'�it. wasn't. worth; waiting'to see The rest of council, save
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Thursday evening, DHC Study the finished prduct'if it wasn't. McIntosh; .disagreed.,.
Task Force Chair: Janet Hook.offered going to be changed in any way. Each council member was given a
-,a motion- to-•accept-the-repor-t-after. :, _.Others -disagreed, most notably chance to_comment _on th eport,
she *And DHC Executive Director Terry Fadelle, CEO of the St. Marys ..and ,each one gave praise for the.
Fraser Bell quickly reviewed things, '. Memorial . Hospital, who felt a little completion of a difficult and often
There was extensive discussion "uncomfortable" -not being able to 'controversial task.,'
aboutprocedure and the fact that the review the :re rt again:, •
po � The final report'is unchanged from;:.
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in . na . hospital schedules changes:
In an attempt to deal the DHC's re orwilbewithoutissuing layoff Hospital CEOs continue
with the provincial
goy- • operated, within the 50 notices ' This route was to meet to discuss ways to
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..ernment cutbacks to fund; •beds: taken after discussion with save in administration
ing, the Wingham and The reduction hof `' the union, through co-operative yen-
District Hospital' will con- $587,000 P in p rovyncia1 Staff in• administration tures in Huron -Perth coun-
solidate
its'; inpatient beds grants this year has also and stippoort services, such ties: •
onto one floor -for both caused the :layoff of one as housekeeping, laundry Patients willnotice the
chronic and active patients nurse manager, four regis- and switchboard, will also .: changes through :length of
effective May, 1991'. tered nurses and one regis- . have their hours reduced stay: Lloyd Koch, CEO,
The move, which will tered practical nurse. by 11.1 percent, said .the average hospital
,provide'I etter operating •. Beginning June 6, those, .Savings.. were. realized .in �y visit of six days. will be
efficiencies and reduce the staff members will be :' ...1996 by not filling one reduced to five, patients
number of beds in opera-' relieved of their full-time management position and will • only be ;offered 'one
tion from 68 to -50, will duties whilethey will be through sharing another ' main: menu choice each
• bring the.hospitai close to asked to take op part-time management position Vitt( day and switchboardwill
the 46 beds recommended .Work in their field at, the the Listowel hospital. not be staffed between 9
by the District Health hospital.. Union contracts • Seven early.rretirements in p.m'and '6 ,a.m. Nursing
Council. The five rehabili-• do not allow forAiRduced 1996, helped reduce the staff will handle inquiries
tation' beds called for in ` hours of full-time workers number of.the layoffs. . between, these hours.