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By Stephanie Levesque
Huron County's executive committee's
recommendation to change the library
board to a committee is meeting with some
opposition.
The executive committee will present a
recommendation at the Feb. 6 meeting of
Huron County Council that the library
board be dissolved effective Jan. 1, 1987.
The board will become a committee of
council on that date and the assets and
liabilities of the county library system will
become a part of the county.
Library board chairman Tom Cunn-
ingham, reeve of Hullett Township, said
the change is being made because of "ac-
countability".
"It's frustrating to me, in reality, that
the library board can do something in my
municipality and I ha've no say," said Cun-
ningham, in an interview with the
Bluewater Regional Newspapers (BRNN).
At least two members of the library
board who are not members of county
council but appointed from the general
population of the county, disagree.
"I cannot see any lack of accountability
to county council what with over 50 per
cent of the population as library users,
council has always had good co-operation
from the library board and by its very
composition, it has always listened to the
wishes of county council," Janis Bisback
of Hensall told BRNN.
Those in favor of the board becoming a
committee also point to the amount of
money the county puts into the library
budget. Although numerous percentages
are being quoted, according to the county's
1985 budget document, the library had a
budget of $769,519 with the county's share
being $598,217 or 75.1 per cent. The re-
mainder is provincial grants.
Warden Armstrong can't see any dif-
ference in the operating system, be it
board or committee. The only difference,
she says, is that county councillors will
have direct input into the library's ac-
tivities. She also pointed out that Elgin
County recently took similar action.
The warden said Liberal MPP Doug
Raycraft from the London area, and a
former Middlesex County warden, will be
presenting the county's motion as a
private members' bill in the provincial
legislature on behalf of the county. Arm-
strong was unsure why MPP Raycraft was
taking the task rather than one of Huron's
own MPPs, Murray Elston or Jack Rid-
dell. She said their schedules as cabinet
ministers might have made it difficult.
Former warden Paul Steckle of R.R. 2,
Zurich approached Raycraft, said Arm-
strong. The warden also said the three ap-
pointed members don't have to worry
about their positions on the library com-
mittee. Reeve Cunningham said the same
thing. "We want those people. They will
continue, they have some expertise to
give. We county councillors aren't as
knowledgeable as we should be and that is
why we see their value," he said. Reeve
Cunningham will be the acting chairman
of the executive committee report when it
is presented at the Feb. 6 meeting. He did
say the recommendation wouldn't be for-
warded to MPP Raycraft until the library
board has its input at its Monday, Feb. 10
meeting.
The library board is made up of seven
people, four county councillors and three
appointed at large. The three appointees
are, Bisback, Martina Schneiker of
Goderich and R.P. Ritter of Wingham. As
well as Reeve Cunningham, the other
council members are Hensall Reeve Jim
Robinson, Howick Township Reeve Gerald
D'Arcey and Warden Armstrong.
Ritter, too, has been quoted as saying
the move by county council is regressive.
Ritter has gone on the record saying the
move in unnecessary.
Ritter said that during his four years on
the board, he has not sensed any split
between the board and council, or between
the councillors and appointed members of
the board.
He said he would be surprised if the
Ministry of Citizenship and Culture went
along with the proposal. Libraries fall
under the jurisdiction of that provincial
ministry. Ritter agreed with Bisback that
by virtual numbers of county councillors
on the library board county council has the
final say.
Only Schneiker has different feelings.
"We had discussed it at the last library
board meeting. It's no surprise," said
Schneiker adding she is not opposed to the
change.
She also criticized newspaper reports
which made the move sound like the
libraries were being disbanded. The
Goderich woman said she has had several
telephone calls about the matter.
Reeve Cunningham said that up until
'two years ago, the board acted like a com-
mittee and made recommendations for ac-
tion to county council. Then, it was brought
to the board's attention by Signal -Star col-
umnist Elsa Haydon of Goderich that a
board is able to act autonomously from
county council.
Since that time the library board, as
does the Huron County board. of health,
continues to present monthly reports to
county council but for information only.
County council has no veto power.
"My advice to library users is to contact
their reeves and speak to them about this
issue," said Bisback.
1985 warden headspayments
January to June of last year), $1,935: Morris
Reeve Doug Fraser, $205; Exeter Deputy
Reeve Lossv Fuller, $4,375; Ashfield Reeve
Allan Gibson, $195; McKillop Reeve Marie
Hicknell, $5,283; Bayfield Reeve Dave
Johnston, $2,833; Reeve Russell Kernighan
of Colborne Township, $2,795; Wingham
Reeve Joe Kerr, $920; Hensall Reeve Harry
Klungel, $5,011; Brussel's Reeve Cal
Krauter, $6,734; Zurich Reeve Isadore
LaPorte, $674; Wingham Reeve Bruce
Machan, $235; Turnberry Reeve Brian
McBurney, $3,607; Stephen Township Depu-
ty Reeve Ken McCann, $224; Exeter Reeve
Bill Mickle, $3,621; Usborne Reeve Gerry
Prout, $2,905; Stanley Township Reeve
Clarence Rau, $209; Hensall Reeve Jim
Robinson, $133; East Wawanosh Reeve
Ernest Snell, $213; Howick Township Reeve
John Stafford, $5,373; Goderich Township
Reeve Grant Stirling, $5,506; Brussels
Reeve Hank TenPas, $239; Stephen
Township Reeve Tom Tomes, $275; East
Wawanosh Township Reeve Neil Vincent,
$2,815; Stephen Township Reeve Allan
Walper, $3,874; Blyth Reeve Albert Wasson,
$126; Stephen Township Deputy Reeve
Ralph Weber, $3,649; Hay Reeve Lionel
Wilder, $2,070; Goderich Reeve Harry
Worsell, $2,693.
Appointed members of boards received
the following remuneration with the board
served noted in brackets: Janis Bisback of
Hensall ( library), $2,647; William Morley of
Exeter (health), $1,291; Robert Ritter of
Wingham, ( library ), $1,789; Martina
Schneiker of Goderich ( library), $829.
BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE
Over $150,000 was actually paid out. last
year to Huron County councillors and ap-
pointed members of the library and health
boards.
Last year's warden, Paul Steckle of R.R.
2, Zurich, who attends all committee and
board meetings and receives a per diem,
earned $40,242. That amount includes
$11,904 for conventions and other expenses.
Goderich Reeve Harry Worsell com-
mented, at the February session of county,
council, that the department heads should
have their end of year expenses made
public. He did not object to the councillors'
stipend being made public as it is required
under the Municipal Act.
The amount paid out to county councillors
last year is as follows with the new
members of the 1986-1988 council included:
Reeve James Aitchison of West Wawanosh,
$2,673; Grey Township Reeve Leona Arm-
strong, $3,301; Ashfield Township Reeve
John Austin, $2,022; Deputy Reeve Tony
Bedard of Hay, $1,760; Reeve Robert Bell of
Tuckersmith, $3,233; Seaforth Reeve
William Bennett, $218; Clinton Reeve
Ernest Brown, $1,815; Seaforth Reeve
William Campbell, $2,124; Clinton Reeve
Bee Cooke, $199; Goderich Township Depu-
ty Reeve Laurie Cox, $166; Blyth Reeve
Tom Cronin, $6,059; Hullett Reeve Tom Cun-
ningham, $6,099; Howick Reeve Gerald
D'Arcey, $174; Hay Deputy Reeve Claire
Deichert, $141; Goderich Deputy Reeve
John Doherty (also includes former Deputy
Reeve Jim Britnell's remuneration from