The Citizen, 1991-11-13, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13,1991.
Living mannequin
Barb Barton-McMillan drew plenty of attention at the
opening of "The 5 R's" community thrift shop in Brussels
Saturday. One of a host of volunteers involved in the
organization of the thrift shop, she acted as a living
mannequin in the window of the former 5c to $1.00 store,
startling many passersby.
Brisk business
Business was brisk at the grand opening of "The 5 R's" community thrift shop in Brussels
Saturday. Local reeves, ministers of area churches and members of the volunteer committee
took part in the opening.
Councillors worried about supervisor's loyalties
There will be a full-time supervi
sor on the sites of the two new
Huronview projects during con
struction, county council decided
Thursday, but some councillors
weren't sure they were happy with
who the supervisor would be work
ing for.
The suggestion that someone
Turning page
Jennifer Szusz of Londesboro was page at the November
session of Huron County Council in Goderich Thursday.
Tom Cunningham, Reeve of Hullett, introduced Miss Szusz
to the council.
Cost of being Canadian?
How about $46,000
What's the cost of being a solid-
as-a-brick Canadian in Huron coun
ty? About $46,000.
That's how much it will cost to
use Canadian brick instead of
American brick on the two new
Huronview homes for the aged.
The cost of substituting Canadian
brick will cost an additional
$16,000 at the Brussels site and
$30,000 at the Clinton site, council
was told. Council, by a narrow 15-
14 vote Thursday, approved the
extra expense.
Howard Armstrong, chairman of
the Huronview Committee of Man
agement and reeve of Stanley
township defended the use of Cana
dian brick saying the committee
should supervise construction on a
day-to-day basis was approved by
council some months ago but sev
eral members weren't happy when
they found out that the supervisor
would report to architects Lamb
and Warman instead of reporting to
county council. "I'm all for hiring
someone," said Lossie Fuller
felt it was worth paying the extra
cost to support Canadians. The
original contract had called for the
supply of either Canadian or U.S.
brick but there was a lot of concern
when word got out that American
brick might be used.
But Lionel Wilder, Reeve of Hay
said while he could appreciate the
concern, "I feel $46,000 is a lot of
money. Our loyalty goes only so
far."
Huron county will get more for
its money with the Canadian brick,
however. Mr. Armstrong noted that
since Canadian brick is slightly
larger than American brick, the out
side dimensions of the two Huron
view projects will be slightly
larger.
deputy-reeve of Exeter, "but it
should be someone to work on our
behalf."
Howard Armstrong, Chairman of
the Committee of Management for
Huronview and Reeve of Stanley,
said the committee had hired some
one recommended by the architect
as being capable of doing the job.
Bill Mickle, Reeve of Exeter,
also worried about the situation. "I
have grave concerns about the lack
of arms-length control," he said. If
the person hired reported to the
Railway's sale
changes the rules
The sale of the Goderich-Strat
ford CN Rail line to Railtex, a pri
vate short-line operator could mean
legal complications for municipali
ties along the route, Denis Merrall,
Huron County Engineer told Huron
County Council Thursday.
The sale of the line, the engineer
explained, took the railway out of
the federal jurisdiction of the
National Transportation Agency
and put it under provincial jurisdic
tion. Under the federal legislation
every railways crossing and bridge
over a roadway is governed by
detailed regulations for the sharing
of costs in maintenance. In some
cases, the cost is to be picked up
100 per cent by the railway, in oth
ers, 50 per cent by the federal gov
ernment, 37.5 per cent by the
municipality and the rest by the
railway.
But provincial legislation, admin
istered by the Ontario Municipal
Board (OMB), was intended for
such things as street railways, not
short-line, privately-owned rail
ways. The legislation has not been
amended since 1951. Il is possible
the railway could go to the OMB
and ask that the municipality pick
up 100 per cent of the cost of
bridges and crossings, he said.
In selling the railway, CN "quiet
ly ignored all that", Mr. Merrall
said. He kept wailing for the rail
way to approach the county but it
never did before the sale was com
pleted, he said. He said he felt sorry
for Railtex because he didn't think
they knew what they were getting
into. "All I want to ensure is that
we aren't worse off than in the
past," he said.
architect instead of the county, his
loyalty would be to the architect
instead of the county.
Reeve Mickle also was con
cerned that the job opportunity was
not openly advertised in the county.
"I know people in Huron county
who are out of work who have
done major projects," he said.
Goderich Reeve Harry Worsell
backed up the architect's choice.
She had interviewed someone from
Goderich and two or three other
people from the county, he said,
and had felt that the man chosen
was best qualified for the huge pro
jects. The supervision will cost the
county $105,000 over an 18-month
period in salary and expenses.
Meanwhile Nigel Bellchamber,
county clerk-administrator said
minutes of past council meetings
showed the council agreed to have
the supervisor report to the archi
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on the architect and she can't fob it
off on the County," he said.
Meanwhile councillors were con
cerned about a letter from the
Dietary Consultant to the Ministry
of Community and Social Services
who had commented on the kitchen
at the homes. "I'm concerned that
the Ministry is actually coming
along and saying "oh by the way,
we don't like this or that' at a time
when the work has already begun,"
Hullett Reeve Tom Cunningham
said. "All this says costs are going
to be higher." Although there is a
contingency fund in place it is
being used up quickly, he said.
Reeve Armstrong said the com
mittee was surprised at the com
ments on the kitchen as well. "I
think it's a question of somebody
looking for something to do," he
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