The Citizen, 1992-12-09, Page 7THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9,1992. PAGE 7.
County councillors ban smoking in court house
In a debate that had more heat
than smoke, Huron County Coun
cillors Thursday voted 18-13 to
prohibit smoking in all parts of the
Huron County Court House begin
ning Jan. 1.
The motion was pul forward by
Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle after
Exeter's Deputy-Reeve Lossie
Fuller complained about the num
ber of people smoking in the lobby
Taxpayers to pay extra for wages
Huron County taxpayers will
have to shell out an extra $180,000
to meet increase salaries at Huron-
view due to a $254,000 pay equity
adjustment and a higher than
expected wage settlement....and
that's only until the end of October.
Wayne Lester, Huronview
Desk pen
desk pen set was presented to (left to right) Angela Terpstra of the Ethel club, Shanda
Mitchell of the Bluevale I club and Amy Rush of the Ethel club by Rural Organization
Specialist, Jane Muegge for completing 12 projects. The awards were presented at a 4-H
Achievement night held in Belgrave Nov. 24. Heather Robinson of the Donnybrook Club (not
pictured) was also presented with the award.
of the courthouse. The last two ses
sions of county council have seen
the lobbies packed with people
waiting for court cases, many of
them smoking as they wait (when a
major trial is on in the main third-
floor courtroom, the smaller sec
ond-floor court room behind the
council chambers is pressed into
use to handle general court busi
ness). Councillor Fuller called the
Administrator, explained that the
county's share of the Huronview
costs, prorated to the end of Oct.
was $705,451 instead of the bud
geted amount of $527,148. The
major reason was a pay equity
adjustment of $254,000 in May, he
said. Those increase rates due to
pay equity are then also working
situation "not a nice scene" and
suggested "we would be showing
leadership if we said there should
be no smoking in the building".
Marie Hicknell, Reeve of McKil-
lop, agreed, saying the smoke near
ly knocked her over when she
opened the door.
Others, however, were vehement
in their opposition. "It's practicing
leadership but its also practicing
their way through the payroll since.
In addition, the cost of wages with
the unionized Huronview workers
was also higher than expected. The
budget had been for a three per cent
increase but the settlement was for
4.5 which, on a $5 million payroll,
made a substantial difference.
dictatorship," John Doherty, reeve
of Goderich said.
"As far as I'm concerned, you
have to leave a little bit of human
relations," said an emotional Lionel
Wilder, Reeve of Hay Township.
He said that everyone in the room
had smoked at one time (he noted
Reeve Mickle used to be a chain
smoker) and now "they think
they're God".
Dave Gower, deputy-reeve of
Goderich Township retorted that he
had never smoked and he definitely
wasn't God.
Commenting on the support of
Dr. Maarten Bokhout, the county
medical officer of health, Reeve
Wilder wondered why the doctor
wasn't so concerned about the prob
lems of alcohol. "I haven't seen
many homes broken up by
cigarettes."
Howard Armstrong, reeve of
Stanley, argued that the motion to
ban smoking in the court house had
already been defeated by the execu
tive committee once (by a 5^4- vote)
and if the county is going to use a
committee system, the decisions of
the committee should be supported.
Bob Hallam, reeve of West
Wawanosh, wondered about a des
ignated smoking area but county
administrator Nigel Bellchamber
said that option was rejected earlier
because regulations say any smok
ing area must be ventilated to the
outside of the building through a
different circulation system than
the regular system.
Colborne Reeve Bill Vanstone
wondered how the bylaw could be
enforced. "Do we have to have a
Drunk drivers
cause suffering
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deaths.
The battle against the drinking
driver, who causes this untold suf
fering and bereavement is a major
problem on provincial highways.
The OPP in joint co-operation
with other police services in
Ontario, will vigorously continue to
enforce the laws governing drink
ing and driving.
bylaw officer to patrol the halls?"
Mr. Bcllchambcr said that if
signs are posted at the doors saying
smoking is banned, the amount of
smoking would be reduced. If oth
ers in the halls knew that smoking
was prohibited they would be more
likely to ask others not to smoke,
he said.
Eventually, a recorded vote
determined that the smoking ban
would begin in the new year.
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Icy roads cause
2 accidents
Slippery road conditions con
tributed to two separate accidents
in Morris Township this past week.
A spokesperson from the Wing-
ham OPP said a UPS truck driven
by John Hengeveld, 38, of Strat
ford, went out of control due to icy
road conditions on County Road
12, just north of Cone. 3/4. The
truck slid into the west ditch and
rolled over.
Mr. Hengeveld was taken by
ambulance to Wingham and Dis
trict Hospital where he was treated
for minor injuries. Damage to the
truck was severe.
At 3:30 Friday morning, three
Lucknow-area men were travelling
west on Cone. 2/3 just east of
Highway 4, at a stated speed of 65
kilometres an hour. According to a
spokesperson from the Wingham
OPP said the driver Ross Pickard,
25, RR5, Lucknow, applied the
brakes to slow for the stop sign, but
the the 1992 Dodge Dakota slid
across the road into the left ditch. It
struck a culvert and rolled onto its
side.
Mr. Pickard and a passenger,
Scott Gibson, 1, of RR3, Lucknow
were taken by car to Wingham and
District Hospital for treatment of
minor and minimal injuries. The
second passenger, Darryl Gibson,
19, also of RR3, Lucknow, had
minimal injuries as well, but was
not taken to the hospital.
Police have charged Mr. Pickard
with having liquor readily available
to the driver.
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