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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1993. PAGE 15.
The new Perth County Warden reeve and most recently, as reeve
will be spending much of his time for two years.
in Huron County. Mr. Mathers says his first objec-
Robert Mathers of RR 2 Listowel Live is to continue the work of his
was elected to the post on Dec. 9 . two predecessors. "They initiated
The employee of McGavin Farm the idea of a county wide official
plan and have worked towards the Equipment and Farm Supply in
Walton has been active on Elma development of a Huron-Perth dis-
Township council for several years, tract health council."
including three years as deputy "A fall retreat was held, from
Perth warden has Huron ties
Passing the honours
Outgoing Huron County Warden Thomas Tomes of
Stephen Twp., presents the warden's pin to the newly
elected Warden Allan Gibson of Ashfield Twp. Mr. Gibson
defeated McKillop Reeve Marie Hicknell in a second ballot
to win the seat. Also runinng was Howard Armstrong of
Stanley Twp
Ashfield reeve
new county
warden
Ashfield Township Reeve Allan
J. Gibson was elected Warden of
Huron County in a second ballot
victory over Marie Hicknell of
McKillop Township at the inaugu-
ral meeting of Huron County coun-
cil Dec. 7.
The new warden said the next
year would be very difficult with
some hard decisions needed to hold
the tax increase to zero or near
zero.
Warden Gibson comes to the
chair of county council with 20
years experience in municipal poli-
tics, the last nine as reeve, repre-
senting Ashfield at the county
level. Paul Frayne, a member of
Ashfield Township council spoke
on behalf of his township following
the election and noted that Ashfield
has been represented by five war-
dens in the past, the fist being
exactly 100 years ago in 1893.
The warden was sworn in by
Judge Francis Carter who said this
would be the last time he would
carry out that duty. He is retiring
this year. Judge Carter told the new
warden and councillors that
"Integrity comes from the individu-
al, not the mass. If each member of
council had integrity then the
whole council would have integri-
ty."
Paul Steckle, MP for Huron-
Bruce and a past warden himself,
touched on the same topic, saying
"We have to restore confidence in
our political system."
The victory for Reeve Gibson
was a bitter loss for McKillop's
Reeve Hicknell who was making
her fourth run at the warden's chair.
She had survived the first ballot
when Howard Armstrong, reeve of
Stanley Township was third and
dropped off the ballot but, in the
first time a secret ballot has been
used to choose the warden, she lost
out in the final round. She had been
one of those pushing for a secret
ballot.
Reeve Gibson had been the last
of the three candidates to declare
his interest in the wardenship,
announcing his intention a month
after his two rivals.
Correction
One of the Hallrice 4-H award
recipients was incorrectly identified
in a picture printed in last week's
issue of The Citizen.
Henry Bos accepted the Conge-
niality Award for his brother Con-
rad.
We apologize for any embarrass-
ment this may have caused.
Grey Township Council held its
regular meeting on Dec. 6 and
reviewed a report from the Huron
County Planning Department
which implements new fees for
planning functions effective Jan. 1.
The fee for Official Plan
Amendments will rise from $375 to
$1,675 while severance applica-
tions will drop to $735 from
$1,000. The County has also
recommended the local munici-
palities set a fee of $1,000 for
rezoning applications with $371 to
be submitted to the County for their
involvement. Grey Township
presently charges $250 for a
rezoning application.
Council instructed the Clerk to
draft a letter to the County
objecting to the manner in which
the fee schedule was derived.
Council decided that the
municipal office would be closed
Dec. 24, 27 and 28.
Council noted with satisfaction
which 11 recommendations were
put forth. I will also be looking at
those," he says.
"In this time of federal and
provincial cutbacks, the county
must find very creative ways in
dealing with the budget. There is
not a lot we can do. We must create
programs and find different ways to
make the money go around," Mr.
Mathers.
that the final lights hgcl been
installed in Molesworth under its
conversion program with Ontario
Hydro. Under the program, high
pressure sodium lights have been
installed in Molesworth, Cranbrook
and Walton. In addition, a high
pressure sodium light was installed
at the junction of County Road No.
19 and Highway No. 86 in
Molesworth with the costs being
split between Huron County and
Grey Township.
Grey objects to fee schedule