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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1995. PAGE 45.
HCBE reaches out to schools for guidance
By Amy Neilands
The Huron County Board of
Education has reached out to its
schools to start looking at ways
they can reduce operating costs
within their individual schools.
"We must bring down the cost of
operating this organization," stated
Another successful Sanata Claus
parade was held this year in Brus-
sels.
The results of the float contest
arc: best service club; Melville
Presbyterian Church; best commer-
cial float, Little Darling's; best
recreation and sports, Brussels Fair
Board; best adult clown, hillbilly
"Don McNeil"; best child clown,
Director of Education Paul Carroll
at a special meeting of the board
held on Dec. 18. individual schools
are required to establish "cost
management teams" to find ways
their school can help reduce
operating costs. "A similar cost
management team will he set up at
the Education Centre," added
Johnathan Perris Willie; best ani-
mal entry, Doug Mitchell family.
Over 400 children visited Santa
at The Ark, following the parade.
Organizers, Ron Clarkson and
Shirley Baker were extremely
pleased with the success of the
1995 parade, however, after several
years at the helm, they have
announced this will be the last for
Carroll, and said the same will be
established at the Learning
Resource Centre in Clinton.
"This is not a little project," he
stated. "This is a major project."
The board was presented with a
video of the City of Ajax which
took a similar approach. The Stars
them. They are asking anyone,
organization or club who would
like to continue the tradition to
please contact them.
Program provided the city's
employees with the opportunity to
give ideas on how to save money
without reducing services and
ultimately resulting in no layoffs.
Some ideas that were implemented
included putting parking police on
bicycles rather than cruisers,
keeping the ice rink four degrees
warmer, which saved $6,000, and
cross-training workers between
departments, which saved $30,000.
Two million dollars were saved
without a layoff or reduction in the
city's services. "We save money to
save jobs," the clerk administrator
of the city stated in the video. And
with the money saved, that money
goes back to the employees. For
every $100 saved, each employee
receives $12.50; with $2 million
saved, each employee receives
$1,000.
Within the Huron board, once the
cost management teams are
established within the schools, they
are to review the school's
expenditures, identify cost savings,
and implement these cost savings.
"Remember that cost manage-
ment is not a project or a program,"
stated Superintendent Gino
Giannandrea in a memo to all
principals, "it is a way of life and
an attitude which we are trying to
develop."
Brussels floats win prizes
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In the spirit of peace and joy we wish each and every one of you a
season filled with friendship, love and contentment.
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Congratulations
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presents Don Scrimgeour with his award as Blyth's
Citizen of the Year.
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