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The Huron Expositor, 1998-12-23, Page 5More shared administration looked at as new restructuring talks begin locally requests to a later meeting. the now -dormant and Seaforth and Tuckersmith if Some members of the disbanded Central Huron that could be done." group don't want to expand, restructuring committee. McKillop deputy -reeve or would prefer to do so in Seaforth and McKillop William Siemon said the another direction. were members of this group, township "needs to proceed Most other areas of along with Goderich and with the sharing of financial Ontario have already Clinton, and the townships services and computers, restructured. of Hullett, Goderich and now." Seaforth Mayor Dave Colborne. If McLachlan is the clerk Scott says he continues to FORMER PARTNERS for the township too, "then be personally "frustrated" But now Clinton, Mullett McKillop would hire him an by the restructuring debate and Goderich Township, and assistant to deal with the here in Huron. Blyth on a part-time basis, additional work," he said. He says unless some are considering sharing Siemon said McKillop concrete progress is made governance in a restructured would move their records county -wide in the next arrangement. and everything to Seaforth. couple of months he thinks Scott wonders if sharing He wondered if Tuckersmith one, or some, of this only elected representatives was planning to do the county's municipalities will will lead to enough savings, same," according to minutes ask the province to step in a major rationale for of the meeting. and get involved. restructuring in the first Coun. Heather Robinet Scott feels that Huron is place, a cornerstone of noted Seaforth loses deputy - "relatively unique," with no provincial government clerk Garrick to maternity cities or urban areas, and policy. leave in February too. • that its towns and townships The Seaforth mayor feels Reeve Bill Carnochan said have "no perceived more comfortable with the Tuckersmith feels "that in community of interest." way restructuring is being order to achieve any kind of FUNDS AVAILABLE? driven here - shared savings and to meet the The mayor says he gets the administration. needs of the people, a impression some of Huron's "If we could afford it, I'd restructured municipality municipalities don't think like to see a county -wide should have a population of Ontario will push referendum on restructuring 10,000 to 15,000." restructuring here with a to find out what the public He noted that McLachlan provincial election on the wants." Scott says. • also supervises departments horizon. which compounds "To do anything without and staff with Vanastra the foot -dragging. On the Tuckersmith would he recreation centre and other hand, he fears Huron's foolish." daycare. so the township municipalities might not he He feels "a sense of may need to maintain some eligible for restructuring urgency" on the issue, that kind of community office. funds if they don't act soon. "we have to get some things LAY GROUNDWORK Scott continues to stress more settled soon." Tuckersmith Coun. Bill that Seaforth's "community McKillop passed a deJong said "moving offices of interest" in the resolution this month that it might not he the hest idea restructuring debate must at would now "like to work since the arrangement could a minimum include the with Tuckersmith and fall apart if restructuring adjacent townships of Seaforth as their takes a different turn." Tuckersmith and McKillop, communities of interest. as a McKillop deputy -reeve the position this minimum." Siemon said "we are trying municipality took at an all- ASSISTANT to put it together not to tear councils county-wideREQUIRED things apart and if we do restructuring session in McKillop Reeve Ron this now, it will lay the October. Murray said "beyond that groundwork for So far the restructuring there arc many restructuring.later." process has cost Seaforth possibilities," at the Dec. 3 Reeve Murray saidhe roughly $5.000. according meeting in Seaforth, hut would like to sec a small to deputy -clerk Cathy with McClure's imminent committee set up with Garrick, most of which went retirement the township administrative support to towards the formal "would like to share see if this can be worked restructuring study done by administrative services with out. .Reeve Carnochan aged this wuld give the Hospital partnership -goes national admin trationtime to figure out what staffing needs will be if the three municipalities in search for new vice presidents work together. Coups. Mike Hak and Heather Robinet of BY SCOTT HILGENDORFF Seaforth agreed "we should start with the administration and they can tell us what they need to make it work." Administrator/clerk- treasurer McLachlan said staff will look at it and report to the three heads of council. adding "that at least one staff member will need to be hired." If the MRC to .the southwest sticks , to its original six villages and townships. the population of the restructured municipality would be just under 10.000. If Seaforth and McKillop were included. it would increase the population of the group to between 13,000 and 14,000. BY GREGOR CAMPBELL Expositor Staff Shared administration is evolving in Seaforth, Tuckersmith and McKillop townships while restructuring alliances shift throughout Huron County. McKillop has asked Seaforth to share the services of an administrator/clerk- treasurer, mainly because that township's long-time clerk Marion McClure retires in March. This town has been sharing T u c k c r s m i t h' s administrator/clerk-treasurer Jack McLachlan, since the retirement of Jim Crocker earlier this year. The councils of all three met upstairs at the Seaforth and District Community Centres on Dec. 3. But restructuring remains confused county -wide, seemingly no closer to conclusion than when the 26 municipalities here first began dealing with it several years ago. Tuckersmith continues to study restructuring in a group of six municipalities to the south and west. along with Hensall. Zurich. Bayfield, and the townships of Hay and Stanley, in the municipal restructuring committee (MRC). REQUESTS DEFERRED Both Seaforth and McKillop asked to join this group after the three -council meeting here earlier this month. But when the established Tuckersmith group met last Wednesday it decided to first review the restructuring proposals it has already been dealing with. and deferred the Seaforth and McKillop administrator, Ken Englestadt announced he will be retiring, following holidays that begin this week. Andrew Williams, recently appointed administrator to Seaforth Community Hospital. could not be reached for comment by press time. Adamson said there arc a lot of strong candidates within the eight hospitals. She said it's too early to determine how much money will be saved by the changes. She indicated money saved would be reinvested into patient care. Following the management changes. one of thc other tasks before the joint executive committee. which consists of representatives from each hospital. is to reexamine a plan that was developed for redistributing hospital services. The plan was developed in 1997 and involved changes to the roles each hospital to avoid duplication of services. It was in response to fears the provincial government would begin closing some hospitals. The plan will be reviewed in the near year but Adamson said it's too early to tell when changes to clinical care will begin to take place. The partnership's mission statement is also currently evolving. The Huron Perth District Health Council is maintaining a role in the process and a dialogue between the "key stakeholders" will take place before there are any changes to services. "There's a lot going to happen with the Huron Perth partnership in all eight communities," said Adamson. Expositor Editor The Huron Perth Hospital Partnership is advertising nationally for five vice presidents that will replace the current administrators of each of the eight partnership hospitals. Bonnie Adamson. who was appointed president and chief executive officer of the partnership. has already received numerous responses to the ads that appeared in The Globe and Mail on Saturday and Monday. "We've opened it up to national competition." said Adamson; adding the move was supported by the joint executive committee that is working on structuring the parternship arrangement. lite appointment of vice presidents. which will take place Feb. 1, is the first major step toward defining how the partnership will operate. • Adamson said all current administrators, whose positions were made interim in November when Adamson took thc helm. are being encouraged to apply for the positions. There will be three vice presidents hired to administer clusters of two to three hospitals instead of each hospital having one administrator. Another vice president will be hired to oversee finance and information management and a second appointed to human resources and organisational development. Thai person will be responsible for the partnership approximately $1(X) million budget. The latter two, Adamson hopes, will be located at" Seaforth Community Hospital which has become thc headquarters of thc partnership because of its oentral location. Exter's administrator has indicated he will not be applying for a position within the partnership and Goderich 0 SEAFORTH INSURANCE BROKER LTD. 527-1610 • How • Commercial • Auto • Farm • Life • Out of Province Travel Insurance Barb Win, Joanne WYtamiton, Lynn Pktxh, Ken Canino 41 Main 81. S. Seaforth NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF HULLETT Please be reminded that vehicles are not to be parked on the roadsides during the winter months. Under the provisions of Township By- law 1973-21 snow is not to be pushed or blown onto the travelled portion of Township roads. 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Come see for yourself during Anita Hansen's Dog Obedience Classes. Anita will teach you how to control your dog. After this program they will walk nicely by your side, sit and stay and much more. Dog Obedience is held at the Seaforth & District Community Centres on Tuesday evenings from 7:00 to 8:00 pm beginning on January 5, 1999. Registration fee is $45.00 for 10 weeks. Advanced classes are available upon request. WOOD WORKING - Come nut and create your own piece of furniture. John Lansink will guide you through the steps 01 making your own project from scratch. Build a table, chair, book shelf, bird house or whatever you want. Wood Working is held at the Seaforth High School Shop Room on Tuesday evenings from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. beginning on January 5, 1999. Registration fee is $45.00 LEARN TO DANCE - Have you been afraid to get on the dance fltxir? Are you uncomfortable with your dancing? 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