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Huron East looking to restructure the way its
five wards share municipal policing costs
Susan H u n d e r t m a r k
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at ways to restructure how the
municipalities' five wards share
policing costs.
With a decreased
police presence in
Seaforth since the
retirement of Huron
OPP Const. Dave Dale
(who lives in Seaforth)
and a shift in provincial
funding that causes
urban areas to con-
tribute more to the
municipal budget,
Deputy -Clerk Brad
Knight presented coun-
cil with four alterna-
tives to pay policing
costs.
Church
Services
You are invited to attend these area churches
St. Thomas
Anglican Church
A Congregation or the Parish of The Hoy Spirit
Jarvis St. Saaforth 527-1522
Rector The Revd Sue Magus M Dn
Sunday, January 1, 2006
Worship at 9:30 a.m.
Carol Sing
EVERYONE WELCOME
Rector's Coffee Hours
Cancelled December 29"
Bethel Bible Church
An Associated Gospel Church
128 Main St. Seaforth 527-0982
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.
Youth Activities Wednesday 7:00 p m.
B&C Club Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
Youth Drop In Centre
Open Friday 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.
EVERYONE WELCOME
NORTHSIDE UNITED
CHURCH
54 Goderich St. w
Rev. John Gould
Worship 11:00 a.m.
Sermon The Quest of the Wise
Nursery During Worship
Adult S Teen Bible Discussion
930 a.m.
St. James Roman
Catholic Church
Welcomes you
14 Victoria Street, Seaforth
527-0142
Weekend Masses: Sat 5:15 pm
Sun. 11:00 am
Fr. Chris Gillespie
Egmondville
United Church
Sunday, January 1 • **Years Day
Celebration of the
Holy Communion at 11:00 a.m.
EVERYONE WELCOME
Steve Hildebrand
Lay Pastoral • Minister in Training
First Presbyterian
Church
Goderich St W . Seaforth
Rev. Henry Huberts
Sunday, January 1•
Worship 11:15 a.m.
EVERYONE WELCOME
Sunday School & Nursery Provided
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from $360 to $254 a household.
The average cost for policing per
household throughout
the municipality is
$254 but Knight said
increasing rural
households to $254 is
too big a jump.
"The gap needs to be
narrowed but I can't
see $60 in one year.
That's a 70 per cent
increase," responded
Grey Coun. Mark
Beaven. -
Mayor Joe Seili sup-
ported reducing the
share of policing costs
in urban areas.
"The argument that
the urban areas get the most polic-
ing doesn't wash anymore," he said,
adding that 40 to 50 per cent . of the
police calls in Huron East are farm -
related with shed break-ins and
ATV thefts.
"The reason we're having rural
break-ins is because the response
time is brutal and the criminal ele-
ment knows that," responded
Beaven.
Brussels Coun. David Blaney dis-
puted Beaven's statement about
response times, saying isolation is
the reason for break-ins in rural
areas.
Other alternatives presented to
council included continuing the pre-
sent formula of $360 per household
in Seaforth and $90 per household
in the rest of Huron East, dropping
the area rating for policing altogeth-
er and area -rating policing to $150
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The idea t
urban areas get.
the most
policing
doesn't wash
anymore,'—
Huron East
Mayor Joe Seili
"Why we're sug-
gesting this is
because more
money is coming
from the urban
areas and the
service is differ-
ent than it was
before. And, it's
going to impact
Seaforth the
most," he said at
council's Dec. 20
meeting.
Knight's
favourite option
is to increase the
base rate for
policing in rural
areas from $90 to
$150 a household
and reduce the
rate in Seaforth
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today and how much fun we've had
along the way.
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accept our sincere gratitude
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a household throughout the munici-
pality and picking up the balance
through the general levy.
Deputy -Mayor Bernie MacLellan
said that while he's not against
changing how wards share policing
costs, he wants to find a why to
lessen the burden on farm proper-
ties.
"I agree to look at policing but for
five years, we've been taking assess-
ment from farmland and it looks
like we're throwing it on the farm-
ers' backs again," he said.
Knight responded that with the
lowest taxes in the county in
McKillop, Grey, Tuckersmith and
Brussels, the best way to support
farmers is to keep taxes as low as in
the past.
"We never had a breakdown of
where the money actually went
before. I think more needs to be
done," said MacLellan.
Donors urged to
give gift of life
Area residents
are being urged
to give the gift of
life this holiday
season.
Canadian Blood
Services is
encouraging
Canadians to
take time this
season to donate
blood during the
Brighten a Life
campaign, which
kicks off Dec. 5
and wraps up
Jan. 13.
In Southern
Ontario, the goal
is to collect
19,386 units of
blood, plasma
and platelets.
TO ALL RESIDENTS OF
VANASTRA & AREA
Council of the
Municipality
of Huron East
Invites you to a
PUBLIC
MELTING
on January 11t, 2006
at 7:00 p.m.
at the Vanastra Recreation Centre
to hear your concerns, & what you
would like to see now and in the
future, for the Vanastra Recreation
Centre & any other iswes
Mayor Joseph Sells
& Members of Council