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Missed meetings, daycare
and rec centre discussed at
Vanastra all -candidates .meeting
Susan Hundertmark
While he admitted to missing 20 out of 108
scheduled county council meetings during his
three-year term as Huron East mayor, Joe
Seili said he's also attended up to 12 func-
tions in one week representing the municipal-
ity.
The issue of meeting attendance came up at
the all -candidates meeting in Vanastra last
Wednesday when the two mayoralty candi-
dates, incumbent Joe Seili and Seaforth
Coun. Lou Maloney presented their qualifica-
tions in the race. for the position of Huron
East's mayor.
Tuckersmith's two representatives, Larry
McGrath and Les Falconer have been
acclaimed to the positions.
"I think the mayor should be a full-time
position. How detrimental is it if you can't get
to every meeting?" asked Tuckersmith
ratepayer Maureen Agar.
Seili said that he and Deputy -Mayor Bernie
MacLellan try to coordinate their schedules
so that someone from Huron East represents
the municipality at county council meetings.
"In three years, I• doubt if there wasn't a
representative from Huron East more than
three times," he said.
Neither the mayor's nor the deputy -mayor's
positions are full-time jobs in Huron East and
no one else on Huron East council is allowed
to fill in for them if they can't make it to
Huron County council.
"To go to every meeting, you probably
couldn't even if you were a full-time mayor,"
said Seili.
He added that his absences involved a fami-
ly holiday, illness and family issues.
"I always put my family first, Huron East
second and the county third," he said.
"On the up side, if I don't go, I don't get paid
so I've left $5,000 in the taxpayers' pocket. If
I wrote down everything I went and billed
you, it would be a full-time job," said Seili.
Maloney, who also raised the issue of Seili's
attendance at county council in his election
pamphlet, said he's missed one meeting of
Huron East council because he was ill with
the flu.
"I don't like missing meetings but if I'm
mayor, I'll be at all of the meetings if I can,"
he said.
Seili told ratepayers he's happy with the
"great job" the Tuckersmith Day Nursery
staff has done reducing the daycare's deficit.
"They surpassed the goal we set for them,"
he said.
Seili also highlighted the completion of the
Vanastra gates reconstruction, the farmland,
tax deferral bylaw and the proposed Brussels
beef plant as accomplishments of council that
he is proud of.
"We need much more industrial land. That's
where we're going to see our growth.. If you
fail to plan, you plan to fail," said Seili.
Maloney said he notices that all of Huron
East's five wards need to do more tree trim-
ming and that Vanastra needs some sidewalk
repair.
Maloney also said he'd like to see council
keep the Vanastra Recreation Centre in good
repair with a reserve fund to pay for whatev-
er upgrades are necessary.
"I'd like to see if we couldn't enlarge the
exercise room - that's the only complaint I've
heard about the facility," he said.
"The taxpayers I've heard from don't want a
new facility and I agree with them," said
Maloney.
Both Maloney and Seili agreed they want to
give Egmondville residents a chance to decide
if they want to join
Seaforth's sewage system
after a $7,000 study deter-
mines the approximate cost
per resident.
Province provides funding
to improve emergency room
From Page 1
frontline health care workers.
Funds towards the Huron -Perth
Healthcare Alliance hospitals total
$518,500, including $169,600 to
Clinton Public Hospital including
$29,900 to help reduce emergency
room waiting times.
Other Huron County hospitals
receiving funding include $139,700
to South Huron Hospital in Exeter
including $31,600 to reduce emer-
gency room waiting times, $310,400
to Alexandra Marine And General
Hospital in Goderich including
$57,800 to reduce emergency room
waiting times and $218,500 to
Wingham and District Hospital
including $34,700 to reduce emer-
gency room waiting times.
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