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"11,1111111AW- 1131114r° Susan Hundertmark photo
Incumbents David Blaney and Frank Stretton discuss the results as other area ratepayers take a look
while the community gathered at the Brussels arena Monday night.
Incumbents Stretton, Blaney
and McLellan keep their seats
Siemon and Flowers will represent McKillop while
Orval Bauer wins second spot representing Grey
From Page 1
Flowers said that while he
knew he had a lot of support
in the Dublin area, he wasn't
as well-known near Walton.
"I knew it was going to be
iffy but I'm very pleased to be
the new kid on the block," he
said.
In Brussels, incumbent
Frank Stretton received the
highest number of votes with
342, followed by his fellow
councillor David Blaney who
received 234.
Newcomer John Harrison
did not win a seat with 144
votes.
Both Stretton and Blaney
said they heard a lot of posi-
tive comments about the cur-
rent council while campaign-
ing door to door.
"At the doors, people were
fairly happy. Usually there
are issues but the tax bills
are lower by a buck or two
this year and that didn't
hurt," said Stretton.
"We heard people were
happy and wanted to have
that keep happening," added
Blaney.
Both Brussels councillors
are looking forward to doing
the long-range planning they
say is necessary to meet the
financial challenges Huron
East will be facing as provin-
cial funding levels decrease
next year.
Filling the two Grey ward
positions were incumbent
Alvin McLellan, topping the
polls with 319 votes, followed
by Orval Bauer who received
167 votes.
Dale Newman came third
with 144 votes and Dave
Joslin came fourth with 115.
McLellan said despite the
support he heard during the
election, he never goes into
an election expecting to win.
"I was running against
three good people, three well-
known people," he said.
McLellan wants to get
going on acquiring more
industrial land for Brussels,
which he expects will come
from Grey ward.
And, during the next four
years, he hopes to get more
involved in the administra-
tive committee so he can be
involved in personnel issues
and land purchases.
As well, McLellan said he
wants to get together with his
counterpart Bauer and con-
tinue to hold the ratepayer
meetings he and former coun-
cillor Mark Beaven started
twice a year during the past
three years.
"Always underlying every-
thing in Grey is deamalgama-
tion and I want to keep work-
ing on that. I want to get peo-
ple more involved in decision-
making and if they're feeling
left out, I want to know what
can get them more involved,"
he said.
Bauer said he was some-
what surprised to get in as
Grey councillor but "everyone
said I was the man for the
job," he added.
Admitting the next four
years will be a learning
curve, Bauer said he wants to
get started by fixing his own
street where he said vehicles
are frequently landing in the
ditch because the road is high
in the middle.
"Something has to be done
or the school bus won't be
staying on the road," he said.
with files from Jeff
Heuchert
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