Times Advocate, 1997-02-19, Page 3• Times -Advocate,. cate. February 9,,1 997 Pager 3 1 ,
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Zurich council agrees to hire
a consultant to study report
Council also passed -a
motion that only water,
sewage and street Tight
be special rated -
By Heather MI;
7 -A Repprter
pos.ihle criteria for, special .:Ilea
• rates. however emitted ill:Tided
Ihr. bill into the. sante category as
meads. uhic'h ;Ire used by every( inC-
.in•.the amalgamated area. "I! -w a:
g(lict at v agreed services such as
• I eel e,ititn should not he. 11e1ilelt
Through special
11'RI( II -At its regular meeting . ales
\1"hdr sever-
'.bulla. night. council pas•i•d a . II . t •xnleillors
E 4lIuu,ai •I0 hire, a •tonsult:uit lit.
• . Muth the k:rsihilil% .ani' ilig4a. t til we ere nt a • e< n
the \leper-ipa! I2t'Iorm ('0lnnutieC
,tl1I II oto atitIn revolt .
1lit' r0sI 01: C011Ii'k•1 1Ilii. -li-
`Ila11i pals Illtp:tel' •.'tidy i. iint lit sty
Ceti! 1 101:11. oI S+.I 2.000. '' 1111 earl►
ou11114 ij',diu,sharing, the cos1e`IIlal , Holme: .' pressed concern over -
Is . (thele t_,tuji.'i1. will tint its I.',IM)O
\lite legglh� yb\ru.'itin 011 :11n,i1 - s11,Ire 01 illi •poly cosl-
.,iner1 that pro- .
irrJrng tvith:a
(unsutt.lnl's
study -(voultl
��wiranlCC results. 1111111 agreed the
Intit•es'. ,roust- move Berwald
hydro services in !In ich and Hen -
sail. ,
-Neither ofthese utilities wcic
er'er contacted to protide input tor
the. report.- staled the minute-. o1
the utility meeting of lel . 11.
( t•tnlcil discussed 'lie cllici1.111
Id(,( the baht) :;.t Ill
''I f every little ant IOW It' t-' 111 h
thing!v g(1iNg to be. •Irairitd- .111,1 terrrh
n'
s,eial-i at ed... we " . spall iii c""11"'l
'night a.\ tl'('ll (114)p
it right l?i)11'. �' colon ,, ntbinul. ,-1
s1101110n. t0untrl ,41.41 pas.t.d-,1 . 1.I.ttt ,1011'1 _0 through will, 11.
"'"Mori -II" int} ".ate' se..;lgt• .t(e. Inas - he torsed.' said. Reese
and :trt•LI Ilrhh should Ile .ht(iil ir"are I al'(irtc.
i:iIi•tl 411 the • proposed- 7inirh Ilvdni and \\'aper Utility
• \Lnu
•1,•cr I)0trg I:eket 1 sincssetl
•11.eser. IitUC thin�'� ,_•0in 1�; ht dlsalijtt,nunienl w'illi the I\lll('"n
'yvrcial rated.. tt •0111111 a. -hell• • purl Ile has'cunt1111 lIl set 111
dro11"11' rlglu ix..�. said (.4'Uniillui. ThrTrp„r1' w•rtt:'nu.leading and ill
\parr Holmes = - -
aerul:ue" •111- •iegaros Al wale! and
Sidewalk,: were• discus:ed..1s•:I
Zero -based budget
planned for .county.
.
JI»11 (:e sig
1J4,1o:et rinse.% .Stu//
l lit .111/1111 liaN ahan1011ed a plan
t,•,trganvr it. 1997. budget til whal
is t ailed a ,zero-h:lsed butJgctink
• vipc.ess- Rut u' .vdl proceed m
- .i,iok •-
`ll netIt'41
.. ties el'al. entlnt:Illors Mere angry
u uh the recommendation 'h%' the
administration. .11 pause and person-.
' 11..•1 . , 4lrilllllte 1,' ilsc the process
• Ito 11s 1'),)s boded. instead of the
l'►'►' hu,1_ci
II h.111 decided at a pre. 14
neetln7' to •'lot• the. process torr
it1,1-
•
('01',14 illi! .lrekle of i:.CICr
.laked \\'.ujcu \pumas hey. to rule,
4 !tether or -•not the question eotiltl
be debated by council as It had pre--'
(1, .. 1. • made a decision on the
..1111' subject. I'ej.. : eventually
11141 trtal debate tweed etmtitluc •t lit
Ibr 1:.�111111i11t. •
"
!til• I.Ic made -.1 motion that term -
based budgeting. he. used at • the
Vet: 29r 1996 meeting 0f county
• council ('tion. 'Brian Mc[3urncy 01
l'in nbern Township second • that
motion.- "
Ai tiic Feb. 6 meeting, M4f3urney.
said ':11' administration had started.
. un Nf'%. 29 and followed the policy
set h) county councillors opposed
to making policy. they would he
-well 6n their way . •
MicklC 100 was not impressed.
•'I ant distressed and -c'.en `an-
gered by this. it appears valuahli;
tine scar. used 16. dc.elop argu-
ments It's a sad•c0mnientary o t die
respef-1 shown to the elected repro
.cntati.es 01 the people.' •
Micklc said,.0 die county doesn't
• take .Crious(y its duty t„ , hange.
local ratepayer, will he Ih1 Ones
who':uf
Adntlnsirator Lynne ?stormy said
few .people. a%Cn among admnus-
' !ration knew what was meant by
tcro-based hudgeting and some re-
search was required which took up
.Illtly. -
('0un. Mason Halley is a ntcmhel
t'1 the committee which sent - the
tiuitiun hack t0 County council.
''A. 11•member of that committee.
we accepted that there wasn't tune
• without question. I'm not proud 01
• that." he said. "We were very
rushed and undernourished when
"making o(Ir decision's.
•l'nder such a prose... department
`bead.. %l.f'l w Mr no progranl.:md
•,ector. iron ieto,.whlch
•.ne ;rally need ani! whit:Ii ones are
11„1 Ileo allo.vs for radical change
•
GB youth
involved in
snowmobile
accident
LAMB ION COUNTY - A
(;land Bend yotith was treated and
'released Irotil Strathroy .Hospital
following a snowmobile accident
that occurred on Feb. 16 in War-
wick Township.
Flight -year-old Brent McLachlin
was riding a snowmobile on Arko-
na Road when he fell off. The ac-
cident is still under investigation.
\\'r shouldn't he crowded 10 out
dectsuiris. • t, litipe. we have a 11).1
more lilput ni the budget than wt
h.IVC had 11 the Nest co111114` 01 meet
• initis"
Ctnnl. 13111 Clifford t.1 (iodei011
'defended county -stall.
"I think too much Is beim., 111,141e
of- 1h1s aero -budget thing.- It .141
think about •ii..w'e have resiuntsible
• people sitting on this (-1)11111.11 1I
sou roll it tern -based budgeting or
•
4)ll.e to 1)114)11. the ndiug, we have
..done tial 1444 .esus ' '
•
- -"Quite Ir:ulkly. I'm very Inrd oI
the bas-hing of dep:utlneia (lead.
and administration going 011 by Ilii.
council tit the past couple -01 .car.:
Ifs grandstanding versus le11111e 011.
61111 the llu.l l n c ..1411', .. c 1.111 du
Fisery InnC -they Iry to:do
.Ihing. they get slapped'tlti,hn
certain. group of; people on this
council."
Counr 'Toni Cunningham .01 I lel.
lett 'i-oivnship. the longest serving
member of county council: was de-
spondent .about the level to which
the county had sunk in n'.. opera -
eon..
"What really discourages me is
the tome tltls has taken. in all the
time sat on county cauheil 11
has rill reached this low. if die
problems we has as ,county cuun-
cilhirs is -that the staff is not follow-
ing our direction., it's not putting
down the staff." •
Council toped to accept the coni-
iniucc recomrnendatioin to not use.
•tlic `tcro-hased.process in 1997._ but
to start 11- as. soon as possible for
• 199K. " '
It is.in 1998 that the huge chang-
es in- government. funding require-
ments begin. resulting. - in more
costs for the county.
has to 11C Unna d. 11,1
•
L.al'0r1c 0t the kt t
lunch *stall 'rained 10r w,atei- e,1
he hydro 4.y -stem' 14'.0.1 ri•illl%
cost the- municipality-anatltil
Best RSP Rate
.75%
5 ',Irs
1 ..f 1, I. i ,,,
INVESTMENT'S
524-2773 Goderich 1.500.265.5503
•
said I.a I''rle. adding advantages
such :Is better servie•c -and account
ability niay justify tnaiiri;nlril1' .t
((seal utility.
"I used to lose a lot of
sleep over tax returns.
So I
Stopped
doing them."
1 f')5,',"1 'illy bother do,
IaxP' if 11 causes me S0 l�- t' h
grief', So I went lo.H&R fil,r.t
"'With H&R Block, I kom17II
always get what I deserve.
because they really know.their
stuff, So 1 don't have to worry
about missing deductions or
paying more tax_than 1 should ..
FOR BLOCK
It's the right thing to do.
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