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Camrr'unit- News
Approval given
for program
Huron County Council has given its ap-
proval to a planning and development com-
mittee recommendation that a provincial
government mediation program be applied
in a bylaw dispute primarily between Hay
Township and Exeter.
Council's decision was reached at the
regular July session during presentation of
the planning and development committee
report by its chairman, Usborne Township_
ReeveGerald Prout.
In the report, council was told the appeal
period for Hay Township's comprehensive
bylaw has concluded and several objections
have been registered. In addition to Ex-
eter's objection concerning •the Hay Agri -
Park — a sore point between the
municipalities for nearly two years now —
objections were also lodged by several cot-
tage owners. in' the township who are re-
questing permanent residential zoning for
their properties.
Council was advised that the next step in
the zoning process is to submit the bylaw for
an Ontario Municipal Board hearing and
while awaiting that hearing, . attempt to
resolve the objections. •
Since the Ontario Ministry of Municipal
Affairs has an objection mediation pro-
gram, the committee recommended in-
volvement of that program in an attempt to
resolve the objections.
Gary Davidson, the county's director of
planning and development, reported that no
date has yet been set for an OMB hearing,
but the bylaw and all objections have been
forwarded to the board.
In relation to the mediation program, Mr.
Davidson said the ministry would contact
all of the parties involved in the issue in an
attempt to resolve the differences:
"Sometimes , an outside' party can bring
things together," he said. "A person from
outside can often find some ground on which
,the sides can travel to reach an
agreement.
Although he did not elaborate on the
' reason for his line of questioning, Exeter
Reeve Bill Mickle asked Mr. Davidson how
the mediation committee is selected and
was told it would likely consist of planners
from the ministry of municipal affairs.
"`Are you a planner for the ministry of
municipal affairs?," Mr. Mickle asked.
Told by Mr. Davidson that he was not, Mr.
Mickle commented cryptically, "It is my
understanding the mediators have already
been selected."
"If that is so", Mr. Davidson said, "I have
no knowledge of -any appointments."
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iiDCI music teacher, Al Mullin (left) receives a $500 cheque from Goderich Lions Club
President,Bob Woodall. The money goes to Music Boosters who buy musical instruments
for students at Robertson school and sheet music for GDCI. The money will also go towards
platform risers at GDCI, a $6,000-8,000 project. ( photo by Ted Spooner)
Hospital says "No" to HIRO
• In spite of • the fact that 49 Ontario
hospitals have joined together to create
their own liability insurance plan, Alexan-
dra Marine and General Hospital Voted no
• to the plan earlier this year.
Hospital administrator Ken Engelstad
noted the hospital's Board of Governors
elected to stay with the hospital's present
liability insurance underwriters, Frank
Cowan Company Limited, "because we
are satisfied froma cost point of view."
The new company, the Hospital In-
surance Reciprocal of Ontario (HIRO)
was granted it§ license last Tuesday, June
30 from the provincial superintendent of
insurance and began operating, Wednes-
day, July 1. The company was formed as
an alternative for hospitals to their tradi-
tional liability insurance coverage.
George Speal, chairman of the plan,
noted the move represents a loss of about
$13 •million in insurance premiums for
companies that previously insured the
hospitals.
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response to high insurance premiums
noticed within the last three years, Speal,
a Kingston lawyer and long-time trustee of
Kingston General Hospital, said.
About two and one-half years ago,
hospitals were shocked as the insurance
industry raised premiums an average of
450 per cent while the next year premiums
were doubled, Speal said.
However, HIRO was also established in
response to the depleting number of
hospital insurers.
Most of the larger provincial hospitals
have signed up with the new plan.
Hospitals joining HIRO represent 19,000 of
Ontario's 27,000 hospital beds.
Although the local hospital has decided
to remain with their present insurers, this
decision was made for one year only.
"I would presume that over the years we
will take a look at it (HIRO) but right now
•we have opted to stay with our present in-
surer," Engelstad said.
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