The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-11-10, Page 311
,tkes an
council voted 7-1 Monday evening to
plication to the Ontario Ministry of
oval and contributions for the
for aP of the Neighbourhood
n stage
NIP). Only Councillor
merit Program
ydon voted against the motion, and
g to Haydon she will vote against any
evolving a large expenditure until a
study is done of the municipality's
commitments and priorities for the
years,
not vote on NIP in isolation from other
said Haydon. "And 'unless we have a
intention to proceed with the NIP
we should not be getting ourselves in
ddeeper in this matter."
Bill Clifford who was- chairing the
debate......
Mee ensuring that every trustee has
e
ttoies toevi handle. anymater al offered onea
to review any
dation and then- sell it to the board at
r meeting. It will then be up to the
trustees to ask questions on the
nd ensure that the decision will be
to their constituents.
ggest criticism the board receives is
ber stamps things," said Cochrane.
and to create more debate removing
sm•
e,went on record with the board as
sed to the two committee system. He
mmittees were too large and weren't
ffectively to make all the trustees
what the board is doing. He said he
ing to completely condemn the two
system and say it was ineffective in
oard business, but he would say that
enew system would be better.
that the recent Huron County school
luation report, which was completed
s not the reason the board changed its
pointed out that the report "planked
mmunication problems" but it was
etus for the change.
committee system will go on trial for
dtheboard will evaluate its results in
of 1978. At the January meeting the
will be established and should• be
by February of next year.
ve to stub our toes and make some
we go along," said Cochrane. "We'll
how it goes."
d also changed the format for its
o permit more time during board
debate. Meetings now start at 1:00
mmittee of the whole and the public
ins at_ ;00 p.m. Now the committee'of
ill meet on the third Monday of each
that session will be followed by the
ttee meetings, held simultaneously in
ices.
thly meetings will begin in public
;DO p.m. on the first Monday of every
Ind(
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rid
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and
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GODERICH SIGNAL -STAB; T.
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meeting, told council that to make application
for approval and contributions for the selection
stage did not commit council to spend any tax-
payers' dollars.
"We can still back out," said Clifford.
It was Councillor Dave Gower who urged
council to proceed with the selection stage of the
NIP program. He reminded council that even
when the area is finally designated for the NIP
funds which have been made available to
Goderich, the extent to which the program would
be carried ...out remained the decision of the
municipality. The area to be selected is the
north-east corner of Goderich.
"Just because the neighbourhood is designated
dues not necessarily mean we are committed to
spend the full amount of money set aside for us,"
said Gower. "We could still use reduced
dollars."
Gower also explained though, that unless the
town got involved with NIP, the homeowners in
Goderich could not make full use or money
available to them through the Ontario Home
Renewal Program (OHRP) or the Residential
Rehabilitation Assistance Program (RRAP).
"If we want to proceed with NIP, then we will
incorporate that program into our road program
for the next five years," said Gower. "It seems
rather foolish not to take advantage of the
subsidy dollars. It's very foolish if we don't
participate."
Gower told council few people seened to un-
derstand that on road work undertaken through
NIP, NIP funds would be 50 per cent; Ontario
Ministry of Transportation and Communications
funds ',Would be :.5 per cent; and municipal funds
would he I. 5 per cent.
The works and engineering committee of
council, Gower said, was proceeding with budget
plans made around the NIP funds and said that if
council was not going to proceed with the NIP
scheme, the works and engineering committee
would have to "realign our thinking and come
back with another program."
Councillor Stan Profit wanted to know what
percentage of the total road program for the next
five years would be devoted to the NIP area.
Gower said 80 per cent of the road program
would be carriedut in' the NIP area and that
once the program Was begun, there would be no
way toget out of it until it was completed.
"Council should understand the work on the
rest of the town streets would be minimal," said
Gower.
Councillor Elsa Haydon pointed out that when
people become involved in the NIP process, they
might choose "soft services" (parks, recreation
etc.) over "hard services" (roads, sewers,
sidewalks etc.) She reminded Gower that he
himself seems to "very happily live in the
township without the hard services he recom-
meds for this municipality."
Deputy -reeve Eileen Palmer agreed with
Councillor Haydon that the opinion of the people
still wasn't known with regard to this program,
but said that since the motion on the table in-
volved "no financial outlay nor financial com-
mitment at this time" she would support the
motion to proceed with the selection of the neigh-
bourhood to be designated,
"If we go ahead with ,NIP you can do twice as
,much work for the same amount of local tax
dollars," said Mayor Deb Shewfelt who arrived
late at the council meeting following another
municipal engagement. "The criticism in the
past has been that council does nothing for the
east side,. Here the chance to get double the work
for your money."
"I want to know where the money is coming
from " insisted Councillor Elsa Haydon. "Not
only for NIP but for all the other projects'on the
go - the widening of Highway it the Industrial
Park torm Sewer, the. downtown improvement
and so on. I can't vote •on something in isolation."
Deputy -reeve Palmer told council, "Everyone.
is interested in prrities in relation to the money
we have to spen t io. ,.
The Goderich Kinsmen Club members held a Bill Kirkey Life Mem,.,
bership Night at the arena on Monday evening in honor of their long
standing and hard working fellow Kin member Bill Kirkey Pictured here
are. back row, left to right, the Life Membership Itoasting Panel, Doug
Cruickshank, Past Deputy Governor Zone B . Cla'rk Pepper, Past District
C F Chairman, George Irving, Past National President. John Green,
mer warden dies at Huronview
. Watson of
and formerly of
assed away on
,197.7. He was 82.
rn in Bayfield on
3, 1895 and lived
life in Stanley
on was a former
1994, of Huron
served on Stanley
council for a
ears.
of the Bayfield
ch, Mr. Watson
former Mayme
in Bayfield in
deceased him;.
ivied by4wo sons,
atson of RR3,
Corner
g to set up a
organization to
Parent program
oderich will be
amber 16 in the
Public School
t7 p.m. Richard
Goderich is in
s from the Block
in London will
d the election of
take place. All
izens are invited
November 14.
Bayfield and Stuart Watson of
Dundas; seven grand-
children; four great-
grandchildren; three sisters,
Mrs. David (Ada) Dewar of
Zurich, Mrs. Paul (Nell)
Cleave of Zurich, Mrs. Rennie
(Bessie) Gillard of St.
Thomas; one brother Jack
Watson of Clinton. He was
predeceased by one daughter,
Ethel, Mrs. William
Leeming.
The funeral service was
held on Novembers 8 from the
Ball Funeral Home with Rev.
Don Beck in charge. Inter-
ment was in the Bayfield
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Bob
Watson, Tom Leeming, Jim
Past District One Governor: Bill Watson, Past National President: and
Wayne Boddy Past National President. In the front row, !eft to right, -are
George Hiles, Goderich Kinsmen Club Past President and chairman of
the Life Membership Night; Bill Kirkey; and Stan Connelly, Goderich
Kinsmen Club Past President and Chairman of the Life Membership
Night.,(staff photo)
Watson, David Brady, Bob
Leeming and John Campbell.
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