Zurich Citizens News, 1974-07-04, Page 9THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1974
ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS PAGE 9
County discuss restructuring
(by Shirley J, Keller)
After last week's Huron
County Council meeting- the
final one until September --
it was apparent that while mem-
. hers are interested in county
restructuring, they are not anx-
ious to pay up to $100, 000 in
consultants' fees to have the
job done for them.
Actually the Executive Com-
mittee chaired by Douglas A.
McNeil, reeve of Colborne
Township, brought in a recom-
mendation that no study on
restructuring be carried out.
The intent of this motion was a
subject for argument until
Clerk -Treasurer John Berry said
it was his understanding the
committee was opposed to pay-
ing a consultant to do the study
as was recommended last month
by a representative from the
Ministry of Treasury, Econom-
ics and Intergovernmental Af-
fairs.
Reeve Roy Pattison, county
warden last year, told council
the decision for the recommend-
ation of the executive commit-
tee was "not unanimous."
"If nothing is done we'll be
told by the province how rest-
ructuring should be done and
how it will be carried out, "
argued Pattison.
Deb Shewfelt, reeve of God-
erich and a staunch supporter
for a study into restructuring,
told councilhe was "a little
dissappointed" at the recom-
mendation of the committee.
He advocated a study at the
local level and reminded coun-
cil that its members have
already been approached conc-
erning county police, county
fire protection, and county
recreation,
"We've got out heads in the
sand, gentlemen, if we don't
at least look at it, " said Shew-
felt. "We should at least have
a committee to study it. The
result will be what we want,
not what some consultant says
we should have."
Jim Mair, deputy -reeve of
Morris, said that at a recent
St. Peter's
.Lutheran Church
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DormEmamaramipwatragram,
workshop in Huron on the subject
of restructuring, he'd been adv-
ised by one elected Official that
it was best to do the study loc-
ally, despite what was recom-
mended by government.
Mair further suggested that
the matter should be brought to
a vote of the people.
"The whole programshould be
brought out and put befdre the
people, " said Mair.
Jack Riddell, Huron MPP who
was one of many invited guests
in attendance, was asked to
give his opinion since the Ont-
ario government had just approv-
ed restructuring for Oxford
County. Riddell agreed with
Mair that it was a "good idea"
to let the people decide.
Jack McCutcheon, reeve of
Brussels, felt a local study
should be delayed until "we
see what happens in Oxford"
as far as the tax picture is
concerned. McCutcheon rem-
inded council that whenever
restructuring is completed,
costs seem to increase,
Reeve Ed Oddleifson, Bayfield
warned council that if some-
thing isn't done toward restruct-
uring immediately, Huron will
be told what to do.
"We do not want to lose our
autonomy, " said Oddleifson.
"We should not sit back on our
haunches and let them do it
for us. "
While there was discussion
around citizen involvement on
the committee, the motion
approved by council was for a
study to be done at the county
level composed of members
from county council appointed
by the executive committee.
Councillor's did feel, however,
that citizen opinion would
be sought although only elected
officials would have a vote on
the matter.
One of the final statements in
the discussion was made by
Warden Bill Elston, "I do not
want to do away with my mun-
icipality, said Warden Elston.
"I believe that the local coun-
cil is the closest and the best."
Several heads nodded in agree-
ment.
Earlier in the day, the exec-
utive committee bad brought in
Emmanuel
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a recommendation to ask the
Solicitor General for a feasibil-
ity study concerning the possib-
ility of establishing a County
Police Force for Huron County,
with the understanding that the
study would be "at no cost to
the County."
The recommendation was
approved. It was made follow-
ing a presentation at the May
session by the five police com-
missions in Huron who requested
council to approach the provinc-
ial government on this matter.
Earlier in the day as well,
Sid Oxenham, assistant chief,
Fire Services Section, office
of the Fire Marshal, addressed
council on the importance of
a central dispatch system for
fire brigades in Huron. Although
.Council felt that a co-ordinat-
ion of radio equipment for fire
brigades throughout Huron was
of paramount importance (at
present only fire departments in
Wingham and Blyth are radio
equipped with the Exeter depart-
ment soon to be added) it was
generally agreed by council that
a central dispatch system was
the "coming thing" and "Some -
thing to work towards."
The recommendation of the
development committee was
approved however. That recom-
mendation was that a represent-
ative of each fire area board
together with the County Fire
Co-ordinator and the Develop-
ment Officer of the County,
Spence Cummings, form a
committee to study a central
• dispatch system with a compat-
ible fire network and report
back to county council,
County recreation was
brought to the attention of
county council through a pres-
entation by Don Reid, a consult-
ant from the Sports and Recreat-
ion Bureau of the Ministry of
Community and Social Services.
He asked that Huron County
Council establish a committee
to look at the implications and
structure of recre-tion in the
county.
Reid reviewed the seven
"clusters" which were establish-
ed in. Grey, Bruce and Huron
Counties following a meeting
last September at Pike Lake.
He said the main idea behind
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