Tag: WFP

<a target=_blank”href=”http://www.thewinghamfreepress.com/images/NH2013DraftBudget.pdf”> From the 2013 North Huron Draft Budget Amount Raised By Taxation: $4

Last year North Huron town staff wages/salaries & benefitsbudget was $4,749,403.00.  Town staff work load has beenreduced dramatically by the introduction of swipe cards at thecomplex, and offloading the management of the Trailer Park to theLegion. This reduced work load has not saved the taxpayers one penny,but resulted in raises for all town staff, at […]

As many of you know, Council tried to sell off our Wingham trailerpark because it lost money”. That is despite the fact their budgetclearly showed it made a profit of a few grand a year.  A hugepublic out cry kept the park in the Community’s hands

Cost To Taxpayers: North HuronCouncillors <font face=Times New Roman”>Total: $111

At the last council meeting, Brock Vodden stated the following. Brock Vodden: Just a hypothetical question, wouldit be appropriate or proper, for, let’s say you have issued a workorder to someone for some infraction of the code ahh, would it beout of order for councils to say let them go, let them off thistime, they […]

This is a clip from the March 4, 2013 North Huron Council meeting. <iframe src=http://www.youtube.com/embed/b0NA8vtTFL0″allowfullscreen=”” width=”420″ frameborder=”0″ height=”315″>“

Near the end of last night’s council meeting, Bernie Bailey started a discussion about the fire negotiations with Morris-Turnberry. Councillors discussed the issue, and tried to figure out where they went wrong. Reeve Neil Vincent, and a few Councillors, stated that they have not done a good enough job communicating and being transparent. This discussion […]

The agenda package has been released, and is available via <ahref=http://www.thewinghamfreepress.com/calendar.shtml”>ourcalendar. Part 3 contains the accounting information.  Check it out tosee what they spent $319

At last night’s fire negotiation meeting, very little, to noprogress was made.  There are two options that are currentlybeing considered. Option one has Morris-Turnberry buying 1/2 of theNorth Huron Fire Department.  Option two is whereMorris-Turnberry is simply a customer of North Huron, but pays afair, un-padded bill.  Two and a half hours into the meeting, […]