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Georgetown Acton Wednesday Nov 141994 7 Should voters elect Regional chairmen Pomeroys jump may have helped prompt Province to suggest some electoral changes Pete from Town mayor to Regional chairman and the appointment of his successor by council may be at least partially responsible for substantial changes proposed for next years municipal elect too With Beaton chairman Frank Bean watching from the gallery Hallon Regional council last week took its first critical glance at changes proposed by Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Claude Saying the current method of selecting Regional chairmen has been much criticized Bennett urged council to discuss his concerns and suggestions with area municipalities and let him know the con sensus so changes can be made next year Council agreed to invite the opinion of the four areas but balked at Bennett a suggestion that various community labor and business groups should also be sur Were being neatly put In a box Burlington Councillor Joan Utile said Hes telling us you promote my Idea Let him find out for himself what people think Its the old trap Mayor Miller agreed The province gets us to do whatever they want and we end up as the bad guys 1 happy with the system the way it Is now and Ive never heard anyone complain about It Let dispose of this as fast as possible If Bennett has a problem let him fix it The problem according to Bennett was outlined in a series of concerns raised in major reviews of Metropolitan Toronto Niagara Ottawa Caret ton Waterloo and HamlltonWentworth regions There appears to be a growing consensus that chairmen should be more accountable to their local electorates he said in a letter to The fact that a chairman Is not directly accountable any electorate other than his or her respective council makes people uneasy as It appears to be undemocratic The current system could see any member of the general public elected chair man by Regional council the minister pointed out He need not be an elected of And if a Regional councillor is elected chairman by his colleagues he resigns his local seat The electors in the local municipality are denied the representative who was their first choice on election day and the vacancy created must be filled by appointment or through a byelection Bennett said The scenario in familiar to Hal ton Hills voters Reelected mayor of the Town in 1982 jumped Into the Regional chairmans seat when Jock retired in medterm A publiclybeleaguered Town council opted to appoint a new mayor Russ Miller and a new Ward representative to replace Miller As runnerup in the election Peter Norton was named to council Bennett said he has already rejected the idea of having all voters of a Region elect thechalrman but said candidate for the position of chairman in 19 should seek and retain elected office at the area level But should alt council members be eligible for the chairmanship Would a office be enough to let a chairman who is also a councillor handle his workload Bennett invited comments The minister suggested he would draw the line at having a mayor also serve as chair man citing both the onerous workload and the ethical problem of having one person serve as chief spokesman for two councils I believe that the mayors of the local municipalities should be precluded from serving as chairman he said When the Region sends copies of Bennetts letter to the area municipalities it will in clude copies of a response from Waterloo Regional chairman James Gray who that his plan to retire next year ids him a more objective perspective The suggestion that the chairman should retain his her local seat is positively ludicrous Gray wrote Bennett This could only have been conceived by an academic student of municipal government who has never been in the front lines As well as the hefty workload be noted chairmen must be impartial in order to maintain the support of councillors Gray outlined his own plan for resohing concerns in Waterloo next year I have suggested to council that I am willing to step down in September three months early with a new chairman to be elected immediately from the existing members of council This would permit any member to run including the mayors It would ensure that all had stood for local election and it would ensure that the chair man had the confidence of council It would allow the area councils to have their with the chairman position already established and would therefore avoid a later local byelection Admitting his plan is Imperfect Gray suggested Bennett change legislation to let the September election of a chairman stand for three years without a confirming Hon in December Preventing mayors from seeking the chairmanship would not only eliminate some of the best candidates he added it would invite subterfuge with mayors who hope to become chairmen running locally as councillors instead Waterloo is not among the Regions criticizing the current system Gray said He suggested only Metro Toronto where chairmen have tended to wield a great deal of power is having serious problems Burlington Councillor Steve recalled that former a Irch airman com plained about losing his public base colleagues were quick to condemn the idea of a Halton wide election for the chairman Campaign costs would be prohibitive for the Candida Little noted and running the election would be a task that a election would see the Jackie added Fellow larger population in south Halton favoring Oakville Councillor Ann warned Burlington and candidates Sensor Perm Special NOVEMBER 5 to 21 1984 Regular NOW HALTON HILLS SHOPPING CENTRE Im gonna be thinner by Christmasl Well help you lose 1725 lbs in just 6 weeks Im Starting Today Why dont you 8772900 Monday Friday 200pm 600pm Saturday LITE YEARS AHEAD OPEN HOUSE We Invite You To Our Parade Day Open House This Saturday Enjoy Free Hot Cider and Goodies and See Our 1984 Christmas Collection Well Have Many Specials for the Occasion 10 OFF All Christmas Items Including Copper 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