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News - Havelock-Belmont-Methuen – The Township of Havelock-BelmontMethuen has chosen a successor to Chief Administrative OfďŹ cer Linda Reed who retires on March 2. Pat Kemp, currently the CAO/Economic Development OfďŹ cer and Deputy-clerk in the Municipality of Trent Lakes (formerly Galway-Cavendish & Harvey) has been hired by HBM and will assume her position March 3. Council ofďŹ cially appointed Kemp to the CAO and Deputy-clerk’s position during their regular meeting this week via a bylaw. “It was a unanimous decision of council and we are pleased that Ms. Kemp will be joining the township team,â€? HBM mayor Ron Gerow said. Mayor Gerow said the municipality undertook a “very rigorous recruitment processâ€? in an effort to ďŹ nd a replacement for Reed who has been with the township for just over three years, succeeding long-time CAO Diane Hill. “Ms. Kemp’s knowledge and experience were evident as she addressed the detailed questions presented by council,â€? he said. Please see “Newâ€? on page 3

Leal sympathetic with municipality’s plight

By Bill Freeman

News - Havelock-BelmontMethuen – Peterborough MPP and Minister of Rural Affairs Jeff Leal is genuinely sympathetic with Havelock-BelmontMethuen’s prolonged and seemingly stalled campaign to bring a long term care facility to the community. He continues to work closely with council and staff on the file but frustrations continue to boil up and that has some councillors openly suggesting that long-term care could be a serious provincial election issue in the eastern part of Peterborough riding. “It’s time to go to the opposition and at least to entertain them

as to how they can help (us) because I don’t think we’re going to get anything (from the government),� said Councillor Jim Martin following a visit by Minister Leal to Monday’s council meeting. Martin noted that work on the township’s seniors’ master plan was started at the beginning of the last term of council and has been completed for the entire term of the current council. “We’ve done everything we can do; they’re (the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care) not doing their part,� he said. “It’s time to start looking for some other outside support because I think there will be an election.�

Martin knows it’s easy for opposition parties to say “they support us, but during the last election they did say they’d help us wholeheartedly with this home. Maybe it’s time to get it rolling again because some people are too comfortable,� he said. “It is still a priority of mine,� Leal said pointing to HBM’s “active� long-term care file. Mayor Ron Gerow said he appreciated the fact that “something may be happening� but that doesn’t mean council and the municipality should quieten their lobby-

ing efforts. It is a “number one priority� for the community and for the entire county, Gerow said, suggesting council write another letter to Health Minister Deb Matthews with copies to MPP Leal and Premier Kathleen Wynne, a summer resident of HBM, “just for the record so it is absolutely clear.� The letter, he said, would remind the government that HBM is not going to back away from its effort. “We continue to talk about it and we’ve done a lot of things; we have asked for meetings. I still think

keeping our finger on the hot button is something we should be doing.� Gerow said they’re still waiting to hear when Premier Wynne is going to visit with council. “She promised twice.� “I do think we need to be out there in the forefront somehow, some way,� he said. Gerow told Leal there is a “keen interest� not just from individuals but from a “family perspective� to have the facility built. “We’re really at our wits end on this. We have done all the right things, made all the right preparations and the community is behind us. Let’s get this done in 2014; let’s get this thing moving forward.� Please see “Minister� on page 3

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