Kincardine Council has received a warning from the Saugeen Conservation Authority.
General Manager Jim Coffey says work on projects continues but the budget is getting tighter and he believes staff are stretched to the limits.
Coffey says they can’t keep going back to municipalities with huge increases in their levies so the authority is looking at other ways to cut costs.
For one thing, they’re wondering if they should be in the camping business at all as the presently are.
Coffey also said there may come a time where the Authority will have to sell off some of its green space.
He says they’ve just started to talk about the green space issue but he felt it was something that municipalities should know about.
Coffey says they’re always looking for ideas on how to fund-raise and if anyone has any ideas, they should contact the authority.
Meanwhile, another issue the authority is facing is one of succession.
Although not unique to the authority, he points out there are many that are getting to retirement age and that probability has to be addressed.
He says one of the problems is that they’ve reduced many departments to a one-person operation so no one is being trained to take over once the current employee retires.
Saugeen Conservation Authority has jurisdiction over 18 hundred square miles with 15 member municipalities within its jurisdiction, including Kincardine.
