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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-12-03, Page 21d; 1961 .WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3rd, 1969 401711 THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO PAGE, TW. ENTY , J: ASHFIELD ACCLAMATION • CONTINUED FROM PAGE .1 - term,. , ...•:.. He will be succeeded for the next two year "tern by Girvin ' Reed of Dungannon who steps up from Deputy Reeve to. the Reeve ship; after serving as: deputy ,for, • two years 'and a. councillor'for '. six years, • The new Deputy Reeve, will be Eugene Mayne , the senior mem- bei of, council; who ,has been a =- co-untilloelor`the-past=five -years Lorne Cook., :with three..years • experience as a. councillpr and • Warren Zinn, with. two years.,: . were.re-elected to,council The third 'c'ouncill'or w ill be 'Finlay • MacponaId , a new man. ' • The only other nominee for any, of the positions was Russel Irvin who was proposed 'for councillor • but Mr. Irvin did not qualify.. Clerk -treasurer. Donald Simpson received the following nomina' tions: ' �for- 1,d ;box es`and ed :for ou are:.• k. *The • REEVE Girvin Reed'b.y Gordon Boyd and .Cec'il Blake. DEPUTY -REEVE' Eugene' Fra y� ne by Earl Drennan • .a and Cyril.Austin . COUNCIL Lorne Cook by Allan Gibson • and Charles Wilkins. Finlay. MacDonald by Gordon" Boyd• and Girvin Reed Y,. Russel Irvin by Chester Hackett and Charles Wilkins:. Wa ren intrby Kassel Irvin -acrd. Chester, Hackett . Donald 'Simpson clerk-treasur- ero;f the, township•wasappointed .,'chairman of the:ratepayers'Meet Y ing which followed the .nomination period First to speak was Reeve Gordon Boyd who'•outlined some Of the work carried on,in Huron County: during the past year:. There are now ' 279 residents at' Huronview , '• ,the county home for` the aged , and eight of. these people .are from • A'shfield. •The per diem rate at Huronview. is $71O'!.. '20,000 people visited.the' county' museum g„,.the-4 ear with anew curator. appointed for .the museum and 'also a new,super- •visor at. Huronview :.. Mr.' Boyd said• that a large part of the in- crease ri th cony 'levy was as a result of the'new' assessment building in Goderich which, was a prime 'factor, in the •Huron -Perth regional assessment office • locating in Huron , •, He •reported ' 338 miles of road'in the county 178.of therm paved The sub structure' of the, Benmiller bridge. iscornplete and all this work has been done by county employees. $1654-9.9 is4be-.total-.costof_the_ bridge project,-: He; announced his retirement as ;Reeve and said for assessment. in the county had been $13;0Q0 andhad .c imbed to $197 ,009 under area, assessment' Plans,. -A . Mill raises ;approximate; 1y $70,0.0. in Huron County. Mr. eed�•s`ald th'atra petition- snow before 'county council to ban hunt- ing other than: by local residents. He asked for opinions onu this, mat-' ter.. He reported•on.a; visit to the Canadian Forces, Base at Clinton and of.the plans presently being carried outto transfer this base 'from Canadian Forces to civilian; in the next 'few years. He felt a.. it °offered -a great potential foi a college or some 'such civilian development. He also spoke of` future bridge , work in, the town . ship,p• Equgene '•Frayne .•"a member of council who will be taking thea. Deputy-Reeve;s chair in :January,'' also expressed his regrets in seeing Gordon Boyd retire from public • service as did most .all other. speakers of the'afternoon. Mr. Frayne, spoke.,of hiring a road sup- erintendent Joe ,Maclntyre , after'. the .death of. Richard West. He felt that Mr.' 'Maclntyre 'was doing a commendable job. Mr: Frayne, spoke .of the purchase of the new ' ,grader in the •township,and. said he would like to see the day when the. township would .purchase a third used grader .to 'be used in snow removal work which presents some problems at ,which presents spoke of matters of concern in,•the ,township: which would haveto be. 'dealt with,. drain work lagging badly , ',irnproper use of the'dumps, and•the P Y . ossibilit of: a new... , Method :o f' dumping being *trod-. ; uced under: overnment Control which would result fn the spend - ing of •a sizeable 'amount of _pony . the im f warble.'fly methods •Speaking:of . e project, of the,Lucknow, ar na p o� ; ., '.which Mr, Fra' ne was'a commit-. tee member., he said' that be • felt the strengthening' costs: Of the buildinghad•run close to estimate -end-that-the-expenditure-of an. extra $15.000 from the original. plans had' given' ,a building twice. .' as good as, what. was' originally-. discussed: He • s p oke' of an excel-, Committee:, .P lent building committee many of whorn had spent. Considerable Of their own time on the project. • "People should appreciatethe work done :by these•,men , com rnented Mi. 'Frayne . He expres _ • sed'.hisShope for ice by the'end.'of he ear possibly sooner 'He urged those people with ,proble.m s' and cornplaints to .come to`the council 'rbeeting'and:not to him personally mittee being.forrned which would include representation from' Ash -field and of a future recreation sornmittee which is. in theplan- ming stages and which would iirclwie r-epresentativ.es' from all municipalities.. He:said that. the ratepayers, of Ashfield .can he proud that they have taken part in this community project which,. will be there, for years'to come. 'Councillor Warren Zinn said that he had found his. two years on. council very, interesting., He gave a detailed breakdown on costs on.roawd'work which liad Been completed through the year . Mr, Zinn spoke of his work looking after township Welfare -and stated : that Ashfield `had one of the ••low est welfare' expenditures on record Heurged those present.. to, bring. forth, any, matters which concerned therm so that they could be fully. discussed at the nomination meet- ing. Finlay MacDonald,' who was. nominated for council , said that he had'nd experience but, if.the meeting •saw fit to elect him , he would do his best. 'Russel Irvin; the only other •nominee., Was the last speaker and expressed some' interest in' the office of council but felt he , Might be• accused of causing' an g ,.$ election if he decided •to' let his name stand Mr. Irvin felt a more.extensive' andg. tougher her weed program, was required In' the town- ship': He also felt that 'thepresent, warble ''fly system doesn't.. appear' to be adequate and he felt that. steps- should be taken in. this regard Joe lvlaclntyre: the new' road. suerintendent:.said that:he appre- ciated P PP ciated the'help of.council, clerk provement; o : and.•the clerk's le/ ife,.in assistin.' him�m .the early part of his work for the township,. He said that he felt a township shed was }a neces sity'in the future a nd:referred:to' rnen recently working out in the' cold and wet to service and main- tain _snow equipment and other`— township machinery He paid tribute to the work of the late Dick West .as road superintendent and referred'' to the many people he had -met since taking over ;the Councillor Lorne Cook the second. member of the' Ashfield Councilon the Lucknow• arena , .committee , • gave a detailed breakdown on figures in connec . trop with the project. He said,the originate:proposal had been• for a $15 009 investment in strengthen- ing the old building and a $33',,000 expenditure in the addi- tion and' improving facilities This was to be `split 50 % for Lueknow ,' 25 % for each of. -s`h.fiekLand Kinloss Ceok : lt:iat he-hail-errjoyecl-the-yea-rs--in:-=- rimunrcipa'1 service .and thanked . council and ratepayers .for their • co. -operation Girvin Reed, the present, Deputy= Reeve and the• future::Reeve for 1970--h1, said that'he. had enjoyed ' Working with Mr. Boyd and meth - bees Of council, as well as previous boards since he commen- ced his murticipal service. He reported a budget in:Huron County of $4,`2b1,000 tor the year an impressed on those present the amount of planning which,is re - auired by the county to handle stich an amount of money. H'e reported ,that the previous budget said that the conimittee-.had later', decided that the most practical plan was to buildan addition at the west end;, extend the ice surface 9 feet and remove the old seats pouring a • cement slab. ' This .increased the overall project to $62,000' with the basic cost of strengthen,-" ,ing' the building remaining the same. He referred to, the com- plete omiplete breakdown of figures,as: eing pu rs eove m er 26,Sentinel. He said that it: is • diff ieilIt io keep within a budget on •a project of this size and with the present day cost of.construc-. tion.. He spoke of an arena,com= Guaranteed Trust Certificates 372 Bay Street, Toronto, 364-7495 Also Barrie and O'rillia; position; both locally and at a distance . who spoke well of 'Mr • West and his work. Donald :Simpson , clerk-treasur 'err spoke' of variousaspects of , township work He' said, the 'tax roll. was ,nowthree times what it Was when he first took over •as • . clerk-; He gave a-brealddown of tax -rates a'nd' information on the .tax form :Mrs Warren (Marian)' Zinn . Ashfield's representative on the Huron County School Bb.ard re ported' on school. business. She. ' said that public ineetings' would .be. held inFebruary or: March where ratepayers .will, be ,welcome and • where.a full financial ;statement not av*ilable at '.this time, will be presented.: She .reported that he-- --rad-rented-offiees4 -- - �e e . re 'deuce'. in • the •fo� r suis s s s t Clinton, for $2500 per year feeling. ttiat•:this was more' satisfactory than .an expedinire of :$200 ;to. 000: foi alt administration building . • Mrs Zinn' said that the bud et.in'Huron ,for Pu r ose is .She $ reported that the b ardhad co:- brAiriated insurance in the c uht : and by tendering,,the` o y insurance expenditure ' had dropped from 02,000 to "$22.000. She said that there need not be a lack". of communication between •' parents and the board , She •ur .ged parents Ashfield• and West. Wawanosh res idents to call or meet with 'her at . any time if Problems arise. She said 'that the board had an interesting and educational year but not without problems Wilfred Hackett and Lloyd'.Robb both: expressed their interest in seeing theminutes of 'the council meetings published in the ,press •Cecil Blake felt that: sometimes •: the minutes gave wrong impres- sions and•that a; motion might. often be the : result of an hour's discussion on the 'matter. 'Gordon: Boyd said that the council had beencap proached'• about passing a' S'unday.Sport bylaw by members: of the rodeo grdup who, have "oranized a ,'club at the'Dun'- annon. Fairgrounds • He asked for opinions. Several ,," affirmative Opinions were expres- sed x ressed and one negative Subdivision control,. drains/ roads, snow all received 'a fair amount of discussion before the" meeting 'adjourned . YOU e'AN," CO WRONG` WON A ,f f ? 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