The Huron Expositor, 1978-01-05, Page 1• ...:7777777,1,
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO,.JANUARY 5, 1978 7 16 PAGE'S-
$12.09 ivrearin, Advance
" *Ole copy 2S cents •• . 119th Year
Whole No. 5730
Appqintments to Seaforth
council's four standing cemniit,
tees were announced...-Monday
when council held its first
meeting of the new year, Monday
, also marked the first time council
• haS met in its new :chambers on
the second flotn4 the Town Hall.
The arena committee' will
consist of Councillor Bill Bennett,
chairman, Reeve John Flannery ,
and councillors Irwin Johnston
and Ken Walt Appointed to -the
finance and general government
committee were deputy reeve
William 'Dale, chairman, reeve
John Flannery and councillors
Wayne Ellis and Gerald
Groothuis. Jim Sillg`will chair ther'
public works committee -
consisting of Wayne Ellis, Bill
Bennett ancl--Icen" Roth. Irwin
Johnston was 'Oaintd chairman of
the protection , to _Rerson,s and
roperty committee, with. William
Dale, Gerald Groothuis and Jim.
Sills rounding out the cOrtimittee,
Council's repreaentatiyes • on
the Seaforth Fire Area Board are
Gerald Groothtiis and Irwin
• Johnston: Wayne Ellis, ..will
continue to be council's represen: •
tataive on the Seafo hospital
board. William ale will
represent counc on the
Maitland Valley ConserVation
Authority while -Seaforth .citizen
Leone Rowat will continue to act
as the town's representative on
the Ausable. Bayfield Conserva-
tion,Authority.'
Appointed to ,the planning
board; by by-law,:fqr a (me year,
'term, were councillor Jim Sills
and ' Reeve -Flannery. harleS,
.Campbell was also appointed to
the board, replacing Lloyd Rowat,
and will remain on the board until
'December, 1980 Gordon
Rinimer, Glen. Chesney, • Larry
,Dillon, and Mayor Cardno remain
on the board.
M. CAppbell will also replace
Rowat ,on-the committee of
adjustment. Ken Oldacre, whose
term on the, committee expired
this year, was re--appointed for
anether three year -term.--Other
members of the committeeof
adjustment'are' Gordon Rimmer,',
Glen Chedey and Larry Dillon
In other businesa, council_ .
agreed wtih a .development
committee recommendation that
a parcel eland 4/5 of an acre in
size, fronting on Mail street
south, should be sold to councillor
Gerald GroPthuia for $1,775. The
land,, in. Seafotth's induatrial
park, is in an area which the
planning board has recommended
should be rezoned highway
'commercial, on the Town's
official plan. •
In other business, council
agreed with a developtrient
.COMmittee recommendation, that '
a parcel of land 4/5..of an acre in
size. froriting. -on Main street
south, should be sold-to councillor
Gerald Groothuis for $775. The
Seagirtit:s industrial
park, is in an area which. the
Planning board has recommended
should . be rezoned . highway
commercial,' • on the Town's
official 'plan.
Counckl's main co cern wa
that the price might b too low 'or
the land. Though it is •
ent
deyelopment committee, She did
agree, howeV.er, that, council
could give the committee some
direction on prices in the'filture if
• it was felt necessary.
Councillor Groothuis, who was
absent from the council chamber
during discussion on the matter,
sought to purchase the land t o
relocate his new and us car
dealership, •
Council approvg by-law
accepting the o to puMhase
from roothuis.
In other matters, council.
pass • d a by-law retaining the firm
of Clarkson and Pardon and Co.
as the-Town's auditors at a basic
fee of $5,500 per year, subject to
a dj u:nt;int
A b aw , was also passed
auth [zing the borrowing_ of
$300,000 to meet 1978 expenses
until taxes' are' collected.
" Three proposals, from Bill
Chesney, Ryan Bulldozing, and
John McLlwain , for wink at the .
towns land fill site, were '
received.
Council will • discuss the three
proposals further befOre any
decisions are taken.
A final, liOldback Payment of
$1616.96 will-L-be—made to •
B.M.Ross for work on the James
Street storm, sewer. •
A resolution from the town of
Colliniwood asking that federal
and provincial justice authorities
reinstate the. death Jienalty for
capital murder, establish control
over firearms sales, and abolish
the' granting of passes for
convicted criminals , ,• was
endorsed by council,.; •
Council agreed to designate the
Week of YariUarY 16 as• March of
Dimes week.
zoned industrial, th la i d would
• be; of math ,eater ue when
zoned highway centinertial:,
Councillor Ken Roth pointed out
that the Town was 'payirig $20,000'
-for the much smaller Corrie
propetty on- Main Street which
intended to be tote site of a new
fire hall.
• , Mayor Betty Cardno pointed
out that if council voted the
reeonutimilation down it would
display a lack of confidence in thd
0 kv,Hps
raise
their speuses.
Mrs.Marie Fitzsimmons of months. The Bank of Montreal
'Bayfield, *161. control offieer owns the building.
for the to nahio, will he able'to, Council' passed a borrowing_
140,1v‘•Mekwa fditkl--4-07,,,qetiaty,Ai_V-law for $600,000 to meet the :
'ebaerick,Y4rTilary.
day per delegate plus $29.00 last six months when township
registration fee each plus the -took over the rental of the
additional registration fee for building and will pay $ 100 per
,month for rental for the next six
NEW YEARS BABY The-first baby to be born at Seaforth COMmunity Hospital
n 1978 is the daughter of Darrell and Hilda Dale of R.R,2, Blyth. Boil.' at 4:10 p.m.
_Monday, she weighed 8 lbs. 11% ounces, or 3950 'crams. The Dales will receive a
number of gifts from Seaforth merchants for the new arrival. The Dales;who
rnoyed to the Blyth area last monthalsO ve a on, age 11/2 ., (ExpositOr. Photo)
ounty wo on u get
Tuckersmith Township Council
at itsaneeti g Tuesday night gave
its full-ti' e employees• a/four per
ease plus 50 per cent of
th= fringe benefit package, for a
tot• increase varying from 5,1 to`
er cent This Melts the,
044
V nastra, recreation 7centre
manager and assistant manager
and director ''and assistant '
director of the Vanastra' day care
centre.
Road superintendent, Allan
Nicholson will receive' $5.25 per-
hour fot any service calls • after
hours for Egmondville Awater
syst em.
Miss Karen McEwing, director
of day . care centre and her
as sistant M-fs. DebbieDenomme
3;vill receive an extra $400 each in
1978 because they have attained
certification status. •
Reeve Irvin Sillery, Deputy
Reeve Robert .1 Bell and
councillors Robert Fotheringham
and Robert Drummond Will -be
attending the three lai Good
Roads Conventioh in Toronto in
February and will r aid $75 per
Clinic .facilities for impounding
stray dogs she picks up:
Mrs. Fitzsimmons will be paid
$2v00 for each dog tag she sells, in
the township -- a ratepayer with
one male dog or one• •spayed
female on premises will be
charged $5.00 per dog tag; for
• each additional male or spayed
ferhale the 'tag will be• 520 for
each; for female, if only one kept
on the premises, the tag will be
$10; for two female dogs kept on
the premises the tag will be $25
, for the second female; for each
additional' male or female after
two animals the charge will be
130 for each tag.
Council accepted, the offer of
the Huron Federatioh of
Agriculture which shares _fits .
tow n SEEP office building al
Vanastra, for $50 Monthly for „the
eoungituntil the current revenue
has been received.$
Robert Dempse Huron
County engineer and Lee
Auchier; ministry of transporta-
tion • and . communications,
discussed the Hensall road east of
Hensall which the township had
asked the county to .take over as a
county road. This was refused on
the grounds it did not meet
county standards.
Passed for payment were the
following accounts: Vanastra day
care centre, 53,821:29; Vanastra
recreation, centre, $3,177.04 '
general accounts, $13,972.21; and •
roads, $19,035.44 for a total of
$40,005.98.'.'
An application . for a tile
drainage Joan for w
approved.
Stanley and Tuckersmith
TownShips will hold a joint
meeting on january 31 at 8' p.m.
at the Brucefield Fire Station.
Meeting was /adjourned at
midnight.
Huron County Council met
Thursday. December 29 for a final
07.•.7 session, and during • the
day-long meeting studied more
budget, figures, ai rd .gave
preliminary approval to them.
The first budget draft for the
sHh011w*°s11 Ct'hiattntYthReoad Cm shows
contribution in 1978 Will. be. up
$167,000 $167,000 or • • 13.2 her • cent:
However, • R. - W. 3, Lyons,
chairman eat' the- road committee
pointed out in his budget that the
budget is only 'a preliminary one.,
and that the Ministry of Transpor-
tation. and Communications may
allow a supplementary allocation,
P
-This could increase the MTC
total contribution by $2(L0'00 and
reduce ti..county rate by $20,000
resulting. in Oil , increase in the
county. rate of only eight
percent. said Lyons in-the
The regular- MTC allocation is
• •expected to be up six per cent by
$94.000 to $1,661,000 in 197$.
' There 'is an estimated surplus
from previous yearS of. $.190,000..
This surplus will not be known
accurately until; the county • audit-
is completed in, mid-January.. •
,Most fixed costs in the county
mad .budget-roadside Mainten-
ance, hard surface maintenance,
gravel stn'face. .maintenance,
,,salety. devices , and culvert
Maintenance are up in • 1978.
Engineer • Robert D.etupsey,
however. estimated winter'
control' at ... ,$4.50 ..0900 for the
year $25,000 less than in 1977
--Weed tiTe7.-a`S"
council, he's hoping fora more
normal winter this year.
Expenditures for fixed costs are
up from $1,726,000 in 1972_ to
$1,913,000 in 1978..
Road construction and paving
will cost an estimated $1,09/3,000
and includes County Road 30
from Cliffoid West; County Road
1 from Carlow to Benxi-tiller;
County 'Road 31_ from Varna to
Road 13; County Road 25 east of
Walton; County Road 16 from
Brussels 'to the Perth Boundary;
and boundary Road 25 with Perth.
The road committee answered
questions concerning salt appli-
cation during the winter• months,
and Engineer Dempsey said •that
While other substances have been,
termed satisfactory for winter
road's, salt has been found the
. most effective -and the„rito
economical.
Mr. Dempsey said that people
have -come to expect a.` certain
leVel of service" even in the
severest winter weather and said
the only' things to ensure the ,
Provision of such a level of service
is salt. •
• Less salt has been used in 1977.'
(Continued on Page 3)
Rec committee may
Manage Lions Park
The Seaforth recreation
committee may take over 'the
'management of the,-Lion's Park
and Pool under an agreement,
which was approved• in principle
at a meeting of SeafOrth council _
Monday night. The Lion's 'Club
would continue' to assume
financial responsibility for the
facility under the terms of the
agreement. •
-'.--Recreation director Clive Buist
told council 'a delegation from
theLion's Park Committee
discussed the pro posal at a
meeting of the recreation
committee, December '21,, ' '
The Lions proposal noted it has
become increasingly difficult to
find qualified management
personnel on the short term (two
or three month) basis that the
park and pool. operateS. It also
says a lack, of qualified and
adequate maintenance personnel
`has forced the Lions to make
'increaSing... use of volunteer
assistance which cannot always
be made available on the seven
day-a. week basis on which the.:
park must operate. It was
suggested there could be
efinornies in the operation of .
common services such as booths.
Arena committee chairman ,Bill
Bennet I said the rec. committee
could consider hiring someone on
a full time basis who could
manage 'the pool in the summer
months, and 'assist-- in the -
Management of the arena in the
winter months--
Council agree.d itt principle
with the Lions proposal. A draft
agreement is to be drawn up, and
considered by both the Lions and
council; before the: management
switch is, approved.
• TRUCK FLIPS — A van owned by Chubb Security
Systems left 'tht iMien Road south of Egmondville
Tuesday evens r g rid- flipped to its roof.. D'rivei • -
Glen Bursto of R.R.1, Brownsville was .not Injured.
, The truck was extensively-damaged. A t§w truck' was
on the scene Wednesday morning to pull the vehicle
-from the ditch.• (Expositor Photo)
Property tax assesors a oming here
CQLOURING CONTEST WINNERS — Winners ore
the Expositor coloring contest !are, from top to
bottom, Darlene Moore of EgitiOndville, 9 to 12 clas's;
Anne Robinson of Walton, to 6 Oats; Arid Carolyn
Roth of PLR.3, Kipper", 6 year's and Undet,
,(Expositor
V
, Huron and Perth county home-
owners who have improved their
....property and increased the value
of their, hoines should beware -
the -property tax ' assessment
inspector is coming.
For.the first time in, triur years,
assessment officers are visiting
the 52,000 residential properties
in the two ceunites to find any
change which would affect
municipal tax assessment.
The assessment office usually
- learns of proptrty 11'41)mi/ern-eras
through building permit's lashed
by. Municipalities: The problem is
many • peo plc don't always take
oa, building, permits when they
construct a building, assessment
commissioner Fred Jenkins said.
Sonic municipalities don't always
issue perniits he added.
That is why' the . dove-door
survey is needed, Mr. Jenkins
• . said. A total of 16,000 rural
properties have been inspected
since the program started in
October. The remaining 34,000
urban properties will probably 'be
inspected by April.
Huron andPetth counties are
doing well economically, tie -aid.
They show steady gains in both
alien.
inspotit ion
program serves two. purposes.
Mr. Jenkins' said. It will bring
. assessmentres up to date and
will help t1 - assessment offices
prepare for the new provincial
propcztax System based on the
mare • value of properties,
expeged in 1979, or 1980.
. Only, improvements of more
than $2,500 will affect the assess"
meat value of the property, Mr;
Jenkins said.: Additions' of family
rooms,. fireplaces and major
renovations of homes -41ccoutit for
most of the improvements.
Energy-saving devices such as
scilar healibg systems will not
increase assessment, he noted,
Mr. Jenkins said there are
significant assessment changes
on old farms. New buildings
increase assessment, as does
iMprevement of farm land itself.
Tile draining -increases asseq-
nient, he said. 6,
Mr. Jenkins said all assess-
ment commission officers carry
identificatibli raft's, and, are
willing, o prove their identity
;],ofore.• nspectiag a property.
assessment and p
The assessmeiu inside this week
tit UrOi1 CPO/Sitar
New Board Chairman P. 3
Bonsplell 'Winners P. 9
Homebound Program P.11