The Citizen, 2011-04-14, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2011. PAGE 9.
Donna Shaw hosted the Belgrave
United Church Women’s Group on
Tuesday, April 5 with nine members
present. Pat Hunking’s group was in
charge of the meeting and she
opened with a reading and thanked
Donna. The UCW Purpose was read.
The group decided to support the
silent auction for camp Menesetung
and will be placing a box in the
church for donations of anything
useful at a barbecue. That is the
theme of the box. They will also be
sending a financial donation to
Camp Menesetung in memory of
Gloria Dow, who had always been
interested in camping. The UCW
had received a picture back from
Sleeping Children Around The
world, of the three children who had
received their bed kits.
Vacation Bible School was
announced for Aug. 22-26. The
Calvin Brick unit will be taking a
trip to see the Walters Family on
Thursday, Aug. 18.
Sheila Nixon presented the
worship on Tenegrae. She had lit
four candles, and after reading
scripture a moment of silence, one
candle was extinguished. As she did
this she said “The light is
extinguished” and the group replied
“the darkness deepens”. (This
celebration is the opposite of Lent,
when one candle is lit at a time).
After the fourth candle was put out,
the room was in darkness. She
closed with a hymn and prayer.
Mrs. Hunking read interesting
information about the Islamic faith.
Their religion is called Islam, but the
people are called Muslims. This year
is based on the solar calendar of 354
days for 19 years and 355 days for
11 years. It goes in a 30-year cycle.
She told a lot about their faith, and at
the end compared their version of
The Lord’s Prayer to the Christian
prayer. The program closed with
reciting of The Lord’s Prayer. The
next meeting will be at Sheila
Nixon’s on May 3 at 7:30 p.m.
Following the benediction and
grace, Muriel Coultes and Barbara
Anderson served lunch and a social
time was had.
Some homeowners in Morris-
Turnberry will get a break this year
because their municipal tax bill is
actually going down.
Morris-Turnberry councillors
adopted a budget at their April 5
meeting that will see the municipal
tax rate drop by 1.14 per cent. The
Huron County rate was listed to drop
1.33 per cent when the budget
meeting was held but was further
reduced at the county council
meeting the following day. The
effect of this reduction for Morris-
Turnberry residents had not been
calculated at press time. The public
school board levy is down 4.57 per
cent.
The result, according to figures at
the time of the budget meeting, was
a saving of $25.66 on a residential
property assessed at $100,000.The catch for taxpayers, saidMayor Paul Gowing, is that
assessments are being revised so
some ratepayers may find their
assessments have increased, wiping
out the saving.
A 3.568 per cent increase in
assessment was a factor in the
saving, despite a 3.58 per cent
increase in the money that needs to
be raised from taxes.
Also keeping taxes down is a 6.8
per cent increase from the province’s
Ontario Municipal Partnership
Fund, up $92,700 to $1,435,000.
The municipality will spend
$850,000 on road construction in
2011 but $195,000 of that is for
paving Belgrave streets, work that
was meant to be done last year but
the contractor was so late getting to
the job that council postponed the
work until this spring to make sure
weather conditions didn’t pose aproblem with quality. The money isin a reserve to pay for this work.
Other major projects include
$250,000 for Salem Road, $102,000
for a second coat of tar and chip
paving on Brandon Road; $160,000
for paving Jamestown Road and
$98,000 for tar and chip paving on
Glennanon Road.
In other capital projects, council
has budgeted $30,000 to be given to
Township of North Huron for a
water line on Cornyn Street that will
serve Morris-Turnberry customers;
$10,500 for the completion of the
environmental assessment for the
Duncan Street drain in Bluevale; and
$98,000 for the installation of water
meters in Belgrave.
Roads will cost $2,261,000,
making up 28.68 per cent of the
budget. Waste disposal will cost
$370,472 (offset with $146,340 in
income); fire protection at $302,290;policeing, $272,517; the historybook, $185,497 (offset by an
estimated $159,000 in sales and
grants); staff wages and expenses,
$264,000; building inspection,
$117,570 (offset by $86,867 in
building permits); $117,500 in
council expenses; $109,300 for
recreation, and office expenses of
$82,000.
Despite the decrease in taxes,
Morris-Turnberry still has the third
highest tax rate in Huron County
after Goderich and the East
Wawanosh Ward of the Township of
North Huron. Its total value of
assessment is also third smallest,
trailed only by North Huron and
Howick.
Mary Hunter and Kay Roberts
recently visited Freda Johnston at
Queensway Nursing Home in
Hensall.
There were seven tables of shoot
in play on Friday, April 8 at the
Belgrave Community Centre.
Winners were: high pink card, Judy
Hahn; second high pink card, Edna
McLellan; most shoots, Mary
Hunter; high white card, Louise
Hammond; second high white card,
Ron Taylor; most shoots, John
Pollard.
The next shoot is Friday, April 29
at 1:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
On Palm Sunday, April 17 at
10:15 a.m. at Knox United Church
God’s Word to Us is entitled,
“Encountering Jesus in Holy Week.”
A town hall meeting is being held
at the church on April 16 at 9:45
a.m. (Course of Action - a way to
2016). We gather to enable the faith
family and the community to
understand the process (course of
action) needed to move us
forward into a future God desires for
us.
The flowers at the front of the
sanctuary at Knox United Church
on Sunday, April 10 were placed by
the Vincent families in loving
memory of Edith Vincent.
Belgrave UCW learn of Islam
Knox prepares
for Palm Sunday
Morris-Turnberry tax rate goes down
Casserole queen
Muriel Coultes wasn’t fooling around as she uncovered
casserole dishes full of very good vittles during a pot-luck
lunch held at the Belgrave Community Centre on April 1.
(Denny Scott photo)
THE PROJECT:
The Municipality of Morris-Turnberry is currently investigating options to improve
stormwater drainage within the Bluevale urban area. This assessment is being carried
out to address ongoing concerns with inadequate stormwater drainage west of the Clyde
Street corridor, between Amberley Road (Huron County Road 86) and the Little Maitland
River. The attached key plan illustrates the general boundaries of the project area.
At this time, a preliminary strategy for improving stormwater drainage within the project
area has been identified. The general components of this proposal are outlined below.
Preliminary Servicing Plan:
• Construction of a network of stormwater drainage facilities (storm sewers) within the
existing municipal road system. Private drain connections would be provided to all
planned storm sewers in order to receive sump pump discharge from adjacent
properties. The installation of storm sewers throughout the community may occur as
a single project or the work may be carried out in several project phases;
• Installation of a new storm sewer outlet extending from Bell Street to the Little
Maitland River, across Bluevale Cemetery lands. A comprehensive
cemetery assessment was recently conducted which confirmed that
construction of the outlet would not disturb
burial sites or monuments;
• Replacement of the existing Clyde Street storm sewer system. Road improvements
may be completed in conjunction with this component of the project.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCREENING PROCESS:
The project is following the planning process established for Schedule B activities under
the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) document. Schedule B
projects are approved subject to a screening process. The screening process is
conducted to identify any potential environmental impacts associated with the proposal
and to plan appropriate impact mitigation.
PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING:
A Public Information Meeting is planned to
present additional details on the proposed
servicing plan and to receive input from
interested persons:
DATE: April 14, 2011
TIME: 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
(Open House)
7:30 p.m. (Presentation)
PLACE: Bluevale Community Hall,
(32 Clyde Street, Bluevale)
Any comments collected in conjunction
with this Class EA will be maintained on
file for use during the project and may be
included in project documentation. With
the exception of personal information, all
comments will become part of the public
record.
For further information, please contact the consulting engineers: B.M. Ross and
Associates, 62 North Street, Goderich, Ontario, N7A 2T4. Telephone (519) 524-2641.
Fax (519) 524-4403. Attention: Scott Allen, Planner (e-mail: sallen@bmross.net).
This Notice first issued March 29, 2011. Nancy Michie, Administrator Clerk-Treasurer
MUNICIPALITY OF MORRIS-TURNBERRY
MUNICIPAL CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
FOR STORMWATER DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS
(COMMUNITY OF BLUEVALE)
NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING
MEETING NOTICE
MUNICIPALITY OF
MORRIS-TURNBERRY
The upcoming Council and Committee meetings for the
Municipality of Morris-Turnberry will be held:
Thursday April 14 at 7:00 p.m. Open House
at 7:30 p.m. Bluevale Drainage Meeting
at the Bluevale
Community Hall
Tuesday April 19 at 7:30 p.m. Regular Council Meeting
Wednesday April 20 1:00 p.m. to History Book Review
9:00 pm at the Bluevale Community Hall
Thursday April 28 5:30 pm Special Council Meeting
By Linda
Campbell
Call
357-2188
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By Keith RoulstonThe Citizen