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Clinton News-Record, 1970-03-05, Page 3Fabian finishes first furniture i it.... HI" tj.,. • x- r. FABIAN- FABIAN FURNITURE Joseph Fabian Jr., of Fabian Furniture Manufacturing Ltd. shows one of the products of the . Clinton plant. The bedroom suites have been finding a ready market. The problem is to meet the demand of more suites. — staff photo. AREAS OF SUBDIVISION CONTROL TOWN OF C LiNTON „. r. 190 we .0. T &On* 5110 PluM119 01141IPM$ nNt 0, 13 'NEWTON ST R 4 (.r %i ,. r ,r whi : 4 ZA .., COLLEGE 5 T HEE T. '7 4 // STREET , HOWARD STREET V / STR EET.LMA / County Council rejects health budget OlinOn NOOIPPgril, Thursday, March 1.97,Q1. Subdivision control Wi ll be. voted on VV onday Clinton Town Council will hear third and final reading of a subdivision control bylaw at its .next regular meeting scheduled for Monday, March 9 in the council. chambers. The area involved under the new controls involves nearly 50 percent of the town's more than 900 acre area. Included are huge biopics of land in the northwest section of town, the northeast, .southeast and sou thwest seetioes.. Several smaller packages of land are Involved in area serviced by streets but not fully developed. Most of the blocks involved are now used primarily as farm land. The bylaw . was drawn up by the town's planning consultants, Dryden and Smith Planning Consultants of Kitchener and received first and second readings earlier. Final reading was postponed until the peblic could have a chance to study the. proposal. The purpose of subdivision control is to prevent unruly sprawl into new areas. Similar bylaws have been adopted by most of the municipalities in the county including Goderich township, the town of Goderich and Ashfield township, to check growth until proper plans are laid for new urban areas. The bylaw derives its authority from the Planning Act of 1960 passed by the Ontario Government. The act provides: "The council of the municipality may by bylaw designate any area within the municipality as an area of subdivision control and thereafter no person shall convey land in area by way of a deed or transfer on any sale, or mortgage of charge land in the area, or enter into an agreement of sale and purchase of land in the area or enter into any agreement that has the effect of granting the use of er right in land in the area directly or by entitlement to renewal for a period of 21 years or more unless, (a) the land is described in accordance with and is Within a registered plan of subdivision; or (b) the grantor, mortgagor or vendor does not retain the fee or the equity of redemption in any land abutting the land that is being conveyed or otherwise dealt with; or (c) repealed: The Planning Amendment Act, 1968. (d) the land or any use of or right therein is being acquired or disposed of by Her Majesty in right of Canada or Her Majesty in right of Ontario or by any municipality, metropolitan municipality or county; or (d.a) the land or any use of or right therein is being acquired for the construction of a transmission line as defined in The Ontario Energy ,Board Act, 1964 and in respect of which person acquiring the land has made a declaration that such land is being acquired for such purpose, which shall be conclusive evidence that the land is being acquired for such purpose; or (e) the consent, (i) of the committee of adjustment of the municipality under subsection 2a of section 32b, unless the area was designated by order of the Minister under clause b of subsection 1 of section or (ii) where there is Jlo committee of adjustment with approved riles of procedure or where the area was designated by order of the Minister under clause b of subsection 1 of section 27,, of the Minister, is given to convey, mortgage, charge or enter into an agreement with respect to the land." Put more simply, the act states that land named in the bylaw cannot be subdivided and lots sold from it unless a registered plan of subdivision is filed or the sale receives permission from a committee of adjustment in the municipality. At present, the town of Clinton does not have a committee of adjustment so the sale would have to be approved by government agencies in Toronto, A registered plan of subdivision also must be approved by Ontario government officials and by several agencies including the n to rio Water Resources Commission and Ontario Hydro. Clinton's municipal officials do not expect the bylaw will have much effect on Clinton's growth at present since they don't foresee any rapid growth in the near future. If the town should start to grow, however, they feel that the bylaw will assure an orderly, Well-planned town rather than a hodge-podge of urban sprawl. Municipal officials are also hoping to have reaction from Clinton citizens before they make their final decision Monday night. Fabian Furniture Manufacturing Company Ltd., Clinton's newest industry, recently made delivery of the first bedroom suites constructed in their southend plant. Joseph Fabian Jr. reports demand for the company's furniture is high. "A dealer from Hensall picked up one set last week in the morning and called at three in the afternoon to say that he had sold it already and to order two more sets." The company's big problem is that the demand for the furniture far outstrips the plant's ability to produce. "We need more skilled people BY AUDREY BELLCHAMBER Bayfield Council decided at its regular meeting on Monday, to insist upon •the purchase of licences by out of town traders doing business in the village. Revised maps of the village can now be purchAsed at the clerk's office at 75c each. Council discussed a proposed bylaw necessary to comply with the request of the Huron County Board of Education that education tax dollars be paid hi two installments, the first in June and the second by December 15. Reeve E. W. Oddleifson informed eouncil that he had , received detailed blueprints of the Municipal Building. Councillor Don Warner asked council to recall that to supervise the operation of unskilled workers," Mr. Fabian said. "We've been advertising for supervisors for the finishing and veneering rooms but so far haven't any luck." Until more skilled men are found, there is little point hiring unskilled persons who can't work on their own. The plant now employs about five men, • with salesmen travelling the country securing outlets for the products. The Fabian plant moved to Clinton last year from Milton. They purchased the former Canada Packers building which they had hoped to expand. However eovernment grants approximately two years ago a recreation committee had been set up and asked if they had been given a grant. More specifically he stated that he had had , a request that council donate $100 to the Bayfield Hockey' Club. A lively discussion followed in which it transpired that the hockey teams have received donations, sweaters and slacks from the Bayfield Lions Club and the merchants in the village, but this is very far from covering total costs. Councillor Harry taker said that he would be in favor of a $50 grant. The ReeVe Said that he was obliged to point out that the texpayers' money should be Spent wisely and for the good of all, and he could See problems it a grant were giver) to one small group and hot to others. were unavailable and the plant had to be limited to its present size. • But at present the major problem is lack of manpower. Mr. Fabian says that nearly 100 sets are stored ready to be finished. Orders are coming in from salesmen that cannot be filled. Mr. Fabian credits the popularity of the plant's products to the revolutionary U-bend process which forms the sides and back of the drawer from one piece of wood which is bent to shape. This gives a more solid construction and a more visually appealing piece of furniture, Councillor Paul West said that he was 100 percent in favor of the boys but did not feel that it was fair to the taxpayers to make such a grant. He said that he was willing to ask the Lions Club for a further donation. Counciller• F. McFadden said that he would rather make a personal donation than disburse the taxpayers' money unwisely. Russ Kerr, building inspector, was consulted in the matter due to his long association with the hockey club. He explained that in previous years money had been raised by raffling a Christmas basket and by a bingo. This Senon however, the Arena committee had used these methods of raiSing funds. He also pointed out that the hockey club would raise a lot less at a bingo because of the $25 rental fee for the auditorium, BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER A health budget which would have meant an increase of about $68,000 in spending this year was turned down Friday morning by Huron County Council. The vote was 23 to 15 against the budget fpr $278,306, which was presented in two parts. Section A of the budget was for $216,950 and represented the expenditure related to any program that had been in operation as of January 1, 1969. Section B of the budget for $61,356 included money for any additional program commenced in 1969 but not in operation for a full year as well as any new programming to ,be commenced in 1970. Of Section B, $50,156 was for program to which the county was already committed such as the dental program, legal fees, increased rents, etc. Only $11,200 was budgeted for new program and would have included a nurse to work specifically With the elderly persons in the county; energetic activity' in the area of addition services with a nurse assigned to this work; routine ehecking of infants for anaemia; and expansion of the environmental hygiene services and the immunization program. Dr. G., P. A, Evans, MOH for Huron, admitted the budget called for "a eonsiderable amount of money" but proMised it was .."very good value for the Money," Stanley Township deputy-reeve Anson McKinley objected to the way the budget was presented. He noted he was unhappy to see that the council was committed to a $50,000 expenditure over and above the budget. It was explained by Dr. Evans and by Clerk-treasurer John Berry that the budget had to be set up this way to satisfy officials in the provincial Department of Health, Berry said the budget really had three parts — old program, committed program and new program. Former Warden James Hayter questioned if the County was to employ a dentist, a dental hygienist and a dental nurse as indicated in the budget. Hayter said it was his understanding that a nurse was hired to carry out the brush-in program when the county was unable to obtain the services of a public health dentist. Dr. Evans told Reeve Hayter there was still no assurance that the county would be able to secure a dentist ,in 1970 although the picture seemed much brighter this year with regard to the supply of dentists. The dental nurse, he suggested, Would be retained, "Are we to have both?" persisted Hayter. Me K illop Reeve Allan Campbell wondered if there was provisions under the dental program for the county health dentist to repair the teeth of any children whose parents Might not be able to easily afford the services of a dentist in regular practice. Dr. Evans told him the public health dentist would not do this work and said there were ways and means to secure assistance for youngsters who require dental or medical attention. Hullett Reeve Hugh Flynn suggested the health budget was getting out of hand. He explained that many Huron Clinton personals Charles Brown of Clinton Public Utilities Commission is in Toronto to attend the four day Ontario Municipal Electric Association convention • at Toronto's Royal York hotel which began Monday. Mr. Brown was accompanied by commissioners H. E. Hartley and Mr. D. B. Symons who will be joining in the deliberations of the 61st joint OMEA Association of Municipal Electric Utilities convention. The more than 1,000 OMEA delegates are participating in lengthy sessions on regional government as Well as hearing speeches by H. D. Woods of McGill University and T, A. Lindsay, president of the Ontario' Municipal Association. OMEA president, H. F. Baldwin addressed the, convention on Monday afternoon. Sessions which will consider 14 resolutions proposed by the nine OMEA districts throughout Ontario will take place daily during the convention, Ontario Hydro chairman, George Gathercole will addresS a joint session of the convention on Tuesday afternoon. County residents make $6,000 per annum or less and could not afford to maintain all the services now deemed necessary to a modern county health unit. Stanley Reeve Elmer Hayter suggested that most Huron County residents took their children to a dentist regularly and he could not see the real need of a total dental program in Huron. Dr. Evans noted that proper dental care now would prevent dental problems in the future. The matter was turned back to committee for further study and possible elimination of some proposed programming. Bayfield council discusses hockey Township of Hullett Application for Warble Fly Spray Inspector at $1.65 per hour plus .10c per mile. Tenders for Warble Fly Sprayer stating price per head per Spray. Tenders for supplying Powder at price per pound for 750 poundS, Lowest or any Tender not necessarily accepted. All applitations and Tenders to be in the hands of the undersigned no later than 6:00 P.M. Saturday March 14, 1970. Clare Vincent Clerk-Treasurer