HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2008-12-24, Page 32Morris-Turnberry is in solid shape
financially when compared the other
municipalities, councillors learned at
their Dec. 16 meeting.
In 2007, the municipality’s debt
per household was $171, compared
to the provincial average of $641.
The municipality’s total reserves
stood at $1,742 per household
compared to an average of $1,188
across the province.
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Mayor Dorothy Kelly will
represent Morris-Turnberry on the
Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority for 2009.
She will replace councillor Mark
Beaven.
Councillor Bill Thompson said
that it’s good for councillors to sit
on the MVCA. “It’s a real eye-
opener”, he said.
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There was good news and bad
news for councillors on the
insurance front.
They learned that the 2009 cost of
their municipal insurance coverage
will be $54,313.56, which is only a
.78 per cent increase over 2008.
On the other hand, a letter from
Mosey and Mosey, providers of the
employee benefit plan estimated the
cost of the plan would increase by
30.6 per cent for 2009.
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As of Dec. 12, the municipality
had issued 85 building permits for
2008 with a value of $5.6 million.
Highlights include eight permits for
single detached homes, 13 for
additions to dwellings, two for
livestock facilities (with a worth of
$1.2 million) and 26 for agricultural
accessory buildings.
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Greg Diamond, acting roads
manager, was given permission to
order 50 trees from the Saugeen
Valley Conservation Authority.
Some of the trees will be planted
along Brandon Road while some are
intended for the Belgrave pump
house.
Deputy-mayor Jim Nelemans said
he was in favour of getting the trees
but he felt it was important to stick
with the municipal policy that the
trees be planted on the landowner’s
land, not the municipal right of way
so that municipal staff didn’t have to
keep them watered.
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The total assessment withing the
municipality for 2009 will increase
by three per cent.
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The following are the winners
from the Kinsmen Turkey Bingo
held on Thursday, Dec. 11: kids’
game, Owen Weber, Hayden
Robinson, Hunter McCullagh, Jaida
Ruff Robertson, Emily Meier,
Mason Weber, Tyson Michie, Maya
Robinson, Marshall Haines, Brock
Weber, Caitlin Daw, Sarah Cook,
Brianna Yuill; turkeys, Hazel
Haines, Dona Knight, Deb Jardin,
Laura Herrington, Kathy Bridge,
Marjorie Morrison, Barb Black,
Isabel Campbell; share the wealth,
Dona Knight, Marjorie Stroud,
Eppie Laurener and Amelia Pletch.
Congratulations to all the lucky
winners.
The community appreciates all the
work that the Kinsmen are doing
whether it be collecting for the food
bank or a breakfast which they
recently engaged in.
Friends, neighbours and the
community extend sincere sympathy
to Rev. John Roberts and Kay on the
recent loss of Kay’s brother James
Evans of Guilsfield, Wales.
The Gore Mutual Schoolboy Zone
14 curling competition was held at
the Wingham Golf and Curling Club
on Dec. 13 and 14. The team of
Shawn Cottrill, Kyle Forster, Ben
Procter, Matthew Hallahan and lead
Matthew Cottrill, won the A
Division. The community
congratulates these boys and wishes
them all the best at the next
competition in Niagara Falls.
PAGE 32. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2008.
Appreciation
Morris-Turnberry mayor Dorothy Kelly, right, presented
clerk-administrator Nancy Michie with a gift of appreciation
in recognition of her 30 years of service to the municipality.
(Keith Roulston photo)
The winners at East WawanoshPublic School of the WinghamLegion’s contest were: posters,(black and white), second, Ethan
Coultes, Grade 2; third, Morgan
Willie, Grade 3; first, Jackson
Goodall, Grade 4; second, Curtis
Weber, Grade 5; third, Sydney
Michie, Grade 4; first, AshleyHiggins, Grade 6; first, TommyHewitt, Grade 7; third, LandonStafford, Grade 7; posters
(coloured), first, Kaitlyn Michie,
Grade 7; essays, first, Caroline
McDowell, Grade 8; poems, first,
Caroline Mcdowell, Grade 8.
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