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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-01-08, Page 3GB budgets revised, wages need approval Revised budgets tabled, at Monday's council meeting show a reduction in General Administration (GA) and minor increases in Public Works, (PW). Also tabled for the first time were capital works and public buildings budgets. The Recreation budget was also given further review, In addition, estimated capital expenditures for the bath house, parking lot and docks were discussed. The GA account, prepared by Bob Simpson has been pared to $41,700 from $44,950, a $3250 reduction. The new figure represents a 17 percent increase over last year's GA budget of $35,600. Included in the GA are salary increases for the village clerk treasurer and secretary and new group insurance benefits for both. (The Town Foreman's group insurance benefits are also GB personals DOROTHY (BAYNHAM) HOLT Funeral services were held Friday for Dorothy (Baynham) Holt, who passed away at her late residence RR 2 Grand Bend, December 30, 1975, in her 52nd year. Surviving are her husband Erwin Holt, three daughters, (Diane) of Exeter, (Alma) Mrs. Jack Riddock, RR 1 Corunna, (Debrah) at home, two sons, Donald and Robert at home; four sisters, (Evelyn) Mrs, Harvey Beebe, of London, (Helen) Mrs, Henry Freer, of Strathroy, (Phyllis) Mrs. Charles Sims, of Crediton, (Norma) Mrs. Robert McGowan of Sarnia, Service was from the T. Harry Hoffman Funeral Home with Rev. H. Moore officiating. Interment at Grand Bend Cemetery. Pallbearers were Donald Welton, Arnold Stebbins, Carl' Vincent, Russell Page, Bill Schade and Ted Van Rompaey. CLARENCE A. HEYWOOD Clarence A. Heywood of Usborne Township, formerly of Exeter, passed away December 31, 1975 in his 83rd year, Beloved husband of Myra (Dew) Heywood, brother of Mrs. Edward (Mildred) Yellow of Exeter, Also survived by several nieces and nephews. He rested at the R.C, Dinney Funeral Hoine, Main St., Exeter where the funeral services were held on Saturday, January 3, 1976 with Rev. Harold Snell officiating. Interment was in Exeter "Cemetery.Memorial donations to the Canadian Cancer Society were greatly appreciated by the included in the GA account,) In the previous preliminary budget salaries for town employees were listed at $19,200 for 1976. In the revised budget they are shown at $15,500. Simpson says the difference occurs because part of the secretary's salary comes under the Recreation Committee's account, He adds that the group insurance plan is now listed under a separate account too. Exeter's official plan will be considered again at an in camera or closed council meeting. Several amendments have been proposed, stemming from the public meeting held back in December. At that meeting council will also decide whether a second public meeting should be called. Two documents must be considered. The first public meeting dealt only with the of- ficial plan maps, constituting the generalportion of the plan. The more specific aspects, contained in the restricted area by-law have still not been discussed at a public meeting. One of the criticisms voiced last December by citizens at- tending the meeting was that enough time to properly study the plan had not been allotted and that the timing of the public meeting at Christmas time was inconvenient for citizens to at- tend the meeting. + + + Exeter's Town Hall is still having problems, Reeve Derry Boyle, chairman of the property committee in 1975, told council that due to inadequate heating in the building, water pipes in the washroom had frozen, causing ASA J. PENHALE Asa J. Penhale died at his residence on John St., Exeter on Sunday, January 4, 1976, in his 89th year. Beloved husband of the late Venetia (Frayne) Penhale. Dear father of Mrs. William (Margaret) Crawford,- Belmont, Mrs, Samuel (Gladys) Bland, Windsor; Grace of Exeter and Mrs. Kenneth (Doris) Beattie: Tarpon Springs, Florida:. Predeceased by one son, Allan (1945). Also survived by seven grandchildren and nine great- grandchildren. He rested at the R.C. Dinney Funeral Home where the funeral service was held on Wednesday, January 7 with Rev. Harold Snell of- ficiating. An IOOF service was held at the funeral home Tuesday evening. Mr. Penhale had been a member of the Oddfellows for over 60 years. Pallbearers were all members of the IOOF. They were Norm Stanlake, Garnet Hicks, Bill Etherington, Gerald McFalls, Les Gibson, and Tom Yellow. Memorial donations to the heart fund were appreciated by the family. WILLIAM' LIVINGSTON William Thomas Livingston, passed away at his residence, RR 2 Seaforth in his 72nd year. Husband of Ida (Medd) Livingston, father of Mrs. -Bev (Lorraine) Alexander, Hensall and David of RR 2 Seaforth. Also survived by a sister, Mrs. T.R. (Josephine) Thompson of Clinton and seven grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday, January 3, from Whitney Ribey Funeral Home in Seaforth with Rev. Stanley MacDonald officiating. Tem- porary entombment in Pioneer Memorial Mausoleum, Seaforth, LILLIAN M. BROWNLEE Lillian M. Brownlee, of London, died at Victoria Hospital, Saturday, January 3 in her 92nd year. Predeceased by her husband Thomas IL Brownlee, she was the mother of Harold E. Brownlee of Grand Bend and Mrs. Alice G. Mackenzie of London. Sister of Mrs. Sarah Brownlee of Saulte Ste. Marie, Mrs. Mabel Gibbs of Windsor, Miss Vera Good and Mrs. Myrtle Good, both of Goderich. Also survived by three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held January 6 at Dundas St, Center United Church, interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. MRS. MABEL (KNOX) RODD Mrs. Mabel (Knox) Rodd died January 2, 1976 in her 86th year at South Huron Hospital. Beloved wife of the late Edgar G. Rodd of Exeter, Dear mother of (Audrey) Mrs, Lorne Passmore, Mrs. Jack (Fern) Stewart, and LaVerne Rodd, all of Usborne Township, Also survived by 12 grand- children and two great grand- children. Mrs, Rodd rested at the Hopper hockey Funeral Home where the funeral service was held on Monday, January 5th. Interment was in Exeter Cemetery with Rev. Harold Snell officiating, (Insurance for GA has increased from $2814 to $4650). The clerk treasurer's salary will increase 18 percent or $1500 to $10,000 a year in 1976, while the secretary's income will rise 18 percent or $1,000 to $6500 in the same period, These increases contravene guidelines set down by the federal wage and price control review board and consequently must be submitted for approval, Salaries for 'members of toilets to run, He said that one toilet bowl had frozen and had cracked. The town works department had to shut off water to the washrooms and Boyle suggested that the washrooms be closed for the winter. + + Exeter Council has joined Stephen Township Council in requesting the ministry of energy to conduct a thorough study of possible detrimental effects to Huron County as the result of construction of a nuclear powered hydro generating station in the county. The province has been looking into the possibility of building such a plant in Huron, but has not determined a particular site or any time for construction to begin. Some of the concerns voiced by Stephen council include effects of possible pollution on farm crops, loss of farm land to a hydro corridor, possible population increases as a result of the station's existence, and concern for possible leaks of radioactive particles. Both councils want the ministry to carry out such a study before Ontario Hydro proceeds to construct the plant, + + + Exeter's RAP committee has received an initial $7,000 allocation from council as part of its 1976 grant. Most of the money will be used to cover deficits accrued in thelatter portion of 1975. + + + George Taylor, hospital ad-' minstrator for South Huron District Hospital, has written to council requesting an audience to discuss charges for garbage pickup. Last December, council voted to charge the hospital $20 per week to provide daily sanitation service. Taylor commented that due to Ontario budget cuts this year that the hospital might have to reconsider regular garbage pickup service. Council will invite him to attend the next meeting. BE A BLOOD DONOR council have also gone up in the new GA budget to $7,000 from $5,900 last year, an 18 percent increase. Councillor Simpson says that increase may not be a true reflection of actual salary in- creases because councillors are paid according to the meetings they attend. In 1976, he estimates an increased number of meetings and special meetings due to the new zoning bylaw, official plan, and sewer project. "If we don't use the entire $7,000, the remainder goes back into a slush fund anyway," Simpson adds. Public works, prepared by Rollie Grenier and town foreman Gary Desjardine shows an in- crease of $165 to $36,435 from a previous $36,300 in basic PW accounts including salaries. Desjardine points out however, the total PW estimate, noW. $52,435, includes drainage work on River and Lake roads worth $16,000. "You don't have that kind of work every year," he says. "Next year the account could well drop if no problems develop." Work on the two roads was deemed necessary this year because of water drainage problems reported last year. Still, the $52,435 estimate for PW in 1976 is a 27 percent in- crease ($11,153) over last year's budget of $41,282. Included in the increased costs are the town foreman's salary and hiring of an additional summer student. There will be a foreman and three workers to look after grass cutting, parking lot supervision and maintenance and general repair in Grand Bend this summer. Grand Bend hasn't had a town foreman until Desjardine was hired in September at $11,000. As part of the new budget his salary will increase $1500 to $12,500 by the end of 1976, an increase of 14 percent. Like the salary increases for council, the clerk and secretary, the foreman's salary will also come under wage and price control review. Councillor Simpson also points out that last summer there were four people employed as summer help. This summer there will be the same number except one will be permanent supervisory staff. "There's a difference between four guys trying to work out what they should be"doing"and three ,guys and a foreman directing them," Simpsen says. One difference occurs in the, grass cutting account which has been eliminated from the •PW budget. Last summer Grand Bend hired outside grass cutters for $1,000 to keep the village "groomed," This year, according to Simpson, Desjardine will direct the summer help to cut grass, thereby eliminating a middle man worth $1,000. The new Capital Works (CW) budget contains reserved ac- counts plus various other ac- counts that don't fall under GA or PW, according to councillor Simpson. Included in CW is a $15,000 installment on an estimated $60,000 road repair fund con- nected to sewer installation. The $60,0000 will be used to resurface nine miles of used village roads in 1977, after sewers are installed. Also included in CW as reserved accounts are $4,000 for the cemetery fund, $4,500 for the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority levy, $3,000 for the equipment reserve fund, $17,000 payment to PUC for streetlighting, $12,000 for water, $7,000 administration and planning of the new zoning bylaw and official plan, and $2,000 in forgivable grants to the Chamber of Commerce for Burgerfest and the Grand Bend Legion's portion of municipal taxes in 1976. That brings the estimated CW budget to $64,500 according to information supplied by Bob Simpson, The first presentation of Bill Baird's budget for public buildings shows an increase of 31 percent to $35,610 over last year's $27,221 budget. Largest cost increases occur in sanitation contracts with MacDonald Sanitation which collects village garbage. Because Inaugural Continued from front page chairman, Ted Wright, Police will be headed by Reeve Derry Boyle, sanitation by Bob Simp- son, subdivision and land use, Tom MacMillan, property, Garnet Hicks, by-laws, Barbara Bell, Cemetery Board, Wright, Exeter Fire Board, Shaw, building inspector liaison, Harold Patterson, planning board, Shaw, industrial committee, Shaw, and municipal liaison, Hicks. Harold Patterson and Lossie Fuller are the two council representatives on RAP this year. The committee took on three new members, as it ex- panded to nine in all. New to the committee are Paul Mason, Arnold Laithwaite and Bev Skinner. Addressing council prior to year-end committee reports, Mayor Shaw said that he did not expect council's various com- mittees to have specific budgets prepared yet because it is dif- ficult to forecast a budget ac- curately at this time, owing to provincial and federal grants, which are not determined until the spring. Shaw said that even though council will not know the "fartiunt of money the town is going to receive this year until then, that the committees should set up preliminary budgets with a list of priorities. He said that by planning ahead it would be easier to make budget adjustments and pare down less important budget items if government grants turn out to be less than anticipated. Council acted to pass the first municipal by-law of the year, allowing the town to borrow up to $500,000 from the bank if necessary during the year. of certain snags in a contract signed with the company for $17,000, garbage collection costs could rise to $20,000 according to Baird. Baird also estimates a $3,110 increase in waste management site costs. The Recreation committee budget still under review now stands at $14,180; a 48.5 percent increase over last year's $9,548 budget. But according to Bob Simpson a substantial amount remains to be pared from that budget. And an additional 9,870 will be added to whatever the final recreation budget is, Simpson says. The $9,870 will come under council's jurisdiction (not the Recreation committee's) to maintain village recreational facilities (the bath house, parking lot and docks). "When we set up the recreation committee last year, we asked them to look after the recreation facilities. But we've found they have no time to do the job so council will take over that responsibility," Simpson ex- plains. Now that all expenditure budgets have been tabled, council will next review expected revenue for 1976. Following that, the two sides of the ledger will be combined through formula to ascertain the new mill rate for 1976. 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GORDON BURG N After a short illness, Gordon Burgin, 820 King St,, London, passed away December 30, 1975, in Victoria Hospital, at the age of 64 years. He was the husband of Lottie Burns, and father of Mrs. Ross .(Marion) Hossie, Ottawa, and John of London; grandfather of Ian and Christopher Hossie; Ai brother of Harry, Kirkton, Mrs. Bruce (Kathleen) Blacklock, Little Shemogue, N.B., Arthur, Amherst, N,S., and Mrs. Dorothy Sloat, Little Shemogue, N.B. Born in Fullarton township, the youngest son of the late Mr. & Mrs. George Burgin, he spent his early years in New Brunswick, before coming to Ontario where he worked several years as a machanic with his brother Harry who operated the Kirkton Garage. Enlisting in the R.C.A.F. London, he served in England during the war years. After returning from the war he worked for General Motor Diesel, Faulds and McManus Motors Ltd., London, Ontario. Later he operated a Gulf Service Station in London.. The funeral service was held at the Jas. M. Carrothers and Son Funeral Home, January 3, with Rev. F. MacKinnon of Centennial United Church officiating. Interment was in Port Elgin, New Brunswick, January 4. Flowers and donations to the Canadian Cancer Fund were greatly appreciated. Dispatcher Continued from front page is known as one of the best dispatchers in the Huron- Middlesex region," He said that in addition to equipment tran- sfers, the town would be faced with new licensing fees, depart- mental transfers for a new , dispatcher, and notification to Ontario police departments and the respective ministries in- volved. Summing up, Mayor Shaw told council, "There are two ways of looking at the argument. We can continue with a service that is tried and true, or go with a new service of possibly equal quality for less money." In 1976, the year of the budget, this .will probably not be the only time that council will have to table a motion before making a decision which might save tax- payers some money, and then, again, might not. x. Benefits Continued from front page it wise to take such action. Wright was the only councillor to vote against the motion. Several department heads of town services met on Tuesday to discuss the ramifications of council's decision. According to Jim McKinlay, the heads planned to discuss the matter further with committees of council once they had reached some kind of accord on their reaction to the new negotiating situation. _YAM ozoir.1 4„..09:edr,,,,,,,sx .........vr....._ 41111011 "Alsvg....--:,_ -- DASHWOOD 1-10TEL 0 v Lounge Iowa 40,„„. 12-1:30 p.m. Lounge . , :. ..t DINING 9 ,.. , y • 1 LODGE "---- ,' TVrt .....‘ rssl' 4. Green YOUR HOSTS t.._.' . HEATED HIGHWAY ,:z ROOM ''- 4 '-'4 ' .4 0 R. 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