HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1979-01-10, Page 3GREY TOWNSHIP'S NEW COUNCIL — Grey Township's new council
and clerk took time off their work long enough to pose for a picture at a
recent council meeting. Standing from left are: Reeve Roy Williamson,
Councillors Lyle Pettapiece, Ed Krauter, and Charlie Thomas. Seated are
Deputy Reeve Leona Armstrong and Clerk Jane Badley. .
(Brussels Post Photo)
Morris appoints
to committees
Appointments to various boards and
committees were made when Morris
Township Council held its regular meeting
on Monday.
Clare Van Camp and Bill Stevenson were
appointed to the East Wawanosh Parks and
Community Centre Board; Bill Elston and
Tom Miller were appointed to the Blyth and
district Fire Board; Ross Procter and Clare
Van Camp were appointed to the Wingham
and District Fire Board:
The council recommended that Isobel
Garniss be appointed as a representative to
the Wingham and District Hospital Board
and that Allan Searle be appointed ,to the
Seaforth Community Hospital Board again.
It was decided to appoint Thorne, Riddell
and Gunn of London as the township's
auditors again and to appoint Boyd Taylor to
the Blyth Union Cemetery Board.
The firm of Crawford, Mill and Davies was
appointed as the township solicitors,
Carman Craig and Bruce Richmond were
appointed to the Blyth and District
Community Centre Board.
Doug Machan, Allan Campbell, Tom
Miller and Bob Grasby were appointed to the
Brussels, Morris and Grey Community
Centre Board and Bill McArter, George
Michie and all the council members were
appointed to the recreation committee .
Although By-law Number 1 for appointing
officials, wages and council salary was to
have been passed, council decided it would
have to wait until the next meeting because
there was some disagreement between the
council members and the gradermen as to
what would be a fair wage for the
gradermen.
Currently the gradermen James Case-
more, John Smith, and road superintendent
Bill McArter make $5.75 per hour and would
like an increase to $6.25 an hour. Council
offered $6.10 an hour but the men still felt it
should be $6.25 in keeping in line with other
costs that are going up.
Council decided to teac e the matter until
they could get comparative figures from
other councils and bring them back to the
next meeting.
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La Leche League in Huron
County met in December at
the home of Mrs. R. Lomas,
Goderich. The topic of dis-
cussion was "Baby Arrives":
The . family and Breast-
feeding Baby.. Mothers and
fathers should have faith in
themselves as parents while
they share new activities as a
family unit. Time and ex-
perience count, members
heard.
The next meeting will be
held on Jan. 10 at 2 p.m. The
topic of discussion will be
"Nutrition and Weaning".
Mrs. P. Bisbach will lead this
meeting. For further in-
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in learning more about the
womanly art of breastfeeding
is invited to attend. Nursing
babies are always welcome to
LLL Meetings.
Nancy McPherson of the
Rural Outreach Development
Project was at Morris
Township council Monday to
discuss the results of a
survey on transportation
needs in Huron County.
She explained that in the
summer of 1978 a survey was
made in six townships in
North Huron in connection
with the Day Care Centre for
the Homebound at
Huronview run by Ann, St.
Jean.
Over 600 questionaires
completed described the
transportation problem faced
by four main groups-the
young, the elderly, the
poor and the handicapped.
Of 40 per cent of the
people surveyed 38 per cent
had partial access to
transportation and 2 per cent
had zero access. Of the
people surveyed 43 per cent
were under 16, 46 per cent
were between the ages of
16-65 and 11 per cent were
over 65.
Ms. McPherson said the
great majority of the two per
cent who had zero access to a
vehicle were elderly or ,
handicapped,
41 per cent were 16 to 65,
and 59 per cent were over 65.
In Morris Township, 11 per
cent of the population was
surveyed.
Also in connection with the
Project council heard that a
public meeting will be held
on January 20. at St.
Andrew's Presbyterian
Church in Wingham to assist
the local communities with
the transportation problem.
Reeve Bill Elston asked
Ms. McPherson what she
thought the ultimate goal
was and she replied to get
together with the people in
the community and solve the
transportation problem at as
low a cost as possible and
possibly by using volunteer
drivers.
Council also discussed the
heating problem in the
Walton Public Library and
the fact that some of the
books •• had mildew on them.
Council said three stores in
Walton had been approached
about housing the library but
none of them seemed to want
it.
Deputy Reeve Tom Miller,
chairman of the library
board, said that it had been
suggested that a space
heater be put in to keep the
library warmer and that the
present librarian Mrs.
McPherson thought that
some kind of floor covering
would help keep it warmer.
Councillor Ross Procter
said he thought the library
was important and he would
be upset if it was closed
down. He then made a
motion that Mr.. Miller
should talk to the Huron
County Librarian Bill
Partridge and come back
with some recommendation
for the library at the next
council meeting.
Reeve Elston had a letter
from the Huron County
Committee of the Ontario
Plowmen's Association,
detailing budget and contract
agreements. The OPA income
totalled $140,231,59.
From the remaining
$33,922 income the '78 IPM
committee must pay the
County of Huron, bills for
gravel and chloride and close
to $26,000 for the bridge and
road building efforts in
Morris Township.
The letter also said that
the balance of funds would
be mostly depleted.
Council suggested that
Reeve Bill. Elston should
discuss an agreement on the.
Humphrey subdivisiOn with
East Wawanosh Reeve
Simon Hallahan and then
bring the agreement back
Council heard from Ian
Destauriers of the Maitland
Valley Conservation
Authority that the Authority
is in the midst of a major dam
report prograM and that
erosion control and flood
control programs will start
soon.
Council decided to give a
$50 donation to the Blyth
Centre for the Atts. and to
give a donation of $10:-to the.
Ontario March of aiine§,
Council passed Ifie
borrowing by-law leaving the
amount the same as last
years at $250,000 and passed
by-laws to borrow $3,974.44
less grants and allowances
for the Henderson Municipal ,
Drain, $22,810.74 less grants
less 'the previous 1978
payment for the Blyth Creek
Drain repair and to borrow
$58,964 less grants on the
Johnston and Ellison
municipal drain. Council also
passed a by-law to enter into
a contract agreement with
Ontario Hydro,
regarding Belgrave street
lights with 60 per cent of the
installation to be paid by
ratepayers and 40 per cent to
be paid by the township.
THE BRUSSELS POST, JANUARY 10, 1979
Morris hears from RDOP