HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1979-12-05, Page 5THE BRUSSELS POST, DEcgmBER 5 1re
I THINK I'LL BUY THESE—Mrs. Marjorie Ryan made a purchase of
some baking at the CWL bazaar on Saturday. Helping her with her
selection were Margaret Van Ness, Joanne Plas and Karen Plas.
(Brussels Post Photo)
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Conflict on equalization
Huron County Council
members . indicated
conflicting opinions
regarding tax equilization
factors when they supported
a resolution asking the
province to rescind
equalization factors at
Thursday's council, meeting.
A resolution from
Woolwich township which
the council supported,
requests the province to
rescind the equalizaton
factors as published in June
and asks the province to
move quickly to implement a
full program of the
assessment of agricultural
lands and their relative
values.
Five townships in the
county have appealed the tax
equalization factors because
they expect costs to rural
taxpayers will increase more
rapidly than urban muni-
cipalities. There is concern
that rural factors have
decreased to a greater extent
than in urban municipalities,
since the price of land has
increased drastically
particularly in rural areas.
Tax equalization factors have
been frozen since the early
1970's.
The, resolution supported
by Huron County Council
The annual meeting of the
Belgrave, Blyth, Brussels
School Fair Board was held
in the Belgrave Community
Centre on Monday, Novem-
ber 26th with 13 present.
Elected for the coming
year were:
Past President-William
Coultes; President-Ross
Procter; 1st Vice President=
Jack Higgins; 2nd Vice Pres-
ident-Ron Snell; Secretaries-
Mrs. Murray Vincent, Mrs.
Lorne Campbell.
'1)irectors-Morris Town-
shiP":alst line-Ross Abraham,
Mrs. Ilkter Campbell, 2nd
line-Mrs.' .Bert Hastings,
Mrs. Harvey Edgar; 3rd
line-Mrs. Jim Bakelaar, Jim
Barnes; 4th lime-George
Procter, Garner Nicholson;
5th line-Don Procter, Mrs.
Lloyd Michie; Directors-East,
Wawanosh Township: 4tir
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criticizes the implementation
of equalization factors,
because the factors do not
resolve the priiblems created,
by the lack of property
reform and the proposed
factors do not relate to
population or the ability of
municipalities ") pay.
The resolution states that
the proposed phasing of tax
increases does not resolve
the problem of the weighting
of agricultural assessments
for levy purposes, but only
acts to slow the
implementation of unfair
shifts of the tax burdens.
Deputy-reeve Bob Allen of
Goderich told council he felt
those township
representatives whose
councils,had already
approved the equalization
factors would be
contradicting themselves, if
they voted to support a
resolution asking the
province to rescind the
factors.
Bill Elston, reeve of
Morris, said his township has
appealed its assessment
based on the new factors.
"The- factors are already
set," he said. "What good is
an appeal?"
"It is unfortunate our
assessment is in such a
line-Mrs.. Arnold Cook, Mrs.
Jasper Snell; 6th line-Mrs.
Murray Scott, Mrs. Audrey
Fenton; 9th line-Murray Vin-
cent, Larry Taylor; 10th line-
Mrs. Bryan Coultes, Murray
Shiell; 12th line-Mrs. Sydriey
Thompson, Mrs. George
Chettleburgh; Belgrave-Har-
old Vincent, Mrs. Tom Cam-
eron, Mrs, Lewis Stonehouse
Mrs. John Gnoy. Blyth-Mrs.
Mary Wightman, Mrs. Bob
Charters, John McClinchey,
Harvey Snell. Brussels-Mrs.
Margaret Garness, Mrs. Ken
Johnston, Mrs. Dale Breck-
enbridge, Howard Martin.
Auditors-Mrs. Geo. Procter,
Mrs. Charlie Procter.
The 1980 fall fair will be
held on Wednesday, Septem-
ber 10th. Plans for the 60th
fall fair will be discussed at
the next meeting on Monday; •
January 14th.
mess, and a mess it is." he
observed.
Seaforth reeve John
Flannery said he was on
council when the
municipality did its own
assessing. The province
thought they could do a
better job, said Flannery,
"but they are further out on
their assessment than ever
we were."
"The province set the
factors, let them contend
with them."
Deputy-reeve Allend told
council there is a discrepancy
in the way we think because
rural and urban areas
conflict.
"Some are paying more
than their share and some
are not paying their share.",
Allend commented it is
better to go ahead with
equalization until another
system is developed.
"Let the rural areas lobby
that education taxes should
not be based on property
taxes."
School fair
elects officers
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Presents
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Repairs made to most
offite machines in our
own service department,