HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1980-12-03, Page 1Grocery
moves
across
street
Stephenson's Grocery in
Brussels has a new location.
The business has moved
across the street to what was
formerly a storage building
for their business.
The building was once the
White Star bakery, but Bill
Stephenson ihas rented it for
the last 15 years. Wayne
Todd' of Tilsonburg is to have
a bake shop in the former
grocery store.
Short Shots is on the
editorial page this
week.
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BY DEBBIE 'RANNEY
Councillors were reappointed to various
committees for , the 1981 season when
Brussels council 'held its inaugural meeting
Monday night.
Following a swearing, in ceremony. Rev.
Ken Innes of the Melville Presbyterian
Church said ,there would be many ditl fi 'cult
decisions to be made in the next two, years
and he hoped council would have the
longsightedness to deal, with these
decisions. •
APp,pinted to, the roads committee were
chairman Hank yen Pas and Gordon
Workman. Gordon Workman as chairman
and Betty Graber were appointed to the
recreati on committee. Mrs. Graber was
appointed chairman of the property com- . mittee and Malcolm Jacobs is the other
. representative. Mr. Jacobs was appointed
chairman of the fire committee and Mr. Ten
Pas was appointed as the other re-
presentative. Reeve Cal Krauter is an
ex-officio member of all committees.
Brussels council received a' letter from the
Wingham and District hospital in regard to
the $500,000 building and renovations
project that is going on there. The letter
indicated that since four per cent of the
patients come from Brussels, that they
would like the municipality to give a
donation of $4,000. Council decided to get
more information on what other
municipalities are doing.
Council decided to give a donation of $350
to the. Wingham and'District Association for
the Mentally Retarded after ;receiving a
request from 'the Association for that
lamount.
Council received a letter from Wayne
Lowe, indicating that he would be resigning
as chairman of the Brussels recreation
board as of January 1, 1981. He has served
on the recreation board for eight years.
Following lengthy discussion on Mr.
Lowe's resignation and some of the
problems at the arena, council decided to
call -a meeting with -the Morris and. Grey
Councils on Friday, December :12 to
re-evaluate the financing of the arena.
Building permits were approved for P. and
K. Elliott and Muriel Garniss,, but one for
G.W. Stephenson was held for consideration.
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EAGERCUSTOMERS..r-Mark and Lisa Pennington .were eager to buy .
their-choices of baking and -had their money .out befoie the bake sale got , BRUSSELS
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Is council gets raise
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BY DEBBIE RANNEY -
Wages were set for council members and
township employees when Morris Township
Council held its inaugural meeting on
Monday.
The reeve's salarywas increased from
$1100 to $1185; the deputy-reeve's from
$950 to $1025 and councillors salaries go
from $900 to $975. FOr attending special
meetings, the reeve's rate was increased
from $20 16 $25, and the ratelor councillors
was increased from $15 to $20 per meeting.
Each councillor is allowed one convention
per year plus ,registration, plus hotel, plus
mileage, plus $35. .
Waste disposal site attendent Adam
Smith's wage was 'raised from-$4.75 to $5.25'
per hour as were the wages for general
labour. Clerk-treasurer Nancy Michie re-
ceived an increase in salary from $4.70 to
$5.75 per hour plus the $45 rent she has
been receiving and mileage of 25 cents per
mile.
In other business, council passed four
BY DEBBIE RANNEY
Although the prospect of getting some
work done on the Brussels dam in the near
future looked hopeful last year, there have
been some delays according, to a report
presented at the Maitland , Valley
Conservation Authority's general meeting
held on Wednesday.
According to that report the regional office
of the Ministry of Natural Resources is.
wit holding approval of proposals for the
Brussels Dam pre-engineering study
pending the receipt of further information
amending by-laws for the Nichol Drain, the
Smith Drain, the Kirkby Municipal Drain
and the Kelly Drain. Council discussed the
opening of Martin's-bridge which is to take
place on December 15. In a letter fromthe
Wingham and District Hospital on the
building and renovations project at the
hospital, council learned that the total cost of
the project was $500,000 and that since
approximately 8 per cent of the patients
were represented by Morris, the hospital
was requesting a donation of $8,000 from the
municipality. The clerk was to write that
when the township budget is made up the
request will be considered.
Following a request from the Wingham
and District Association for the Mentally
Retarded for-$350 from each municipalty in
order to keep their various schools going,
council decided to give a donation of $200.
A total of $850.95 in tax. rebates were
approved by the township to 'pay as taxes are
received by the township.
Morris had a request from ratepayer to
from the engineering consultants.
At the Brussels Conservation Area this
year a catwalk was installed across the
headrace of the dam and dead and fallen
trees were removed from the flood plain area
below the dam; parking barriers were
painted.
The Brussels Dam Preliminary
Engineering study cost $3,000 in 1980 and
that was also the 1981 estimated figure. The
Authority spent a total of $605 on floodplain
mapping studies for the Blyth, Brussels and
Howick areas.
put street signs up in Belgrave and council is
• to look into it;
Council decided to join the Lake Huron
Zone of the Ontario Municipal Recreation
Association at a cost of $15. Council was
informed that there would be an open house
to - review property assessments on
December 9 at the' township hall from 12-9.
A tile.drain loan application for Wayne and
THE NEW 'SYMBOL—Huron County will be
seeing a lot Of this logo over the next few
months as Morris township gets set for 125th
anniversary celebrations this summer: For the
syrnbors•designet, see page 3.
Brussels 'darn work Ito be
doltiyed, MVCA repots
Esther Cantelon was accepted subject to the
availability of funds.
Council moved into a recreation'
committee meeting in order to put donations
' of $2500 to the Morris Centennial committee
and $150 to the Blyth Centre for the Arts,
through recreation rather than general
accounts.
The next meeting of council is to be held
January 5 at 10 a.m.