HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1981-06-03, Page 1JACK AND' 'MARY BRYANS
Struggling under the burden of increased
education costs as well as sewer hook-ups
this year Brussels council did its best to hold
the mill rate down at the regular meeting of
council on Monday night.
This year a person with a $2000 assess-
1 meet will pay approximately $40 more in
taxes than in 1980.'The mill rate has gone up
24,60 mills commercial from 184.13 mills last
year to 208.73 this year and is up 20.91 mills
residential from 156.51 in 1980 to 177.42 in
1981.
The local mill rates are 60.21 for
commercial and 51.18 residential compared.
to 52.62 commercial and 44.73 residential in
1980.
County mill rates are the only ones which
have gone down in favour here this year with
a commercial rate of 3/07 down .55 mills
from last year's rate of 32.62 and a
redsidential rate of 27.26 down .47 mills
from last year's 27.73 mills. Brussels was
the only municipality out of all 26 in Huron
with a reduced mill rate.
School rates however were not so kind as
the commercial rate is up 13.57 and the
residential rate is up 11.54 for elementary
schools going from 51.51 commercial to
65.08 and 43.78 to 55.32 residential.
The secondary school rate went up 3.99
mills commercial and 3.39 residential from
47.38 commercial to 51,37 and from 40.27
residential to 43.66 residential, The separate
school residential rate went up 3.41 mills
from 49,00 to 52.41,
General municipal taxes to be raised for
1981 are $51,955.
In other business, council decided to hire a
student for the summer for general clean-up
work, accepted Lloyd Mayer's resigna-
tion from the Wingham and District Hospital
Board with regret, and passed a bylaw
regulating the use of public and private
sewage disposal.
Building permits were issued for Merle
Freeman, sundeck, $1000; Dick McQuarrie,
roof whole house, $2000; Harvey Dennis,
repair porch, $500; Alice Van Camp; roofing
on addition and tax and fix roof on trailer,
$800; Johnny Rowland, shingle half the
house, $800; Henry Devlin, re-roof kitchen,
$500; Bob Stevens, cover house, $4900;
Wayne Lowe, flat roof changed to cottage
roof, $1800; Tom Pletch, shingle back
kitchen, $850; Harry Goll, re-roof main
house, $900; Donald Bray, re-roof half
house, $750; Jane Badley, move roof and
close in front porch and new shingle on rest
of house, $4,000; Harvey Shaw, re-roof
kitchen, $350.
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Brussels Post
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? 7 Young Heather Douma seemed more
interested in what was going on around her than in food at the. Maytime
Supper held by the Melville Presbyterian Church. (Photo by Ranney)
109 Year — Issue No. 22
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1981
BRUSSELS
ONTARIO
Morris discusses changes at shared dump
BY DEBBIE RANNEY
Morris council and Reeve Cal Krauter,
clerk Bill King and councillor Gordon
Approximately 53 people turned out to
take part in the Anglican Church Walkathon
for the International Year of the Disabled on
Saturday.
Parishoners of St. John's Anglican Church
Workman of Brussels met with John Earl of
the Ministry of the Environment on Monday
to discUss operation details for the Morris
in Brussels and Trinity Anglican Church in
Blyth as well as community people took part
in the walkathon to raise funds for Participa-
tion House in Holland Centre, a dwelling for
the disabled, currently in the process of
being built,
Approximately 30 people from Brussels
walked the five miles from St, John's church
to the Walton ball diamond and about 23
from Blyth took part.
A total Of about $450 is expected to come
in from the Brussels pledges.
Township waste disposal site which is 55 per
cent owned by Brussels.
After a lengthy discussion with the two
councils, Mr. Earl will make .some minor
revisions in the plan which he is going to
take back 'to the township for approval.
Reeve Bill Elston said Morris had changed
the operation of the waste disposal site,' with
a narrower dumping alea but in the same
place.
Mr. Earl said he felt the plan of operation
he had prepared was valid and that he didn't
feel it would substantially increase the cost.
He said the ministry was in the process of
requesting that similar plans he prepared by
other municipalities. I feel we've saved
$4000 already by setting out a plan for you,"
he said.
His first recommendation was to relocate
the dump face to the east side because of the
visual screen it would provide.
"What difference does it make? It's a
dump," said ReeVe Cal Krautcr.
"I agree with Cal. It's a garbage dump.
What do they expect to see?" asked
councillor Bob Grasby.
Mr. Earl also asked that the dump get
more than the amount ,of covering it gets
now, which is whenever the township feels it
necessary. He thought the dump should be
coveted at least once a week.
Although the change of which side the
garbage gets dumped on and covering the
dump once a week as well as increased costs
of implementing the new plan bothered the
two councils, the township will have to wait
until the plan with its minor revisions is sent
back, before deciding whether to sign a
resolution to go ahead with it.
PAY FOR BOOK
In other business, council decided to
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Short Shots
Mrs. Kennedy is on holidays
Walk raises $450
BY DEBBIE RANNEY
A rare opportunity came Jack and Mary
Bryans' way this past winter when they
went on a trip to Somalia where Jack's
assignment With CESO (Canadian Execut-
ive Service Overseas) was to work with the
Livestock Development. Agency.
The Livestock Development Agency is a
crown corporation Set up by the gover-
nment of Somalia to assist in the develop-
Ment of the livestock industry, particularly
in the field of marketing.
"The. conception and aim s of that „
Company are admirable,- Jack said,
adding that Somalia is a country where
business is a relatively new thing and the
Marketing of livestock is' new.
tip Until a feW years ago, the nomadic
people didn't sell any livestock'. In tithes of
rainfall, there is a ttertiendous increase in
livettock bdt in times of draught, herds
simply die off.
What the government is trying to do with
the' conipany is to prevent losses. It has to
harvest the livestock crop in the most
advantageous manner since livestock in
Somalia accounts for about 80 per cent of
the Gross National Product and for more
than 80 per cent of their hard currency.
The livestock industry is vastly import-
ant. Because it was a new company in A
new country, simple mistakes were bound
to occur and it was the assignment of CESO
volunteers to travel throughout the country
looking at the company's installations and
business practiceS, making, recettimetidat-
ions regarding errors that had been made.
Some *mild be easy to rectify by just a
change in policy, some would be More
difficult and Would take a little More time
to reconcile'.
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A nomadic country changes
as Brussels couple work