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Ontario
Legislative Assembly
Select Committee on
Highway Transportation of Goods
The Committee presented to the Legislature an
interim report dated September 30th, 1976,
which dealt with certain aspects of the trans-
portation of good8 on Ontario highways.
in preparation for its final report; due to be
tabled February 28th, 1977, the Committee is
inviting WRITTEN submissions from interested
individuals and groups. These should be re-
ceived at the ConiMittee offiCe not later than
Monday, January 10th, 1977
Select Committee on
Highway Transportation'
of Goods
f3rn 440, Main Parliament
Queep's Park
Toronto M7A 1A2
Bud Gregory; M.P.P.
Chairman of thci Committee
David Callfas
Clerk of the Committee
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said that it "must be emphasized
that some of the amounts shown
for "Sources of Funds" for 1977
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"The Ministry do not normally
advise us of our regular subsidy
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THE -BRUSSELS .POST DECEMBER 28,, 1976
county road rebate .causes. argument
Goderich Township Reeve
Gerry Ginn vigerously voiced his
disapproval of the so-called
system of returning money to
urban municipalities from the
County Roads budget of 45 per
cent of their contribution. Reeve
Ginn told council at its Friday
meeting that he objected to the
"underhanded method under
which the rebates are handled."
"The system," he said,
September 29
LOUDER — That's what
Brussels council hopes the
village's fire siren will be,
now that it's located on a
tower on top of ' the,
municipal building.
(Photo by Langlois)
Calf cheques
are coming
William Newman, Minister of
Agriculture for Ontario has
announced that the Beef Calf
Incorrie Stabilization payment
would be $63.42 per cow enrolled,
less a $8,00 premium, for a net of
$58.42 per cow enrolled.
The average calculated calf
price for Ontario was $33.42, and
With the stabilized price of $50.00
this leaves a differential of
$16.58. Payment is On the basis of
16.58 it 450 lb. calf k 85% Calving
rate.
This works out to $63.42 per
cow enrolled, less the $5.00
premium:
Cheques are being written and
PayMent can be expected by yeaf
end according. Stafiley
.1, Paquette,, A§soeiate
AgrictittUral 'Representative for
Huron. County,
"makes the county
apportionment by-law a
shambles."
Reeve Ginn said he would not
oppose the rebates at this time
but that he wanted everyone to
know who gets them. He said
Goderich was very vocal in
pointing out that it paid 14.4 per
cent of the apportionment but
they forgot to mention that after
the rebates that contribution was
actually dropped to 11.8 per cent.
Goderich Reeve Stan Profit .told
Mr. Ginn that the town last year
paid $149,555 toward the County
Road budget and only got back
.$67,299. "I can not see any
objection to the towns getting this
rebate," Mr. Profit said. "in the
end .the urban municipalities still
pay too much toward roads in the
County."
Rising to respond, Mr.
Ginn said he had "expected an
answer like that."
"Goderich Township does not
get a rebate from the Library
budget because we have no libary
in the township,"Ginn pointed
out asking why Goderich should
get a rebate just because there
were no county roads inside that
municipality. The Goderich.
Township ,Reeve also charged
that the County Development
budget provides no rebate to the
township even though most of the
promotions it handles benefited
the Town of Goderich.
"Why do we provide rebates on
road budgets alone?", he asked.
"Why is it any different than any
other committee?"
County Engineer Jim Britnell
told the meeting that the system
under which rebates are granted
is actually set out as a Provincial
statute in the Highways
Improvement Act. That• Act states
that the County must return to the
urban municipalities a minimum
of 25 per cent and up to a
maximum of 50 .per cent but not
exceeding the amount any urban
municipality actually spent on
roads within its boundaries in a
given year. The agreement in
Huron happens to have been set
at 45 per cent at some time in the
past he said.
Mr. Britnell explained that in
some Counties this problem was
avoided (or the act was
circumvented) by the urban areas
not bothering to actually apply for
the rebate.
Stanley Township Reeve Anson
McKinley said the "idea of a
separate road rate is archaic, but
it is in the 'provincial statutues."
The act, he said, should be
amended.
"I hope councils will work in
future toward the elimination of
this system," he added.
The question of rebates came
up when council was asked to
pass an estimated road budget for
1977. Following the debate, the
motion was passed with only Mr.
Ginn voting in opposition.
The Road Committee had
recommended approval of a raod
budget totalling $2,832,000, up
about 12.7 per cent from last
year's total budget of $2,513,000.
Fixed costs for such items as
roadside maintenance, hard
surface maintainence, gravel
surface maintainence, winter
control, safety devices and culvert
maintainence totalled $1,014,000
as "compared to $949,000 last
year.
A total of $880,000 has been set.
aside in the 1977 budget for road
construction and paving as
compared to last years
expenditures of $813,000. Road
number 30 westward for 2.5 miles
for the village of Clifford will be
Tailed at a cost of $150,000.
' Road number one, from Carlow
south for 4.0 miles will be paved
at , a cost of $250,000. . Road
number eight from Clinton to
Summerhill at a cost of $120,000
and Road number six from
Highway four for 9.3 miles will be
paved at a cost of $280,000.
Anot her $40,000 will be spent
on 'miscellaneous construction
and $10,000 for the clean up of
projects left over from 1976.
Pre-engineering and the purchase
of land in 1977 is estimated to cost
$20,000 and $10,000 has been set
aside for an update on the needs
study.
Another $85,000 has been set
aside as Huron's share of ,cost of
construction of boundary bridges,
$40,000 for drainage assessments
and $20,000 to cover stock
balance and machinery debit.
In the report submitted Road
Committee chairman Joe Kerr