HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1986-09-17, Page 23THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1986. PAGE 23.
West Wawanosh council
. f U*’®n P,o"eer Thresher Reunion may have had its usual good weather but the bad weather struck
before all the equipment could even be returned to its owners. The transport of Ray HaUahan was caught in
the middle of a lake of water Wednesday afternoon before it could be used to finish the job.
in procedural problem
Council debates house rental
To rent or not to rent: that is the
question.
Blyth Village councillors spent
time discussing the wisdom of
renting the vacant house on the
farm the village and Hullett
township had recently purchased
from the Lome Popp as a buffer
zone around the Blyth-Hullett
Waste Management site.
The management committee for
Insurance
boosts arena
costs
An increase in insurance costs of
over $2,000 from last year has
added extra problems to balancing
the budget for the Blyth and
District Recreation Committee.
The bill for insurance at the
arena now totals $6,359. The
information came in a discussion of
funding for the recreation commit
tee. The committee is short of
money to pay its bills but since the
biggest bill is to the village for the
insurance bill, the council decided
that by not having that bill paid, the
committee could get along until its
allocationsfrom the village and
surrounding townships arrive in
November.*****
It was time to pay the pipers at
council. Council picked up the tab
for two bands and a horse patrol at
the Thresher Reunion Parade.
Council voted to give $250 for the
Clinton Legion Pipe Band, $350 for
the Seaforth Girls Band and $200
for the MochaTemple horse patrol.*****
Council turned down a request
from the Blyth Festival to enable
the Festival to install a washer and
dryer in the workshop area above
the town offices. The Festival
requested permission to install the
equipment for laundering of cos
tumes, a daily task for the costume
department. Councillors felt the
presence of a commercial laundry
on main street should be supported
and they also worried about the
possibility of water damage to the
village office if the machine should
malfunction.
Beef seminar
in Walton
The Walton Feed Mill, in
conjunction with Shur-Gain feeds,
is holding an information seminar
on economical beef production in
Walton tonight, September 17.
With calf numbers lower than in
previous years, lower grain prices,
and empty feedlots, the cost of
replacement cattle is expected to
rise this fall, which means that
producers must pay close attention
to reducing costs in order to ensure
a top profit.
Cattlemen are welcome to at
tend this free seminar, which
begins at 7:30 p.m. For more
information, contact Frank Roth at
the Walton Feed Mill.
the landfill site at a Sept. 3 meeting
grappled with the problem but was
unable to make a recommendation
to the two councils and after
considerable discussion the Blyth
council felt it should have a joint
session with Hullett council to
discuss the situation.
Some of the councillors are
concerned that the presence of
people living in the house near the
disposal site might affect the way
the Ministry of the Environment
regulates the site. Ann Nesbit,
acting clerk-treasurer said the
M.O.E. had assured her that there
would be no difference in its
regulations with someone living in
the house but it was obvious from
the feelings of some of the
councillors that they have little
faith in the consistency of the
M.O.E. officials.
The house had been rented out to
the Blyth Festival for the summer
months and Reeve Albert Wasson
pointed out that with maintenance
on the property the village really
made little money.
Councillor William Howson said
he felt the house should either be
rented out so the two municipali
ties could make some money or it
should be torn down. Town
foreman Merv Ritchie agreed that
vandals would make short work of
ruining the house if it was left
empty for any period of time.
Graduate
Dr. Cynthia Louise
Henderson
Archie Henderson is
proud to announce the
graduation of his daugh
ter, Cynthia, from the
Faculty of Medicine, Uni
versity of Western Ontar
io, on June 6, 1986. Cyn
thia, a graduate of Clarke
Rd. Secondary School,
London, was on the
Dean’s Honour List and
received the Radiologists
of Western Ontario
award. She is presently
interning at Toronto
Western Hospital and
will specialize in an
aesthesia.
Council was to meet with Hullett
council Monday night to discuss
the situation further.
Because of a minor procedural
irregularity, West Wawanosh
Township is stuck with both a reeve
and a councillor who want out of
their positions - and in to each
other’s chair.
Reeve Jim Aitchison tendered
his resignation as reeve at the
September 2 regular council meet
ing, atthe same time offering to fill
the vacancy on council, which
would have been left if councillor
Cecil Cranston had been able to
step into the then-vacant reeve’s
office. He gave no reason for his
resignation.
However, the township did not
accept Mr. Aitchison’s resignation
by a motion of council at the
September 2 meeting; and later,
the township clerk realized that
some irregularities had arisen in
the way the resignation of Mr.
Aitchison and the re-appointment
of Mr. Cranston, had been
handled.
A spokesman for the township
office said that the municipality’s
solicitor, Ross Davies of Wingham,
has advised both council and office
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the tangle is cleared up.
West Wawanosh council was to
meet Tuesday to discuss the
matter. Since September 2, Jim
Aitchison has remained in place as
township reeve, and Cecil Cran
ston has remained on council.
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