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106th Year. - Issue No. 9
WEDNESDAYNARCH 3, 1977
BR USSELS
ONTARIO
HAPPY BIRTHDAY — Brussels Brownies and
leader Joan Exei sang happy birthday to Lbrdt3adoti:
POWet i., fdithdet of the Guide and SCOW •movement
their bariqUet: MelVille litatod Church fast Week, A.
large...drdWd. Brownies, 'Guides. arid their tridthers
attended., (Photo by Langlois)
~a tax .hike as
oyhty has half
million surplus
The provincial government will subsidies • have not yet been
grant extra road subsidies to released.
areas in Huron, Bruce and Perth
counties which have faced higher
than normal snow removal costs
this winter.
A request for, assistance was
presented to the office of the
Premier February 3 by Liberal.
MPP's Jack Riddell, Murray
Gaunt, Bob McKessock and.
Eddie Sargent.
The MPP's also approached a
committee made up of John
McBeat , Solicitor General,
James Snow, MiniSter of Trans-
portation and. Communication,
and James Taylor, Minister of
Energy, with the request.
The government had previously
declared only the Niagara
peninsula and Prince Edward
County eligible for special aid.
Exact figures on the extra road Grey and Morris community
The cost of the new Brussels,
rena
Short Shots
by Evelyn
Even those who are not great
dmirers of Pierre Elliott Trudeau
lust admit that he made quite an
impressi n in. Washington when
e addressed Congress. Opinions
f his speech, voiced by
ongressmen, at a news
onferen e after included
'eloquent, articulate,
o-the-point," "the greatest
f:peech I have heard there in
ighteen years", "brilliant,
elaxed". His statement that
anada's unity would not be
actures by the Parti Quebecois
Inrought a storm of applause.
What effect it will have in
anada remains to be seen.
t?,ertainly Rene Levesque did not
'prove of most of it. He called
rime Minister Trudeates
•ference to "a small minority"
Quebecers favoured separation
as a distortion and said that his
eminent that Quebec separation
ould be "a crime against
urriani y" was a "bit of ravings
("Implet ly senselegs." No one
ould expect *Mr. Levesque to
act in any other manner, It is to
hoped that xx int iruddat was as stain of his retna.rks as he
_qinded and that Canada Will
main 4unfractured". * * * *
'The Ladies Division of the Fall 1,; IT Boa rd ate busily engaged in
s eparations for a Bazaar and
ke Sale to be held tin April
rd• We are surd that if Any
lies in the eotritddility have eon their hands and would be crested in making' bazaar
Despite an increase of 7.5 per
cent in Huron County budget for'
1977 taxes will not be raised
due to a surplus of almost half a
Million dollars, a 15 Percent
increase in provincial subsidies
and a four percent rise in
municipal payment to the county.
Huron county council approved
the $8,321,207 budget for 1977
when it met at Goderich last
Thursday of ternoon.
The new budget, Clerk
Treasurer Bill Hanly explains, is
7.5 per cent above the budget
struck in 1976 but it is actually 14
percent higher than expenditures
last year.
County officials also explained
that higher assessment in. Huron,
due to a rise, in both population
and property values, will also
help to pay the bill without tax
increases. Assessment value in
the county has increased nearly
four per cent in the past 12
months.
The new budget shows an
increase in spending by all county
departments with no one division
centre should be known in about
two weeks, arena committee
chairman Jim Prior told about a
dozen people who attended a
meeting in Brussels Monday
night.
"We're still trying to settle on
a budget" he said. "it's difficult
to do that. There are a great many
things that have to be
considered." •
Mr. Prior told those present
that beyond the cost of the
structure, such factors as
property cost, interior
furnishings, mechanical
equipment, engineering fees and
lawyers fees will have to be
included in the budget.
The committee expects to
receive seven or eight tenders
contributing to the increases
more than another. Increases in
fuel and material iloists had as
much to do with the rise as
anything and, for the first time in
a number of years, employee
wage and salary increases, held
to about six percent because of
anti-inflation regulations, are not
being seen as a major contributor
to the increase.
The County Roads Department
have increased their budget from
$2,381,022 in expenditures last
year to a projected $2,908,000 in
1977, an increase of 22 percent.
An apportionment by-law, to
raise the sum of $1,507,000 for
general purposes, will be
presented at Council's March
session. The sum represents
Huron's share of the road budget.
Of the total sum the Ministry of
Transportation and
Communication will contribut e
$1,570,000 and the Road
Department has carried a surplus
of $134,000 forward from its 1976
budget.
Although traditionally a. big
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from contractors ,for the erection
of the structure, designed by
Maitland Engineering of
Winghani. The deadline for
submissions is March 11.
One contractor has suggested a
in id-April start on the building,
with completion by mid-October.
Mr. Prior said. He told the
meeting that he expected other
contractors' projected building
times would be about the same.
A list of local 'sub-trade con-
tractors was included in the
documents sent to each of the
companies invited to submit
tenders on the structure, Mr.
Prior said. "Hopefully that will -
enable some of the local people to
participate in. the building of the
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spender, the Road Department
budget is not the largest. The
social services budget holds that
honor,
Operations at HuronvieW will
take most of that budget though,
with estimated expenditures over
the next year of $2,420,398. An
increase of about 10 per cent, Of
that sum the Department of
Community and Social Services of
Ontario will provide $1,159,762
however, leaving the county
share at $200,438.
The 1977 budget will also
provide an 18 percent increase in
council members' honoraria over
last year's actual spending,
although the new figure of
$84,800 is nearly $10,000 less
than the total allotted last year,
County inspections and
environment have been given
$144,350 this year as compared to
$94,000 in 1976.
The County Health
Department budget has been
increased from $920,720 last y ear
to $984,212 this year.
The Recreation and Culture
budget, which includes operation
of the Huron County Library
system and the Museum at
Goderich, has been increased to
$449,550 from $429,177 in 1976.
The Planning and Development
budget has been struck at
$236,900 for 1977 as compared to
$229,800 last year.
County officials say income
during 1977 should include
$2,666,000 from the municipali-
' ties, $3,893,165 froin the province
and a Local Initiatives. Program
'grant of $15,300 froin the Federal
Government.
Another $1,258;378 should be
raised during 1977 through
investments, fees and licences.
Clerk Treasurer Hanly noted
that almost all county agencies
and departments came in under
budget in 1976 and that Huron's
revenue, especially in the area of
investments, brought in more
than was expected.
"There is no doubt," he
observed, "that the county is in a
very sound financial position."
During 1977 it will be possible
to add $550;000 to county
reserves, meaning it will not
likely be necessary to borrow
money to get through cash flow
problems until the taxes are
collected. That will mean
considerable savings in bank
interest charges.
Huron also boasts no large
outstanding debts. The largest, a
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articles to donate for sale at that
bazaar they would be
appreciated.
* * * * *
We have read recently about
the disgraceful conduct of
students in U.S. schools that has
so upset teachers that they are
ready to resign. They say stealing
is common; language in hal Is
and classrooms is unprintable
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tenders due