HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1986-03-05, Page 1 (2)Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel,
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VOL. 2 - NO. 10
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1986.
40 CENTS
Store held up
over .85 inch
error
In sports the cliche is that it's a
game of inches. It also seems to be
in the case of real estate develop-
ment, particularly in the case of the
new Brussels supermarket.
Demolition of the old Queen's
Hotel has been delayed because all
the legal technicalities haven't
been cleaned up due to the fact the
old Queen's was .07 feet onto the
street allowance (that's .85 inch-
es).
Brussels Village council had to
deal with the problem at its
meeting Monday night by passing
a by-law allowing the encroach-
ment of the new building. There
have also been changes in the plan
originally approved by council so it
had to rescind the original building
permit and proceed with another.
With all the technicalities out of
the way, Clerk Stuart Parker told
council, it is hoped the deal might
close today (Wednesday). Scaf-
folding from the demolition com-
pany has been sitting in front of the
building for a week.
Council also discussed the zon-
ing problem of the old Fina Station
on Turnberry Street north on
receipt of a letter from Wayne
Caldwell of the Huron County
Planning Department. Mr. Cald-
well said the council had three
options concerning the property
which is currently designated
residential property. Council had
been approached by the owner Don
Bray for a zoning change that
would allow him to make an
addition to the building for his
business.
Council, Mr. Caldwell said,
could leave the designation resi-
dential which would allow com-
mercial use as a legal "non -
confirming", allowing Mr. Bray to
operate a business but making it
hard to expand or get financing for
his business.
It could also "status zone" the
property recognizing it as it existed
when the zoning by-law is adopted.
Council will be considering the first
draft of the zoning by-law beginn-
ing March 17 and this could be
included in the plan. The potential
'.s there for an objection from
neighbours, however, that could
result in a municipal board hear-
ing.
The third option is to proceed
with an amendment to the second-
ary plan to change the designation
from residential tocommercial.
Again there is the possibility of
complaints from neighbours in the
area leading to a municipal board
hearing.
The difficulty of the options
angered councillors Gordon Work-
man and Malcolm Jacobs who felt
council should be doing all it could
to help Mr. Bray. "I think it's a
crying shame if we have to go
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Bill Robinson, president of the Auburn and District Lions Club, recently presented the club's first ever
Citizen of the Year Award to Warner Andrews of Auburn. The award was in honour of his tireless efforts on
behalf of the community as one of the village's board of trustees and elsewhere. As Mr. Robinson said:
"The place couldn't keep going without Warner".
Brussels council rejects
PUC salary proposes/
Brussels Village council voted
Monday night to tell the Public
Utilities Commissioners that their
request for a salary increase was
not acceptable.
The PUC had informed council
that it had planned to give its
chairman $1075 this year, up from
$1000 and the other two commis-
sioners $825, up from $775.
Councillor Gordon Workman led
the argument against the raise
saying "I honestly think they're
overpaid for what they do compar-
ed to the work that goes on in here
(the council chambers)." He went
even further. "I don't see what a
town like this needs a PUCfor,"
saying the commissioners never
seem to be able to make decisions
themselves anyway but have to get
the advice of experts from this
department or that.
Reeve Hank Ten Pas who also
serves as chairman of the Public
Utilities Commission admitted:
"there's not nearly as much time
spent as here, I know that."
Councillor Betty Graber figured
out that at $1300 per year for
councillors to attend 24 meetings
compared to $825 for the commis-
sioners attending 12 meetings, it
meant the commissioners were
paid $69 per meeting compared to
the councillors $50.
Council finally agree to recom-
mend that the PUC cut $25 of its
proposed salary for each of the
commissioners. Councillor Mal-
colm Jacobs said "I consider them
well paid at that. You don't hear the
heaton them that councillors get".
Council also asked that the PUC
consider setting its salaries in the
first meeting of the year when all
other municipal salaries are set
under the first by-law of the year.
The controversy between
George Jutzi of Brussels Transport
and his neighbours continued.
John Pennington appeared at
council for the second meeting in a
row about his complaints about
Mr. Jutzi's dog and about Mr. Jutzi
using the street to park trucks both
overnight and while loading pigs
from smaller stake trucks to large
semi -trailers.
He asked why Mr. Jutzi couldn't
load the trucks on Cypress Street
instead of Victoria Street.
Reeve Hank Ten Pas said he
didn't see any need to use the
street at all. He wondered why Mr.
Jutzi couldn't do the loading on his
own property. Later in the meeting
council agreed with the reeve that
this was the proper course of action
and the reeve and Councillor Dave
Boynton will approach Mr. Jutzi to
see if this can be implemented.
Council approved a grant of $50
to the Brussels Playschool to help
with insurance expenses although
not without reservations express-
ed by councillor Workman. Coun-
cillor Graber supported the dona-
tion saying that the council had
supported home care for seniors
with a substantial grant and felt
that a small grant to daycare for
young children was justified. She
pointed out that some daycare
centres require majorsupportfrom
other communities.
In the end Reeve Ten Pas broke a
tie vote in favour of the donation.
Blyth Legion
has card
charnps
Blyth Legion 420 Honourary and
Fraternal members travelled to
Palmerston on Saturday to com-
pete in the Inter -Zone Cribbage
finals.
Blyth sent four teams to the
tournament with three teams
taking the top three spots. Harold
Cook and Willie Dougherty won
eight out of nine games to lead their
team to first place. Harold Fergu-
son and Kevin Warwick chipped in
five wins four a total of 13 wins.
The team of Ken Stewart, Steve
Howson, Kevin Ritchie and Terry
Ritchie also :von 13 games but had
fewer points to finish in second
place. Players from the two teams
won cash prizes and trophies.
Third place went to Murray
Nesbit, John Stewart, Jim Button
and Barney Stewart with eleven
wins. The other teams to compete
was Wayne McDougall, Joe Heff-
ron, Gary Courtney and Lonnie
Whitfield. All players would like to
thank the Blyth Legion for helping
out covering the cost of the bus.
Blyth will send three teams to
Inter -Zone Dart Finals in Goderich
on March 15 and will host the
Inter -Zone Doubles and Singles
Dart Finals on April 5.
Tourist resort
planned in
Wawanosh
West Wawanosh may get a new
tourist development if plans of a
Dungannon -area resident are ful-
filled.
Al Sherwood recently unveiled
plans for a tourist lodge during a
meeting on the West Wawanosh
Secondary plan held in Dungannon
on Feb. 20.
Plans for the lodge were drawn
up by former Auburn -area archi-
tect Nick Hill. The name of the
proposed development is Sher-
wood Forest Lodge.
The plans call for the lodge to be
built on 400 acres Sherwood owns
on the fourth concession in West
Wawanosh. Sherwood tentatively
estimated the project to cost at
least $500,000.
"I've been working on this for 30
years," said Sherwood later. "I
anticipate getting started as soon
as I have the zoning for it."
Sherwood said he'wanted to get
input from local school boards on
plans he has for pormoting the
lodge as apiace for students to
conduct studies of nature.
The entrepreneur said he hoped
he could work in conjunction with
the Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority which has a conservation
area adjacent t ) Sherwood's land.
"I control the whole (Saratoga
Swamp) system because I'm right
in the center and I have the creek,"
said Sherwood. "It's imperative to
get their co-operi.tion."
Plans are being made to have the
lodge and weekend cabins con-
structed. Sherwood sees the dev-
elopment as a place for skating,
skiing, snowmobiling,'ishing and
other recreational pursuits.
He doesn't think it will be in
competition with Benmiller Inn.
He feels the lodge will hove a
different emphasis that will be
complementary to Benmiller rath-
er than competitive.
"Variety is what brings people
as long as the proximity isn't far
away," said Sherwood.
Planners and promoters will be
hired to design the lodge and
discover vacationer's needs once
West Wawanosh Township council
grants proper zoning for the
facility.
"If I wasn't going to do a first
class job, I wouldn't start the
thing," he said.