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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1986-03-05, Page 1 (2)Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel, Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships. 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 Continued on page 2 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.