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The Citizen, 1988-07-13, Page 15Brusse/s council briefs THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1988. PAGE 7. Donna White presented with certificate A special presentation was made at the Brussels council meeting July 5 when Donna White, assis­ tant Clerk-treasurer, was honour­ ed. Mrs. White, who is currently on maternity leave, received her certificate from the Association of Municipal Clerk-Treasurers of On­ tario. She qualified for the certifi­ cate through courses provided by Conestoga College in Brussels. It now qualifies her to be a clerk-trea- surer.***** Don Crawford of the town works The world at Mabel's Grill Continued from Page 4 riot that trashed downtown. “I mean you might as well have the Mafia to Toronto for a conven­ tion.” “I don't know,” Tim O’Grady said. “Seems to me I’ve heard of this kind of thing before only it was called spring break when we send all our college kids down to Fort Lauderdale to take the town apart.” WEDNESDAY: Ward was saying he hates to see government money thrown around but he had to think the $1.5 million the federal govern­ ment is spending to try to convince American tourists they should help us fight acid rain coming from the U.S. is well spent. He was pointing out a picture of a billboard along theborderthat was in the paper today. “Idon’tknow,”Hanksaid, “the way my crops are, I’ll take any rain the Americans can send us, even if it is acid.” Councillors cautious over county move Continued from Page 1 tion and reorganization of the building. The court house serves the double role as headquarters of county government and site of the courts and offices of such court officials as the Crown Attorney, Sheriff, etc. The county owns the building and rents space to the Attorney General’s office for the court offices. Provincial officials are also seeking more room for the court needs. Lionel Wilder, Reeve of Hay township was the only non-God- erich member to vote against the feasibility study. If the proposal was for the courts to take over the court house, he said, why should­ n’t it be the courts that found another building, not the county offices. Harry Worsell, Reeve of God­ erich, wondered who was going to do the study and how much the study would cost. Reeve Hicknell said no outside body was being brought in to conduct the study. Others, who eventually voted in favour of the study still expressed reservations on the whole idea of moving the county seat to Clinton. Russel Kernighan, Reeve of Colborne warned that the study has pretty broad implications. Bill Mickle, Reeve of Exeter, said that he could understand the thinking in proposing the move but he hoped there would be a very balanced and open investigation before a decision was made. “There may be a heck of a lot of costs in relocating,” he said. The matter now goes to the county’s agriculture and property committee which is in charge of all county buildings. crew asked council if something couldn’t be done about people parking in areas clearly marked “noparking” by painted markings on the street. “It seems a shame to waste that paint” he said noting the town had spent $420 to buy paint to mark the streets and prevent people from parking too close to corners. Ten minutes after the crews finished their painting there were six cars parked i n the no parking areas, he said. Council voted to hand out tickets for those parking in no parking areas. They noted that people parked too close to corners can cause accidents since they cut down the visibility of drivers entering the main street from side streets. ***** Mr. Crawford will look into fertilizing main street trees in an effort to combat die-back that may result from too much road salt in the soil or even acid rain. He told council of hearing about someone who had developed a fertilizer in the Elmira area that seems to have brought some sick trees back to life. He noted that even some younger trees along main street were not healthy. ***** Tax notices under the new market-value assessment regula­ tions have gone out and reaction of some taxpayers has not been pleasant, Clerk-treasurer Hugh Hanly told council. “I want a motion to unplug the phones,” he joked. Those most affected are those with relatively new houses and those with vacant lots who have seen their taxes take a big jump. ***** The road into the village’s industrial park at the north end of town is no closer to being installed because a building still sits on the road allowance. Mr. Hanly said the building’s owner is not purposely hindering the building of the roadway but is waiting for word from higher up in the company before taking action. Councillor Ruth Sauve, a mem- berof theBMG Industrial Commit­ tee said she wanted the road open because there is an industrial tour coming in the fall and the committee would like to 6e able to show the village is ready for industry that might locate here. fe-AesH 1 .49 WIENERS ’----------- I 3.28*8(short RIB ( roasts | 3 'ICROSS RIB (ROASTS -ishouLder I ROASTS I ground Allan white or yellow thbooM ®SS 2 tin tomato Var,eties C----------------X 0 <_________ (-- - - - - - - - - - - > - > TERR'FIC? 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