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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1988-07-27, Page 11Marathon session passes 12% increase in Morris Morris Township council had to meet for a total of six and a half hours in a marathon session over two days during the first week in July in order to deal with the mountain of business before it. A special meeting was held on Monday, July 4, in order to clear away the majority of business so that the regular session of council, on Tuesday, July 5, could deal with the township’s 1988 budget. Atthattime, council passed a budget which calls for a 12 per cent overall increase in revenue to be raised through taxation in the current year. This comes after two years in which Morris Twp. taxes fell well below the rate of inflation making the average increase over the past three years at just 4.8 per cent per year. The township as a whole will see an increase of 11 per cent in the amount of money to be paid by taxpayers for Huron County pur poses, while the requisition for Huron County Board of Education jumps by a whopping total of 26.2 per cent (12.7 per cent at the elementary panel and 13.5 per cent at the secondary level). The impact on separate school supporters is slightly less: an overall of a 21.1 per cent increase across both panels. To raise the necessary tax dollars the 1988 mill rate has been set at a total of 15.9 mills for a residential or farm ratepayer supporting the public school sy stem; at a total of 18.7 mills for a commercial or business ratepayer supporting public schooling; and at 16.1 mills for a residential or farm ratepayer supporting the separate school system. Morris Township has no commercial separate school supporters at the present time. Taxpayers can determine the total amount they will be charged by multiplying their property assessment by the appropriate mill rate, and dividing the total by 1000 (a mill is equal to one one-thou sandth of a dollar). Therefore, a public school sup porting ratepayer with a home assessed at $50,000 will pay a total of $795 in property tax in 1988; while a separate school supporting ratepayer with a farm property assessed at $100,000 will pay a total of $1,160. This year ’ s budget was prepared much later than in previous years because the implementation of the new market value assessment system has caused a delay in municipal clerks receiving their assessment roles. As a result, Morris Township council billed ratepayers before the final budget was prepared. The amounts due on the preliminary billing .which were due by J une 24, were based on 50 per cent of the taxes each ratepayer paid in 1987. Township ratepayers will now be billedforthe remainder of their taxes, which will be due by Steve Beane wins big Steven Beane, RR 1, Brucefield, is one of six 4-H members in Ontario to receive the Petro Canada 4-H Youth Leadership Award. Petro-Canada presents these $1,000 awards annually to 4-H members who have demon strated outstanding involvement in local community betterment activities. Steven, son of Lawrence and Ruth Beane, is a graduate of Central Huron Secondary School, Clinton. Besides his extensive involvement in 4-H both at the club and county levels, Steven is also active in church and school activi ties. He hopes to use the scholar ship to help fund his post-secon dary education. November 25. Because of the new assessment system now in place, the numerical value of the 1988 mill rate will differ greatly from the numerical value of it in previous years, which could cause some confusion. But with the implementation of one county wide assessment system, taxpay ers all across the county with a similar assessment will pay the same rate for county and education purposes, regardless of the com munity in which they live. This is the first year in which full market value assessment has been used in Huron County. A rather large increase in the budget for township purposes can be partly attributed to an effort on council’s part to rebuild the financial reserves depleted by the construction of the new township building in 1986. These reserves, which will stand at $160,500 by year’s end (up from $90,500) are to be used for future capital and expenditures and/or emergency funding. The next meeting of Morris Twp. council will be held on Thursday, July 28, starting at 7:30 p.m. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1988. PAGE 11. Two of George Radford Construction’s new $140,000 Western Star trucks took part in the big truck show in Fergus on the weekend. Bruce Brown [at left] prepares to take one of the rigs to take part in a Western Star display at the show. Terry Gross [right] took a second rig he has customized himself and won first prize in the tractor-trailer section for on and off highway construction. BRUSSELS VILLAGE MARKET m°c"L0Sa"° ■* KOMMUNITV WE DELIVER CALL 887-9226 ■ XvXVJ < PRICES IN EFFECT FROM JULY26 TO 30 We reserve the right to limit quantities to normal family requirements. W QUALITY” MEATS . TUES. - SAT. 8 - 6 npPM THURS. & FRI. UNTIL 9 P.M. SCHNEIDER’S ALL BEEF STEAKETTES 1.99 454 G.SCHNEIDER’S RED HOTS WIENERS 450 G. 1.99 ALL PAPER TOWELS 2 ROLL SCHNEIDER’S 500 G. MINI SIZZLER SAUSAGE 2.49 SCHNEIDER’S OLDE FASHIONED HAMS 3 99 LB. SCHNEIDER’S HAM STEAKS ONTARIO HEAD LETTUCE 175 G.500 G. 1.89 ... .49 ONTARIO CUCUMBERS 2/.99 CHEF BOYARDEE ASSORTED PASTAS TIC TAC TOE, ABC's, 123's & MINI-GETTI 398 ML. IVORY BATH SOAP 3 BARS 1.59 KRAFT REGULAR OR LIGHT MIRACLE o 99 WHIP 1 LITRE 4Lb CAPRI BATHROOM TISSUE 2 ROLL .59 SCHNEIDER’S SLICED SIDE BACON 2.79 HONEYDEW MELONS -1 qq FRESH JUICY LEMONS 4/.99 HEINZ PLASTIC SQUEEZE KETCHUP 2 49 ■ OLINDA RECONSTITUTED APPLE JUICE FROM THE BAKERY 48 OZ.99 WONDER HAMBURG OR WIENER ROLLS »5 .99 GRANNY BUTTER TARTS 1.89 CLARK DARK BROWN BEANS 14 OZ. TOTINO'S 385 G. PIZZAS DELUXE OR PEPPERONI 2.494 PACK ROSE 375 ML. RELISHES SWEET, CORN & HAMBURG RICH N READY PUNCH TROPICAL, FRUIT OR CALIFORNIA CITRUS 219 ■ SQUIRREL 1.5 KG. SMOOTH OR CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER 3." PRINGLES 200 G. POTATO CHIPS REGULAR OR LIGHT, CHEEZUMS, SOUR CREAM & O 39 ONION BLACK FLAG HOUSE a GARDEN OR ANT a EARWIG 3.79400 G. CHAPMAN'S REGULAR FLAVOURS ICE CREAM -1 59 2 LITRE ■ ■ COKE, COKE CLASSIC OR DIET COKE PLUS DEP. 750 ML. BOTTLES 200 G. SMALL FRY POTATO CHIPS ASSORTED FLAVOURS 1.09