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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-10-22, Page 1education Signal.Stat She said she has been reprint. anded for speaking to the press as well. She said she felt supressed at public meetings by the administration who "doesn't want any, one rocking the boat". Urn to page 5. frustrated and did consider resigning iron the board but has since made the decision "to stay and fight". Three board ,members, David , Gower Goderich representative, Shirley Hazlitt, trustee for 'Colborne and Goderich Town- ships and John Henderson-who represented McKillop Township and the town of Seaforth have chosen not to run for re-election to the board In this 'year's municipal elections. Gower spoke openly about his disillOsion- ment with the board in an interview with Cath Wooden of the Goderich Signal,Star last Week. . Gower commented in the interview "What we have is a well.organized administration with little regard for,trustee input.„ail the trustee is is a rubber stamp." Gower claimed individual input on the beard is impossible. "A trustee has no authority other than during the board meeting. I couldn't become personally involved because any point of view of mine had to be the collective point of view of 16 trustees." Gower said he was also reprimanded for speaking to the press by director of education D. J, Cochrane:.Only the chair man is allowed to speak to the press. Part of the problem said Gower is the guidelines a. new trustee is given, to follow when he or she is elected. The guidelines state "a trustee's role is not to roll up his sleeves and do". A member simply has to attend board meetings to collect his salary- . Mrs. Zinn was also interviewed by the Peter Hendriks of AShfield Township died Priday in Victoria Hospital, London, as the result of injuries received in a cat accident, "Saturday, October 11; Maurice Miltenburg, Ashfield . TewnshiP Ashfield's representative on the Huron County Board of EdUcation told the township rhtepayers' meeting Monday night she is glad retiring board member David Gower decided to "bring things mit in the open" thrOugh stories. in the GoderiCh Signal-Star and the London Free Press last Week. "1 don't like to wash my linen in public," said Marian Zinn, "but we are losing three • 'excellent hoard members who, have become frustrated and disillusioned." Zinn told, the meeting she is also cent car accid ents ' and Kim Shewfelt, Ooderich 'were also injured in the same mishap. Mr, Miltenburg remains in, satisfactory condition at Wing ham ant District Hospital and released. Peter Hendriks was born in Goderich on Februar y 16, 1962, a son of Martin and Nolda Hendriks; Ashfield Township; He was employed at , Reavie Farm Equipment, LueknoW. ' He is survived by his parents, a grand- mother in Holland, , five . sisters, Joanne, Mrs. Ron Menary, Ashfield; Betty, Wind- sor; Rita; Mrs. Mark Tully, Gravenhursi; Linda,•Kincardine; Gerda. at hoine and five brother, Henry, AShileld; Joe, Tony, Wil- liam and Casey, all at home. The funeral was conducted from St. Single Copy 35e Joseph's Roman Catholic. Church; Kings. Turn <to page ft* Lucknovv Village Councillors learned at their Oetober 14 meeting that the sewage works proposed for the. core of the village Cannot be expanded to service the entire -village. M. Ross. and Associates; Lucknow's engineers, have, prepared a preliminary design report for the village's sewage works, which is to be submitted to the Ministry of, Environment' for 'their approval, Burns Ross 'and Stephen, Burns-.repres Lucknow Village Connell approved the preliminary design report for the Village's sewage works when they met October 14., The report, prepared byti. M. Ross and. Associates, will now be submitted to the Ministry of Environment for their approv- al along with applications for grants to Subsidize the capital costs of the project. - The report calls for construction of a sewage collection system, including .in services throughout the commer- cial core area and then north along Stauffer and Inglis Streets to Gough Street; a pumping station with stand-by power and .a sewage treattrient plant, including land disposal of effluent. ' The total estimated cost of the project is $1,287,055. . ' The , village is eligible for two separate grant programs both administered by the inistry of Environment. A 'Community ervices Contribution Program grant I would provide a 16.7 per cent subsidy for eligible components of the project. A ministry Direct Grant, is also avail- able. The amount of this grant is estab dished upon the Ministry's evaluation of the following factors which concern the project's effect on public health, envir m - onental protection, accommodation of growth and community enhancement. The amount of the grant will vary up to A maximum of 75 per cent of the net project cost which is the total cost minus the Contribution of the Community Services Contribution Program available. The capital costs, not funded through grants and all operating costs must be paid by the muniCipality. This money would be raised by debenture and col- lected from those who benefit from the sewage works through a rate made up of sewage service rate, frontage rate and connection charge. 11, M. Ross engineer, Stephen Burns who prepared the Luck- entatives of the engineering firm, attended the:council meeting to present the report and discuss its proposals with the council. The sewage works project includes construction of a sewage collection system including individual services throughout the commercial -,core area and then north along Stauffer and Inglis Streets to Gotigh Street. The system will serve the central area. of the Vill4e and. adjacent low. lying areas which, have. ..had.-4-.43eurnented problems • with now report, estimates user charge will be between $200 and $250 year, Non-users charge will be approximately $20 a year. The proposed sewage works are intended to-serve the central area of the village and adjacent low lying areas. These locations, have had documented problems with existing septic systems since 'at least 1958. Water pollution surveys conducted by both:the ministry of the Environment and Bruce County Health Unit indicated that, the. Lacknovv River is being polluted ' because of direct discharge of raw sewage and leaching of saturated tile beds. This problem has been apparent since_ at feast 1958 when discussions with Public Health and Ontario Water Resour- ces' Commission personnel were first held. The area to be serviced is general rlow lying land and soils in the 'drainage area have poor natural drainage and consist Of black organic material over vaiing depths of sand or clay with low permeab- - fifty. In addition, most existing lots are too sniall in size to permit construction of adequate on-site disposal systems. The proposed facilities are not design- ed to ptormit expansion of the system beyond the service area considered in 'the report because the requireMent for land disposal of effluent is a. limiting factor. Stephen Burns, engineer, did say hovev- er, if the system is constructed and operates well after five years, some additional servicing may be done but this would be for residential expansion within the cove area serviced in the original plan. The gravity sewer system will , be uonstructed on municipal streets and easements. It is to drain to a pumping station tci be constructed on municipal Turn to page 240 existing septic systems since at least 1958. The project will.also include the construc- tion of a. pumping station with stand-by power to be located 'on WilloughbY Street near the firehall"and a sewage treatment ' plant includingdand disposal of the effluent to be located on farmland now owned by Flloyd Milne in the 'north-east corner of-the viliage. ' The PrOposed facilities are not designed hOwever; to permit expansion of the system p. Campbell St. beyond the service area currently being considered. The envirementrequiretnents for land disposal of the effluent limits the proposed system. Burns Ross explained to council ,that the effluent on the Lucknow giver must be controlled and gravel areas of the village will remain on septic , tank. He .mentioned the town of Exeter which built a treatment plant with -the capability of treating all of the Turn to pstge Proposed gravity sewer system 1 I CC f pumping Station