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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-10-22, Page 5a Lueknow Sentinel/ WetInestWo oclobeF rao---P Age. S • unet ts ace aurte Ashfield ratep?•Yera learned Monday night, their" municipal council ,has • been acclaimed to another two year term., Clerk Donald Simpson announced at the beginning of the township' ratepayers' meeting that each of the councillorsand the reeve had been nominated to fill his respective position and no other nominations - , - - Reeve , Zinn said the designation of Trustee disillusi.on Ashfield Township is 4 problein because the township owns their own it. He said it does vii r Sitti m t d net :require rehabilitatibli each year. It islet had been received by the end of nomination day, Monday. • Ashfield Township council' for the next term will be Warren Zinn,. reeve; John Austin, deputy,reeve; Grant Farrish, Allan Gibson and , :Grant Curran, councillors. Huron CoUnty board of education represen- tatives will, be Marian Zinn and Eugene necessary to -haul in topsoil each year and the pit is not on eyesore. If rehabilitation is net necessary each year said Zinn, the ''scliritY it Paid to the ministry and the , money is not returned to the township until the pit is closed and rehabilitated at that; tiinne, Under the act all pits 1'60 be surveyed and because this, rehabilitation' ties up a farmers' money, it is-feared fariners-rat small pits will .olose them. Some townships who do not own a pit fear a shortage of gravel and expect the cost of their road maintenance will increase shot*. Eugene Wayne who represents. Catholic CO tined holds lrzilt rate. WaYne aori.'trOstee on the Huron-Perth separate SohOol Beard will be William Kinahan, Soveratratepayers were interested in the implications of the new designations under the Pits and Quarries Control Act, As of January 1, the remainder of the province will.' come under the act and the rehabilitatioa • security will be raised from 2 cents to 8 cents a yard, Lucicnow. Village Council decided to main. Accept tenders% 4iront page 1, She said she also felt supressed by the "Social clique'' 'that exists among .long-time board members and added if a minority keep yelling they could make themselves heard, Zinn told the Ashfield ratepayers' meeting Monday night, it is possible to have input on the board if you dig for the information. She said she felt it was her responsibility to communicate with the people she repreS- enthd on the board and wanted to diseuis at sthe ratepayers' *Meeting for this reaSori.. She s Commented She has lost respect for the direetor of acicatieti; D. J: 'Cochrane. She Said one loses respect for someone in a position'of,authority for any of three reasons, the person's behaviour, in public is eiebar- .rasSing, his attitude toward people is poor or 'he tries to manipulate . people or his relationship with the public is poor. She added however,. she has respect for the board's superintendents who she feels are, doing . a fine job. • She did say the moral conduct of board chairmen who sat during her early years on the beard Was above reproadh and She wishes men or :Women of their character ratepayers, north of highway .8, sending their children JO public high, schools 'in the county, told the ratepayers' meeting he did not agree with Mrs. Zinn. He said no one has ever tried to stop him from saying his opinion at board meetings.. He said the director of education has a difficult role because he is trying to please, both sides at once, the teachers and the board, Frayne Said lie does not belieVe the administration is manipulating' the board. He _Cernmented the boird hires these people and if they were not doing their' jobs, they would be fired. Frayne said he supported an increase in his salary:right through the board's decision to lower their stipend and then their reversal . of that decision.: He. said he feels he is worth $3,600 a year, especially when he has to leave his farm to attend a meeting during . seeding and harvest. If the ratepayerS do iiot feel he is worth what he is being paid he added, they could vote . someone else in to represent them. tain their null rate at the same, level as last year when they set the 19W'mill rate ,at their October meeting. The read pregram Cornple, ted in the.village this year came in S10,000 under the budget which could have permit- , ted council. to lower the mill rate, They decided however to pay the'. 1980 road budget in full to take advantage. of a subsidy from the . Ministry of Transportatien .and CoMmunieation, This will anew council. to place $6,000 in reserve which can. be used anytiMe to cover - future expenditures. Clerk-treasurer. Alf Herbert Suggested coun- cil place" the money in. reserve since the ,town's reserves are low."' snow removal at $30 an hour for tractor and blovver and $22 an hour. each . for dimly trucks. This is a 10 per cent increase over last year. The other tender, received from Robert Symes, was for dump trucks only at $21 an hour each. ' The BP, oil tender was accepted for supplying furnace oil for 'the winter. Lucknow Co-op was the only other tender received. Council_ accepted the lowest tender. ' ' w '• Snow removal and fernace oil tenders were opened at the October 14 'meeting of Lucknow. Village, Council. /fill Nelson's tender was accepted, for ALL DAY SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST `FOR,YEAR.END INVENTORY lr 8"x 8" Glazed Chimney Fine 8" x 12" Glazed Chimney Hue Chimney Blocks-Mortar Mix Ready To Use. 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