The Citizen, 1987-05-20, Page 22PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1987.
Bly th taxes to increase 4.7% for 1987
Higher education taxes mean
Blyth public school supporters will
pay 4.7 per cent more in taxes this
year and separate school suppor
ters will pay an extra 5.6 per cent.
In the budget adopted by the
village council May 12, the vill
age’s own tax rate will increase by
only2.5percentoverlast year. The
mill rate will go from 135.08 to
138.37forresidential and 158.92 to
162.79 for commercial and indus
trial.
The big increase, however,
comes in the elementary school
levy where public school suppor
ters face a 9.9 per cent increase and
separate school supporters have an
8.2 per cent increase. The secon-
dary scnool levy tor separate school
supporters jumps by 10.2 per cent
over the amount ratepayers would
have paid last year to the public
school system. Public school sup
porters will pay 3.4 per cent more
this year for secondary schools.
The levy from the Huron County
will increase 4.3 per cent.
Overall, the residential mill rate
will be 322.79 for public school
supporters and 325.45 for separate
school supporters. Commercial
rates will be 379.75 and 382.88
respectively.
In outlining the budget for
council, village auditor Bill Vod-
den, who had worked on its
preparation with councillors Bev
Elliott and Bill Manning, pointed
out the village’s assessment base
had increased only $2,000 over last
year, although council could get a
pleasant bonus once the $570,000
in new building so far this year is
included in the village’s assess
ment.
He pointed out that considerable
reserveshadbeen set aside last
year for programs that did not take
place then but will this year.
Capital expenditure on streets, for
instance, shows an increase from
$42,842 last year to $65,000 this
year but $ 10,000 had been set aside
last year for Hamilton Street
reconstruction which wasn’t spent
and sowent into areserve fund.
This money will be spent this year
Morris rezoning hearing set for June 9
A public meeting has been set
for June 9 to hear any objections
arising from the proposal to
re-zone part of the Belgrave
property of Sam and Kevin Pletch
to allow for the opening of a public
roadway which would allow the
property to be sold.
Morris Township Council accep
ted the Pletch proposal at its
meeting on May 5, and approved
the public meeting. Notices of the
meeting will be mailed to all
necessary agencies, and to land
owners within 400 feet of the
proposed change.
At the same meeting, council
agreed to purchase road signs from
the Huron County Junior Farmers
to mark the township concessions
along County Road 12, and will
have the Junior Farmers install
them, pending approval from the
county department of highways.
At present, the concessions along
the county road are either not
marked at all, or the signs are badly
faded.
Ray McNichol and Bruce Brom
ley of the Blyth Community Centre
Board attended the meeting to
explain the increase in the town-
Blyth building permits
far above 1986
ship’s 1987 levy, which at $4,318 is
more than double the 1986 levy.
After hearing the representa
tives’ explanation of the Centre’s
rising costs, plus the necessary
installation of a $18,000 condensor
for the ice plant, council received
the request for the increased levy
with favour, and said that a final
decision will be made upon receipt
of a written request from the board.
In other business, Morris coun
cil approved a grant of $3,000 to the
Brussels, Morris and Grey Com-
munity Centre; agrantof $40 to the
Huron County Road Superinten
dents’ Association; and a grant of
$176.90 to Tuckersmith Township
to cover Morris Twp. ’s share of the
1986 deficit for the Tuckersmith
Day Care Centre. Restitution of the
lastamountwillbe soughtfrom the
parents of children attending the
Centre.
Council was advised that the
budget for municipal drain
maintenance grants has been
approvedfor 1987; andpasseda
by-law approving a tile drain
debenture in the amount of $8,500.
A tile drain loan application by Jim
and Margaret Garniss was approv-
Continued from page 3
local developer Robbie Lawrie.
The building permit for the project
totals $200,000.
In addition, permits for five
single family homes have so far
been issued. Elmer Sanderson
received a permit for a home on
Wellington St. E. for $75,000. Ron
Ritchie is building a home valued at
$40,000 on Hamilton Street. Drum
mond St. East sees two homes
being built: a $75,000 home for
Fermin Mussche and one of the
same price for Joe Hulzebos.
Darryl Youngblut is building a
$50,000 home on Hamilton Street.
Lyle Youngblut built an addition
to his main street building to allow
a new apartment at the rear.
Additions to garages, a storage
shed and an addition to the
upholstery shop of Brad Mont
gomery made up the remainder of
the 12 permits so far issued.
Wawanosh taxes go up
Continued from page 6
Huron County Board of Education
and the Huron-Perth Separate
School Board, although taxpayers
whose school assessment goes to
the Bruce-Grey Separate School
Board get the only good news in the
1987 budget; their overall assess-
ent actually decreases by a slim. 16
per cent over the 1986 rate.
Taxpayers have been hit with a
whopping 10.9 per cent increase in
the cost of elementary public
school education, a 4.6 per cent
increase in secondary school edu
cation, and just under a one per
cent increase in the cost of county
programs.
The elementary separate levy by
the Huron-Perth Board of Educa
tion amounted to a 9.9 per cent
increase, while the first-time ever
Huron-Perth secondary levy will
be 48.46 mills, compared to a
46.081 public secondary mill rate.
The elementary separate school
levy by the Bruce-Grey Board
amounts to a 7.99 per cent
increase, while the new secondary
level comes in at 44.057 mills.
Auburn residents pay an addi
tional levy for administrative costs
street lights and garbage collec
tion. The administrative levy for
farm or residential assessments
remains at 14.9 mills, the same as
last year, while the street light levy
increases from 16.86 mills to 17.83
mills, a rise of 2.5 per cent over
1986 rates. However, homeowners
in Auburn will pay only $46.88 for
garbage pick up this year, down
from the $47.37 charged in 1986.
Dungannon residents will pay
17.83 millsfor street lights in 1987,
up 5.8 per cent over last year’s
16.86 mill rate. The township
Federation of Agriculture levy
remains constant at .4 mills per
farm.
The first installment of taxes is
due on June 30, the second
installment on November 30. Total
taxes of less than $25 are due on
June 30.
ed subject to availability of funds;
and three drain petitions were
accepted for repair, namely the
Laidlaw and Shortreed drains on
Concession9,and the McCutcheon
drain on Concession 6. A motion
was passed to pay $50 to Walter
Sellers for work he paid for on the
Lamont drain; and councillor Bob
Grasby will attend the site of a
drainage problem reported by
Cleason Martin and will report
back to council.
Still on drainage, council author
ized road superintendent Lloyd
Michie to tender for construction of
the drain to be installed in front of
the houses on the Centre Sideroad
in Bluevale. Tenders are due May
26.
Building permits were issued to
Doug Casemore of Belgrave for the
construction of a garage; to Bruce
and Anna Hamilton for a storage
shed on Concession 3; and to
Clarence McCutcheonfor a driving
shed on Concession 7. As well, a
permit was issued to Robert and
Isabel Wheeler for the demolition
of a storage barn on Concession 4.
Joe Gibson, Huron County Tree
Commissioner, has issued tree
clearing permits to Lewis Cardiff
for clearing on Concession 5, and to
Phyllis Mitchell and Sid White for
clearing on Concession 10.
In correspondence, council re
ceived a letter from MP Murray
Cardiff saying that the federal
government had no intention of
removing rural mail delivery from
Morris Twp. A letter of thanks was
received from Kevin Wheeler for
the plaque presented to him by the
township last March.
Approval was given for the
payment of general accounts totall
ing $46,133.87; and for the pay
ment of road accounts in the
amount of $16,427,89.
Morris Township Council meets
again at 7:30 p.m. on May 26. As
well, a special meeting will be held
at 8 p.m. at the Women’s Institute
Hall in Belgrave to discuss the
replacement of 25 streetlights in
the hamlet.
. which makes the construction
t budget seem higher than it really
i is.
) Similarly, $6,000 in the recrea-
; tion budget was set aside last year
for replacement of the Memorial
Hall roof shingles. This will
actually be spent this year.
In addition this year council has
created a $10,000 reserve fund for
recreational and cultural facilities
in expectation of approval of a
Pride grant from the government.
That grant would require the
municipality to match a provincial
governmentgrantof$100,000. The
finance committee felt it would be
wise to start putting away money
for the time when the grant is
approved and money must be
spent.
One of the larger increases in the
budget is for the expenses of
council which jumped from $7,931
to $15,000. Clerk-treasurer Helen
Grubb explained later that part of
the increase is to cover the costs of
public meetings on the compre
hensive zoning by-law which is
expected to be ready later this
year. The municipality is expected
to pick up all costs of meetings to let
people know what is in the by-law.
In addition Blyth councillors fori
the first time will be paid for the
committee meetings they attend,
something that is usual practice for
most councils but has not happen
ed in Blyth where councillors were
paid their yearly stipend and got
nothing extra for the additional
meetings they attended.
Some areas of expenditure
actually have gone down this year.
After buying a new public works
truck last year, expenditures in
transportation services this year
will actually go down from
$140,191 to $136,500 this year.
Included in the budget is an extra
$6,000 for updating of more street
lighting. Environmental services
will decrease from $42,367 last
year to $29,500. Last year the
village, along with Hullett town
ship bought a farm adjacent to its
waste disposal site. An additional
$5,000 of village money has been
budgeted for disposal site im
provements this year.
Recreational, cultural and
health services have increased
from $31,508to$49,592, partly due
to that reserve fund for future Pride
expenditures and partly due to
increasedcostsatthe Blyth and
District Community Centre as the
community centre board tries to
cover a deficit from last year and
plan ahead for more equipment
replacements and prevent shut
downs such as the one that
occurred earlier this year when a
brine chiller broke down and the
arena was closed for a couple of
weeks.
Planning and development
jumped from just $3,600 last year
to $ 13,500 this year with $4,300 for
planning and zoning compared to
no alotment last year. With the
building boom taking place, build
ing inspection fees have been
adjusted to $3,200 from $1,114. A
$3,500 reserve fund for capital
works has been set aside.
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