HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-06-17, Page 3THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1»87. PACE 3.
Taxpayers to foot the bill
on bank service charge
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Blyth Lions Club installed its new officers Thursday night. The new officers are [front row, left to right]
Dave Marshall, second vice-president; Don Scrimgeour, first vice-president; Ken Cucksey, president;
Paul Kerr, third vice-president; [back] John Stewart, secretary; Steve Howson, one-year director; Don
Stewart, past president; Brock Hasty, two-year director; Charlie Shaw, one-year director; Ernie Phillips,
treasurer and Rainer Sauer, two-year director.
Councillors present their case on refund
Two Blyth village councillors
received a polite reception when
they made their case to the Huron
County Planning and Develop
ment Committee for return of a
severance fee to the village but
they still don’t know if they’ll
receive anything else: like a
cheque.
Councillors William Manning
and Lloyd Sippel attended the
committee meeting in Goderich on
May 21 and stated their case, in a
“straightforward manner’’ Coun-
John and Vera Hesselwood
returned home June 11 from a very
picturesque 18-day tour of British
Columbia, Yukon and Alaska.
cillor Manning reported to council
June 9. He said he felt the
committee was indulging in a little
“fancy verbal stickhandling’’ in its
refusal to refund a $500 fee paid by
the village in relation to obtaining a
severance of property bought by
the village lastfallfrom Murray
Siertsema to add to the village
fairgrounds. Municipalities norm
ally don’t have to pay for a
severance but council wasn’t
aware of that at the time.
Councillor Manning said the
committee’s argument boiled
down to two or three things they
felt council didn’t do properly. For
one thing, they said, it is the seller
that normally gets a severance, not
the buyer. The village’s agreement
with Mr. Siertsema was that the
village would pick up all costs,
which was intended to be legal
costs.
In addition, he said, there was
one document apparently incor
rectly filled in which listed the
village’s acting clerk-treasurer as
agent for the vendor.
Councillor Manning said he
tried to point out that the village
office “was in a state of stress’ ’
following the departure of the
former clerk-treasurer and before
the hiring of a new one, but that did
not seem to be a good enough
excuse for the committee.
Councillor Manning said the
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Operated Makita
GRASS
TRIMMER
Reg. 185.
WITH BATTERY SPECIAL
AND CHARGER 139 95
Reg. 75.00
WITHOUT BATTERY SPECIAL
AND CHARGER gg.29
SALE ENDS SAT. JUNE 20th
RADFORD AUTO, FARM
& INDUSTRIAL PARTS LTD.
BLYTH
523-9681
BRUSSELS
887-9661
Under a new by-law adopted by
Blyth Village Council, taxpayers
paying their tax bills at the bank
will pay the 95 cent service charge,
not the village.
Under the by-law taxpayers can
either pay their taxes at the
municipal office with no service
charge, or will absorb the service
charge if they choose to pay at the
bank. Under the bank’s regula
tions, senior citizens and others
with “Key Accounts’’ are not
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BLYTH
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1987 to July 27, 1987
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supposed to be charged the service
charge. When someone with a Key
Account paid their bill in the past
the village was not supposed to be
charged the fee but councillors
indicated they weren’t confident
the village had been given the
break.
In moving an amendment to the
by-law authorizing payment at the
bank that would see the person
paying pick up the service charge
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