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russels sticks by charges for out of towners
Brussels council decided at its
July meeting July 6 that it will stick
with the rates it is charging for
water and sewer customers outside
village boundaries despite a plea
from Morris township council to
reconsider.
Following complaints from some
ratepayers in the township about
the increased rates for water and
sewer service from Brussels, the
township had written to the village
asking them to reconsider pointing
out the good relationships the
communities had had on such
things as fire protection and
landfill site operation.
Beginning January 1 Brussels
began charging customers outside
the village limits double the rate
paid by people in the village for
water and one and a half times the
rate for sewage. The old rate had
been one and a half for water and
the same as village residents for
sewers. Out of town users now pay
$16.78 for water and $25.17 for
sewage each month.
Councillor Malcolm Jacobs sug
gested the Morris councillors
attend a meeting of Brussels
council to hear an explanation of
the charges but he quickly got
disagreement from councillors
Gordon Workman and Betty Grab
er who agreed such a meeting
mightonlyblowthe whole thing
into a big problem.
Councillor Neil McDonald sug
gested sending a letter to the
council stating the reason the rates
had changed, pointing out that if
any capital repairs have to be made
to the water or sewer system it will
be the taxpayers of Brussels who
have to pay for them, not the
outlying residents in Morris or
Grey townships.
Councillor Workman pointed
out the village is growing rapidly at
present and council had better be
careful about taking on too much
sewage from outside its boundar
ies or it may be looking at
overloading the current system
necessitating expensive expan
sion . He said he was not in favour of
taking on any more customers from
Morris or Grey because the
Brussels taxpayers who have to
pay for expansion or repairs are
being penalized.
Councillor Graber suggested
that future customers who want to
hook up should have a one-shot
initiation fee that would help pick
up capital costs, then be charged
the same fee as in-town customers.
The fee should be something less
than the cost of drilling a well or
putting in a septic tank system.
Councillor McDonald agreed.
He pointed out that many of those
on the outskirts of the village who
hadn’t wanted to be hooked up to
MVCA operates 'Experience'
program for local students
Once again the Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority is carrying
outits Experience ‘87 program,
employing ten students from
within the Authority’s watershed.
The program started June 22 and
will run until August 14.
The provincially-funded work
experience program aims to ac
quaint the students with the actual
operation, programs and projects
of the MVCA, with the main
emphasis on conservation and
resource management techniques,
such as erosion control, forest
management, wildlife habitat and
interpretive trail development, but
the students will also assist with
the daily operation and mainten
ance of the local conservation
areas.
the sewage system when it was
installed are going to be having
problems with their septic tanks in
coming years. As soon as they see
the cost of replacing the septic
system, he said, they’ll be looking
to hook up to the sewage system
The program employs a co-ordi-
nator and nine field staff, with
Alison Hahn of Brussels in the
co-ordinator’s position. Her duties
include clerical and office duties,
and hiring and organizing the rest
of the crew. Her work term began
May 11 and will run until August
21.
Chris Michie of RR 4, Brussels,
Jennifer Pyke of Wroxeter, Heath
er Shiell of Wingham and Trevor
Hammer of Listowel will all work
out of Authority headquarters in
Wroxeter. They will be joined
periodically by Galbraith Conser
vation Area Park Assistant Sandra
Shelley of Gorrie.
The Falls Reserve Conservation
Area at Benmiller employs the rest
and the village should be setting a
fee toeompensate for capital costs.
No action was taken at this time
on a special hook-up fee but
councillors did agree to notify
Morris council of its position on the
rates.
of the crew, which includes Bruce
Russell of Clinton and Pam
Wilkinson of Goderich on park
maintenance, and Diane Raynard
of Lucknow and Karen Dam of
Goderich as gatehouse staff.
In addition to their regular
duties, the entire 9-man crew will
also take part in several education
days throughout the program. The
first involved an orientation day on
the first day of work, while the
second will be a first aid course, to
be held at the Wingham and
District Hospital later this month.
The MVCA has taken an active
part in the Experience program
since it began in 1975, employing
more than 160 students since that
time.
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