HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1991-04-03, Page 5Ooncerned
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My concern is, if you :and Zdo
b care will we have a say; whether
IMO do stay together orwhat will be
the fon "of ow consthialoa that
will determine the quality of our
• lives, a
The Minister of Transportation Bd and $52,000 will help Qr
Philip has announced $1,713,6r00 in Township build ° a salt and ,saw
funding
to improve
aaun facilities_�► s � tbern. '
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upgrade Huron • road structures County $270,00 wil be provided
which will promote local economic for reconstruction of Main Street in'.
strength. Paul opp• MPP for Exeter. Victoria Street which is also
l said that,nine municipalities highway 4 in Clinton w be resew
' '` 'benefit from rho food.Tito want is fo •$1 . .
The Lower Town Bridge stn G�e�h�r the` inter ection higher
Torerry - Township— will _bc w,a r nd ' S oast ve,
ttlwe� • . • • i ti • .L• AAS
=ed.. ,U " s ij%t receive, J T , LUo,gran is,�4t1` 4
,0OO. Magonaal. 'Road ' u r •w idth Township -..budge
Wingham will be reconstruCted with number `11 wisil- be relibeett +e::
the assistance of a $72,500 gram. grant is for $390,600.
West Wawanesh- Township wili Corrections, meter. aFa an
receive. $30,000 for reconstrietionannounced a grant of $280,000 for
of a culvert. Read resurfacing will the Bluewater Youth ♦Centear, south
be. done , in East Wawanosh with ofCoderich; which wall be provided
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The •Huron County Board of
Eda en CBE) brought In. a
budget ince of less than five per
Ont.
At its mee g y ..all. tp
n be s mowed
a budget
*Bee an d: ; per cent increase
over last year.
"That's,from last year's mill rate
to. this year s. . mill rate," said
director of education Bob Allan.
"We were pled to'.. get the
budget done," • Allan said, in an
interview after the meeting. Hoard
members were especially pleased to
have the _ budget set earlier titan
textual lit was set in May last.
Year) because "we can get on with
things; we know ' where . we're
going," Allan said. •
- He added that setting the budget
was an. "easier exercise .than last
year .beck "the goverment
didn't -dkoad-orcus the ,
they did. last year."' Downloading
refers to the reduction ' " of
government • funds, which would
da`the 1d would'-ve tar
the needed funds itself;
nerves., ,the 1991 budget is still
a "no-growth"� budget, said it
Carroll, superintendent of busut
• doperations. 7dcotitte,qtl>tti
worked out do 'budget had. to stick
to the maitiatinincrease. guidelhie
of five per cent.
"All the way thigh, items were
left out," till said`. "there's no
growth or expansion to *kinds' of
prOor Ability renewal the
boar `b_een doing1
A list of seven special . protects
• that was included i 't 'budget may
makeit l `f1 St as 'lot ig
being just adrop
in
the Carroll,
cost of the projects is
$216,0001, and, *Abe ace of
million dollarrbudget, t's'
,in i ♦. 't I. '�.4
"Ws less than two -oaths of
per cent of board .expenditures,*
said Carroll.
According to budget figues, the
board is 'looking at gross
expenditures of nearly $61 mom,
compared to. last.year's
expenditures of about $56 million.
About 80,:per cent of that will go
towards solaria andbei f i for the
**lately 90Q employees of the
impact on the average
residential assessment of 4,000:`
will bean increase in the tax bill of
about $21. The total bill will be,
about' $518, as; cirpd to last
yea's figura $497i—ter eduesdon
p . ,.
Government Action r
$1.4,0 01100, w *.
,
to ,axda: enaicting ` government -
mandated ac , h as.equi
°adjustments,..c get to theanada
tension Plan, - ''unemployment'
�e nee Worker's Compertiolinn,
Board and.OHIP premiums.
This year the biggest change
resulting from goverment activity
will be an increase of *020 per
'centin the ms's. contribution to
unemployment inSurance. That is a
result of Michael Wilson's federal
budget, which increased the amount
Xll employers must pay toward
C.
"It hit everybody, snot just the
public sector," said Allan. Carroll.
said #he' increase represented a cost
and $250,000 this year.
. Pay equity centingency figures
are also down.this year, from more
than $390,000 last -yew to mut
$100,000 this year. That is because
pay equity has t negotiatedwith
• most of the u nionns may, and is
now included` in tie 'base figures,
llan The tiu en y:midis"
for. the one or two unions that the
board not "yet : negotiated an
agreement with, he said,
The priority' list of seven special
Projects was *eluded in the budget
at the lastminute.
board accepted a motion by
Londobore tee 'John :ewitt to
approve the budget,as'.} rented,
Include the priority list, and use the
board's resove, for work* do
to cover pas of the ,cost sof- t
`i ptojee0a
"'that would give us this},
list for very little over half a
lam.
totifilextral." Jewitt said
Includedsin: the priio rity list are:
the replacement . of manual
typewriters. at P4H.° . Madill.
Secondary School, Wingham
$35,000), -
- exterior renovations to Vanastra
and McCurdy Public Schools
($15,000)i
006 vain for support staff usage
C re taon of secondary school
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