HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1991-12-23, Page 1; • - . •••• •••-
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Kinloss Township (council lias
voted no to a proposed amendment
of bylaw 74981 changing the
zoning on part of lot 16, concession
5, Kinloss Township, from Al
(agriculture) to M2 (extractive
„industrial).
In a recorded vote at the Decem-
ber 16 special meeting, Councillors
Brian. Wolfe, Lynn 'Fielder. and
Erlma Jean Haldenby voted against
the rezoning, With Councillor John
Husk voting in favour of it,
- The applicant for the rezoning,
Donegan's Haulage, now has
-recourse --to- tow
decision to .the Ontario Municipal
Board. The appeal must be lodged
by January 6, 1992.
• In other business tended to at the
meeting, council agreed to'hire D
D Excavating, under the supervision
of the road superintenllent, Henry
Clark, to remove soil for winter
dump Use .at the land fill site. The
agreed price was $60 per hour.
The assessment on property at
Silver Lake, owned by David Han-
na, was reduced due to the
demolition of a cottage.
A bylaw was passed appointing
Doane, Raymond, Pannell as
municipal auditors for the township
r,99.
Council agreed to support Wheels
Away, pit a ICittloss user basis eos.
sharing, in the event there is an
•operating deficit for the 1992 fiscal
year.
gad Ryes attended the meeting
to explain some concerns with the
InuiliCiP4 drain on his property.
When weather permits, there will
be an on-site meeting arranged to
look at the situation.
Allen and Rick McArthur
presented to the new council their
proposed future plans fot the up-.
coming years at. Fisherman's Cove
---TentIcTrailet Pak: -
Reeve Jim Boyle and clerk
treasurer Mark Becker will be sent
to a seminar in Waterloo which will
cover the liability of councillors and
staff. - -
Henry Clark, road:sepetintendent,'
weinstructed to Order signs for
some unopened, unmaintained read
allowances.
A meeting is being arranged with
Greenock Township to discuss the
co-operative appointment to the
Saugeen Valley Conservation
Authority.
• Ratepayers are asked to note a
•change in the time and date of the
• next couecil, me,eting. it will be held
—en-,Thurs anuttry-2, 1992 at 7
CHESLEV'A Tara woman says
the Bruce County. Board of
Education needs a policy to stem
violence in schools.
An incident last year involving
her son prompted Carol Johnson to
press the Bruce board for a policy
that would help students and staff
identify and deal with violence.
Jolueson was reluctant to talk
abbitt details of the Incident
involving her son, who now attends
school in Guelph. She learned about
his problem through information
from friends, falling school marks
and behaviour changes she noticed.
Johnson said "things have
improved" at the school since last
year, but feels a board -wide policy
would have made the situation
easier to resolve.
Teens are being .hurt by gang
fights, intimidation and violence in
county schools, Johnson said
December 17 as she presented
trustees With: a copy of a policy on
violence set by the Wellington
County Board of Education.
She said the policy_ will set
procedures allowing students to
repOrt and end violence without fear
Of repercussions Right now, she
said students "just suffer it and
suffer it until it ends."
"They are definitely afraid of
repercussions," she added.
Johnson said violence ..can be a
factor in drug and alcohol abuse,
• and argued the board should have
a policy to deal with, violent
behavior that will integrate with its
existing policy on drug abuse.
Gordon. Thompson, board
chairman, said he has reviewed the
Wellington County policy, which
focuses on education, prevention
and treatment of violent offenders.
• Thompson said he is especially
interested in the education and
prevention aspects, and the training
•that would be given to students -as
well as to staff who have to deal
with victims of school yard and
home violence.
Teachers, parents and
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Separate school board waits for word from
province on grant structure for 1992
HANOVER--The Bruce -Grey
Separate School Board is anxiously
waiting to hear what kind of grants
the province will give to .school
boards for the coming year.
The board has set a three per cent
limit or increases to budgets it has
control over, including teachers'
contracts.
But at the same time, it has to
absorb an 18 per cent hike in UIC
premiums and a 12 per cent limp
in Hydro rates, among other costs it
cannot control.
At tilt board's December 18
meeting, Paui Serre, business
superintendent„ said even with those
costs, the board is still close to its
goal. •
"Because of overall long-term
planning, the board expects a three
per cent increase in its budget for
1992," he said.
But that prediction could go out
the window if the province fails to
keep grant rates up with rising costs
facing the board.
Serre told trustees that if the
provincial grant drops by one per
cent in real dollar terms .from the
1991 level, the mill rate for
separate school supporters will go
up by three ,per cent. Sent would
not .predict whether grants will
actually go up or down, or by how
much.
"We've done our honewOrk,".
Serre said, saying a three per etit
projected budget increase is ug
given the economic time. Ent he
warned trustees the provincial
treasurer has been promising to
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release grant rates "any day" _ for
some time now.
Meanwhile, the news coming out
of the treasurer's office every two
weeks "keeps getting worse and
worse,” according interesting to see
what (grant) numbers we get."
• RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
The Bruce.Grey Separate School
Board is protesting a change that
removed religions education from
provincially -tun schools as of last
Friday, Deco 20.
Provincially -tun schools for
spcciat nods students like the
vision and hearing impailat serve
both public and separate school
ratepayers. Until now the separate
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