HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-09-20, Page 7Bive generations gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Reed in Lucknow on Friday,
September 15, to celebrate Mr. and Mrs. Reed's 65th wedding anniversary. Shown with
them is their daughter, Jeanne Brown, Port Albert, seated; their grandson, William Brown,
Port Albert, and their great granddaughter, Lori Lynn Maize, R. 1 Dungannon, standing.
Mrs. Reed is holding their great great granddaughter, Tanya Maize, ,seven months.
Council applies again
for sewage funding.......
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the new program and the new method of
financing projects was that the ministry no
loner wants to be involved as directly as
before. The ministry now wants the
municipality to own and operate the
sewage works. The new. program makes
grants available to schemes which are
owned by the municipality. •
"It's an attempt to reduce the ministry's
costs toi help restrain their budget," said
Burns.
The new program makes available direct
grants of 15 per cent in 'support of urban
growth or to encourage economies of scale
for area schemes encompassing more than
one municipality.
Secondly the program offers grants up to
75 per cent of the net capital cost to small
municipalities where capital costs per lot
serviced would exceed $1,400 for sewage
works in an endeavour to hold the
municipality's share. of the capital costs to
the above levels:
• ELIGIBILITY
Burns said council would not know if
they qualify as a small municipality, for 75
per cent grants, until after they apply.
All major components of waste treat-
ment works are eligible for funding
including sewage treatment facilities,
outfall sewers, trunk sanitary sewers and
associated pumping stations. To apply for
the grants under the program, council i to
arrange a preliminary discussion with the
Ministry of Environment regional office in
London, to obtain guidance on the scope of
the proposed works, the procedures and
the eligibility for funding.
In a motion made Tuesday night,. council
hired Burns Ross Associates, as engineer
for the project, who will proceed with the
preliminary discussion with the London
office. A member of council will accompany
the engineer to this discussion.
The council makes their request for
assistancethrough the regional office and
the Ministry will review the municipality's
qualifications.
The municipality is also responsible for
carrying out the necessary administrative
formalities concerning the Ontario Muni-
cipal Board, and Central Mortgage and
Housing Corporation; the completion of the
final design of the works and application
for final approval from the. ministry.
Following final approval by the ministry
and a confirmation of the amount and
availability of funding, the municipality
will arrange for calling of public tenders
and award of contracts.
TEN YEARS
It will still be five to ten years before the
project can start, because the ministry's
budget is tight, said Burns. Projects which
were approved under the old program and
are completely designed, are sitting on the
shelf until there is money . available. The
new program does not make anymore
money available but, it will not take
another year to get the application
processed, he added.
The earliest a project could start
construction in Lucknow, if the money is
available, is three years said Burns
because public hearings concerning the
type «pf sewage treatment design must be
'geld and financial approvals made.
Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, September 20, 1978 --Page 7
Board cannot redirect taxes
• The education taxes paid to the county
board of education cannot be redirected to
pay tuition for a child who attends a school
outside the school area where he resides,
said Jack Bowers, director of education for
Bruce County on Monday.
In answer to a question asked by Ernest
Hai na, R. 1 Holyrood, in a letter to the
editor of the Sentinel, Mr. Bowers said
that, if parents who decide to send their
children to a school outside their area,
were allowed to have their taxes used to
pay tuition, then people who pay education
taxes in the county, but do not have
children attending school, could request
their taxes be rebated.
The tax structure of the boards of
education in this province would break
down as a result.
Mr. Hanna's daughter, Lois, is attend-
ing school at F. E. Madill Secondary
.because of an error made by the board. Mr.
Hanna's assessment in Huron was not
enough to allow his children to attend
Madill following a boundary change in
1972. Lois' two older brothers attended
Madill and the error was not discovered
until she started school there last year.
Since last February Hannas have been.
requested to pay tuition to send their
children to Madill because they live in the
Kincardine school area.
Mr. Hanna commented in his letter that
West
Wawanosh
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er. of Hanna and Hamilton
Construction, Listowel, at
$2,250.00 for the Open
Portion of the Smyth Munic-
ipal Drain Extension and
Improvement be accepted."
Motion - Councillors Cran-
ston and - Stothers: "That
Building Permits be issued
to: Pardeux Investments
(shed); A Plasschaert (silo);
W. Redmond (barn); R. -
Chisholm (garage); W. Jeff-
erson (silo, house addition);
E. Good (shed); W. Shetler
(shed); J.- O'Neill (house
addition); M. Turner (barn);
R. Aylesworth (garage)".
Motion - Councillors Foran
and Cranston: `.`That the
Township of West Wawa -
nosh accept applications for
loans for tile drainage on part
of lots 16 and 17, concession
3; and part of lots 20 and 21,
concession 10."
Mo"tion- • Councillors Hick-
ey and Foran: "That By-law
#10, 1978, - be given third
reading and finally passed,
authorizing the Township to
enter into an agreement with
the Ministry of the En-
vironment to receive a grant
of $1,000.00 to upgrade
conditions at the Waste Dis-
posal Site."
O.P.P.
reports
Clem Cote, R. 3 Goderich,
was involved in a mishap on
Given Road, .Huron Town-
ship on September' 11; when
he pulled over to allow a
Huron Ripley Telephone Ut-
ility truck to pass by.
The road is very narrow
and will not permit two
vehicles to meet. When Cote
pulled over his car dropped
into the ditch and struck a
bridge. The aceident occur-
red about 4.50 p.m.
Mr. Cote received only
minor injuries and there was
$800 damage to his van.
"any school board who takes from the year
1973 to 1978 to decide that my assessment
was not great enough to allow my children
to attend Madill, should be replaced with
one who can run our area education system
efficiently".
Bowers said that the attendance areas
were agreed to by the Huron and Bruce
boards. The decision was made by elected
representatives of both counties, who tried
to draw the line at the mid -point to be as
fair as possible, so that bus travelling time
would not be excessive.
If a parent chooses to go against a board
decision made by elected representatives,
the parent cannot expect the board to
change the tax structure.
Bowers said in a previous interview that
the board is not willing to pay the tuition
for the Hanna children because the fee
amounts to $2,000. A portion of this fee is
paid by the Ministry of Education and the
rest is paid by the board. -
If a child attends a school within his
school area, there is no fee because the
cost of the child's education is paid through
taxes paid by his parents.
Although the mistake was made by
either the board or the school, Bowers said
the board cannot take a humanistic
approach and agree to continue paying the
tuition.
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