The Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-07-16, Page 1VOL. 124 WK. 29
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16 .1997
65¢ INCLUDES G.S.T,
Councilbriefs.
New .bylaw .
officer
by Pat Livingston
Lucltnow council wants
its new bylaw officer to
have a "higher profile" in
town.
Council'ahas entered
into a joint agreement with
Huron, Kinloss and
Culross 'townships and,the
village of Teeswater to
'hire' the services, of,Bob
Taylor of Ripley,: ,
'Taylor met with council
last vv.eek.•and•reviewed
someold standing prbb-
lems in the village.
Council agreed,to make
a.'list of priorities to be
dealt' with immediately,
Some mentioned were
double parking on 'the
main..street, •property stan-
dards 'offences, and park-
• ing in. `no'parki:ng' areas
on. Willoughby Street.
Mill :rate:
stays same
Lucknowresidents sup=
,porting the; public school
system will see no
increase in their 1997 tax
bill-, with a. mill rite. of
53-.535 set. -
Separate..sc.hool sup-
porter will' see ,a slight
increase with a mill rate of .
55.748 compared to last
year's "55 724'. •
Commercial.'rates were.
set at 62.982 for public
and•65.585. for separate:
Won't sin
agreement
Lucknow council.
• decided' at last 'week's.
meeting to table a Union
Gasfranchise agreement
until, a representative
attended a meeting.
Reeve Stuart Reavie
said he had talked. to other
municipalities and was
told that.' even when a rep..
. from,the company attend-
ed a meeting it was basi
cally. accept it or don't,
with no changes being
• made. '
Reavie said -he had
reservations about signing
a 20 -year agreement with-
out -a face-to-face meeting
to question areas of con-
cerri•.
Restructurin
ucknow will meet wit
by Pat Livingston
• Lucknow council, is'in a
receptive . mood to
Kinloss' invitation to_ meet
again and discuss amalga-
: oration and/or sharing of..
services, . • .
Council agreed at .its
July .7 'meeting ,to extend
an invitation to Kinloss
councillors to attend a spe-
cial meeting in Lucknow,'
rn -late July or early.
August.
Withthe announcement
• • last week that the county's
• plan as submitted ..to the
Minister of Municipal
Affairs • needed more
detail; Reeve Stuart
�ucknow imparted.
y downloading
• by: I at.Lirningston
The. -downloading, of
Highway 86 to Bruce and
Huron counties will'`have a
direct impact on- Lucknow.
At last week's council
meeting, Reeve' Stuart
Reavie'said that "techni-
cal ly,"'Lucknow now owns'
1:2 kilometres.of Highway
86 The portion he referred
to is also known:as the
`connecting
Reavie said that cur-
trendy MTO pays for:snow
plowing the road "width
,and the village .gets 50 per
cent, of .its expenses; from"
MTO,: for things ,such as
street sweeping, snow
'rernoval on the sidewalks.
and `curbs' on the connect-
ing fink.
However, ' when the
highway is transferred to
the counties (Jan. 1; 19981,
Lucknow becomes fully
responsible for that 1.2
kilometres. section.'
Reavie said:council will:
'have toga to• Bruce county
council,•and see if they'll.
assume, the -.travelled par -
.
tion ;.of that 1.2 kilometres
If: the' County agrees.
Reavie said the arrange-`
'Ment would -probably
include snow plowing'and
one spring 'clean up
(sweeper and catch
basins).
One .hundred per cent;
of .. expenses incurred for =
snow 'removalon side-
Walks and curbs, and any.
•other cleanup will fall.
directly into .the vilrage ,
budget.;
amber invites
41000.l, support_
by Pat Livingston tittee" to "attract business;
Pats • McKi flop and make the village: a tourist
Cheryl Tysonattended last attraction,, and to beautify
week's vitlage.. council.: , the toNvn .
.meeting to talk about "People come to town.
.council and:. the local for events," said, Tyson,.
Chamber of Commerce "but don't necessarily
working together to pro- .spend money ..: Most
mote• the town. McKillop, chants don't benefit in a
is . president' ..off.,,the : tangible way.:
Lucknow Chamber of "We•need incentives to
Commerce Tyson is sec- fill : empty .stores and
retary and also sits on the attract more people," she
Chamber's economic said.. '
development committee. McKillop said, " I don't
"I think it's,'safe•to say . think Lucknow will
that a number Ormer. mer- expand without tourism.
chants are hurting," said We have to do something
Tyson. ".,. it's like ,swim., to grab people to make
ming up stream." them stop."
said .
council
development com-- •turn to page 3 •
Tyson suggested having .. McKillop the
two members from council Chamber needs to
sit on the Chamber's eco -
Reavie told council that
now 'would be a 'good time
to • take.back another sug-
gestion to'the county..•
He asked council far
their input on 'an :amalga-
mation of Lucknow. with
Kinloss and Huron town-
ships.
The county's proposal.
included the aforemen-•
•
•tioned 'three with
Kincardine township and'
the toWn'`of Kincardine.
The majority of both
councils are
against any amalgamation
with . ..the town of
Kincardine.
Councillor Tom Pegg
•
inloss
was in favor saying he
didn't think.going,.with
Kit -11654)s alone would be •
enough. "I think it Would
cost a lot of money and
then the .county could say
that's not a' -big enou'gh
amalgamation.", .•
The .• majority of
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Just clowning' around',, Laura Knechtel:.and Lori . Blake'were having., a '.
good time; themselves as well . as entertaining the children who"attended '
the first' Lucknow &:'District Chamber of Commerce family picnic on
Sunday (Helm photo)
Kinloss council
o lan
Kinloss township coun-
cil„ has 'refused t�' supply
an engineering firm with.
information on its landfill
site•
Conestoga Rovers,
working on behalf of the
Town of . Kincardine,• is
reviewing the waste dis-
posal sites of the munici-
palities which were
included in the' county
restructuring proposal
• recently returned' for more
detail. • . •
f 11 . si.
Mark Becker,, clerk,
reported to council at the'
July 7 meeting that the
firm requested copies of
Kinloss' annual monitor-
ing reports., plan' of opera-
tion and hydrogeologica1•
reports on the landfill site.
He was told: the same was
`�6e;ing asked from the
'townships of Kincardine
and. Huron. A
Council instructed
Becker not:to send`.the
' information to the'comps-
to
'ny, "since we, with all due
respect, are not going to
be pro;eeeding„with the.
restructuring proposal,•
With the town • of
Kincardine.”
Building permits
• Letters of 'compliance
will be sent to two proper
ty owners giving them two
weeks to obtain the proper
building permits; or they
will be charged under the.
Pravin'cial `n
•+tuOffern toces pageAct, 6.