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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-05-27, Page 3finance carom 0 iry Pat spin Bruce County's.finattce committee was foiled in its attempt to trim the 199a budget tabled last month. The committee wanted: to use part of 1997's stir-- pies tirhaus to,redtte es the levy int teaase te. 5 per cent fro n the $.5 per cent in the draft budget. Committee mem-, ber Milt McIver w4S' sot, prised the move was defeated:. "This is ung history in the wr+;wng,way as far as Vin concs*.rned,,, McIver said. who as a mem - of the finance committee ...hopetd to ' make history with the recommendation to decrease the draft bed, ge<tR The Amendment would have .trimmed'. $r235,Q0Q. front the budget tabled hist month, it Would' tete $35,000front the high- ways budget, which gat a $l•5 million increase in the draft budget. That iirerease was partly to cover 43 km of former provineiat highway demo. loadded, to the county sys- tem, 'The remaining $2Q0 000 would have trimmed general arid, Cattttrt ty homes. budgets. Meluet'. said the ameudtraeut would• leave- 4)QT.0 than $7QQ,000.. of the eQttniY's,1.957 sur,'. : plus untouched. • The revised bi.idget•. would have, saved about • $5;'Qn the 4yerdger property,. tax, but council argued against 4etting reserve and; surplus funds while . provincial scrviees art,• bhang downivaded and, the 'county. . is considering major, inVQstrncnt in its homes,for the aged. :33 -year old Ashfield 'Township -.1.044 has been;. charged with• "fail; to. pXp= vide breath sat p1es:" after a single motor vehiecle. acci;eteut on'•May •15u on. cone. 10 •: The Hur e detachment' of the CPP, report that a • 19.90.'1?ord pickup was westbound on the conces- Sion-read when it Went oat of c ntrtil, entered, the south ditch, s,truolc, a tree• and ffipped:over. The driver had been Orin -king Was, asked to Pro- -vide samples of breath and refused, The accused; was`.: release¢ cit appearancq notice te, appear in QQderich court in, July. Overnight May 22/23 six, windows were broken on. a front end loader at a gravel pit . in Kinlo$s„ Township.; The damage: wvas ;stirnatetl at about QPP 1114 ve no> u.r,pee;t;. , . at this time: r, Clerk ' treasurer 5ottyanne Bray reminded council that Me vottttty has already tut'1.7 per event. from its' budget to meet tire. province& etitcxia,. "We all rcatcce< .this exercise • is not revenue neutral. It would only' be revenue neutral if we cut. S`Q110Q .wet of 'ser- vices," Only said., She said if .download.R. ing: had not happened. the county levy fir 1994 would a:+etually- decrease &73 per ,t* - , "What the Media should report the actual increase is 1785' per cent,'* bray said, referring to the total county expenses, with downloading. A portion of that, increase is offset by the so*called .education tax room, Qty the portion, of the property taxes- that would have gone to the school buss but is now going tot. the auunty as part Of their p:rwviitcu's.service + lign' Last Month the finance committee saki the deft budget means a 3'.5 per tent levy, increase if the province_ is right in its -cal- culations tscal- culatians. about download-, ing c:osts.. Batt that report.. contaiood u caytian- that. the province could be out by •$440,000 in these'4s:i,. eulatrons, in which case the levy increase would bo• :5. por, ornt.' A property, in 4nl'oss: Township will: be; put up for sale by public tender. 4outit^,il learners at the . • May 19• meeting that the bu Administrtti o tayi e •.aarniiesoitsaid that amounts to. about 13 more on a household assessed al,` $Z ,000 under the old systearr, or i.6'8 total• for the average court ty tam bill. Meanwhile, lith re County is stilt, waiting for prOvin iat as$OS$Meaat ti'asa that, will allow it to, ieud out. tax noti e% . fxinancet chair Roland. Austen said without those figures, property owner's. don't know exactly what they'll be paying this year and the county faces a caslr flow crtuac. h,. ' ' Thecounty wants to ease that crunch: by asking, municipalities .for •another iQ per cent interim'biiling on top of the - per COAL forwarded this spring, The request prompted am out - Cry from some townships, inceraed about their (iwn. cash flew because of the e ancellatiort Of the farm tact rebate program. " Tuwenty five per cent is all we Ran raise on, properr• ty with: no buildings unless, we raise taxes,„ said .Jlderslie reeve John <A:lpeugl ' Jamieson said the town, ship's interim tax billing. included the equivaJoit• of last year's abhoot tax,.', witch has. not becra peel alotig;,t© either :diet 'si hoot "sere ti*: latekne r Bus rU. contract Provided there: are noc appeals to, the Ontario l raieaige• Tribunal, the: contract for the Hos Mttxticipalrfrain, 1998 n Ghkidr 's Aid aocietYof H County, invites you to attend its to ' be held on¢ :' �A7/ 9' -7t0.0 pm in. thearc Room • at the Children's Aird ciety offices 434 MaeEwan St,Soderich ,Qur•Citiest Speaker • Or, Alan t,esehierd, Director of Reeearph, London FBtxtiiy Guar. t Clinlo, Hetet* - 'the imp of economic change on sQme'of : London's community $e}rvICos" (critical 1s :e3:for service..; planning & coordinatiort) Refreshrnenis Ss. Social Time: to follow etiatesdarp rtiflY rix met Pao OR May' 19, the 'Court of JZeerisiort :Met to, hear app 41 from assessments made by the engineer under tho leis drain. The awaubsh Court doe t with appeals 'township, has been from Robert Hallam. awarded ted- R:od Bron. of l eta'tlrik. Van »ottp• and ' eeiswatec Allan Webster. WINGNAM AND DISTRICT HOSPITAL CORPORATION Notice' is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the Wingbatn god, Qistciet Hospital G;.orporatien wilt he held: et the,Wirtgharrr F'ubik Sellout Auditeritatrr, 131. John: St. winpham-, Ontario on Thursday, June 18, 1980 at the hour of eight o'clock p.m for the election of Giovernora; for the appointment. of Auditors and for tits transaeition meet of suotrrrg; g8 other thinas may prOPerly oor a before' the Qopies of the. Annual Report and Hospital Financial Statements may be obtained at the front desk of the Wingbarn and; Rletrict Hospital •eftective June.11, 1998 and: at the Annual, Meeting. Membership grunting voting privileges may be purehassg at the front desk of the hospital, for five dollars 00,09); prior to five o'clock p,m., Wednesday, June, 3,:1998; No rnembbershtp sotd,after that time will entitle ths'piarcfaser to a. vote, Dated at Winghaum, Qntario, this 29th days of April; '190%. By order of the ward of Puvemors, L" Kiehl, Secretary DIRECT TO voj,. • tt4MiffiX *ARTIFICIALPL4W$ TREESANT2ftdWP $ sri�ro Na 1$ts • iACCESSORIFS ,t pigitioxin.. ane, year redetnpnon peri Tree building permits; ori garding :tlie. tilt,, regis tration has expired,: and subsequently instructed,' tho clerk and the nnrinici- palty's4.sq'licitor tel pro- geed. Two: tile drain, loans, were approved, sutjegt 'to • availability of funds, from OMAPIi A. Tiae,y are for. Samuel and' Beverley Hodgins,„. and Peter. Van Sickle. .we_rerecentlyt issued; two for barn'addition& and one • for; abouse deixiolitiori, The township acid the. mataicipa'lity`s; history book,coamm�ittee;'will joari forces •to puta Lucknow's., reunion parade on July 4. The township • eviai supply, the, pickup and wagon, andthe history book. coinmtttee will tend to the; decorating' ,f; ahs ra Rk k Murray; k-uPknQw !.ice Teqliqr rtPr' i SysIW ur tilt 1 c4tup4ii t rK n K N t;io bli pq td lit Canjanclian with any.othrtr a int fy 22 Stein k i lt• R 1 #3221 si5Uwil *75.09' ' S0;QO G6 + ample