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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-08-26, Page 2Page 2 — tteknew Sentinel, Wednesday, August 21Z 19e8 r on side, .' a ost coin accordasee • ...: Tei West Wawanosh Township uuunuii laas approved the erection of a stop .sign at the iratefsec:tion of Side:road.21/22 (Prosperity Line). at •Cone. 7 (Q1en's'Hill Road). This is part of the. work required by,a: judge'af decision (Qriersou vs, West Wawartosh Township) in May that declared the sidercoad open and that the municipalitymaintain it, Reeve Douglas Mlill'er said last week that the: road is '"about 99 .per cent, completed in ac:c ordanc;e with the judgement," The cost to the township was about $10000 fur the road work, The municipality's insur- ance company paid the hast of the judgement that included damages to the Qriersons' van, pm -judgement and post -judgement interest anti +.osis on 4 solicitor -client adage. at Oolder .Associates Ltd. has. been °hired to carry out • a •surface water impat:t"$Ssessrnent at the landfill site in response to Ministry of Envirenment c encterns for impacts on Med Lake and its associated. bag,. Irstintated cost is S-`7,QQtl; de Tlu municipality is looking at collecting $699,763 in taxation; this year: Tho c aunty portion is $264088 and cdttr:i lion $225;575: The township portion 'inc.zecaaaetl tta $210;QQU eornparnd o $180,000- in 1997, "We felt it (township inereaset was news. scary," said Miller, "We're; not fond: of tax inwxeases,,' Mi3.ler said that with all the down- loading, :council believed it was better, to "phase in .the iiNfeases on an, orderly t*asts," un:the prernisea that it is easier for the ratepay-. ers to deal with a little bit here and there rather than one large increase in the future. 'There wasn't any nitre fat ttz Quit" Miller said:. CCounc;il' "has Cantracted the services of a Waterloo totyer- to:,resolve the ongoing die pule between the • municipality and •Huron Telecomrntinic aliens laid; The problem oritnated batik. iii .1995 dur- 'in the Dungannon Dra'inag.e..project. It is alleged that the iwntractor damaged phone en lines. The contractor has not pad the 'tele -- phone company: The phone company respond- ed by withholding. monies owed the township for use of public property to run their wires, Reeve Doug Miller, said the townshipsolic- itor was "not timely enough" so another solt_iw for has been hired to pursue getting the $2.0,000 to $25,000. Two surplus lots in the village of. Dungannon have been listed. for $9,000 each, with a realtorr. Council authorized an agreement with. Wayne and Kathryn Todd to °allow them to construct an unopened road known as Mary Anne Street, in St, Helen's. The Todds will be resiionsible for all costs associated with the eonstruction ofthe street. When satisfactorily completed, the township wilt assume responsi- billty for maintenance and winter eentrot of the street. 1 TEE(. ARIO !Mi It has:'d reputation fol hold t-tg an audience captive. It's an entertaining read for .thOs ."who'are into. the old stuff, , Thisuniquely. Cariadian magazine Comes. to you six times, a, year.. 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(asl ft la• 4,0 4. ict' : " t '10-- }' r 10441', tae ittfOt xi4rttt►rr s r a tor ash 414rt arttfc ate a rioultural equi nt Bruce County Who's going to be the boss? tty Pat ifaipjn: Three months frornr elections for its new municipalities, the chair of Bruce County's restrat*tur- ingcontiitittee says the process is goidg: won in, most parts cif the county; Stuart Reavie said. lfruce Township's. appeal ,against restrtietirrtng has caused,eoncern, but hasn't', officially delayed or. halted the plana. "1'd have, to say the majority are g1zirie' .ry well..liverybody'M little lagging ttus report on wase, but 1 chi, . • le tet that bhi•nd us things: • wi11 'Quote together," ' Reavie said after a restrua: ' Luring coinwittee meeting, ;Albemarle township , reeve Carl': Noble was at the ince irrg tc ask Reavie's ten nrittee to take a stronger.role in settling amalgamation issues' for muttw-Cipatitiea thatare having•.troul le doing the fob. themselves. • ' • "It's time the county decides who is going.1o•be the boss," Noble said. But Reavie insisted those deci-, sions: have to be made at the local level. ' . ' "I don't. tht•rrk th'e, restructuring comrnittee can'be,the buss," he said, . • "It's tip. tc the transition' b ards,to elect a;c airman, eta the citairrrran ;has, to.' try` to -take control;uf• the:. meetings and "get the. municipalities together: to c este' the new munic:ipaili-•: ty,,, Reavis, Said there's, "always a bit of a. problem '. getting people, to agree to things" 1?0 he ?laid: any,, issues; that aren't dealt with n iw • will becomethe resportsibi.iity of the new councils that take•oftice in 'January. • South Bice CBPP .***ink 0::,.$7404 The South Bruce de.tachinerit of the QPP report that a prank by fro!. young people went bad on Arig: 1, when the yuung offenders set fire to a bag_ot dog _excre- ment and lett it- on. a .porch of aLueknow res- idence. When nei. one, 'came. to the door, the fire was put out However,, -a tirribeE in the deck ` srtieldered overnight eausiig an,. estimated $SQQ damage: to the porch,: Thefve have:: been, chargee -'and.will appear • in .young offenders court in October.